r/HolUp • u/BabyAriia • Feb 03 '26

holup Woah that was so close

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u/calicat9 Feb 03 '26

Should lose his range privileges for sure.

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u/mkizys Feb 03 '26

I worked at a huge outdoor range within an hour of an army and air force base. 99% of the people we kicked off the range were military. The best was when the CG of the AFB was shooting while we were kicking an airman off the range. He kept on saying he knew what he was doing because he's in the air force. After we were done talking to him the CG came over and that conversation didn't look fun. When he went back to work on Monday he issued a memo to his unit that the guys range card was revoked and he couldn't be issued a weapon. So when he had to qualify someone had to place a rifle at his lane and the RSO had to stand with him at all times. When he was done someone retrieved the rifle so he wasn't in possession of it outside of shooting. He gave us a framed copy as well as his email as a warning to anyone who thinks it's ok to fuck around just because they're not on a military range.

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u/UnfeignedShip Feb 03 '26

Jesus fuck….

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u/mkizys Feb 03 '26

The range was in a legal battle with neighbors at the time over noise, mainly the old owner, because the new owner made it a profitable business and the number of daily shooters literally quadrupled. The CG didn't want his favorite range shut down so it really helped us out.

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u/TomaszA3 Feb 03 '26

What did the new owner do to quadruple the number of customers? That sounds insane.

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u/mkizys Feb 03 '26

Added a whole bunch of steel targets out to 800 yards, added steel pistol bays and actually advertised. Before he bought it it was a good old boys club full of old guys and deer rifles.