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Posted: 5/6/2001 5:47:15 PM EDT
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Grew up shooting with my family and in Boy Scouts. Got into AR's when I joined the Army National Guard where I also met and married Glockgrrrl. [:D]
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Posted: 5/6/2001 6:48:44 PM EDT
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Plead guilty to a DWI in the mid 70's as high schooler. The judge let me take ROTC in college as part of my plea bargain. Took two semesters of marksmanship. [:}D]
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Posted: 5/6/2001 7:20:45 PM EDT
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The U.S. Army.
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Posted: 5/6/2001 7:48:40 PM EDT
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I can't remember NOT being interested in guns, but it wasn't due to family or exposure.
My first gun was one of those plastic disc-shooting guns that has the magazine in front of the trigger. I was 5, and I was told I was not allowed to shoot my 2yo sister. Of course, within 10 minutes, she had come around the corner as I was chasing the cat (who loved chasing the discs) and popped her in the forehead. Dad took the gun outside and stomped it to bits... My next experience was at 12 or so. We went to Arkansas from the PRK to see my great uncle and family. My great uncle's son was what I now know is an SOT, and one afternoon, asked us if we'd like to do some shooting. I was sure my folks would say no, but it seemed that being in Arkansas allowed them to forget their PRK rules. So, what did my cousin produce for us to shoot? A suppressed Uzi. :) I remember thinking it was going to "knock me on my butt", but it was very easy to shoot with the stock extended. I got to empty a few mags. We went home with BELTS of live M60 blanks (he has 2!) which we wore like bandoleers. Funny, but within a few days of being back home, we never saw them again. :( After I turned 21, I decided I wanted a gun; specifically, a high-capacity 9mm. I considered the Beretta, but a friend let me compare his to a Glock 17. No contest. But, alas, I had no money at the time, so I kept buying "Buyer's Guide"s every year and reading about various guns. Finally, in 1995, a friend of mine (who posts here as DVD Tracker) from the BBS days decided that he too wanted a Glock 17. So, we went to a gun show, and found that one of our local gunshops was having a sale on them; $417 NIB. We have sequentially-serial-numbered Glocks now. :) Since then, I've barely spend money on anything else... -Troy |
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Posted: 5/6/2001 7:54:28 PM EDT
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I got into shooting with Boy Scouts using BB guns and .22 bolt actions, then stopped until I turned 18 and acquired an Ar15 only days before my 19th birthday. Now, I shoot whenever possible, and turned my GF and her dad onto Ar15s and trap.
The only problem is my GF's semi-constant nagging to go shooting. Kharn |
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Posted: 5/6/2001 8:00:33 PM EDT
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I've been arounds firearms all my life. Dad's motto "We don't need a safe just teach the boy to shoot." Yes folks dad kept the guns in the closet with no locks. Oh and 2 underneath his bed. And no I have not shot at or pointed a gun at anyone. Even accidentally.
I did not enjoy shooting until I was in my late 20's. My dad use to take me to the range a lot and hunting as well. I thought it was a pain in the ass and a chore. I would've rather hung out with my friends. I went through the military and still guns did not float my boat. I did buy an HK91 for my 18th B-day however. Did it just to freak my dad out. He was never into assault weapons. My bro took after him, they both liked the hi powered accurate rifles. When I got to my late 20's, I started reading gun mags and became interested in rifles again. Was too broke to buy any, much like now. A few years later I found out they were banning all AR's and AW's in Kali so I went out and bought an ASA CAR15 kit. Found this site. The rest is history. |
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Posted: 5/6/2001 8:40:27 PM EDT
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I've always been facinated by weapons of any kind, especially guns.
my grandmother bought me a bb gun when I was 6 years old and I was aloud to run free with it most of the time. All the males in my family hunt but I wasn't into hunting and I didn't like the taste of game. Whe I was 16 I made a firing pin for a old Stevens Junior .22 that was laying around the house. When I was 20 years old my father asked me if I wanted a .410 or a .22 for Christmas, I said I wanted a .22 but didn't get it because he said, you can't hunt anything with a .22. (I was in the army at the time) typical of my old man. What he meant was HE couldn't hunt what he wanted to hunt with a .22 so I didn't need one. When I was in the army (71,72,73) I qualified expert with a M-16 and other weapons and shot everything imaginable in the way of crew served weapons and light & heavy arms. I didn't own a personal gun until I was married, (1974) my first real gun was a Husqvarna .380 Swedish Military pistol and I have bought and traded guns ever since. |
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