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Weekend Gun Thread

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So it's cool right? It's not all black and scary.


Let's take a trip down Memory Lane or as is the case with some of us the Memory Cul de Sac.

When did you first fire a firearm? In my case I was 8 at my grandfather's farm. Here is a photo of the riffle I inherited after he passed away.

A .22 riffle. No identifying marks except for the hard use it experienced on the farm and/or in the barn over the years.

Any ideas what make and/or model it is or could be?

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Besides the question when did you first shoot. What was the first gun you owned? Did you buy it? Was it a gift?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:29 PM




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1 Lock and load babycakes!

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:31 PM (phyXb)

2 I'd call the Corgis, but I've no idea where to find them.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:31 PM (phyXb)

3 So, I'm just taking all the top posts to be annoying.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:32 PM (phyXb)

4 I've never actually owned a gun, partly because I've never been in a situation where I needed to have one, partly because I don't come from a "gun family," so to speak.

However, I did go to one gun-safety class a few years back, and got to practice firing a Glock 19 (23?) on the range. Turned out I was an excellent shot, at least by beginner standards.

Posted by: T at October 21, 2017 05:32 PM (3e8Ue)

5 Ruger?

Posted by: phildirt at October 21, 2017 05:32 PM (IVOjD)

6 Just me and Sonobi, hanging around the gun thread.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:33 PM (phyXb)

7 Oh look! More peeps! Yay!

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:33 PM (phyXb)

8 the flag gun's a glock 26 or 27, don't know about the bolt .22

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:35 PM (sqpGi)

9 "So it's cool right? It's not all black and scary."

It's worse, it celebrates America. Can't have that.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2017 05:36 PM (l9m7l)

10 maybe Sears mail order

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:36 PM (sqpGi)

11 Well, I guess I should stop clogging up the thread; anything I'd post would be OT because I have no gun stuff to share.

BBL

Ciao

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at October 21, 2017 05:37 PM (phyXb)

12 That gun is almost identical to the one I inherited from my father. He used it to shoot squirrels for food when he was 6 during the Depression, and the gun was used back then.

The stock is a bit different--not as angled-- but everything else is identical.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 21, 2017 05:37 PM (nvMvs)

13
However, I did go to one gun-safety class a few years back, and got to practice firing a Glock 19 (23?) on the range. Turned out I was an excellent shot, at least by beginner standards.
Posted by: T at October 21, 2017 05:32 PM (3e8Ue)

It's just fun to shoot, targets, trap, skeet, shooting clays

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 05:38 PM (ZTRlp)

14 We learned to shoot with Benjamin pellet guns, and then knocked around with my dad's 20 gauge and 12 gauge. We had a hand held skeet launch we used to practice. He took us to trap shoot a few times too. We mostly hunted game birds and water fowl. As soon as we could comfortably raise and hold a shotgun against our shoulders, my dad taught us. Probably around 8 or 9 for each of us.

Posted by: No good deed at October 21, 2017 05:38 PM (eIQHF)

15 Skynyrd!
I first shot during a riflery class senior year of college.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me Like msm/democrats/GOPe do at October 21, 2017 05:39 PM (Ftuf+)

16 12 That gun is almost identical to the one I inherited from my father. He used it to shoot squirrels for food when he was 6 during the Depression, and the gun was used back then.

The stock is a bit different--not as angled-- but everything else is identical.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 21, 2017 05:37 PM (nvMvs)

Do you know make and or model of your fathers?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 05:39 PM (ZTRlp)

17 First time I owned a gun I was 23 or so -- my grandfathers Savage deer rifle.

First time I fired a gun? Early / mid teens -- friends dads' .357 magnum.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 21, 2017 05:39 PM (wmaTe)

18 my first was a .22 short mini revolver at a dump in Albany GA with my dad and uncle Richard. Dick was just back from Nam. we were out riding around in his new Mach 1. The .22 was dad's pocket gun. I was 4 in '72.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:39 PM (sqpGi)

19 I've never fired a real gun. But I'm a big fan of 2A and have done legal work for the industry.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 21, 2017 05:40 PM (pV/54)

20 Has the MA Attorney General 'reinterpreted' the 1st Amendment, declared this thread a felony, and sent Misanthropic Humanitarian a threatening cease and desist or subpoena yet?

/wish I wasn't serious

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at October 21, 2017 05:40 PM (N5dam)

21 Pew pew pew pew pew!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 21, 2017 05:40 PM (1kkde)

22
Skynyrd!

They also did Saturday Night Special

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 05:41 PM (IqV8l)

23 The first time I fired a firearm it was a 20 gauge shotgun at a Hunter Safety Course when I was in 3rd grade (8 years old) at a public school. I got two fire two shells at clay targets and I was super proud to be the only boy that hit both times in my class (two girls accomplished the same feat!). The moment motivated my father to take me out and let me and my brother shoot his .357 service revolver at targets in our yard.

Nowadays, that moment truly seems weird when I see kids suspended for Pop Tarts.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at October 21, 2017 05:42 PM (dXyq7)

24 And for actual on topic content: Ruger Service Six at the Boston Gun & Rifle Association in Fields Corner many moons ago.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at October 21, 2017 05:42 PM (N5dam)

25 '72 was a different time. Dad and Dick would let me sit in their laps and "steer" the Mach 1. I vividly remember Dick putting a cigarette pack on the dash and flooring it- it would end up in the back seat.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:45 PM (sqpGi)

26 And for actual on topic content: Ruger Service Six at the Boston Gun & Rifle Association in Fields Corner many moons ago.


One of my longtime possessions is a Ruger Security Six .357 magnum. Not a very pleasant gun to shoot but good for home security. I understand the hollowpoints that I keep in it will bounce around inside a dude until he's dead.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 21, 2017 05:47 PM (1kkde)

27 The first gun(s) I owned as my own (I hunted with my dad's guns for many years) were given to me as a tip by a customer at the bar I worked at, a .38 S&W service revolver and a 16 gauge breakover.

He was moving to Maryland/D.C. and told me the gun laws were so strict there he was just getting rid of them.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at October 21, 2017 05:47 PM (dXyq7)

28 First gun was a glock 19.

As they say, all guns should be glocks, all glocks should be 19, all 19s should be 9s.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 21, 2017 05:47 PM (5NGY8)

29 Dick flew Chinooks in the Army for 30 years. He still does. He's the Army's contract liaision to Boeing now for whatever series they're on (f or g i think)

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:48 PM (sqpGi)

30 On vacation in Maine one year at Lake Schoodic I shot a .357 magnum. It was one of those "when in Rome" situations. People shoot for fun and they pop wheelies to make intricate patterns on the pavement. Good times. Maine's a gorgeous state.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at October 21, 2017 05:48 PM (2NqXo)

31 According to my Official CNN Guide to Dreadful Firearms, those are all AR-15 super-automatics with bump stocks and silencers.

Posted by: George LeS at October 21, 2017 05:48 PM (+TcCF)

32 Do you know make and or model of your fathers?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 05:39 PM (ZTRlp)

Nope. There are absolutely no identifying marks anywhere. All I know is that he used it beginning in the early 1930s.

The stock is a slightly different but other than that, they look identical.

Farmer Bob mentioned Sears mail order. That wouldn't surprise me at all.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 21, 2017 05:49 PM (nvMvs)

33 My first firearm shot was also a .22 rifle at age 10. My first gun of my own was a 12 ga Stevens double barrel at age 12. First gun I ever bought was a Colt .380 pocket pistol. $60 bucks out the door and I was 16. Last gun I bought was a G17. Next on my list is a Patriot Ordnance P415 Gen 4 Edge with 18 inch Wylde barrel. I might as well face it, I'm addicted to gubs.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2017 05:49 PM (zLDYs)

34 Yor pretty sure .22 is Harrington and Richardson. Their stocks on all weapons are so characteristic. Yor just buy used H and R .410 from Gunbroker for rooster murder.

Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 05:49 PM (Jj+59)

35 A gub thread? And nobody called me?

Posted by: RI Red - 100% pure Sonobian Covfefe brewing at October 21, 2017 05:49 PM (yz3dm)

36 The first gun I ever fired was a replica of a Kentucky long rifle. Helluva kick, granted that I was young.

Posted by: George LeS at October 21, 2017 05:50 PM (+TcCF)

37 The first .22 I ever fired was a falling block model like this one: http://bit.ly/2xXu5KA

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 05:50 PM (60v4h)

38
Yor just buy used H and R .410 from Gunbroker for rooster murder.
Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future

They come to snuff the rooster?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 05:51 PM (IqV8l)

39 I want a new 12 ga. shotgun for home and I've been looking at an Ithaca M37. I'd love an older one from the '70s but good luck finding it at a price/condition I could accept.

I've been shooting my son's Mossberg M590 lately - I like it enough but it's his. Do like the safety position though.

Are the newer Ithacas build as solid as the older ones were?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2017 05:52 PM (tr2D7)

40 I've never owned anything deadlier than a BB gun, although I love the engineering that goes into them. I'd love to have a collection of ancient firearms: wheelock, matchlock, Flinlock, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 05:52 PM (39g3+)

41 The Redneck Bitter Clinger son and I shot several hundred rounds of .9mm, .45, .22 and... best of all a metric Kohen-shit-ton of .223.

Ahhhhhhh....

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2017 05:53 PM (MCEs2)

42 I think Sears had contracts with Ivor Johnson for bolt actions. I know Western auto sold plastic stocked .22 with Marlin model 60 actions.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 05:54 PM (sqpGi)

43 Winchester made a basic single shot .22 bolt like that. Made tons of them, no serial numbers, hardly any markings.

I't not as scary as an AR because it's not black and doesn't have the thing that goes up..

Posted by: DB Coooper at October 21, 2017 05:54 PM (vakyQ)

44 Perhaps a Marlin. They were everywhere when I was a yoot and plinking things.

Posted by: browndog at October 21, 2017 05:54 PM (bGMOs)

45 Ok, read the thing. Looks like my first .22. A Sears Roebuck single shot. May have been made by mossberg.
Got it for Christmas. Sixteen microgroove rifling, very accurate. Still holds a place of honor in one of my gun safes, uhh, canoes. Gets shot at least once a year. Has trained many a new shooter.

Posted by: RI Red - 100% pure Sonobian Covfefe brewing at October 21, 2017 05:55 PM (yz3dm)

46 But Harrington and Richardson stamped into barrel.

Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 05:55 PM (Jj+59)

47 10 maybe Sears mail order
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I think so too. I have a .410 that looks exactly like that .22, it came from Sears, maybe manufactured by Marlin.

Posted by: BuckIV at October 21, 2017 05:56 PM (CLfqv)

48 The first time I went shooting, I was 11 and it was as part of my pay for babysitting a Marine and his wife's baby. He took me to the gunnery range where we shot his scoped 30-06 bolt action at 300 yards. For an amateur, I did pretty good, inch and a half groups. Then he let me try his 1911 at 50 yards. I didn't do so good with it. I think I hit the target once out of 8 rounds. Then I shot his Colt .357 magnum with .38 special semi wadcutters. I did pretty good with it. Then we shot a flintlock rifle he'd brought along.

As far as the first guns I owned, one was a Glenfield .22 semiauto and a Revelation 12 gauge single shot shotgun. when I was in my early 20's.

