Question for geezers
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Question for geezers
How many of you, in your later years, have bought a firearm just because it was the one you yearned for when you were a kid and never got, you have no use for it but just bought it for that reason?
Only a few times. Well, maybe a couple more.........
Only a few times. Well, maybe a couple more.........
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Re: Question for geezers
Yep, I must admit a couple.
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
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"I know not what course other men may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" - Patrick Henry
Re: Question for geezers
Don't think I qualify as a geezer at 47 but, OK I'm guilty.
Mini14, drooled over the gun digest and gun rags through high school. Just bought first one two months ago.
Dirty Harrys .44, Maybe
John Waynes .SAA, Maybe
Grandpas remington 11 and winchester 94, Yeah ok I did it.
Byron
Mini14, drooled over the gun digest and gun rags through high school. Just bought first one two months ago.
Dirty Harrys .44, Maybe
John Waynes .SAA, Maybe
Grandpas remington 11 and winchester 94, Yeah ok I did it.
Byron
Re: Question for geezers
yes and "maybe a couple more".
Re: Question for geezers
Absolutely. At this stage in life, some things are meant to be enjoyed, and can always be passed down to others.
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Family, blue steel & wood, hot biscuits, and fresh coffee.
Luke 22:36 Romans 12:17-21 Ephesians 4:26-32
"Life brings sorrow and joy alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle." T. Roosevelt
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Re: Question for geezers
Most of the guns I buy are ones I used to look at in American gun magazines a long long time ago.
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Re: Question for geezers
LOL, my safe is half full of them.
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May your rifle always shoot straight, your mag never run dry, you always have one more round than you have adversaries, and your good mate always be there to watch your back.
Because I can!
Never grow a wishbone where a backbone ought to be.
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Re: Question for geezers
Since I ain't Sixgun, I've had to wait till the Italians or Chinese have produced a clone I can afford! Yep... that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
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GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: Question for geezers
I'm only 47 but every gun I own is because of what I wanted as a kid. I've liked old leverguns and SAA's since I was a kid watching old westerns with my dad.
I started buying what I could when I was still in high school.
I think I'm still that kid. I'll never be a geezer when it comes to guns.
I started buying what I could when I was still in high school.
I think I'm still that kid. I'll never be a geezer when it comes to guns.
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Re: Question for geezers
Guilty as charged
Gettin old ain't for sissies!
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There just has to be dogs in heaven !
Re: Question for geezers
Uuuuuuhhhhhh.......................I have and I'm sure I'll do it again.......and again.......and again........and, well you get the idea
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Re: Question for geezers
Is there any other reason to buy a fire arm?
Re: Question for geezers
I bought a new BLR lightweight .308WCF for the opposite reason. This one is the same length and weight as a win 94, but with a little more pop. At almost 55 , I'm looking to modern technology cause, lately, they been raising the height of the mountains that I hunt
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Re: Question for geezers
Probably why I got my first Contenders/Encores.
I remember reading about them (back when Field and Stream and Outdoor Life were actual outdoorsman magazine ) and I always wanted a Contender. The thought of a gun you could just buy extra barrels for was intriguing.
Then I found out how much they cost... My first car cost less. I came from a beans and cornbread, cotton-picking kinda family. And proud of it.
So...just a couple of weeks ago I bought yet another Contender with .222 Rem and .357 Max barrels. I had one in .22 LR and .30-30 but someone wanted it worse than I did. And I currently own 3 complete Encore rifles (kind of defeats the concept of interchangeable barrels, huh?)
Truth be told, it's probably why I own so many leverguns. I always drooled over my grandfather's 1906 mfg .30 wcf 1894 and it now sits in my safe, along with much younger brethren.
I remember reading about them (back when Field and Stream and Outdoor Life were actual outdoorsman magazine ) and I always wanted a Contender. The thought of a gun you could just buy extra barrels for was intriguing.
Then I found out how much they cost... My first car cost less. I came from a beans and cornbread, cotton-picking kinda family. And proud of it.
So...just a couple of weeks ago I bought yet another Contender with .222 Rem and .357 Max barrels. I had one in .22 LR and .30-30 but someone wanted it worse than I did. And I currently own 3 complete Encore rifles (kind of defeats the concept of interchangeable barrels, huh?)
Truth be told, it's probably why I own so many leverguns. I always drooled over my grandfather's 1906 mfg .30 wcf 1894 and it now sits in my safe, along with much younger brethren.
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A roomie in the Air Force told me that this was a real gun in the late 70,s. I thought all those years it was just another prop. Finally bought one a few years ago. Impresses friends, and is a fun gun to shoot.
- Brian
Re: Question for geezers
More than one. Less than ten
Re: Question for geezers
Yes, but I ain't telling how many.
Being primarily an impulse buyer, I'll see something that clicks a long ago memory, and have to have it. Of course the nice thing is that now I can afford them.
Being primarily an impulse buyer, I'll see something that clicks a long ago memory, and have to have it. Of course the nice thing is that now I can afford them.
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
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Re: Question for geezers
Chose a Ruger Mark-I 22 LR instead of a Single Six back in the mid-70's, figuring no reason to save 22 LR brass like with a centerfire. Went well with my 10/22. Got a Super Blackhawk for my centerfire handgun and matched it with a Marlin 1894. Still, always regretted not having a Single Six.
Then 40 years or so later, after owning dozens of other revolvers, including some in 22 LR (only double action ones though), I spotted a used Single Six convertible, and got it.
It is a NICE handgun that I'll likely never be good enough at shooting to find any weaknesses in it.
Then 40 years or so later, after owning dozens of other revolvers, including some in 22 LR (only double action ones though), I spotted a used Single Six convertible, and got it.
It is a NICE handgun that I'll likely never be good enough at shooting to find any weaknesses in it.
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"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
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Re: Question for geezers
For a while I just mostly bought guns I used or needed for work....1911, AR15, backups, etc. Now that I'm retired I've bought a Marlin TK 30-30, a 1961 Winchester 94. I recently sold a Yamaha 4x4 I wasn't using and bought two Colt SAA .45's
Re: Question for geezers
I wanted and got a Year Of My Birth Winchester 94...that would be a 1951.
Four shots walked it into the 1 inch bull at 50 yards. I believe I'll keep it.
Four shots walked it into the 1 inch bull at 50 yards. I believe I'll keep it.
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Re: Question for geezers
Blaine, I've bought guns just because they were manufactured the year I was born -- and in a lot of other years too.
Re: Question for geezers
Tell me, how do those year of your birth matchlocks stack up to your others?Bill in Oregon wrote:Blaine, I've bought guns just because they were manufactured the year I was born -- and in a lot of other years too.
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Got mine a year or so from 86er... don't believe I've shot it yet!BlaineG wrote:Tell me, how do those year of your birth matchlocks stack up to your others?Bill in Oregon wrote:Blaine, I've bought guns just because they were manufactured the year I was born -- and in a lot of other years too.
Griff,
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GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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