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Posted: 10/24/2010 5:56:49 PM EDT
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1985
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Posted: 10/24/2010 5:57:17 PM EDT
[#2]
In approx 5 months.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 5:57:50 PM EDT
[#3]
Last week but I still haven't shot it yet.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 5:59:37 PM EDT
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2005. Have 3 now.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:00:22 PM EDT
[#5]
Mine, as opposed to Uncles Sam's, 1975 (near as I can remember)
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:01:43 PM EDT
[#6]
in the 80's and still have it, a colt sp1
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:01:54 PM EDT
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your date choices are weird and makes no sense. His choices make a lot of sense. First by decade before the ban, during the ban, between the ban and Obama's election, after Obama. Or were you being sarcastic? Looks to me like the AWB kinda backfired. 
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:03:17 PM EDT
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Early 2004
Had an AK in 2001 ( I was the only 16 year old kid on my block that could field strip a Kalashniov)
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:05:06 PM EDT
[#9]
I am an old fart now.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:05:10 PM EDT
[#10]
1990 - Eagle Arms EA-15 16" Carbine.
Still have it to this day. -Arbiter |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:09:14 PM EDT
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Jan 2008 at a KC gunshow. Bought a CMMG Bargain Bin as I figured after years of shooting CHICOM AK's and SKS's it was time to "American Up.'
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:11:50 PM EDT
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2001
Bought a pre-ban EA Co. cast lower receiver that somebody had built into a CAR-15... it was the worst AR I ever owned. I know now that I was having mag issues and the gas key was loose, but I didn't know any better... and it probably didn't help that I was shooting shitty lacquer coated Wolf ammo threw it. Anyway I sold it and bought an Olympic Arms M4gery... did all of the stupid shit that a new M4 owner does, hung all kinds of shit off of it... then the ban sunset and I started building them. I've owned quite a few since then... probably 30 or so.... I think I have about 5 or 6 right now, but I don't feel like going to the safe to find out! - Clint |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:13:19 PM EDT
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I bought my Colt SP1 Sporter in 1987 while stationed at Castle AFB in California. A senior NCO sold firearms as a side business with his FFL. I lived in the barracks and he had to drive me from his home back onto base where he promptly took me to the armory. Mine was the first known AR15 type rifle on base with circular handgaurds. Everything else still had triangle handgaurds. It is still with me although my son adopted it while shooting three gun matches with me as of late. I've replaced three parts over the years. It is one of the best rifles I've ever bought. Oh yeah one more thing. I paid $510 for it.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:16:09 PM EDT
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summer 2007, wasn't really looking for one. was looking for a pistol. a gun store had a nice used one on consignment so i grabbed it up. cool thing was the guy who managed the shop happened to be the dad of the seller so he came in and i paid the price he was asking, and not the consignment fee. bought a couple of mags from the shop and a box of ammo and went to my anatomy lab........
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:17:37 PM EDT
[#15]
Less than a month after I joined this site back in 2003
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:22:22 PM EDT
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I bout a Colt HBAR (blue label) in September of 1993 in Sioux City, IA. I paid $730 at a gun show. In 1998 prices were still through the roof, I sold it for over double what I paid for it. In the mean time I built a few parts guns here and there, but finally found exactly what I wanted in August of 2004: a Colt MT6700 for $700 from a local seller. The owner had fired 20 rounds through it and put it on the market because he got bit by the M1A bug.
I bought it and had the barrel turned to the govt profile, the threads added to the end of the barrel for the flash suppressor (A1 birdcage installed), and a correct front sight w/ bayonet lug. I mounted a ACOG TA31 on top and I have me my "AR15A4". I love it! It is the only AR15 I have and I need no other, I bought a few spares of certain parts that wear out over time (extractor/ejector assemblies, springs, etc). That is my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:26:24 PM EDT
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When did you acquire your first AR? Mine was a BM Varminter right in the middle of the AWB. I only bought my AR a few years ago, however, I first fired an "AR" back in the fall of '87. I remember opening up mine and initially thinking some parts were missing from the lower and the bolt carrier wasn't quite right. All of "my" previous "AR's" belonged to the army and were M16A1's. Sadly, they kept them, along with the M2 I was issued. 
ETA, I tried to pick up one in 94 or 95 but my FFL / Professor had his FFL taken away. (Fuck Clinton) |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:31:08 PM EDT
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February 2006 on the crest of the California "Off List Lower" wave.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:31:47 PM EDT
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The Army gave me an M-16A2 in late 1989. I didn't buy an AR of my own until May 1996 (it was a pre-ban Colt HBAR).
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:32:45 PM EDT
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See my join date. |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:33:45 PM EDT
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The day before the 2000 presidential election. It looked like Algore was going to get in, so, I went down and bought an Armalite M15A2. I thought, better buy it now, or maybe never buy another again. Which is true- I have since found out, I like AKs better.  
You have weird taste. 
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:34:06 PM EDT
[#22]
1994, Fort Benning.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:34:54 PM EDT
[#23]
Late 2002 during the '94 AWB and my dealer built it to not be in compliance, then bamp, the AWB sunset.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:36:23 PM EDT
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My dad had an Ar in the early eighties. I feel in love with it and the movies Apocalypse Now and The Boys in Company C.
Bought my first one in the early ninties and have not stopped since. |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:43:16 PM EDT
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Got one at Fort Benning in 1993. Got another one in the ROK and yet another one at Fort Campbell. After I got out, I used to have dreams about misplacing it in the field. Those dreams stopped when I got a citizen model a couple years ago.
"Thank god I found my weapon. Thank god I found my weapon. Thank god I found my weapon. ..."
