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Posted: 9/16/2004 5:55:17 PM EDT

I won a free family portrait photo shoot when I was 12 - nothing else comes to mind.

Posted: 9/16/2004 5:57:24 PM EDT

[#1]

I won several drawing contests (and a poster contest) in high school. Oh, and my orchestral band did well in Jr High School.

Posted: 9/16/2004 5:59:14 PM EDT

[#2]

Won a bar football pool once, I guess that's kind of betting but it's more like a drawing. When I used to go out the bars a lot I played the boards all the time and would forget to keep track of whether I won or not, this time I happened to go back in later in the evening, I think it was like $ 100

I won a plastic Cavarms knife at a drawing at a shoot.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:01:12 PM EDT

[#3]

I won the free yearly issue of SWAT magazine here at AR15.com. Im still waiting for them to arrive.
Im guessing it takes 6-8 weeks for the first issue??

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:02:47 PM EDT

[#4]

nope, nadda, never

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:03:23 PM EDT

[#5]

Won an Aimpoint here on Arfcom

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:04:09 PM EDT

[#6]

... I won first place in a race against thousands of other competitors once

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:05:20 PM EDT

[#7]

Yeah, I forgot about all of our lucky winners on arfcom. I hope more post here.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:05:45 PM EDT

[#8]

I called into a radio program and won tickets to the movie 'Pacific Heights'.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:06:02 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
... I won first place in a race against thousands of other competitors once

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I think we all have.

Funny!

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:07:23 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I called into a radio program and won tickets to the movie 'Pacific Heights'.

Yes, I forgot about call-ins. I won a Howard Stern T-shirt and free tickets to the Fort Worth Cats baseball game.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:08:01 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Yeah, I forgot about all of our lucky winners on arfcom. I hope more post here.

... Well, if you put it that way. I won over $300 in two doors prizes at Gunstock last year.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:08:07 PM EDT

[#12]

Won a shotgun made by CavArms at Gunstock last year.

Maybe I will win another gun this year.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:08:36 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I won a plastic Cavarms knife at a drawing at a shoot.

What's a plastic knife? (outside of tupperware)

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:09:06 PM EDT

[#14]

I won 800 in the lotto about 5 years ago..

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:09:33 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Won a shotgun made by CavArms at Gunstock last year.

xzodus.com/gunstock/images/12gauge_side.jpg

Maybe I will win another gun this year.

SWEET!

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:09:59 PM EDT

[#16]

I won one of those cheap microwave ovens. Anyway, I sold it for $35 to a coworker.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:10:42 PM EDT

[#17]

won charlotte hornets tickets when i was 9 or 10.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:12:00 PM EDT

[#18]

I won a free year supply of candy bars from Hershey on a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup package. The kids were thrilled.

Edited to add: I also won T-Shirt from Hersheys on a Hershey bar with almods.

I just remebered I also won a pair of Subwoofers in some contest when I was a private at Ft,. Bragg, they must have been good ones, the pawn whop gave me over two hundred bucks.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:13:58 PM EDT

[#19]

I won two video games in one night at a huge LAN Party when I was in my late teens.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:14:01 PM EDT

[#20]

I used to work for an amateur radio store (EEB) and Icom called with a question/answer contest. I answered all their questions right and won a IC-736 HF/6M transceiver. I was pretty floored by that one.

Since then...bupkiss. Not even a stupid scratcher ticket.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:14:44 PM EDT

[#21]

My ten seconds of fame......me

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:16:21 PM EDT

[#22]

won a bayonet from here in a team member drawing.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:17:58 PM EDT

[#23]

I won a bike when I was a kid...won the Pick 3 lottery a few times...plus a few small prizes here and there...

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:24:11 PM EDT

[#24]

I won a couple of Cav Arms beer glasses from Cav Arms last year.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:24:29 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
My ten seconds of fame......me

You're a lucky man! Very nice!

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:30:05 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I won a plastic Cavarms knife at a drawing at a shoot.

What's a plastic knife? (outside of tupperware)

it's sort of shaped like a plastic dagger- I think they call it a letter opener, it's made out of the same stuff as the lowers, I guess, The blade won't cut but it comes to s point-it doesn't really penetrate (it'll bend up a sode can, not make a hole, but I wouldn't want to get it in the briscuit at high speed!

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:42:34 PM EDT

[#27]

Lets see...
won a quilt at the state fair last summer
Won a rifle out of Guns magazine about 8 years ago
Won a knife out of Gun World about 13 years ago
Won a moped about 15 years ago..took me FOREVER to get rid of that thing.
Won a case of less than lethal beanbag rounds at a training conference once.
I win a few bucks on the Lotto every once in a while.

Other than that, basically just tee shirts and coolers and stuff.

Posted: 9/16/2004 6:56:33 PM EDT

[#28]

I won this at a National Wild Turkey Federation banquet.

