Tim Egan Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I occasionally receive strange emails, as i am a point of contact for my local club. Our club hosts USPSA, IDPA, CASS and ICORE pistol competitions. This one is from a local in my town who offered: "Hi: I was wondering if your interested in using these heads for your shooting competitions. They'd run $35.00 in ones or two, but they would be cheaper in dozen lots or more. If you order a dozen or more they would be $25.00 a head. They normally come in red, blue, tan, and orange and other colors. These were hand painted and are not for sale." My initial reply: "It is an interesting concept, but our shooting competitions are already a bit under fire, and under public scrutiny that we must not give the appearance of a combat sport." His response: "Thanks for the reply. But what really really blows me away are your comments about being under fire and under public scrutiny. Can you give me more information on that? Any ideas how to placate him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrflyer Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 ignore him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Sounds like a setup to me! "Local shooting club buys dummy heads for target practice". I would blame PETA but, they are human heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 You're in Idaho? And you get scrutinized for hosting gun matches? I thought the West was a whole lot free-er and gun friendlier than that. Weird? Huh? The dude sounds like a loon. A capitalist loon, but a loon nonetheless. it's one of those email conversations that has me thinking in my best "DANGER WIL ROBINSON DANGER!" voice DO NOT ENGAGE! DO NOT ENGAGE! this person in any more emails. Like the other guy said...ignore him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Any ideas how to placate him? Why bother? He is a sales guy doing his thing. If he can get you feeling guilty, you might buy something. If he continues to contact you, tell him if he can match the price of an equivalent cardboard target on a per piece basis, you may have something to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Why not tell him the truth, you already have targets that are specific to the matches and thanks for the offer buy those are not legal targets for what you do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 delete email go on with your life ???? profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Those look like the heads they use at beauty college. I thought they threw them away or gave then away. I would just ignore him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Be nice,and say they do not meet ouy prop design,but thanks for the offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uspsa06007 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Invite him to a match and let him see what we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlepig Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 If you want to placate him, send him to law enforcement. Those hair cut manequin heads are in high demand for realistc training there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Any ideas how to placate him? Why bother? He is a sales guy doing his thing. If he can get you feeling guilty, you might buy something. If he continues to contact you, tell him if he can match the price of an equivalent cardboard target on a per piece basis, you may have something to talk about. Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajadudes Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Dang I always wanted a few of those for Halloween and tricks on my wife and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKSNIPER Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Bill Nesbit and Whistlepig are absolutely correct. Usually we would get the heads from a local beauty school and we use them for training ....usually for sniper training. I also agree that it almost seems like this person is "fishing" for a confrontation/argument over the shooting sports. Send him to your local SWAT team....I'm sure they can use them but I bet you $ they will not pay $35 even for 4 of them. JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinistralRifleman Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Too expensive to bother with, would be hard to score consistently once they've been shot. "It is an interesting concept, but our shooting competitions are already a bit under fire, and under public scrutiny that we must not give the appearance of a combat sport." This is weak reasoning and not logically consistent. You're already shooting at humanoid targets (USPSA and IDPA), with duty/military style firearms. Your club is hosting IDPA matches that exist for people to use practical equipment in simulated self defense scenarios (per IDPA website). In short your reply left the door open for him to argue with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I want two dozen of the Sinead O'Connors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3P_Guy Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 They do look like they would be fun to make up for a zombie shoot with shotguns or something similar to that for Halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKSNIPER Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 HA!!! Good one Bear!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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