BTDT I only put it down a few feet away while I took down my tent and... |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:44:14 PM EDT
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Got a sweet deal on a truck.... wrecked said truck 4 months later
.... value of the truck, was almost 3000 grand more then I spent, and borrowed... so pretty much, wrecking my truck was the best thing I ever did, as my inssurance company issued me a check for the "totaled" truck plus a couple grand, and i go the number of the chick I hit with my tuck, and ended up acutally "hitting" it ....
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:45:58 PM EDT
[#27]
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and bought an AR..
Got a sweet deal on a truck.... wrecked said truck 4 months later .... value of the truck, was almost 3000 grand more then I spent, and borrowed... so pretty much, wrecking my truck was the best thing I ever did, as my inssurance company issued me a check for the "totaled" truck plus a couple grand, and i go the number of the chick I hit with my tuck, and ended up acutally "hitting" it ....ETA... I have been drinking..... left out the "AR" part of the story and went to edit, but clearly fucked that up.... 
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Posted: 10/24/2010 6:46:13 PM EDT
[#28]
1992. Paid $550 for it and a handful of mags.
Still have it. 
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:03:00 PM EDT
[#29]
My first AR was a M16A2
back in 03. I was brokenhearted when I had to give it back. Had fun shooting uncle sam's guns for a few years before I needed my own. I found AR15.COM in 06 while researching ARs, and I picked up my first one the day I got laid off from my job on 5May2007. Just so happened my FFL called to say it came in an hour before I got let go. I giggled a little bit about that.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:10:33 PM EDT
[#30]
Quoted: See my join date. |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:12:10 PM EDT
[#31]
This year. I joined the site first, to learn about them
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:14:18 PM EDT
[#32]
Quoted:
Quoted:
The day before the 2000 presidential election. It looked like Algore was going to get in, so, I went down and bought an Armalite M15A2. I thought, better buy it now, or maybe never buy another again. Which is true- I have since found out, I like AKs better.
You have weird taste. Heeeeyyy...the motto is "Get Both", so I did!
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:14:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: Last week but I still haven't shot it yet. Well, nearly a decade later I'm glad to see you're finally on board |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:21:39 PM EDT
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94 was my first. Colt green lable. Wish I had that gun back.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:45:53 PM EDT
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2004 right between my first and second deployment. Gun is a bushmaster, still have it too. though it made it through many mods. I dont think I will ever get rid of it, especially since I painted it last week.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:48:09 PM EDT
[#36]
1995 IIRC
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:52:59 PM EDT
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Quoted: An "AR" took posession of me when I joined the ARMY in 1989. same here |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 7:58:26 PM EDT
[#38]
When I was 14 I worked all summer on a farm for 2.50 an hour. I paid $450 for my first AR 15 Colt SP1. I wish I still had it. I bought, sold, traded guns alot when I was young. Now I keep what I got.
That was 1982 by the way. |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 9:18:00 PM EDT
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Hi all, I am new to the sight, but have been shooting for 25+ years.
Back in 1990, my first AR variant was kindly issued to me by the Canadian Government soon after I swore an oath to the Queen, a Diemaco C-7( M16A1E1). It shot very well, and I enjoyed it the whole time carried it. (I also became saddled with an 84mm Carl G in battle school due to my smart mouth.) Like most that were trained on the C-7/ M16A1 I was also bitten by the little black rifle bug, but first bought a Springfield m1a, as they are “non-restricted” here in Canada. Unfortunately all AR variants are “restricted” here in Canada –meaning they can only be legally shot on government approved ranges.
This fall, after 20 years of waiting on the laws on black rifles to change up here, I finally gave up and picked up a Norinco CQ-A /m4gery with the 14’’chromed barrel and MIL-STD-1913 flat top upper. Everything feels in the right place with the Norinco. But after shoot it some, I have come to miss the 20” hammer-forged barrel, and ultimately it lacks the fit and finish of an American made AR. |
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Posted: 10/24/2010 9:40:41 PM EDT
[#40]
Early 90's..............
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Posted: 10/24/2010 9:41:48 PM EDT
[#41]
Back in 1988. It was an AR15-A2 HBAR with a slabside lower receiver (no mag release fence). Brand new from Colt at $789.00.
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Posted: 10/24/2010 10:08:58 PM EDT
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Armalite M15A4, 20" HBAR in 2000
lurked on the site for a while before registering
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Posted: 10/24/2010 10:29:56 PM EDT
[#43]
1988...then sent it out of state in 1992
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Posted: 10/25/2010 12:09:42 AM EDT
[#44]
DPMS DCM i think i bought it in 2007.
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Posted: 10/25/2010 12:11:20 AM EDT
[#45]
February of 2007, I bought a RRA A2.
Since then I've built two, and have two more stripped lowers in the safe. My wife bought herself one, as well.
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Posted: 10/25/2010 12:13:16 AM EDT
[#46]
Got in the marked mid 2005. Couldn't find exactly what I have wanted so, I did my first build. Been live ever since.
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Posted: 10/25/2010 12:22:12 AM EDT
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I bought my SP1 for $350 when I was 13, without telling my parents. I was working 70 hours a week during the summer so I figured it was my money to do with as I pleased.
This was in '84. |
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Posted: 10/25/2010 12:55:23 AM EDT
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That's me on the right with my trusty M16A1 back in 1988. I bought my own in 1992 or '93 - I don't recall which.
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Posted: 10/25/2010 1:41:20 AM EDT
[#49]
Around '05, I believe.
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Posted: 10/25/2010 2:25:31 AM EDT
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about 3 years ago.
CMMG bargain bin 20" A2 from the Springfield MO gunshow for 500 bucks. |
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