The rifle in the picture looks like either a Sears or Montgomery Wards, probably made by one of the major manufacturers and branded as Sears, ect.

Posted by: Traveling Man at October 21, 2017 05:56 PM (R5lpX)

49 My first gun was/is a Remington model 780 .308.
I bought it. A pure joy to shoot.
Several more rifles and pistols since.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2017 05:56 PM (0tfLf)

50 That looks like a Sears Rifle. It came with a poncho.

Posted by: freaked at October 21, 2017 05:58 PM (UdKB7)

51 That looks like a Sears Rifle. It came with a poncho.

Wrap this newspaper around your head like turban for best effect.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

52 It does look to be a Winchester model 67 made from 1934 to 1963. The short version was the "Boys Rifle" and also came in smoothbore as an option. Made to be easily taken down using only a penny.

Posted by: DB Coooper at October 21, 2017 05:59 PM (vakyQ)

53 Yor get 16g H and R from Pappa Yor for 12th birthday, just in time for dove season in PA. Yor think those were the days.

Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 05:59 PM (Jj+59)

54 First gun shot. A Sears .22 bolt action single shot. I was probably 9 or so. I'd had a daisy pump bb gun and a Sears .22 pellet gun since I was 7.

First gun bought was a Winchester 94 in 30/30 my dad got me when I was 13 and could go deer hunting with him. First I bought myself was a Remington model 11 which was stolen along with my .22 and a single shot .410 which my dad had bought me also for rabbit hunting.

First handgun was a used Ruger Security Six which I bought from a policeman at a gun show in 1976, 4 inch barrel blued steel. It was my nightstand gun for many years until I got my P226 Sig. I still have this and it shoots very nice.

Posted by: geoffb at October 21, 2017 05:59 PM (zOpu5)

55 Aside from a BB gun, plinking at cans on the porch rail of a neighbors' house when I was about eleven or twelve - when I had done one hitch in the AF and suddenly had to get M-16 qualified. Shot well enough for an expert ribbon, to everyone's surprise save the instructor, who noted that women didn't have as much in the way of John Wayne illusions to get over, and on the range did as they were instructed. Some ten years later, had to qualify on a side-arm, in anticipation of a TDY to the Magic Kingdom.
Didn't much like either weapon: I have small hands, and in both cases, they were not a comfortable fit for me.
Bought a Springfield Arms 9mm a couple of years ago. It's a Glock knock-off, and just feels comfortable to the hand. Gave a Weatherby shotgun to the Daughter Unit, and a 9mm of her choice. The Daughter Unit served two tours as a Marine and would really like a personal version of the M-16, but we're on a budget here ...

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at October 21, 2017 06:00 PM (xnmPy)

56 I was probably 13 or 14. A .22 bolt action of my fathers.
First gun purchased was a 54 caliber black powder kit. I've never fired it. I bought 3 of my gramps guns from my mother. Only shot the .22 lever action single shot.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (fC+mL)

57 Sgt. Mom, qualifying for aircrew duty was my first time to fire a handgun. Hadn't fired one again until I went shooting with Weasel. Talk about fun!

Posted by: No good deed at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (eIQHF)

58 First gun I ever shot was a .22 at Boy Scout Summer Camp, I must have been about 14 and I was amazed they let kids handle guns. Since I live in the Northeast, I don't have one, but I am not afraid of them, either.

Posted by: acethepug at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (539ql)

59 Yor not have guns now, lose in canoe accident. Listing guns on internet sound like bad idea.

Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (Jj+59)

60 The .22 rifle might be a J.C. Higgins. Looks like a single shot

Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:04 PM (yOqwj)

61 Remington 870 pump 12 gauge. Bought in 1971 Superior Wi. For snakes and such.

Posted by: redenzo at October 21, 2017 06:05 PM (5wSNN)

62 The rifle looks identical to my Winchester Model 67. It was my dad's rifle. He took it away from some idiots at the shipyard where he worked for using it inside the shot blasting building. Lots of steel plates and machinery. He was unarmed when he took it, they were trying to shoot pigeons flying around inside.

Posted by: Winston at October 21, 2017 06:05 PM (tFY+3)

63 First gun I shot was a .177 air rifle, which was mainly used to pick off sparrows nesting in my dad's shop and some other target practice. Later I went on to a Savage .22 pump and a Ruger 10/22.

After almost 20 years without much firearms exposure, I got a Remington 870 for home defense, then started dabbling in trap shooting. Later got a 9mm, a .380 carry weapon, .22 pistol, .22 rifle, .30-06 rifle, 5.56 scary black rifle, and a 12ga SA trap gun. Kids use(d) a .22 bolt action rifle, a .410 shotgun, and a 20ga SA shotgun. Next acquisition likely to be a 9mm carbine.

Posted by: Mark at October 21, 2017 06:05 PM (Tug2p)

64 my first (purchased) was a stainless Colt Government Model (M-1911) .45 ACP, paid for with money I was given from Uncle Sam for my participation in the Persian Excursion of '91

Posted by: TBone, Mr. Tbone at October 21, 2017 06:05 PM (c5fch)

65 Bought a lever .22 when I was 12, with money I'd saved working. Wanted a Winchester because WINCHESTER, by my cousin was a FFL and said to get a Marlin because Winchester was no longer WINCHESTER!. Bout a Marlin 39A which I still have. Most accurate .22 I've ever shot. The gun was brand-new in '67.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 06:05 PM (w7U7L)

66 I don't remember the first real gun I shot. Probably Papa's 20 gauge. When I was a teen a snagged a part time job working for a gunsmith (friend of my dad's). We shot all kinds of stuff in the range in his basement. Learned all about Ithaca 37s and so many other things I have long forgotten.

Posted by: freaked at October 21, 2017 06:06 PM (UdKB7)

67 Oh, did I mention that Mrs. E and myself own 3 whitewater kayaks and 4 canoes? And we are very careless.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2017 06:06 PM (zLDYs)

68 First weapon fired was an M-1 carbine belonging to my BIL. .30 cal and the 15 round magazine. I was 14.

Posted by: Winston at October 21, 2017 06:07 PM (tFY+3)

69 10/21/1977 the morning news announced the previous evenings plane crash which killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and his sister, Cassie, and seriously injured the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

First firearm experience was a .22, Pop took me brother out to a gravel pit near Lakehurst NAS in the NJ pine barrens. Plinked away at tin cans. 1965/66?

Posted by: A Lurker at October 21, 2017 06:07 PM (b9jZa)

70 My first shot was probably through my first gun, a .22 J.C. Higgins bolt action given to me on my 12th birthday. I gave it to my son

Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:08 PM (yOqwj)

71 First rifle I ever shot was a Savage Stevens .22 single shot bolt action.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:09 PM (NWiLs)

72 can't remember the first gun I fired, but I didn't become a man until I depressed the thumb triggers on a Ma Deuce back when I was in the Corps

Posted by: TBone, Mr. Tbone at October 21, 2017 06:09 PM (c5fch)

73 Apparently you can buy and trade pre-1880 guns without restrictions, if I ever break it big with books I should look into that

yeah, right

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 06:10 PM (39g3+)

74 38
Yor just buy used H and R .410 from Gunbroker for rooster murder.
Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future

They come to snuff the rooster?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 05:51 PM (IqV8l)

You know he ain't gonna die.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:10 PM (NWiLs)

75 My neighbor... "Y'all trashed by backstop."

Me... "And?"

Neighbor... "Nice shootin"."

Me... "Tomorrow more railroad ties?"

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2017 06:10 PM (MCEs2)

76 I would love to still have the guns we used as kids, but my brother was a hell raiser when he was a teen, and my parents didn't feel safe with guns in the house. So, my dad turned them over to the police station and never retrieved them.

Posted by: No good deed at October 21, 2017 06:11 PM (eIQHF)

77
Around 13 I think. Lee Enfield 303 in Army Cadets. Issued. First owned was a Mauser k98.

Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 06:11 PM (qGuLD)

78 I first shot at camp, I believe. I was about 11 or 12. .22, of course.

My first gun was a .22 rifle that a friend of the family gave me. I saw it in his living and mentioned that I liked it so he told me that I could have it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2017 06:12 PM (8gDQu)

79 of course pulling the lanyard on a 155 mm ain't nothin to sneeze at.

Posted by: TBone, Mr. Tbone at October 21, 2017 06:13 PM (c5fch)

80 Beech Nut.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:13 PM (2wRtc)

81 First pistol I ever shot was a .38 Rossi revolver. First long gun I ever owned was a Remington 870 magnum. First handgun I ever owned was a CZ75 clone made by EAA.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:14 PM (NWiLs)

82 dammit.

Missed the Gum Thread again.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:16 PM (2wRtc)

83 Never got to fire an m2 in the Corps, but I did shoot a TOW missile(was an 0352). Also, saw a guy lose a large portion of his thumb in the action of a LAV mounted 23mm at CAX 87 in the Mojave.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 06:16 PM (sqpGi)

84 80 Beech Nut.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:13 PM (2wRtc)

Levi Garrett.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:16 PM (NWiLs)

85 First boomstick fired was Dad's WWII Garand. I was probably 12 or 13.

First gun owned is Paolo, my Beretta 92FS.

Most fun shootin'? On the range in Vegas trying out Political Hat's Whitman Sampler (Glocks, broomhandle Mauser, WWI Luger, etc.)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 06:17 PM (qJtVm)

86 Levi Garrett.

Posted by: Insomniac
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Red Man: The Pick of the Pros.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:17 PM (2wRtc)

87 a profanity may have been uttered

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 06:18 PM (sqpGi)

88 first real gun (other than .22 or .177) for me to shoot was a Springfield M-1903A3. Flat metal butt plate and all. That's a lot a gun for a kid to shoot. Once owned one myself, what before the tragic house fire and all.

Posted by: TBone, Mr. Tbone at October 21, 2017 06:18 PM (c5fch)

89 Oh yeah, and rifles at summer camp.

And BB guns in my friend's basement.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 06:19 PM (qJtVm)

90 86 Levi Garrett.

Posted by: Insomniac
===

Red Man: The Pick of the Pros.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:17 PM (2wRtc)

When you positively absolutely have to get periodontitis overnight.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:19 PM (NWiLs)

91 Those little single shot 22 rifles were made by a bunch of different companies, especially in the 1930s and 40s, maybe earlier. Ivor Johnson, Mossberg, H and R, and others. They were sold by Sears, Western Auto, Montgomery Wards, mail order, any place that sold guns. They might have a name but often did not. The simple ladder rear sight is surprisingly accurate.

I had two bought at a pawn shop for about 15 dollars and still have one. As long as the spring for the firing pin worked, they were pretty much fool proof. The other one I cut down the rear stock for my best friend's two little boys.

I still take mine out for fun. I have 'better' 22 rifles but this one is still fun.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 06:19 PM (V+03K)

92 adios amigos- i gotta go field day the head before my poker buddies come over

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 06:19 PM (sqpGi)

93 1975. I was 5. 20 ga. bolt action with 2 capacity magazine. Dad did the actual heavy lifting, holding and kinda just let me pull the trigger a few yards from the 50 gallon burn barrel. Quite an object lesson on the power of a firearm. I shared a bedroom with a brother 9 years my senior and all 3 of our firearms- 2 shot guns and a 22 pistol and ammo hung on a rack in our bedroom. First firearm was birthday gift at 12. H and R single shot 20 ga junior model. Kicked like a mule. Despite my exposure to firearms at such an early age I've never committed a firearm offence. Weird.

