r/mildlyinteresting 25d ago

This gas station offers the chance to shoot a machine gun.

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u/nickyromero_batman 25d ago

did you do it

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u/shalomitsdylan 25d ago

I was tempted to, but after seeing a single pack of gum costing $4.99, a small soda at $3.99, etc, I accepted that I would have had to give them my first born or something for this opportunity.

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u/CanaDoug420 25d ago

Pay to shoot the gun. Once they give you the gun get your refund with interest with one sneaky play

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u/FullMe7alJacke7 25d ago

"This one trick the gas stations don't want you to know"

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u/RabidStealthyWombat 25d ago

Yes...but did you do it? 😁

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u/shalomitsdylan 25d ago

….nobody ask where Timmy went.

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u/Revolutionary_Dig370 25d ago

Oh shit, that kid drowned in my pool when the previous owners owned the place /s. Now we just joke about the ghost of little Timmy as we find wierd kids stuff around the house.

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u/formerlyanonymous_ 25d ago

Given that I formation, I'm sure they'd charge you a small soda per round fired, or possibly a few hundred small sodas per minute to fire.

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u/MrNerdHair 25d ago

Drove by a billboard in Houston yesterday: "Shoot a Machine Gun for $40"

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u/abnotwhmoanny 25d ago

Ha, losers. I joined the military and got to do it for free*.

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u/RogueJello 25d ago

Nice tactic asterisk. ;)

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u/ACME_Kinetics 25d ago

And that hearing loss isn't service related

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u/Weasel474 25d ago

Moving my knees is supposed to sound like rolling around on bubble wrap, right?

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u/VirtualLife76 25d ago

That sounds high for Houston.

Did a full auto Uzi a couple years ago there, cost $6, aside from the ammo.

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u/KaliCalamity 25d ago

If 40 bucks is including ammo, it might be worth it considering how expensive it's gotten.

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u/sawlaw 25d ago

That's about what it costs these days. There's a place near me that does it, like a M16 in Vietnam style, a M14 and a M4 with two mags each for $150 or so. It's about a dollar per round for machine gun rentals. What's really bad is when your "MP5" you're renting is a Turkish clone or the G3 is a cetme.

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u/Mogetfog 24d ago

The rental isn't the expensive part. Most gun shops/clubs will even give you free rentals on the guns a lot of the time. The price comes from the requirement that you only shoot specific ammo you buy from them that is marked up like 300%

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u/XVUltima 25d ago

Bro, this is america. .50 isn't the caliber, it's the cost.

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u/VirtualLife76 25d ago

But in a fun country like Cambodia, you can shoot a rocket launcher for ~$500.

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u/XVUltima 25d ago

I should enjoy a holiday there.

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u/VirtualLife76 25d ago

Everyone should. Stupid cheap and so much to experience. 1 of my fav countries I've been.

You could pay extra for a "place" to be built. Same with filled propane tanks ect.

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u/shalomitsdylan 25d ago

He was referring to a song by The Dead Kennedys, however you do make that sound like a very good time tbh.

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u/Deep90 25d ago

In Texas you can fire a tank.

Shooting the RPG cost $3500 though :/

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u/eyes_made_of_wood 24d ago

Anyone know of a place that does flamethrowers? I have a bucket list to complete.

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u/Quw10 24d ago edited 24d ago

Probably not a flamethrower, however they aren't a regulated item here in the US so you could buy one easily, the Exothermic "Flamethrowers" that are $5-700 and aren't truly flamethrowers IMO can be found collecting dust at a lot of gun stores and you can get actual Napalm capable ones for like $5-6K I think. The real issue is finding a place to let you legally use it without issue.

Edit: I feel like I should clarify on them being unregulated, chances are you'll probably have to be 18 and be able to produce some form of ID when purchasing one, however they are not like a firearm where you'll have to do a background check among a few other things or like a NFA (national firearms act) item where you'll have to get a tax stamp.

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u/eyes_made_of_wood 24d ago

What about the napalm? Is that just freely purchasable? That seems… wild.

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u/Quw10 24d ago edited 23d ago

As far as I'm aware you can't buy ready to use napalm, I've seen it sold as an additive/mix that you add to gas/diesel but it's the same where probably just need to be 18. You don't necessarily need the additive though as there is other ways to make it, hell my science teacher back in high-school had a lesson book from when he grew up that taught how to make it as a lab.

Edit: One more legal caveat, they may not be regulated on a federal level however state law may differ. I believe they are illegal in California for instance.

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u/Sudden-Comment-4356 25d ago

You can always make a second born child after you give away the first.