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I’ve heard that you can go to a firing range in Phnom Penh and fire an RPG-7 at a cow?

Pompous Rhombus, Mar 17, 2007

There’s an army shooting range in/just outside of Phnom Penh that tourist’s frequent. Being from the battle-hardened and gun-toting United States, the only thing that piqued my curiosity was the rocket launcher. I couldn’t get the guy to budge from $100 to blow up a cow, so I didn’t go.

Rheumy Sven, Jul 07, 2005

When you turn up in Phnom Penh you’ll scarcely be able to avoid it, just tell any moto driver who is nagging you that you want to go to “the gun range” or “the firing range.” It’s a bit of a hike out of town on a moto, but not too far.

They had outlawed the shooting of the RPG at the cow before I got there, I think they still had the “throw a grenade at a bunch of chickens for $20″ thing while I was there. Yes, I’m serious.

Ribsauce, Mar 17, 2007

The shooting range is a rip off. They have a menu (literally, just like one at a restaurant) with things like:Handgun 10 bullets- 15 dollars, AK47 -30 dollars and so on. It was so expensive. It is only 5 minutes drive from the killing fields. My moto driver took me there but I didn’t want to shoot anything because it was just so overpriced.

fist4jesus, Dec 07, 2005

Duck was $15USD, they ate it.

barren_sky, Dec 09, 2005 22:28

The guns in Cambodia when I was there a couple weeks ago was $10 to fire a clip from a handgun and $30 to fire a clip from an AK-47. Both prices were at non-living targets, and those were the only prices I asked for. There’s one in Phuket, Thailand too, but its just handguns, 22. Rifles and shotguns at paper targets, and way more expensive ($25 to fire 10 bullets from a handgun?!)