Posted by: Derptastic at October 21, 2017 06:20 PM (DB16e)

94 The bullets scream to me from somewhere.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:20 PM (2wRtc)

95 I first shot when I was 8 or so. I got a .22 when I was 10. My dad and uncle loved hunting. My uncle was a gunsmith. He had many cool guns, in particular he had a .22/410 over-under that I lusted after.

Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 06:21 PM (T71PA)

96 Any further news on the Globalist Overlord Party (GOP) and their anti-American bump stock ban?

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:23 PM (2wRtc)

97 I would like a Henry .410 lever action. About $1000, so that is not likely to happen.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 06:24 PM (fC+mL)

98 Looks similar to my Winchester 67A which was my 1st gun
And still have.

Posted by: Mike at October 21, 2017 06:24 PM (oyzPH)

99 First gun fired? I think it was my dad's 12 gauge shotgun with light loads. I was a wee lad, and it kicked...a lot. But he also had a .22 pistol, and I might have fired that too. Damn...that was long time ago.

First gun owned was a gift from my father; a Colt 1911 Gold Cup.

First gun purchased was a Colt .22LR target pistol. Fun little thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2017 06:25 PM (wYseH)

100 My parents were kidnapped and robbed at knifepoint by a couple of little gangbangers coming out of a square dance in Paramount Ca. My dad, who served throughout WWII and Korea, including having Zeros trying to sink his ship, really never recovered . They bought a gun, a .38 colt two inch and we went to the Long Beach police range for months learning to use it..We all got pretty good, but it wasn't enough for them. They still moved out of LA county, into deep, very red, Orange County which doubled their work commutes, and then fortified that house. I have no idea what happened to the weapon..

Posted by: macleod at October 21, 2017 06:25 PM (I7blG)

101 Howdy, Horde - first shot a rifle that was NOT a BB gun when I was 14 or so. .22 and went to a NRA range and qualified.

And today, sighted in my 30-06s, and will go hunting this week. Today is opening day, but... no time

McGyver, out

Posted by: Mcgyver at October 21, 2017 06:26 PM (Epd27)

102 My first gun was a Daisy BB gun. That was a major concession as my mother was terrified of firearms. I don't know why, she had never been around any but it was a phobia.

The first real gun I shot was a 22 bolt action at Boy Scout camp, circa 1961. It was the highlight of the week.

The first gun I owned was a Ruger Single-Six with the 9 1/2 inch barrel. Wish I still had it. The future Mrs. JTB fired it at an indoor range on our first date. She liked the shooting and was damn accurate. Thus began the respect (and caution) I have given her since.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 06:26 PM (V+03K)

103 beisbol thread?

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 06:28 PM (putg8)

104
First gun was a 16ga Remington pump from Sears. I shot the thing loose, then graduated to a Marlin 39A .22 lever action, a tack driver used for squirrels. My older brother got Dad's 1911.

When I got out of the service, I bought an Ithaca Model 37 with case and slug barrel from Dick's Sporting Goods at the sale price of $105.

Still have the 37, now with all available barrels.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 21, 2017 06:28 PM (S/hVx)

105 Schumer has quietly warned his DEM colleagues to shut up about gun control, I've read. Too many redstate DEM senators in peril!

Posted by: mnw at October 21, 2017 06:28 PM (YUN1C)

106 First? Daisy lever action BB gun. Age11.

Nothing else until about 4 decades later when Barack Obama was President and there was a slew of home invasion robberies locally. Ruger SR22 and some practice quickly led to an XDM .45, service size. And some other stuff.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Named Mr. Barky at October 21, 2017 06:29 PM (GKqQK)

107 103 beisbol thread?
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 06:28 PM (putg

Watching paint dry thread?

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:29 PM (NWiLs)

108 Here is a J.C. Higgins (they also made guns for Sears) .22 bolt action, model 101.24 made by Savage. Looks kind of similar.


http://tinyurl.com/yagcz2c9

Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:29 PM (yOqwj)

109 Watching paint dry thread?

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:29 PM (NWiLs)

I KNEW IT!

A fvcking commie-pinko bedwetter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2017 06:32 PM (wYseH)

110 First handgun I ever owned was a CZ75 clone made by EAA.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:14 PM (NWiLs)

I have one of those. A Tanfoglio Witness in .40. I love it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2017 06:33 PM (8gDQu)

111 This is gun related. Someone shoot me the next time I say I am doing an outdoor craft event. Good Lord, what a fucking disaster. I couldn't even set up.. had to leave. Lost my $35 booth fee. Wind gusts up 30 mph.. wasn't gonna happen. fml

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at October 21, 2017 06:34 PM (CNHr1)

112 108
Here is a J.C. Higgins (they also made guns for Sears) .22 bolt action, model 101.24 made by Savage. Looks kind of similar.


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Nope, the forestock shape is different.

Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:34 PM (yOqwj)

113 I love threads like these!

Posted by: Bob of the NSA at October 21, 2017 06:35 PM (cGz5Q)

114 OT: Lombardy and Veneto are holding referendums tomorrow to vote on semi-autonomy.

Yay, we're returning to city states! Maybe the Papal States will re-arm.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 06:35 PM (qJtVm)

115 Yor not have guns now, lose in canoe accident. Listing guns on internet sound like bad idea.
Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (Jj+59)

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It's okay. Everybody lies on the internet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 21, 2017 06:35 PM (1kkde)

116 Watching paint dry thread?

Posted by: Insomniac
===

heh. Just looked up the contents of chewing tobacco and got this skeery skeery list from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Polonium 210 (nuclear waste)
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
Cadmium (used in car batteries)
Lead (nerve poison)
Nitrosamines (cancer causing substances)
Arsenic
Cyanide

BOO!

I guess since I chewed Polonium for years my happy white ass should glow in the dark.

Nothing more encouraging than having SJW's in charge of our health care system, eh?

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (2wRtc)

117 109 Watching paint dry thread?

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:29 PM (NWiLs)

I KNEW IT!

A fvcking commie-pinko bedwetter!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2017 06:32 PM (wYseH)

Whatever, dude.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (NWiLs)

118 Yay, we're returning to city states! Maybe the Papal States will re-arm.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 06:35 PM (qJtVm)

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They'll need to find a man like Rodrigo Borgia first.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (1kkde)

119 #83

Hey Farmer Bob, I was at CAX in 87.

August , 2/10 cannon cockers.

Posted by: Charles Martel at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (gp7Z8)

120 Sent you an email, Misanthropic. In case you need it.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 06:38 PM (Ckg4U)

121 I sent Hrothgar an iMessage & here is his response The Horde

"Remain the nicest bunch of strangers you will never meet".

And to Ben Had Hrothgar almost bought tickets to Texas MoMee, but life interfered again.

I addeded to Pet Thread & it is over:
One more:
"All roads are hard and some roads are harder then others, but you still have to saddle up and ride!" Hrothgar

Via Carol

He doesn't want to deal with internet for time being & I am his intermediary. Please don't try to contact him, he wants his privacy. Thank you, Carol.

Posted by: Carol at October 21, 2017 06:38 PM (NKOy9)

122 Alright, who the hell taught you to spell? I've gotta bust your balls on a gun thread because rifle has only "f," unless you lost all of your firearms in a canoe accident while traversing some deep, deep water riffles.

Posted by: Fritz at October 21, 2017 06:38 PM (Kwhm/)

123 had an ithaca model 37. loved that gun. sold it, worst gun mistake ever.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 21, 2017 06:39 PM (KP5rU)

124 What's a riffle?

Posted by: TitanTom at October 21, 2017 06:40 PM (BeAI2)

125 Nope, the forestock shape is different.
Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:34 PM (

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I hired a gun mohel to remove the forestocks from my guns.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 21, 2017 06:41 PM (1kkde)

126 Nothing more encouraging than having SJW's in charge of our health care system, eh?
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (2wRtc)


It'll be great! Any participation in any unapproved vice whatsoever will result in instant disqualification from receiving any health care whatsoever.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:41 PM (NWiLs)

127 121--- Thanks for keeping us posted, Carol.
My heart aches for him.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 06:41 PM (0jtPF)

128 August , 2/10 cannon cockers.
Posted by: Charles Martel at October 21, 2017 06:37 PM (gp7Z


Heh. Cannon cockers. Heh heh heh.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 06:43 PM (NWiLs)

129 Hmmm, chewed poptart thread.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 06:43 PM (/qEW2)

130 What's a riffle?
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Fruit juice mixed with Ripple.

Posted by: Fred Sanford at October 21, 2017 06:43 PM (2wRtc)

131 What is it with this weekend?

My mom has a picture of me with my dad, I must be 3 maybe 4, he is behind me, arms around me and his hands around my hands, which are gripping what must have been his service .45. We would have been shooting at the burn barrel in the backyard in Daleville.

I do not remember that at all.

First time I remember was a .22 rifle at Cub Scout camp.

When I was in the Army I carried a .45 - probably one of the last units in the Army to have them - and I carried a 203 because "Hello to my little friend." We had more weapons than people so I could pick and choose.

First gun I purchased was a Mossberg 509A1. I wanted one in Marinecote but for whatever reason it wasn't available so its matte black. Got it right after Columbine because world seemed like it was going crazy.

Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2017 06:44 PM (jHrzU)

132 I was always fond of the Walther PPK. Very clean, tight mechanism, and a delightful buttery mouth feel.

Posted by: A. Hitler at October 21, 2017 06:44 PM (1kkde)

133 Thank you Carol for letting us know. Praying for him. My God.. I can't imagine.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at October 21, 2017 06:45 PM (CNHr1)

134 Not much of a gun guy, more a knife man.

Treed me a Sonobi once. Rascal thought he was safe. Climbed up after him and gutted him, while he cried.

Seen any around that need that kind of treatment?

Posted by: socalcon at October 21, 2017 06:45 PM (Roy2Z)

135 Thanks, Carol, For letting us know. My husband and I have been praying for her and his family every day since we got the news about his son, but I wouldn't try to contact him. I wouldn't know how to do that. Thanks for the update.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 06:47 PM (iVOAv)

136 I got a Browning SA-22 for Christmas - I think I was ten. That four-pound rifle must have had an eight-pound trigger. And because it ejects down, the inside of my left wrist would be covered with painful little black circles. But I loved it, and we first shot it at my Uncle Bud's place in Ellenville. Bought my son a CZ 455, and I love that one too.

Posted by: Mr. Mike at October 21, 2017 06:47 PM (ySYed)

137 The rifle appears to be a Model 15. These were produced under the Stevens, Savage & Springfield brands. My Dad's Springfield was the first gun I shot. Still have the gun.

