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Offline Ruiner

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« on: July 30, 2004, 11:33:46 AM »
Im right there with you Paco.. ill be 27 this year, and i only got my first gun (let alone shot my first gun) within the last 2 years.  I came from a moderatly anti-gun family, so i had never even shot before until i went to one of the ARFCOM shoots in Casa Grande.  I still feel goofy goin out shooting with folks who know sooooo much.  I feel stupid at times since i still dont know much at all.  Ill get over it though :D
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2004, 11:34:26 AM »
Im assuming this is the kind of poll we reply to, since I ALLWAYS cant see the frickin' options to vote...

Ive allways liked shooting, but I dont hunt.  I did some shooting with my uncle and cousin when I was younger, but didnt buy my first gun until I was 20.  I now have bought 5 guns and currently own the following.

Bushmaster AR-15
Sig P232 (.380)
Romanian AK-47 with a dragunov stock
Mossberg Pump 12 gauge

The first gun I bought was a Sig .22lr Trailside target pistol.
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2004, 12:17:15 PM »
I got my first gun when I was like 10. Of course I could not mess with it without the father around. After I was 17 I did not mess with guns much.  Never liked hunting, and would not kill an animal unless I had too.  About 2 years ago I got re-introduced to target shooting and practical shooting.  After that I went to Airsoft.  Now I'm hooked.
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2004, 12:27:54 PM »
I was a scout. Just like in the movie Spy Game "Where did you learn to shoot?"..."The Boy Scouts."..."Haha,No, really?"...."Really... The Boy Scouts."  I shot 22's and blackpower(now that is a fun shoot).  I was in the market for an AK or a rifle but in reality I dont have too much time to go out to shoot.  Airsoft is my shooting time.  Plus ammo is not cheap and most of my fun money is on airsoft.  So it looks like I have choosen airsoft where I can shoot my friends instead of shooting with them [:P]
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2004, 12:56:52 PM »
Ah . . .the memories. Ok, I'm only 18, but I've been shooting since I was 6 or 7. Got a winchester .22 from my dad for my 11th birthday. This last January, I bought my first "big" purchase - a Springfield M1A. Couldn't be more happier. She shoots like a dream and I put a redfield illuminator 3X9X40 on her so I can take her hunting (with a five round magazine only, of course). Speaking of which, does anyone know a good place to get G.I. M14 magazines for a reasonable price?
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2004, 01:21:43 PM »
Fulton Armory (fulton-armory.com) has a good reputation and some pretty good prices.
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2004, 02:15:51 PM »
I started out with BB guns when I was about 11 or 12.  I was lucky and we had a really large forested area just down the street from my house were my buddies and I would hang out during the summer, build tree forts and shoot squirels and birds.  Then when I was old enough, (16) my grandfather got me into hunting and would take me out for rabbits and deer.  My mom bought me my first shotgun for Christmas when I was 16.  It NEVER left the house unless I was going hunting with Grandpa.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2004, 03:01:42 PM »
Oh yea, I forgot to add that part.  Just like Harley, I was really into bb guns when I was younger.  I guess I was AROUND 8 years old when I got my first bb gun.  I also was lucky and had a big open desert area about 50 feet from my house where I too built forts and shot birds and prarie dogs.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2004, 04:29:18 PM »
For being 18, I'm blessed in that I own many firearms. I actually got started at an early age. I was into the BB gun thing as a kid, as would regularly shoot soda cans with my dad in the back yard. Then I got into paintball (since that was something I could buy and do without the parents). However, the money from that almost went to a Beretta M92 Compact at the age of 14. My Dad talked me out of it (
"9mm is so expensive!"), but we co-purchased a Browning BuckMark instead (still aged 14). He bought, and I gave him my $100 for my half.

Fast forward to age 16. My grandmother had a brand new, never shot S&W 422 (pre-ban) that she had no use for, so she gave it to me as an early Christmas gift. WooHoo! At age 17, I got that Beretta, but as a M96 instead, and as an Eagle Scout rank gift (if you knew about my project, you might agree with it as well). Later that year, a guy in my ward at church was selling a Winchester M70 in .308 for $200. You know what? My parents said I could have it, so I bought it (person-to-person sale). I know, I know, I was only 17, but I only had four months before I turned 18, and I had my parents blessing. [:D] Also later that year, a guy on rimfirecentral.com was selling a Savage MkII LV for a steal, so I picked that up as well. It was almost brand new, and it came with a decent scope. It now shoots .3" groups at 50 yards all day long with good ammo if I do my part.

Now fast forward to current times. Last weekend, I bought an LPK for my new AR15 that I will be building. Thursday, I called RRA and ordered a CAR A-4 16" pre-ban upper, chrome lined, with a mid-length handguard, complete with B/BC/CH for $457.50 shipped. I also received my RRA 6 position stock on Thursday as well. All that's left is an ARMS #40 BUIS (maybe an LMT BUIS), an Ameetec Arms lower receiver, and about 6 mags to get me started. So I've got quite the collection.

Is there an end in sight? Probably not. The only break I'm taking is for my mission. [:D] After I get back, I'll probably SBR my AR15, and get a 11.5" pre-ban upper, and a 20" upper for varmint hunting. It's a disease, I tell ya!
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2004, 04:40:26 PM »
I think I have you all beat:  I had my first gun at the age of 4.  It is a Stevens Model 94 .410 shotgun (still in my gun safe) engraved with my name and Christmas date I received it.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2004, 05:37:34 PM »
Well actually my dad gave me a gun he found in the truck of a car he bought when I was 5 years old.  I'm still not sure if it was a real .22 or a BB gun.  It was a lever action Winchester though and ended up getting destroyed in an aparment building fire since it was in our storage room at the time.  I just use to run around with my buddies playing cowboys and indians at the time.
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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2004, 08:30:35 PM »
I didn't vote since I'm not 18, but I own a Ruger 10/22 and some crappy, old 22/45 my grandpa gave me. That pistol is really picky on ammo and almost never works. But I know as soon as I turn 18 I'm buying some guns for home defense, 12 gauge for sure and some good pistol for concealed carry [:D] Actually, I don't think you can get a CCW permit at 18... can you?
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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2004, 09:11:19 PM »
Handguns are 21, along with CCW.
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« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2004, 09:04:24 AM »
Hmm lets see.. went shooting with Dad and Grand Pa at age 5 or 6, even with the bee hive in the back of the trailer they had me use to rest the rifle on, I was hooked. Got my first BB gun at 10, spent thousands of hours with that ol red ryder in the back yard, and then the hills as I grew a lil older, round age 12-13 I busted but all winter shoveling snow off roofs to save up and gave Ma the money for my first real Firearm a Westernfield EB22 they used to sell ar Montgomery Ward and Sear for about $50 in the the fifties, I got mine for a whoping $112 at a pawn shop in Northern Cali. I spent every dime I coudl scrounge from then on out to keep it supplied with ammo, and as I got older I slowly increased my arsenal, had it stolen once (including my first rifle the bastards) and rebuilt it again. Airsoft was something I got into to increase the training to dollar ratio, Live ammo is just soo darn expensive.
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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2004, 10:26:47 AM »
Let's see, yeah I am over 18. Got that part. My family was totally anti-gun, so none as a kid. Owned my first guns when I was a cop 20 or so years ago. First personal weapon was a S&W Model 39, loovely little gun. Then got issued things like an H&K squeeze cocker, can't rememebr the model number. Fast forward to life with Greg...took him shooting handguns when he was 10 or so. He now owns a Remington 700 with a scope and bipod and an AK. Hard to say what we'll add to our arsenal going forward.
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