Originally Posted by creepinshadow24/7

So i have fired some Sig&Sauer Pistol dunno what the exact name was.
An H&K USP.

And a real AK-47!!! lol

you stink after a day on the shootin range, you stink like powder! awesome smell hehe.

that was like 2 years ago iirc. At first i shot the Sig, I got an basic crash course in safety and how to hold it. it was heavier than it looked tbh! and the first shot i made made the gun go up to the right. But at the second one i was prepared and knew the recoil effects and i was decent at aiming.
Then i got to fire the USP, that was a featherweight compared to the SigSauer! lol, so that was a lot easier.

And then the AK-47, pretty damn heavy, first i did some semi auto shots when the rifle was resting on a stand, then full auto like on a stand. Then full auto without a stand lol i nearly dropped it! but then of course you get used to it.

What have you fired? and what are your experiences? i'm anxious to know! oh and please be honest!

Rifles:

MP5-real deal full auto...rented it at local range
Ptr-91 (G3 Clone)
AR15 XM177E1 Clone
AR15 M4 Clone
AR15 A4 Clone-no Acog-was just a cheap Tasco scope in an RRA mount but still easy as hell to make hits...with a real ACOG (TA31F, etc...) it would rule out to 300 meters
AR15 A2 Clone
AR15 653 Retro-built Clone-getting NDS A1 receiver to make it perfectly authentic soon
AR10 Carbine .308
AK47 Romanian Full stock
AK47 Romanian Underfolder (looks cool and nice and compact but hurts my cheek to shoot...gotta para cord wrap that sucker)
AK47s Polytech legend-as close to a real Chinese ak as you can get without full auto/NFA
M1A M14 Clone
Remington M24-actually a Remmy PSS308 with super sniper scope (actually good scope for the money)
Remington Bolt .22lr
Ruger 10/22
CZ452 American
Browning A-bolt .308 (best hunting rifle ever!)
Browning A-Bolt .30-06
Browning A-bolt .300WM
Mosin Nagant
Enfield .303 (first hunting rifle actually...back when I was poor boy...used white out to help with front sight acquisition)
Uzi-semi auto
SKS
Marlin Lever Action 336C
.50cal Traditions Blackpowder
Winchester M70 in .270
M1 Garand

Handguns:

Beretta M9 (actually a 92G)
Beretta 92D (best DAO trigger pull on any pistol I have handled)
Sig 226
Sig M11 (228)
Sig 239 in 9mm
Sig 229 in .40S&W
Para Ord P12 (jam-o-matic)
Early Colt 1911 from about 1950
Colt 1991A1
Colt series 70
Colt Combat Commander
Colt Gold Cup Full Race Gun for IPSC
Springfield MC Operator (only 1911 I have shot that didn't jam at all)
Springfield P9 (POS cz75 clone)
CZ75
CZP01
S&W 638
S&W 640
S&W 649
S&W M29
S&W M19
S&W 4506
S&W 36
Ruger P85
Ruger MKII
Ruger GP100
Ruger Redhawk .44Mag (first gun...lol)
Browning High Power
Browning Baby Browning .25ACP
Coonan .357
Desert Eagle .44
Desert Eagle .357
Charter Arms Bulldog
Glock 23
Glock 22
Glock 21
Glock 30
Glock 20
Glock 19
Glock 17
HK P7
HK USP .45 (hated mag release)
British Bulldog .38LC (Sherlock Holmes type weapon...my favorite fictional character...I am trying to shoot all the late 19th century weapons to get a feel for them)

Shotguns:

Mossberg 590a1 (same as .mil issue)
Mossberg 500
Remington 870

That's the list off the top of my head. Sure I have forgotten a few. As to my impressions with real guns vs. virtual ones (specifically the PR variety): With a Sniper Rifle (Rem. 700, etc...) you can pretty much hit anything under 200 meters quick and easy. If it is stationary you can make easy head shots every time with a minimum of training (and assuming you have good flinch control). Now, anything past 200 meters is a lot of practice and observation and MATH! Gotta know the drops and windage values. I have never taken the time to do this as I don't shoot past 200 meters (longest range I have access to now). I just made a connection that will allow me to shoot at 1000 meters on a real military range so I gotta start doing my homework. G3s kick pretty hard and have terrible stock triggers. Luckily there are guys like Bill Springfield that can fix that for 60 bucks or so. Also, no Bolt Hold open which slows reloading a bit (though I have seen guys who are pretty quick at reloads). And the charging handle is very awkward-for me anyway. I haven't shot one with the Hensoldt scope and claw mount so I can't really say how accurate they are. I suck with irons right now because of vision issues (need new glasses to correct for bad astigmatism...oddly it only affects me using apeture sights...standard v-notch rear/post front sights I am ok with...the PTR I shoot has an apeture hole for the 100 meter setting unlike a real HK91 or G3 that has a 'v' for the basic setting). AKs are actually pretty accurate (in my experience with commercial made weapons) with good triggers (they surprise me everytime the sear breaks...no flinch probs there). Sight acquisition time is slow, though. Recoil is not that bad but I imagine on full auto it would be worthless past about 50 feet. MP5 is totally controllable...IIRC I was making fist sized groups for about 5 round bursts at 50 feet. Best CQB weapon I have personally handled for sure. M14 points naturally, has great iron sights and just feels like a real rifle (vs. a pistol grip type Assault weapon). Put a Sadlak mount and decent scope on there and you will understand why it owns in PR...they really are great sniper weapons from a handling standpoint. I don't like the Safety-inside-the-trigger-guard and it costs a lot of money to make them accurate, but they do point naturally and the triggers are decent in NM form.

My favorite weapon personally is the AR/M16 family of weapons. Best ergos ever...safety, mag release, bolt release, charging handle (I like it and it is ambidextrous too...some hate it). Triggers can be made decent and the modular design is such that I could teach an 8 yr. old how to build one in about 30 minutes. If your AR breaks (how frequently that happens is a subject for another discussion ) it is easy to fix. I'm talking Eugene Stoner was a freaking genius! Multi-caliber capability...there are about 50 calibers you can convert a basic AR to. Scale up to the AR10 and you get even more power and calibers with the same aforementioned benefits. I am not Military or LEO so I have never shot a Direct Impingement weapon to failure in a combat zone but I have put a couple hundred rounds (about the same as a full combat load...6 or so mags) through one on a hot day without any problems . Only had to use the Forward Assist once and that was because I had a crappy mag follower with a burr on it that slowed the last round in the mag. I'm going to do a torture test on one someday just to see for myself what happens when you shoot a DI weapon for about 500 rounds non-stop.

As to pistols the M9 feels great to my rather large hands but I would imagine a person with normal sized mits might have probs getting a good grip on it. Trigger is outstanding and mag release is perfect. Sig 226 (Navy Seals sidearm) has a worse trigger (in my experience that is) but performs about the same as an M9. Fired one Browning High Power but don't remember much about it.

Never used a bullpup configured weapon...hopefully one of the local shooting ranges will buy one for rental. I know they are supposed to be great and handle better but I will have to shoot one to know for sure. I really wish someone made a QBZ-95 clone. I love those guns in PR!