Posted by: Jay Dee at October 21, 2017 06:47 PM (Rkz9q)

138 My first gun:

My grandfather's service pistol. Colt Model 1892 .38 caliber. He carried it to the Mexican Border after Pancho Villa's raid, and then to WWI with Pershing and the American Expeditionary Force. He served in the US 28th Division. For WWII he upgraded to a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. When he passed, my mom smuggled it from Penna to New Mexico....in her hand carry. Try THAT today.....

http://picpaste.com/Colt_1892_.38-03z28cNb.JPG

Posted by: goatexchange at October 21, 2017 06:48 PM (YFnq5)

139 For those with Ruger 10/22 rifles, Cabela has the Ruger BX trigger replacement drop in unit on sale. Picked one up today for 65 bucks but haven't installed it yet. They get a huge number of five star reviews. Supposed to drop the trigger pull from 6 pounds on the factory issue down to 2.5 to 3 pounds. That can turn an already great rifle into something better.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 06:50 PM (V+03K)

140 I have a 28 ga. shotgun. Never fired it. Probably can't ammo for it at Wally World.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 06:51 PM (fC+mL)

141 Speaking of prayer requests-I have one. it seems a little odd to put it on a thread the subject of which I know nothing about, but since there are many people on here who do know a lot about guns and also pray, here's my prayer request:

My off site supervisor, D, got a call on Thursday that his older brother had a stroke while driving his child to school. There was no accident but his brain was irreparably damaged and they made the difficult decision to take him off life support. His brother is on hospice and the doctors don't know if his end will be soon or take several weeks. He has a wife and two daughters-one 17 and one 20. Please pray for the "D" family at this difficult time. Thanks so much. it's much appreciated!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 06:52 PM (iVOAv)

142 137
The rifle appears to be a Model 15. These were produced under the
Stevens, Savage Springfield brands. My Dad's Springfield was
the first gun I shot. Still have the gun.

Posted by: Jay Dee at October 21, 2017 06:47 PM (Rkz9q)

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Very similar but the bolt cut out on the stock doesn't look to be the same. Not accounting for different year mfgs.

Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 06:53 PM (yOqwj)

143 My dad and my ex-FIL each had a rifle like that.

I remember my ex-husband and I target shooting, when I was 23 or so. I think it was a .38.

Posted by: booknlass at October 21, 2017 06:53 PM (9mZIr)

144 115,
"Yor not have guns now, lose in canoe accident. Listing guns on internet sound like bad idea.

Posted by: Yor, the Hunter from the Future at October 21, 2017 06:03 PM (Jj+59)"



Quite old, don't care, cold dead hands etc., etc., etc.

Posted by: geoffb at October 21, 2017 06:54 PM (zOpu5)

145 MH, Thanks for the gun thread. Always a treat.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 06:55 PM (V+03K)

146 My brothers had BB guns when I was little.
They used to love shooting light bulbs.

One day my brother set up a light bulb and for some reason decided he'd let me try to shoot it. I was 5 or 6, I guess --- and I blew that sucker up. What a thrill!

Brother still remembers this because he was sooooo ticked off at losing the bulb. He didn't think I could do it. And he had to smile and congratulate me.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 06:55 PM (0jtPF)

147 First gun I shot was the old man's .22 revolver when I was about 6. Shot the shit out of some beer cans out on the farm.

First I bought with my own money? Ruger P89 when I was in college. I owned some weird shit in college (not at once, a series of trades, Calico Liberty 100, Street Sweeper 12ga, .44 mag Desert Eagle. Nothing very practical but shit it was fun.

Most recent? Ruger Precision Rifle in 6.5 Creedmore....that thing is a tack driver. First time out it put 5 shots through three holes you could cover up with a nickle at 100 yards. I haven't had it past 200 yards yet and honestly it is a bit boring at that range. Need to find a good 6-800 yard range to really test it.

Posted by: DanInMN at October 21, 2017 06:56 PM (iUBrJ)

148 My first gun was a .22 H&R Sahara youth single shot blowback rifle. I got that in 1972 at age 7 and it became my son's first rifle at age 7 in 2013. I bought my 9 year old daughter a Savage "Rascal" .22 at age 8 last year for Christmas. I need to get my son an upgrade, likely this year. Probably a 10/22.

Most fun at the range, hard to pin that down. Most recently went to the plinking range with my son, daughter and father. I was using his .22 Browning Semi auto that he gave me a while back.

A month or so before that I got my 1917 SMLE to the range that I did a nice amount of bedding work to using JB Weld. I'll be dammed if it didn't shoot great. Some of the ammo was head stamped 1918 as well.

As with many others in this post I also have a Ruger "Six" in my case a 4" police six. Fun revolver.

Posted by: Keith at October 21, 2017 06:56 PM (USf3s)

149 141---Please pray for the "D" family at this difficult time. Thanks so much. it's much appreciated!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 06:52 PM (iVOAv)
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Will do, Fen.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 06:58 PM (0jtPF)

150

Hey Vols! Hey Vols! Hey Vols!
We just beat the hell out of you!
Rammer Jammer, Yellowhammer, give 'em hell, Alabama!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 06:58 PM (60v4h)

151 @ 144

Exactly. If you want them, bring body bags.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 21, 2017 06:58 PM (S/hVx)

152 Fen, prayers up for "D"'s family, for strength, peace, and healing.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at October 21, 2017 06:58 PM (66CWr)

153 The first firearm I fired was a double barrel 10-gauge. It was a lesson about the power of firearms without actually being on the receiving end. I was 7 years old and I was instructed to pull both triggers.

My first riffle was a Winchester lever-action 22LR. Sweet. Wish I still had it.

Posted by: Fritz at October 21, 2017 06:59 PM (Kwhm/)

154 First (and somewhat shamefully) only firearm I've fired was a .22 bolt action at Cub Scout camp, back in the dark ages when men were men and women you could generally tell the difference. I couldn't hit squat, but I had little practice (and crap eyesight). I should correct that someday, but so many priorities...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at October 21, 2017 07:00 PM (66CWr)

155 Here you are children:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFDgc5agX7U

Winny mod. 67
And this is an interesting project.

My first shot was a Winchester 62A, still have it. The old man bought it in '58 so my mom would have some protection.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at October 21, 2017 07:00 PM (AsjQP)

156 First gun:

5"/54 caliber Mark 45 Mod O gun.

Then some M2 practice. And I guess we do not count flare guns, right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2017 07:01 PM (hyuyC)

157
First real gun I shot was a Marlin model 60 .22 rifle around age 10. Took my first and only ground hog at age 12 with the same gun.

My first purchase was a Savage-Anschutz Match 64 , 26" heavy barrel, single shot, .22 target rifle at age 14.

Still like to shoot .22, but have a *few* other calibers in rifles, pistols, revolvers, etc.

Plus the love. I'm all about the love.

Posted by: Love Gun at October 21, 2017 07:02 PM (JoQAu)

158 That .22 a Stevens? or don't you know?

My first gun was just as I got out of the Navy.

Ruger .22 autoloader. With the slim barrel.

Then went to a .25 colt pocket autoloader.

Then an Ivers Johnson .38 (god I'm so ashamed) A genuine Saturday Night Special. No swing out cylinder. No. Just like the old time revolvers where you had to pull the center pin to remove the cylinder.

Worked great though for the price: $50 in 1972.

Eventually over time I traded or sold all my guns. Didn't feel the need for one. Lived in the city so no hunting or chance to target shoot and my neighborhood was low income but cool. The posses knew me and left me alone. Cause I left them alone.

The assault weapons bill didn't bother me cause it wasn't really a blanket ban and it had an expiration date.
Then the JEF steps up and scares the pants off me. Congress critters blather about gun control but unless there's an idiot in the WH that will sign the bill there's not much to worry about. And there he was. Yakking about things he knew nothing about.

I now have 4 guns and mostly use them for target practice.

Some lobbyist for the gun companies should thank the JEF for all the good work he did in arming America.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Back from the Dead) at October 21, 2017 07:03 PM (5sfJ+)

159 Done Fenelon. How sad

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at October 21, 2017 07:06 PM (CNHr1)

160 Oh. The first gun I SHOT was a Colt .45 1911. In the Navy. Probably manufactured before the war and sitting in weapons lockers in the fleet over the years.

Then an M1 Garand and then a Thompson .45 submachine gun (what fun). All weaps training off the fantail of the ship while crossing the Pacific to WestPac.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Back from the Dead) at October 21, 2017 07:07 PM (5sfJ+)

161 Gainz, not gunz.

Posted by: Jason Fung at October 21, 2017 07:07 PM (/qEW2)

162 I don't know if there are many muzzleloader shooters among the Horde. I mean traditional styles with patched round ball, not those new fangled in-line abominations. It is a different pace of shooting and perhaps a bit more involved but tremendous fun.

If you just want to blow off some rounds quickly, BP guns aren't for you. But if you have an appreciation of history on many levels, might enjoy making some of your gear and accoutrements, and want a relaxed pace of shooting, you should look into it. It's a very satisfying aspect of the firearms hobby.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 07:08 PM (V+03K)

163 98 Looks similar to my Winchester 67A which was my 1st gun
And still have.
Posted by: Mike at October 21, 2017 06:24 PM

Looks similar to that. Maybe a 71, or a Sears version (minus poncho). I have my dads that I used to shoot occasionally. Last time I took it out it was still very accurate!

I think I first shot with my grandma's neighbor on his farm, but not sure.

Later when I was in ROTC in 9th grade I joined the rifle team, and we would practice under the math classes inside the school!! (I was able to get a sharpshooter with their 71s)

Posted by: Jarvis W. Deplorable at October 21, 2017 07:08 PM (RErNf)

164 Oh yeah, HAD the 69a, until the tragic boating accident, that is...

Posted by: Jarvis W. Deplorable at October 21, 2017 07:08 PM (RErNf)

165 First gun I ever shot, back in the early 70s was a 30-06, in Jersey, in Johnny Marotta's back yard. I ended up six feet back on my dainty ass. This was, of course, back when I actually had one. :-)

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:09 PM (14URa)

166 Prayers up, Fenelon. My mother can testify to the power of Moron prayers.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 07:10 PM (60v4h)

167 I've been using a double sided nylon neoprene belly band lately for my G26 EDC. I can carry in it on the hip IWB/OWB or like a shoulder holster depending on the shirt I'm wearing. Love the Belly Band.


Posted by: Under Fire at October 21, 2017 07:11 PM (mcI77)

168 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 06:52 PM (iVOAv)

Ah, crap, Fenelon. "D" family added to the prayer list. Heartbreaking. I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:11 PM (14URa)

169 Hey everybody.

Think eventually maybe we can get a camera/DSLR thread? I admit I've been looking at some and dreaming.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2017 07:11 PM (eMKNe)

170 My Great Uncle Earle gave me my first gun, a rifle, when I was, I dunno, my parents were separated but not yet divorced, maybe 13? He was one of my Grandma's numerous siblings. For reasons still not clear to me, my mother allowed me to retain possession of it.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 21, 2017 07:12 PM (QBrQE)

171 My vote that the pictured gun is a Winchester Model 94. Bolt action Winchesters were not widely offered but the .22 bolt-action was one of the few, a starter model (a boys gun). The value of that gun is more than a comparable condition/vintage as it was indeed an atypical action for Winchester. I had one and it too had no markings if I recall.

