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The Disclaimer There is a lot of gun and weapon activity on this page and I just want to say, before all you anti-gun people get on your high horses, that I am totally against anyone owning these kind of weapons. I think shooting these types of weapon, in a controled environment, is great fun, but there's no way people should be allowed to buy, or keep these things in the house (and that includes handguns, which I also like to fire). End of disclaimer - get off yer horse and drink yer milk. |
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The Shooting Range I always think it's nice to have an idea of what a place looks like before you go there; well this is what a shooting range in Cambodia looks like. I believe there is another shooting range right next to the killing fields, this isn't that one; this is the shooting range by the airport. And as far as I know, this is the only place where you can fire the rocket launcher. |
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Some Heavy Machine Guns These will cost you $1 a round 100 rounds = $100 (pretty easy math eh!) |
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Shotguns, the Ubiquitous AK47 and I Believe Some Uzis The AK47 has a 30 round mag and will cost you $30. The Uzis are the same if you can get one to fire. I tried for ages without success; they keep jamming. |
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Again the Ubiquitous M16 Among Others The top one is fitted with a grenade launcher, but I don't know if you can fire that. You probably can, they'll let you shoot virtually anything. |
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And of Course the Legendary Rocket Launcher This guy is cleaning up the rocket launcher; I believe he might have a customer. I wonder who that might be. |
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AK47s Are Great for Killing Bushes Yes, that's what I'm doing; I'm shooting a bush to death with my AK47, set to fully automatic by the way. The guys at the shooting range asked me if I wanted to shoot a chicken. I have to be honest, the thought of me trying to waste a chicken with an AK47 on fully automatic was pretty amusing, but I just want to state for the record that I'm not into killing anything and so I graciously declined. |
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That's Right! It Was Me! Well, it had to be done. I've been hearing rumors for years about shooting a rocket launcher in Cambodia and so I just had to do it. It's US$200 a pop (and it's a big pop believe me). I've also heard rumors that for an extra US$200 you can even shoot a cow, but I wasn't made the offer so I can't confirm that one. If you want to shoot the rocket launcher, you have to head out into the hills (they don't do this one at the shooting range itself). The shooting range, where you make all the deals, is past the airport, about 45 mins-1 hour by motorcycle (it cost me US$2 on the back of a motorcycle). If you want to shoot the rocket launcher, you have to get into a car with a few guys and drive about another hour. A word of warning: they don't like to drive all that way to just fire 1 rocket launcher, so you might have to shoot a couple of extra things as well; I took an AK47 and fired off a magazine just to keep them happy. You are probably better off going with 2 or more people to split the expense. You can also throw hand grenades into the pool behind me, but I didn't do that; hand grenades are dangerous, do you think I'm crazy? |
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As Robert De Niro Would Say: "You Lookin at Me?" |
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Lesson 1: Point and Shoot It's really that simple. |
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That Bush is Really Gonna Get it This Time! 3...2...1... and there's a huge pop/bang sound right in front of my face and... |
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...I'm completely Covered in Smoke. |
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No! I Mean Really, Completely Covered in Smoke. I pulled off the ear muffs and looked to the hillside... |
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I Counted... 1...2... and BOOM! The bush's days were up. |
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Basking in the Aftermath of the Destruction I had wreaked. |
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It Had to be Done Dudes! |
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Here are some quick links to the other Cambodia Pages |
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No! this really is the bottom line; there is no more; it is the end of this page; well except for the ubiquitous... |
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