Gun of the year. Me happy.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:02:37 PM EDT

[#29]

I won the grand prize in the 1934 Group raffle in 2002, a full-auto Vector Uzi carbine. I had just decided two months earlier to get into the title II game and had bought (you guessed it), a full-auto Vector Uzi carbine. So I sold the one I won to my brother for $1500. They were going for $3000 at the time, but he's my brother, and he owes me big time for awhile now.

I took the $1500 and bought a DSA STG58, a scope and some mags, so everyone made out in the end.

The kicker is that the 1934 Group never cashed the $30 check I sent for my three raffle tickets. I think it was probably because they'd lost their court case at that point and therefore had no purpose for the money.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:07:11 PM EDT

[#30]

In 1991 I won a trip to Europe. My wife and I spent 3 weeks touring Germany, Czech Republic, France and England.

When I worked graveyard I won a bunch of concert tickets including:
Garth Brooks
Billy Joel (With Dinner Backstage)
Kenny Loggins
Tracy Chapman
San Diego Street Scene

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:12:22 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Lets see...
won a quilt at the state fair last summer
Won a rifle out of Guns magazine about 8 years ago
Won a knife out of Gun World about 13 years ago
Won a moped about 15 years ago..took me FOREVER to get rid of that thing.
Won a case of less than lethal beanbag rounds at a training conference once.
I win a few bucks on the Lotto every once in a while.

Other than that, basically just tee shirts and coolers and stuff.

What's your opinion of those?

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:13:08 PM EDT

[#32]

One Halloween I won a case of beer for best costume.
I wore a green bedspread and carried a chair on my head.
The chair had a sign that said ...... a piece of gum.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:13:11 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
I won this at a National Wild Turkey Federation banquet.

Gun of the year. Me happy.

www.fototime.com/4077F28EC5B6C7E/orig.jpg

That's a pretty shotgun. What kind is it?

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:14:20 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
I won the grand prize in the 1934 Group raffle in 2002, a full-auto Vector Uzi carbine. I had just decided two months earlier to get into the title II game and had bought (you guessed it), a full-auto Vector Uzi carbine. So I sold the one I won to my brother for $1500. They were going for $3000 at the time, but he's my brother, and he owes me big time for awhile now. I took the $1500 and bought a DSA STG58, a scope and some mags, so everyone made out in the end.

The kicker is that the 1934 Group never cashed the $30 check I sent for my three raffle tickets. I think it was probably because they'd lost their court case at that point and therefore had no purpose for the money.

Damn! You DID win!

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:15:34 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
In 1991 I won a trip to Europe. My wife and I spent 3 weeks touring Germany, Czech Republic, France and England.

Wow, we have some lucky folks around here. Did you have to pay for anything?

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:16:39 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
!

Thanks for responding.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:19:03 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I won this at a National Wild Turkey Federation banquet.

Gun of the year. Me happy.

www.fototime.com/4077F28EC5B6C7E/orig.jpg

That's a pretty shotgun. What kind is it?

Thanks!

Winchester Super X2, nickle receiver, gold turkeys. I haven't shot it, don't know if I will!

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:20:12 PM EDT

[#38]

I won the Sterling in the 2004 IAWCA drawing. Still waiting for it to trafer to my dealer.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:21:24 PM EDT

[#39]

I won an ACDC shirt last year

- BG

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:22:19 PM EDT

[#40]

I won a Proflex mountain bike 5 years ago at an end of season drawing for race particpants. And a coffee cup at work 20 years ago for a baby picture contesth.gif.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:25:30 PM EDT

[#41]

When I was six, at a church bingo, I won, and was allowed to pick my prize from about 10 items. I went home with a nice pair of 6-guns (cap guns) and holster set. Cool!

Last damn thing I ever won in anything like that.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:25:34 PM EDT

[#42]

I won a trip for 2 to the MLB All Star Game in Houston in 1986.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:26:37 PM EDT

[#43]

I won a black and white TV in a raffle in the fifth grade.....

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:31:23 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Thanks!

Winchester Super X2, nickle receiver, gold turkeys. I haven't shot it, don't know if I will!

Well sir, I know how you feel but I believe I'd have to shoot it just once. But that's just me. Its a prize, to be sure! I don't know what it is about shotguns but they've always been the awe of firearms to me.

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:32:01 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
I won a trip for 2 to the MLB All Star Game in Houston in 1986.

Did you go?

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:33:31 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
When I was six, at a church bingo, I won, and was allowed to pick my prize from about 10 items. I went home with a nice pair of 6-guns (cap guns) and holster set. Cool!

A firearms enthusiast from the get go. As was I sir!

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:35:23 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
I won a Proflex mountain bike 5 years ago at an end of season drawing for race particpants.

Do you ride? I ride a Cannondale. Is your Proflex decent?

Posted: 9/16/2004 7:37:39 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
I won the Sterling in the 2004 IAWCA drawing. Still waiting for it to trafer to my dealer.

I don't know what that is. Is it something pretty cool? By the way, check the Hometown forums. We're getting together this Sunday for dinner in Dallas - Bonedaddy's at 3PM.