Posted by: potadas at October 21, 2017 07:12 PM (NefiV)

172 First weapon ever fired was my M16A1 in basic nearly 30 years ago. First firearm owned was a Daewoo DH40. Before the canoe accident I had worked my way up through the calibers until I hit 50BMG in the form of a Barrett M107A1.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at October 21, 2017 07:12 PM (ie9E1)

173 I'm watching a "Barney Miller" episode on WPIX and they just pulled an HQ -- inventing a phoney porno flick name, "A Man and a Woman... and Another Woman"!

Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 07:12 PM (mJ8mX)

174 Thanks for the prayers, everybody. My dear supervisor has been hit with many difficult things in his family this year.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 07:13 PM (iVOAv)

175 Think eventually maybe we can get a camera/DSLR thread? I admit I've been looking at some and dreaming.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2017 07:11 PM (eMKNe)
If I were you, I'd just jack the next chess thread. Otherwise, you really are dreaming. Although it's nice that you live in the kinda place when shooting someone involves a camera and not bullets.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:14 PM (14URa)

176 There's a wedding happening right now at the shooting range just outside the little Norwegian village where we are staying. I thought perhaps this was in conjunction with the Lutefisk and Meatball supper being dished up by the local Lutheran church tonight. But, no. They are two separate events. It would be most unfortunate if they were mistakenly combined.


We chose not to attend the lutefisk dinner and went with pizza instead.

Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:14 PM (PXyhz)

177 We chose not to attend the lutefisk dinner and went with pizza instead.

Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:14 PM (PXyhz)
grammie!!! You are in Norway? That sounds magical (lutefisk notwithstanding - I know you can probably get that at home). Hope you are having a blast!

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:15 PM (14URa)

178 first gun I shot was a .22 pistol at age 4. I was forced to do it by my mean uncles. I didnlt want to do it and cried. But after that I took to shootin irons like a duck to water.

First firearm was a 22 rifle I got for Christmas (a Glenfield,with no serial number since it was prior to the 1968 law). I still have it. It has some wear and tear on it but still goes bang.

I had to ship it to myself across state lines once and had to argue with the young feller at the 01 dealer (who couldn't find the serial number) that it never had a serial number.

Finally the owner came out and said "he is right, it doesn't have a SN. 22's didn't have to have SN's prior to 196.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at October 21, 2017 07:15 PM (cCxiu)

179 MishUm, was the bolt riffle [sic] a single shot? I'm only partway thru the comments so maybe it's already been identified for you. Was it a boy's-size whap-on [sic] [jk that was me] or a grown-up sized riffle?

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 21, 2017 07:16 PM (QBrQE)

180 Think eventually maybe we can get a camera/DSLR thread? I admit I've been looking at some and dreaming.



Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2017 07:11 PM (eMKNe)



Ignore the main page and look at the reviews at dpreview.com

Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2017 07:17 PM (nXoiZ)

181 Fenelon - that's awful. We'll pray.

Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:17 PM (PXyhz)

182
Moron Prayers carry extra weight because God is a fan of our comments.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:17 PM (gE0FU)

183 Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:09 PM (14URa)

At least you didn't do what a guy I knew did in High School. He had a gimpy leg, so he backed up against a tree to shoot the 30.06. Damned near broke his shoulder.
PS. I would bet it's still dainty.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 07:18 PM (fC+mL)

184 To keep with the thread, my first time shooting included a .22 rifle, a 357 with 38 special bullets, and an AR-15.

Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2017 07:18 PM (nXoiZ)

185 Everyone is welcome about my keeping The Horde informed about Hrothgar.

I have only imessaged him twice & today was only one to pass on to the Horde. Anything else & I will pass along.

If he has anything else for you, I'm sure he will let me know.

Posted by: Carol at October 21, 2017 07:19 PM (NKOy9)

186 At least you didn't do what a guy I knew did in High
School. He had a gimpy leg, so he backed up against a tree to shoot the
30.06. Damned near broke his shoulder.
PS. I would bet it's still dainty.


Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 07:18 PM (fC+mL)
Effin' hilarious, Ronster! And, no, I don't know where my ass went, I just know it's gone. Not that anyone even notices but me. I'm way past my "best by" date, lol!

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:19 PM (14URa)

187
Re: Game of Thrones

Where did the Ice King get those huge chains? Who made them for him?

Who swam down and chained up the dragon?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:19 PM (gE0FU)

188 Peaches and Vendette, thanks :-)

I will take that advice. And yes, I've been blessed to live in a neighborhood with a lot less gun shooting than photo shooting.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2017 07:20 PM (eMKNe)

189 "Moron Prayers carry extra weight because God is a fan of our comments."
-Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:17 PM (gE0FU)

*HAH!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:20 PM (Ckg4U)

190 Where did the Ice King get those huge chains?

They've been carrying them around for a thousand years, just in case.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 07:20 PM (60v4h)

191 Ah, its not a 69a since its single shot it seems.

I have a 5 shot mag and used to have a 10 shot, but lost it in a move, eh.

Posted by: Jarvis W. Deplorable at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (RErNf)

192 I grew up a victim of the patriarchy.
Guns were for boys. Yep.

My mother, being a female and thus having naturally Correct Attitudes, disapproved of guns in general.
I don't think she ever touched one until she was in her 70's.

Then she broke bad.
Really, really bad.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (0jtPF)

193 Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:15 PM (14URa)




Peaches - no, still in Wisconsin. But we're doing a short tour of towns that have Swedish or Norwegian heritage. Skandis breed like flies here. Their everywhere.

I did find some cool stuff from Sweden today. Good thing Rev was along with his Visa card. He does come in handy.

Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (PXyhz)

194 My mother, being a female and thus having naturally Correct Attitudes, disapproved of guns in general.

I don't think she ever touched one until she was in her 70's.



Then she broke bad.

Really, really bad.





Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (0jtPF

She sounds SO awesome!!!

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:22 PM (14URa)

195 Friend of mine may have had a stroke at home earlier today while I was working in his shop. I hope he's OK. This has been a bad year for him, health-wise.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 21, 2017 07:23 PM (QBrQE)

196 we're doing a short tour of towns that have Swedish or Norwegian heritage. Skandis breed like flies here. Their everywhere.



Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (PXyhz)

LOL, I thought you done snuck off to Norway, grammie! And, as I remember from a brief sojourn to Minnesota and NDak, you can always tell a Norwegian. You just can't tell him much! Cracks me up to this very day. And, the late great Mr. Peaches was of Viking ancestry, as he liked to think of it.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:24 PM (14URa)

197 "God has a hard on for Morons, because we kill everything we see. He plays His games, we play ours. To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls. God was here before the Moron Horde, so you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Horde."

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:25 PM (Ckg4U)

198 Aww Peaches - I saw some really great Viking shirts today. Some funny. Some just cool.

Posted by: grammie winger - Cubs are gonna suck again at October 21, 2017 07:26 PM (PXyhz)

199 Will pray for D's brother and the family Fen. Thank you for asking us.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 21, 2017 07:28 PM (RfzVr)

200 194---She sounds SO awesome!!!
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:22 PM (14URa)
--------------------------
Heh.
She's 85 now.
She wants to be buried with her AR-15--- just in case she goes to hell.
Lotta peeps down there she wants to blow away!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:29 PM (0jtPF)

201 http://tinyurl.com/y9jeqd4q

Are We Ready for Intimacy With Androids?


Sexbots. It won't be long now.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 07:30 PM (2wRtc)

202 This thread brings tears to my eyes.

Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel at October 21, 2017 07:30 PM (/qEW2)

203 She's 85 now.

She wants to be buried with her AR-15--- just in case she goes to hell.

Lotta peeps down there she wants to blow away!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:29 PM (0jtPF)


Include multiple magazines.

Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2017 07:31 PM (nXoiZ)

204 Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 21, 2017 07:23 PM (QBrQE)

Will pray for your friend.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 07:31 PM (iVOAv)

205 Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:29

I like the way she thinks.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 07:31 PM (fC+mL)

206 First gun I ever fired was a .22 pistol owned by the father of friends. That was when I was about 14 or so. I got my first gun, a .50 caplock carbine, about a year later, and shot that and my father's new-to-him caplock longrifle a few times until I finally finished putting together what I really wanted - an honest-to-God flintlock longrifle. Finished that when I was in college, and then never really got to shoot it much after all those years of work because I never had the money for powder and gas to get to the range.

Wasn't until Obama was about to be elected that I decided to get a breechloader, an Ishapore-made SMLE in .303. That was my best fighting rifle up until I was finally moved to get an AR last summer.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:32 PM (4mE7F)

207 203---Include multiple magazines.
Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2017 07:31 PM (nXoiZ)
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Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:33 PM (0jtPF)

208 Probably first shot was at summer camp. They had surplused M2 .22 Springfields which were absolute tack drivers. Wish I had one of those. I was probably 8 years old.

I took to it like a duck to water. For Christmas when I was 10 years old, I received a Remington Model 511. Sadly, it was lost. Tragic canoe/camping trip.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 07:33 PM (5OO3x)

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:35 PM (4mE7F)

210 119- Cool I was 2/HQ TOW plt. (I got there 2 weeks early to set up, got to stay 2 weeks late for takedown) I got in trouble when I called that flame-haired butterbar that was detatched there a fecal noggin he drove up on us in the desert in a hummer at 4a.m. and flashed his brights ruining our night vision. I figured it was a pfc since he was driving. Col. Byron gave me a meritorious mast when we got back to Jax, so it's all giggles now.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 21, 2017 07:36 PM (sqpGi)

211 First gun was a Stevens single shot bolt action in .22LR a lot like the one pictured above. Got it when I was 13. Had it for many years. First gun I actually shot (age 10) was a Winchester .22LR semi auto that had belonged to my grandfather. Ended up with that one for many years also.

First gun I bought was a S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece in .38 special. Bought it with my very first check earned working in IT. Owned that one for many many years.

Ended up selling most of my guns off (had a fair collection at one time) in the past year due to money problems (it's a real bitch having to take early retirement due to health problems; money ends up always being a problem). Oh well, life's a beach and then you go swimming, or something like that....

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - No-Longer-Deplorable Source of all SMODs at October 21, 2017 07:36 PM (qxy71)

212 Heh.

She's 85 now.

She wants to be buried with her AR-15--- just in case she goes to hell.

Lotta peeps down there she wants to blow away!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:29 PM (0jtPF)
She sounds like my kinda gal, MDeV! In fact, kind of a role model. She doesn't, by any chance, have a blog, does she? Or even a newsletter?

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:36 PM (14URa)

213 First gun I shot was a bb gun. The first one I owned was also a bb gun. It was a Daisy 1894 Winchester replica lever-action that my uncle bought me while I was on vacation. Had a cop stop me in town because he thought it was a .22 because of the size of the muzzle.
First "real" gun I bought was a Mossberg 930 autoloader shotgun, followed by a Ruger P30 for security at my shop at night. Traded that for a Ruger LCR for concealed carry. Also have a Marlin 795 .22 semi auto rifle.

Posted by: Haywood at October 21, 2017 07:37 PM (Nnmy9)

214 As an aside, I'll never forget going squirrel hunting with my later-to-be BIL's mother. I was probably only 14 or so. I was astonished by her shooting skills. One shot, one squirrel, every time. I began to suspect that my shooting skills were not what I thought they were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 07:37 PM (5OO3x)

215 209
Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:35 PM (4mE7F)

Well said.

Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 07:38 PM (NWiLs)

216 Oh, crap, we talkin' bb guns? I got in huge trouble for shooting my little ratfink sister with one of those. In her finger. No blood, no bruising. Just me in trouble. Again.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:38 PM (14URa)

217
I stumbled upon an income tax calculator that will calculate your taxes under President Trump's proposed plan versus the current tax scheme.

In my case, the difference is significant. And I'm by no means "rich." Not even close.

Why the Republicans (or even the White House) isn't out there every single day touting President Trump's tax reform plan is quite a mystery.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:38 PM (gE0FU)

218 Hey Sooth - help a brother out? Link?

Posted by: goatexchange at October 21, 2017 07:39 PM (YFnq5)

219 209

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:35 PM (4mE7F)



Well said.

Sometimes the smartest thing is to say nothing.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:40 PM (4mE7F)

220 I haven't read the comments yet, but it looks pretty similar to my Remington Scoremaster model 611x (probably about 1962?), and that Glock 26 with the red dot doesn't look too concealed carry, but it's cool and the gang.

Posted by: Mike Pitzler at October 21, 2017 07:40 PM (fSf/G)

221
In 2016, the Reoublicans ran on Nothing. Some of them even ran against Trump.

It's going to be interesting to see what the Republicans run on in 2018, which is only 9 weeks away.

I have zero confidence we'll get tax cuts from this bunch. Zero.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:41 PM (gE0FU)

222 Why the Republicans (or even the White House) isn't out there every single day touting President Trump's tax reform plan is quite a mystery.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:38 PM

What part of RINO do you not understand? lol

Posted by: Jarvis W. Deplorable at October 21, 2017 07:41 PM (RErNf)

223 @79- Tbone

Of course pulling the lanyard on a 155mm...

Ever slap fire one?
Older, big silver tube model. M119A? Sorry. Been over 40 years.

Screw primer holder in to just shy of locking into place.
Slap striker up with right hand and smack primer handle away from you, to begin unscrewing process, at the same time.
After slapping striker right hand continues up to push breech handle lock button as it's grabbing handle and yanking it down.
Believe it or not, after a bit of practice I and one other got fast enough that we handle down quick enough that the recoil was what was pulling the breech open.

Could get 3 rounds downrange very quickly.
Was kind of important in the early 70's. Think direct fire, fleshette rounds.

Posted by: slap fire at October 21, 2017 07:42 PM (w0XWc)

224 >>> This thread brings tears to my eyes.

No Jimmy, someone hacked your internet ready buttplug.

Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 07:42 PM (cHbmY)

225 Lutefisk is awesome. All I ask is that you try it.

Posted by: Sam I Am at October 21, 2017 07:42 PM (/qEW2)

226 Why the Republicans (or even the White House) isn't
out there every single day touting President Trump's tax reform plan is
quite a mystery.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:38 PM (gE0FU)
They hate us. Even worse than they hate the libtards. Because, for once, we won. And they are slow burning toast.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:42 PM (14URa)

227
Link?

Posted by: goatexchange

This is the calculator for President Trump's plan:

https://www.calcxml.com/calculators/trump-tax-reform-calculator


And this is calculator for the current scheme:

https://www.calcxml.com/calculators/federal-income-tax-calculator

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:44 PM (gE0FU)

228 We have movie sign!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:45 PM (qJtVm)

229 They hate us. Even worse than they hate the libtards. Because, for once, we won.
===

Can't be said enough.

And we hate them right back.


Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 07:45 PM (2wRtc)

230 Wasn't until Obama was about to be elected that I decided to get a breechloader, an Ishapore-made SMLE in .303. That was my best fighting rifle up until I was finally moved to get an AR last summer.


Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:32 PM


SMLE no.3?

Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 07:45 PM (qGuLD)

231
The only Republican agenda I can see is: Make Trump's first term a failure.

And the Republicans' sub-agenda is: maintain status quo.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:45 PM (gE0FU)

232 Coast to coast 22

Posted by: Muns at October 21, 2017 07:46 PM (fO+6C)

233 First gun I ever owned was a First Model Dragoon BP, because it was legal in NY back then.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at October 21, 2017 07:47 PM (uyrlv)

234 FenelonSpoke

Prayers on the way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2017 07:47 PM (hyuyC)

235 first gun was a ruger p-85...then a browning hi-power...then a couple glocks...couple AR's...a bersa thunder 380...some more glocks...benelli super nova tactical...

Posted by: joe at October 21, 2017 07:47 PM (N8U9O)

236 "God has a hard on for Morons, because we kill everything we see. He plays His games, we play ours. To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls. God was here before the Moron Horde, so you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Horde."
Posted by: Slapweasel
----
Slap, every time I hear any DI, I can't but help to compare him to Gunny Ermey.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (tr2D7)

237 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 07:21 PM (0jtPF)

That's hilarious. I have had the EXACT same experience. I thought my mother was going to kick me out when I bought a Ruger 10/22 shortly after my 18th birthday.

Now, at 81, she INSISTS on going to the range at every visit; keeps my .357 in her nightstand.

It's crazy. And I love it.

Posted by: The media can EABOD at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (CEU4j)

238 First firearm shot was an M16. First one owned was a Ruger P90 with a nickel finish. That one was stolen from me and never recovered.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (zQsJo)

239 *NOOD!* Baseball Movies.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (Ckg4U)

240 Wasn't until Obama was about to be elected that I decided to get a
breechloader, an Ishapore-made SMLE in .303. That was my best fighting
rifle up until I was finally moved to get an AR last summer.



Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:32 PM

I bought my Ruger shortly after he was elected. Wasn't sure how long I'd have the chance to do so. It's registered in CA, but I guess I should figure out if I've gotta do something here. I can't believe they're gonna be super picky. Not sure I even care. Thinking about a nine and a long gun now.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (14URa)

241 My dad had me shoot his 12 gauge O/U when I was five and stumbling along behind him on a pheasant hunt. It was a Rhode Island Arms. The next year, 1961, I got to fire a .22 revolver.
First gun I owned was a Winchester Model 12 pump in 16 gauge in 1967.

Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (5OuM0)

242 got in huge trouble for shooting my little ratfink sister with one of those. In her finger. No blood, no bruising. Just me in trouble. Again.
Posted by: Peaches

Little sisters make the worst little tattletales.

Posted by: Cinderella at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (fZlu3)

243 SMLE no.3?

Short Magazine Lee Enfield, aka ShtLE aka SMLA aka Rifle No. 1 Mk. III*. It has gone by a couple different names over the years.

Not to be confused with the No.4mk1 and variants, which are often erroneously called SMLEs also.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:51 PM (4mE7F)

244 Nood Movies

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (hyuyC)

245 Now to watch the end of the KSU-OU game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (hyuyC)

246 First time I was ever shot at was my older brother with a pump pellet gun. Smart Ass thought that biting off a piece of bubble gum, rolling it up into a little ball and stuffing it into the breech would somehow be different than if he had loaded a lead pellet. Smart Ass pumped the gun ten times and shot me in the thigh. That little ball of Bazooka went thru my Levis and I had to extract it from my bleeding leg wound with a pocket knife.

Posted by: Fritz at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (Kwhm/)

247 Smart Ass pumped the gun ten times and shot me in
the thigh. That little ball of Bazooka went thru my Levis and I had to
extract it from my bleeding leg wound with a pocket knife.


Posted by: Fritz at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (Kwhm/)
OMG!!! Okay, kids, raise your hand if you ever shot a sibling in a non-lethal manner. Either on purpose or not.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:54 PM (14URa)

248 my first firearm was a Marlin Glenfield Model 60

not sure why my parents bought it for me any more, but i was in high school at the time.

i still have it.

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 21, 2017 07:55 PM (R5uzV)

249 Apparently you can buy and trade pre-1880 guns without restrictions, if I ever break it big with books I should look into that

yeah, right

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 06:10 PM (39g3+)
*********************

Ha! Some years ago the Dems were pulling one of their grasping stunts and Bob Dole said OK, but
we need to present a compromise. Alright? OK.

You get what you want and we raise the antique date to iirc, 1918. They sh*t. They talk to the cameras like they don't know guns. They know guns.

Oh, yeah, just another tell on "safety".

Posted by: gNewt at October 21, 2017 07:56 PM (Q4pU/)

250 That is my painting. I painted it. Me.

Posted by: Wrenwahr at October 21, 2017 07:59 PM (QZIW8)

251 Short Magazine Lee Enfield, aka ShtLE aka SMLA aka Rifle No. 1 Mk. III*. It has gone by a couple different names over the years.

Not to be confused with the No.4mk1 and variants, which are often erroneously called SMLEs also.


Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 07:51 PM


Yeah, that sounds like it. Good rifle. That's the one with the snub nose end stock and V sights, yeah? Good sights. Got spoiled on those and never made the transition successfully to the peep sights on the no.4 and the FN/SLR.

Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 07:59 PM (qGuLD)

252 Yeah, that sounds like it. Good rifle. That's the one with the snub nose
end stock and V sights, yeah? Good sights. Got spoiled on those and
never made the transition successfully to the peep sights on the no.4
and the FN/SLR.

Yep, that is it. Not sure how well I like peep sights either, though I like all the other aspects of the AR. Where did you learn on Enfields and FALs?

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (4mE7F)

253 I like all of my Enfields--No. 1mk3, No. 4 and No. 5. The No. 5 is likely my favorite. The Cooper "Scout" rifle ahead of its time.

Posted by: Keith at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (USf3s)

254 0-2 Pitch Morton to Gardner... Strikeout on three pitches.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (Ckg4U)

255 One down, Top First.

Aaron Judge lines a 96 MPH fastball foul.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:09 PM (Ckg4U)

256 My cousin who is a bit on the crazy side was always coming up with something that didn't make a lot of sense. He made a zip gun. Barrel too large for a .22, so he said lets use a .22 magnum. We took out the lead, emptied the powder, and put the lead back in. He then said I want you to shoot me. I said why not, the cap can't provide a lot of power. There was possibly a couple of flakes of powder that didn't come out. He said it hurt really bad. Not my idea.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:09 PM (fC+mL)

257 Ball ,outside.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:09 PM (Ckg4U)

258 Ball two, outside.... way outside.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:10 PM (Ckg4U)

259 Thank you, Slap! So, who we rooting for? {hides}

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:10 PM (14URa)

260 Chopper to third and Bregman retires Judge for Out 2.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:10 PM (Ckg4U)

261 DiDi Gregorious to the plate

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (Ckg4U)

262 Strike One.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (Ckg4U)

263 Foul Hard, Strike Two.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (Ckg4U)

264 I assume you've removed the stock from the barreled action to look for markings. Yes? Amazing if there is no marking to brand inventory.

Posted by: Bubba Licious at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (La9Gu)

265 Curveball, Strike Three.

Side retired.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (Ckg4U)

266 C.C. Sabathia coming on for the Yanks...

...Springer, Bregman and Altuve coming up for Houston.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (Ckg4U)

267 Scoremaster model 611x (probably about 1962?), and that Glock 26 with the red dot doesn't look too concealed carry, but it's cool and the gang.
Posted by: Mike Pitzler
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Surely a model, 511, no?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (5OO3x)

268 The pitching match up couldn't be more equal tonight.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (Ckg4U)

269 Outside, Strike one... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (Ckg4U)

270 Breaking ball, ball 1-1 count

1-2 count, Bottom 1st.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (Ckg4U)

271 i think i've already mentioned this,

first gun shot by me was a 30-06 after breaking my shoulder (felt like it anyway) it finished by knocking me on my rear end. i was 18.
i owned a 45 italian job, (means i dunno) never shot it because i didn't want an ass grounding again.

stolen a couple of years later.

