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Originally Posted by kick2dante
ok that makes a lot more sense
but tbh even $40 seems a bit high to fire 30 shots out of an AK
judging by how cheap things are here i would have guessed like $10
of course i am assuming that "numbre of bullets" meant 30 bullets, and that "ameunt" meant $40, lol
Yeah its expensive relative to living costs in Cambodia, but its something I would never be able to do back home in NZ. Im paying for the ability to just walk in, and 30 seconds later get handed a loaded weapon. They didnt even ask my name. The did however ask if I wanted to line up coconuts to shoot at.
The rules are so strict in NZ no one is allowed to own automatic weapons, and despite my parents owning a shooting range when I was small, I have never even seen an assault rifle. The police dont carry firearms as standard. The only way I would have been able to get trigger time with an automatic would have been joining the military. So its become a tourist attraction, and Im sure they are making decent money from it.
I actually got a amusing speach from my tuk tuk driver about his time in the military, and how he prefers the M16 to the AK47, because "sometimes you shoot man with AK47 bullet go straight through, they not die. With M16, little hole in, big hole when go out. Man always die."
Maybe you have the opportunity to fire an automatic rifle whenever you feel, but Im willing to bet that you cant cruise up the mountain and blow a tree to smithereens with a rocket launcher.
Remember, Cambodians go through the army after leaving school, you can be sure as hell that they arent paying $40 USD/magazine to train at the range.
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Originally Posted by bocachica
I just notice it says NO PHOTO. You deserve a medal for bravery!
I was sitting at the table talking to three of the guys who worked there(dressed in military uniform and all) when I just got out the camera and took a few shots. I didn't even notice that it said that untill afterwards. They didnt say anything, pretty sure I could have just given them a dollar to buy a beer each and they would have been happy anyway.
I did notice there were massive signs all over the walls about not taking photos of the guns so I only managed to get a few; where I asked them to take a photo of me and then purposefully stood infront of the guns that were strewn about.
Last edited by mjwhit; 08-05-2012 at 09:56 AM.