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Posted: 2/8/2016 10:56:32 PM EDT

[#1]

2001, also a ban-compliant XM-15.

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:56:50 PM EDT

[#2]

Late 2004, bought a Bushmaster from my LGS.

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:57:54 PM EDT

[#3]

When I turned 18. Was not my first gun. I still have it. I'll never sell it

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:58:38 PM EDT

[#4]

2000 Bushmaster A2 20" neutered, no flash suppressor, collapsible stock, or bayonet lug.

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:58:50 PM EDT

[#5]

2006. Direct response to Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker of the house.

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:58:55 PM EDT

[#6]

I bought a post ban Colt MT6601 in 1996.

ETA: I paid $699 for it and still have it.

Posted: 2/8/2016 10:59:44 PM EDT

[#7]

Election day, 2004. Bushmaster XM-15.

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Posted: 2/8/2016 11:00:50 PM EDT

[#8]

Bought my first in late 2001. Colt Match Target Carbine. Bought my first stripped lower in 2002 a Century Arms. Built my first AR that year.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:01:16 PM EDT

[#9]

I won it.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:01:19 PM EDT

[#10]

2001 I picked up this (1974) Colt SP1

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:01:42 PM EDT

[#11]

1990, Colt AR15A2 Govt Model, 20"

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:02:34 PM EDT

[#12]

The day before Sandy Hook I picked up a Mossberg 590 and a Spikes lower from my ffl. Grabbed a PSA upper online that night. Next day all he'll broke loose.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:03:38 PM EDT

[#13]

Quote History

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Well I did not really buy my first AR.

In 2005, the place where I work was tasked with testing one of the spray on polymers for bullet resistance. I dea was to make spray on bullet resistant armour for soft skinned army vehicles.

I was approached buy the engineer since I am the resident gun enthusiast. He gave me a budget and the testing criteria and I found building would be the best to meet the tests. Ended up building three ar's and the brd started.
When finished with testing, I was allowed to purchase the three ar's, ak,sks and a cetme with 4K of ammo for the princely sum of fifty bucks. Government contract said we had to dispose of the testing equipment but did not specify for how much.

Now I just finished my sixth build and I am planing my seventh.

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I hate you.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:04:28 PM EDT

[#14]

2014.

Was always an M1A fan.

Bought SR-15.

Still hate other ARs. Nothing feels as good.

Will give LaRue a try eventually.

Not disappointed in my decisions.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:07:30 PM EDT

[#15]

July 2011 I think. I took some PTO from work and had nothing to do and I got a bright idea to go to the gun store and buy an ar.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:07:31 PM EDT

[#16]

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2000 or 2001, whenever the BM Varminters first came out.

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Same here, except it was the BM VMatch. Bought it at a gunshow in Frederick MD, paid $750 for it new as I remember. Not long after that I started ordering oly arms lowers and DPMS kits from Federal Arms Company, early 2000s I spent a metric ton of money with those people.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:08:14 PM EDT

[#17]

< join date ordered in July 02 from CMP the wheels turned slowly back then

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:09:19 PM EDT

[#18]

96 I think. Colt MT6731

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:11:00 PM EDT

[#19]

Early 2005, RRA Govt Model.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:14:33 PM EDT

[#20]

Bought an Eagle Arms 16" pseudo M4 in 1993 when I lived in CA. The ban hit in 1994 and it instantly doubled in value. It's still technically registered in CA under their stupid assault weapons ban so I could still keep it if I moved back. I'd rather wax my scrotum than move back.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:17:22 PM EDT

[#21]

Around the time of this EE post but I didn't get it with any of the extras so the price a lot lower. I basically put together a period close (2000s) m4 clone (RAS, CCO, matech). Just made E5 and that was clothing allowance month!