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (FKrah)

272 Base Hit to start the First for Houston.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (Ckg4U)

273 George Springer on First.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (Ckg4U)

274 -and my first gun was a Browning Auto--5 shotgun, at 16, given to my by my grandfather. My favorite gun today is the AF 28 gauge s-by-s quail gun built on a Greener cross-bolt action...left to my by the same grandfather. Not a home defense-type gun, but just great for quail.

Posted by: Bubba Licious at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (La9Gu)

275 i have a question, i put on adblock which killed adobe flash player , when i try to let it through it rejects the command.

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (FKrah)

276 Chopper left side of the mound and Bregman is thrown-out at first.

Runner advances to Second

One Out

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (Ckg4U)

277 1st rifle - Remington 22 Fieldmaster at about 10. Next was given to me by my granddad - a Savage 99 30-30 rolling block lever action - really short barrel, with the Wells Fargo Stagecoach logo branded/cut into the stock. (the WF logo was probably fake, but still cool) excellent for whitetail/coyotes in AZ. Both stolen in the 70's. Also had my other granddad's WWI officer's Colt .380 auto.Now, a .22 cal air rifle from Portugal for critter removal, slowly rebuilding the armory with more modern and fun to shoot things that go bang.

Posted by: flyerofplanes at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (/knAb)

278 My only BB gun is/was a Hahn http://tinyurl.com/yaub23nw

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (5OO3x)

279 Frazier collects a ground ball to third from Altuve...

Runner says at Second.

Two Down.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (Ckg4U)

280 275
i have a question, i put on adblock which killed adobe flash player , when i try to let it through it rejects the command.

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (FKrah)
You don't get that little drop down box that says "allow now" "allow always" "allow never?" That's what I get but I killed flashplayer on my own before I ever downloaded adblock. If you use Firefox, you can jump on their forums and search for a solution.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (14URa)

281 Carlos Corriea grounds out to second.

One Done.

No Score.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (Ckg4U)

282 peaches i just get a little puzzle piece with a red X on it , when it offers to let plug ins run i hit that, i tried it without plug ins running . either way i now have no adobe flash

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (FKrah)

283 Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (5OO3x

Never heard of that brand. It looks pretty neat.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (fC+mL)

284 By the way... when I make a Beer-Run? I rolled my ankle on Friday, so it'll take me longer and I may miss an out.

My apologies, but I enjoy my beer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (Ckg4U)

285 First shotgun at age 12. Fox Model B, side-by-side 20ga., 26"barrels, Improved and Modified. Terrific bird gun. Stolen when my widowed mother's house was burgled while I was in the service.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (5OO3x)

286 One Done.



No Score.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (Ckg4U)
You don't have ampersands either? What's up with that, anyhow? I can see me being denied but you, being so close with the higher powers and all, I'd think you would have 'em

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (14URa)

287 forums are way above me!

they talk like aliens about stuff i do not comprehend.

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (FKrah)

288 Gary Sanchez is a Leadoff Runner aboard in the Top of the Second.

Base Hit.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (Ckg4U)

289 Byrd loads one to Center, but it dies.

One Down.

One On.

Top 2nd.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (Ckg4U)

290 i think it is connected now to the monster google chrome.

Posted by: willow at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (FKrah)

291 Morton to castro...

Bregman NICE PLAY!

Gets the Lead Runner at 2B.

One On, Two Down.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (Ckg4U)

292 Castro at First.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (Ckg4U)

293 0-1 to Hicks from Morton.

0-2.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (Ckg4U)

294 My apologies, but I enjoy my beer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (Ckg4U)
Cripes, I practically live on the stuff. Wish I could fetch 'em for ya. That ankle gonna heal itself? I've got a hinky shoulder for the last month and I'm trying to avoid medical interference. Although, until the golf courses open again after the winter, I don't really need it.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (14URa)

295 Throw over to first.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (Ckg4U)

296 =====
241 My dad had me shoot his 12 gauge O/U when I was five and stumbling along behind him on a pheasant hunt. It was a Rhode Island Arms. The next year, 1961, I got to fire a .22 revolver.
First gun I owned was a Winchester Model 12 pump in 16 gauge in 1967.
Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM
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Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (5OuM0)

297 97 MPH fastball...

Strike Three.

We go to the Bottom of the 2nd.

No Score.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (Ckg4U)

298 Never heard of that brand. It looks pretty neat.
Posted by: Ronster
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Better pic. It is CO2, late 50's
http://tinyurl.com/ycex44wd

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (5OO3x)

299 =====
241 My dad had me shoot his 12 gauge O/U when I was five and stumbling along behind him on a pheasant hunt. It was a Rhode Island Arms. The next year, 1961, I got to fire a .22 revolver.
First gun I owned was a Winchester Model 12 pump in 16 gauge in 1967.
Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM
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And tonight we are having pheasant for supper, shot today with that same Model 12.

Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (5OuM0)

300 It wasn't "One&Done".

It was "The End of the First".

"One Done"

I've got ampersands to spare.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (Ckg4U)

301 And tonight we are having pheasant for supper, shot today with that same Model 12.
Posted by: Cosda
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*picks #4 shot from teeth*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (5OO3x)

302 Yuli Guriel takes Ball One from Sabathia.

2-0 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (Ckg4U)

303 Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:27

Very nice. Do you still have it?

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (fC+mL)

304 Judge may have saved a HR.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (Ckg4U)

305 That is a sears. I think I have its twin. I will check when I get home but will tomorrow.

My dad killed a deer with mine when I was a kid in 1955.

Posted by: Unclezeb at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (1qfQX)

306 He did.

One down, Bottom 2nd.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (Ckg4U)

307
"One Done"



I've got ampersands to spare.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (Ckg4U)
Showoff.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (14URa)

308
Very nice. Do you still have it?
Posted by: Ronster
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Lost, in the tragic canoe accident mentioned above. I own no guns.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (5OO3x)

309 Up at 90, 0-2 count. Evan gattis at the plate.

1-2 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (Ckg4U)

310 2-2 count to Evan Gattis.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (Ckg4U)

311 Smash left-side and Gattis is thrown-out from 3B.

Bottom 2nd, Two Down.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (Ckg4U)

312 Gun people need to be more careful out on the water. Many guns have been lost that way.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (fC+mL)

313 Ball one to Brian McCann.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (Ckg4U)

314 300 It wasn't "One&Done".
It was "The End of the First".
"One Done"
I've got ampersands to spare.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (Ckg4U)

Ampersands to spare, any to share?

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (QBrQE)

315 2- count, nobody on, Bottom 2nd.

3-0 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (Ckg4U)

316 McCann walks.

One on, Two Down, Bottom 2nd.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (Ckg4U)

317 Marwin Gonzalez takes Ball One.

Fouls one back, 1-1 Count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (Ckg4U)

318 2-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (Ckg4U)

319 2-2 count on the change-up.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (Ckg4U)

320 Bottom 2nd, Runner on First, 2-2 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (Ckg4U)

321 Gun people need to be more careful out on the water. Many guns have been lost that way.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (fC+mL)

Sea level rise is not caused by Global Warming; it's due entirely to the sheer volume of wood and metal lost in bodies of water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (O848g)

322 Floater into Right-Center for a base hit.

Runners on 1B and 2B, Two Out, Bottom 2nd.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (Ckg4U)

323 Josh Reddick to the plate.

0/21 this Post Season.

Strike One.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (Ckg4U)

324 End of Inning on a Pop-up to Right.

We go to the Third.

No Score.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (Ckg4U)

325 Josh Reddick to the plate.



0/21 this Post Season.


Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (Ckg4U)
Does that mean he's due or does that mean he sucks?

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (14URa)

326 Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 21,

Seems like a very expensive way to raise the sea level. I guess shit happens.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (fC+mL)

327 If Peaches is the only one watching this, I can just let her call me and I can do a better Play-by-Play... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (Ckg4U)

328 ===
tonight we are having pheasant for supper, shot today with that same Model 12.
Posted by: Cosda
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*picks #4 shot from teeth*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (5OuM0)

329 Greetings:

Got a Remington 500 (22 caliber) tube-fed rifle for my 12th birthday. Prior to that my father signed me up with a local rifle club to teach me the all-importnt basics.

The rifle had a very long barrel and a short fore-stock so it looked a bit like Natty Bumpo's. I think it took 13 or 14 long rifles in the tube , so it was my first assault weapon.

Posted by: 11B40 at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (evgyj)

330 327
If Peaches is the only one watching this, I can just let her call me and I can do a better Play-by-Play... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (Ckg4U)
We got lurkers, Slap. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (14URa)

331 "Does that mean he's due or does that mean he sucks?"
-Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (14URa)

"Gamblers' Perspective"

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (Ckg4U)

332 ===
tonight we are having pheasant for supper, shot today with that same Model 12.
Posted by: Cosda
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*picks #4 shot from teeth*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Only use 6 shot for pheasant

Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (5OuM0)

333 Strike Two to Frazier and the second one was CRAP.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (Ckg4U)

334 See you all later. I'm going to watch my recordings of Barrett Jackson and drool over cars I will never have.

Posted by: Ronster at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (fC+mL)

335 One Down, Top Third, Headley and Gardner Due...

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (Ckg4U)

336 Chase Headley to the plate...

1-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:46 PM (Ckg4U)

337 Great play by Altuve "In The Shift" in short Right Field.

Two Down, Top 3rd.

*Ugh*

*replay*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (Ckg4U)

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (Ckg4U)

339 1-0 count to Gardner.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (Ckg4U)

340 1-1 on a nice breaking-ball.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (Ckg4U)

341 2-1 count. Fastball up-and-away.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (Ckg4U)

342 3-1 count. Breaking ball isn't happening for Morton.

Fouled.

Full Count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (Ckg4U)

343 Ground Out to Altuve.

Middle Third.

No Score.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (Ckg4U)

344 Must Pee and Re-Beer.

*Five*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (Ckg4U)

345 Not a gun nut, but dont mind them. 2nd amendment supporter. First time I shot a gun it was AF issue M1 carbine kind of a M1 light. Did ok. Because of my eyesight I think I did fine. Anyway I got to stay in the AF. I was 17. First (and only) gun I bought was at 21 at the urging of my girlfriend who was a gun nut. We just mostly did target practice because she hated killing anything. :0

Posted by: Sweet Andy Licious at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (Mo5Uy)

346 Altuve to the plate, One out, 3-1 count.

Runner on First.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (Ckg4U)

347 Ball Four.

Two on, One Down, Bottom 3rd.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (Ckg4U)

348 Correia to the plate.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (Ckg4U)

349 .22 might be a Pioneer.

I have one like it that I inherited from my grandfather. I think that company went out of business 30 or 40 years ago. although not with me at the moment so I can't visually compare.

But I do recall that the trigger looks similar.

Posted by: Michael at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (+MDaO)

350 Runner on 1st and 2nd.

Crappy strike.

1-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (Ckg4U)

351 2-1 count from Sabathia.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (Ckg4U)

352 Gregorious to Castro on a groundout.

1st and 3rd, Two out.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (Ckg4U)

353 0-1 count to Gurriel.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (Ckg4U)

354 Todd Frazier ends the inning on a groundout to 3B.

No Score, End of the Third.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (Ckg4U)

355 Lurkers...

Can I get a "SAY-HEY!" --?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (Ckg4U)

356 Judge to the plate...

One out.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (Ckg4U)

357 Slap. I feel guilty for twisting your arm to do this. Especially since I will be going to bed soon. Don't hate me.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (14URa)

358 Top 4th, One Down.

Gregorious to the plate

0-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (Ckg4U)

359 0-2 on a quality slider from Morton.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (Ckg4U)

360 I bought my Ruger shortly after he was elected.
Wasn't sure how long I'd have the chance to do so. It's registered in
CA, but I guess I should figure out if I've gotta do something here. I
can't believe they're gonna be super picky. Not sure I even care.
Thinking about a nine and a long gun now.


Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (14URa)

Call me when there's gun registration in Indiana so I can go ice skating in Hell!LOLOLOL!!!!

Posted by: 1HooLurks at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (oYbia)

361 K

Two Down, Top 4th.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (Ckg4U)

362 Swinging strike to gary Sanchez.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (Ckg4U)

363 1-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (Ckg4U)

364 2-1 count to gary Sanchez.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (Ckg4U)

365 Liner to Corriea.

Middle 4th.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (Ckg4U)

366 I don't hate you, Peaches.

Just let me know when you are hitting the hay and I'll quit.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (Ckg4U)

367 Evan Gattis at the Plate.

Sabathia still aboard.

0-1 count.

Bottom 4th.

0-2 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (Ckg4U)

368 1-2 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (Ckg4U)

369 Gattis fouls-off Three-In-A-Row.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (Ckg4U)

370 Call me when there's gun registration in Indiana so I can go ice skating in Hell!LOLOLOL!!!!


Posted by: 1HooLurks at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (oYbia)
Heh, sweet. You only need a permit to carry (open or concealed). I should notify the State of California about my unfortunate boating accident. Bastids would probably send me a bill for processing the information.

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (14URa)

371 2-2 count to Gattis.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (Ckg4U)

372 52 pitches through four for Sabathia.

Gattis Goes Deep to Left.

1-0 Houston.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:17 PM (Ckg4U)

373 No strikes to Brian McCann.

Finally a 2-1 count.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:19 PM (Ckg4U)

374 1-0 Score, Houston.

Full count to McCann

Nobody Out, Bottom 4th

...Walk

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:19 PM (Ckg4U)

375 Anyone else watching this thread?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:21 PM (Ckg4U)

376 Bueller?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:21 PM (Ckg4U)

377 I don't think so, Slap. And, I'm almost out. Glad your team scored and thank you for the commentary!

Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (14URa)

378 0-2 to Marwin Gonzalez.

Fielders' Choice.

One on 1B, One Out, Bottom 4th.

J Reddick at the plate.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (Ckg4U)

379 Okay...

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:24 PM (Ckg4U)

380 You're Welcome.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 09:25 PM (Ckg4U)

381 Scoremaster model 611x (probably about 1962?), and that Glock 26 with the red dot doesn't look too concealed carry, but it's cool and the gang.
Posted by: Mike Pitzler
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Surely a model, 511, no?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (5OO3x)

Yes. 511x. Just ordered a 10 round magazine from Midway for $20. Haven't shot it in many years because lost the mag.

Posted by: Mike Pitzler at October 21, 2017 09:37 PM (fSf/G)

382 That .22 looks a lot like my Cooey Model 250, especially around the bolt. Now, Winchester bought out Cooey, so the nameless gun could also be a Winchester made for Sears.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (O848g)

383 349,

That Pioneer looks a lot like my first gun that Sears sold but this picture...

http://tinyurl.com/y6uzy8d3

Doesn't match the one in the post pictures because it doesn't have that knob on the end of the bolt. Made by Harrington and Richardson who made many inexpensive guns.

Posted by: geoffb at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (zOpu5)

384 Yes. 511x. Just ordered a 10 round magazine from Midway for $20. Haven't shot it in many years because lost the mag.
Posted by: Mike Pitzler
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Oh. Well, that's good info, mine is (okay, 'was', boating accident) six rounds.

As an aside, the 511 was one of those guns (in this 'gun') available as a smoothbore, for .22 shot shells.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 10:12 PM (w1zJX)

385 those guns (in this case 'gun')

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 10:13 PM (w1zJX)

386 My first shot was with a Walther PPK (9mm kurz) at the LA Gun Club during college. My first purchase was 10 years later when the Napa PD sold off their 9mm SIG P226s. I bought one of those complete with standard capacity magazines. That was 20 years back!

Posted by: makanramen at October 21, 2017 11:11 PM (3WrpL)

387 The rifle is a JC Higgens Mod 41. I have one...

Posted by: Highdesert45 at October 21, 2017 11:27 PM (IiXqh)

388 The .22 rifle looks like a Marlin Model 100. That was my first rifle also. Mine is a Model 100G. The barrel is a little shorter than yours. I still have it in the gun safe.

Posted by: Gunsmoke at October 22, 2017 12:13 AM (ItWKB)

389 First shot - daisy BB gun. I must have been 5

First gun - Remington 22, bolt action with a magazine

First center fire shot - Argentine Mauser 7.65 mm

Posted by: PMRich at October 22, 2017 12:40 AM (w5Qj0)

390 Our grandfather (WW I vet) had a gun collection; too many to count. After he died, our grandmother sold almost all of them. :-((( Our dad inherited a beautiful Winchester double-barrelled 12-gauge, a Colt .45 revolver, and our mom got our grandmother's little revolver.

That one has a story: Our grandfather travelled a lot on business during the Great Depression, and our grandmother said to him one day, "Honey, I need to be able to protect the children and the servants when you're not here. Would you get me a gun that fits my hand?" So he went to the hardware store (you could do that in 1930) and bought her an HR breakback .32 cal. short round revolver. Cute as a bug's ear and it fit her hand just fine.

So the "Lady Pistol" in our family is that little .32. Here's the problem, tho: short rounds are only manufactured about one month out of the year, and they're hard to find at Cadell's and Wally World, etc.

Posted by: Beverly at October 22, 2017 01:03 AM (AFhtN)

391 I went to Gun for Hire in Jersey and tried out a .38 revolver (fun!) and a Glock (wicked!). I encourage any of the femmes to do likewise: it's a blast.

Posted by: Beverly at October 22, 2017 01:04 AM (AFhtN)

392 My father had a .22 LR Browning rifle, that was probably the 1st gun i ever fired. Either that or his RG pistol that took the same ammo. Yes, the same people that made Hinkley's gun, just not the same model. Paternal grandfather gifted me a 20. ga single shot from New England Firearms for 13th birthday. We were cutting the soybeans a month later, the whole family was blasting rabbits, i couldn't hit one to save my life! Gun hid in a closet for years and years in embarrassment. Passed to little sister for HD gun, she passed it back to me. First gun with my own money, Remington's 1911 R1, i blame Jeff Cooper and Buffalo Bill Cody!

Posted by: hurricane567 at October 22, 2017 01:39 AM (P6H2E)

393 The rifle looks like a 'Spavia'. I had one for a short while. The first rifle I shot was at Camden Park, the shooting gallery, it was a 22 short semi auto rifle, I was 6 years old. The first rifle I owned was a winchester 22 long, lever action, single shot. I was 10 I think :-)

Posted by: sirknob at October 22, 2017 02:10 AM (Eir2f)

394 Late to the party but have to chime in, because gun thread.

The first weapon I ever fired was a BAR, semi-auto. Frelling 14 pounds, I think. I think the neighbor was trolling me.

Next was a classic .22 bolt action with 5 shot detachable magazine at Eagle Lake camp in Colorado. My dad, Marlin, bought me a Marlin .22 with a 7 round detachable magazine. I suspect the name thing helped as my dad does not like guns and neither does my mom.

First pistol I ever shot/owned was a Taurus PT-92, bought back in 1991. I think I've shot over 20k rounds through that thing. It works, dunno about the new models but the early 90's Taurus is basically a Beretta with a frame-mounted safety.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at October 22, 2017 02:51 AM (ZvbwW)

395 43 Winchester made a basic single shot .22 bolt like that. Made tons of them, no serial numbers, hardly any markings.
Well they had serial numbers in Australia. They were still selling them in the early 1970s but thats when Aussies started mking enough income for magazine-fed .22s.

My first real shot (apart from air rifles) was a 7.62 Omark M44 with peep sights at 900 metres, at a country fullbore rifle club when I was maybe 15. Good score too.

Posted by: Chris at October 22, 2017 03:24 AM (PqsH0)

396 Your rifle looks like my first gun (which I still have also). I was 9 years old and it was a gift from an uncle. It is a Marlin 22 caliber. I taught all my kids to shoot with it and it is still one of favorite to shoot.

Posted by: Thomas Sewell at October 22, 2017 07:10 AM (UyTx1)

397 It looks a lot like the Remington my grandfather used to teach me to shoot when I was about 6 - but without some closer shots of the barrel and breech area, can't tell.

Posted by: Pecker Wood at October 22, 2017 10:47 AM (4OZJ/)

398 Remington M510 single shot

Posted by: ~MM~ at October 22, 2017 10:58 AM (oB9Pe)

399 The first weapon I ever shot was my Dad's Remington 550-1 a .22 lr he and we hunted squirrels with My Brother got this when Dad passed away.
The next weapon I fired was a Savage-Stevens 940A in 20 gauge Dad used this to hunt rabbits.
My first weapon was a Springfield bolt action single shot .410 I used to hunt rabbits and squirrels with Dad and my brother who had a Savage Stevens .410 as well.
Over the years I was able to shoot a variety of weapons, but the very next weapon that was handed to me was a a loaner was a Harrington and Richards M-14 rifle in 7.62 x 51 mm NATO. Along with a Remington rand M-1911A1 in .45 acp.
After that I was variously armed with bigger and more lethal weapons.
Now I have weapons I have collected over the years. My most recent buy is a Ruger semi auto.

Posted by: obsidian at October 22, 2017 12:25 PM (ARK2U)

400 First gun I shot, I was 8. Remington #6 rolling block single shot .22, The first gun I bought was a S&W model 29 pistol.

Posted by: Matt(Tx) at October 22, 2017 12:54 PM (lWvCP)

401 .22 Sears Ted Williams Model Made in Brazil?

Posted by: That F'ing Guy at October 22, 2017 06:15 PM (etZwU)

402 I want a new 12 ga. shotgun for home and I've been looking at an Ithaca
M37. I'd love an older one from the '70s but good luck finding it at a
price/condition I could accept.



I've been shooting my son's Mossberg M590 lately - I like it enough but it's his. Do like the safety position though.



Are the newer Ithacas build as solid as the older ones were?

Bought one about 3 years ago and have been very satisfied with it.

Posted by: Pod Hamp at October 22, 2017 08:11 PM (aEVgc)

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