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:20:21 PM EDT

[#22]

1994....bought a slightly used Bushmaster XM177. I still have it.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:21:51 PM EDT

[#23]

1999. ArmaLite AR-10A2

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:26:11 PM EDT

[#24]

2004. Armalite m15a2.

Bought a case of ammo (for ~$150) and shot all of it the next day.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:26:58 PM EDT

[#25]

2010 WW m4gery from a local gun store. third gun i think, first AR, first centerfire rifle. i maybe paid a tad too much but got the gun, 2 extra mags, some ammo (cant remember how much) and a case for under a grand. i didn't shoot it much until i put a better trigger in it...

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:27:08 PM EDT

[#26]

In 2012, about a week after I turned 18.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:28:39 PM EDT

[#27]

1987. I traded an UZI 45 carbine I had paid $400 for, even for a '69 or '70 Colt SP1. Wish I still had that one, but I sold it to fund building my own. I have now built 23 various configurations.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:29:29 PM EDT

[#28]

SP1 in about 1982
$350

Still have it, with the Colt branded scope.

Took it to an Appleseed shoot two summers ago and shot a Rifleman score seven times using both irons and the scope. Obviously the old girl has not lost a step.

FWIW: I also owned an AK at the same time and an SKS. I still lived with my parents.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:33:25 PM EDT

[#29]

Right before the first AWB. Colt flattop.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:34:37 PM EDT

[#30]

2004 on casing break in woodville Texas......before the oil patch went gay with PC bullshit

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:36:04 PM EDT

[#31]

Late 80's.Colt H-Bar..still have it

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:41:19 PM EDT

[#32]

2003ish. It was a ban era 16 in bushmaster with a2 reciever, a2 stock and non threaded barrel

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:42:00 PM EDT

[#33]

Spring of 96, it was a pre-ban Colt 20" A2 HBAR.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:42:19 PM EDT

[#34]

2004 from JSE Surplus when they just sold parts out of a small closet as side business

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:44:34 PM EDT

[#35]

I bought my first AR days after the Clinton AWB expired. It was a LEO only marked Bushmaster M4-gery.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:44:42 PM EDT

[#36]

First was my LMT in 2008.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:45:14 PM EDT

[#37]

1999 colt h-bar match upgrade from my 03a3 for service rifle class

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:50:52 PM EDT

[#38]

1990 --------------- A PWA's Commando with a 10.5in BBL. Bought a replacement BBL for it last year.

Bought my first AK in 1988...

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:51:55 PM EDT

[#39]

2007 home built job.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:57:16 PM EDT

[#40]

Though I've been here a while, I didn't get one until 2014. They were to pricey. When they hit salad days i decided it's now or never. Now I own 2 and an upper.

Posted: 2/8/2016 11:58:21 PM EDT

[#41]

1993, a new Colt Match HBar.

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:01:33 AM EDT

[#42]

1985. It was a used SP1.

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:03:13 AM EDT

[#43]

1997, during the ban
A pre ban Colt Match Sporter HBAR with a spare barrel and lots of extras

No money down, pay as you can type deal from a good friend of mine.

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:23:09 AM EDT

[#44]

January of 2014, picked up a Bushmaster Carbon 15 with 3 mags and 100 rounds of ammo for $700. Ended up trading it

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:25:08 AM EDT

[#45]

late 2005. RRA lower and Stag Upper. Found this place and assembled next lower using the nice step by step guide provided here.

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:30:04 AM EDT

[#46]

November 2014 I got my larue PredatAR. I have since acquired over 10 more and have a couple lowers form 1'd

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:30:07 AM EDT

[#47]

2010? BCM middy on an LMT factory lower
Not my first gun

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:30:44 AM EDT

[#48]

2002

Before that I had an AK for about a decade.

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:31:16 AM EDT

[#49]

May of 1990, bought the first Colt I found as they became availabile again after the Stockton, CA schoolyard shooting. Just happened to be a Colt R6550k AR15-A2 Government Model. Still have her and she's still "the one".

Posted: 2/9/2016 12:41:11 AM EDT

[#50]

1994 Post ban Colt 20" H-bar. Dam I miss that rifle .

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