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Do you shoot?

Posted: 2003-01-25 04:54pm
by Nathan F
Do you shoot or collect firearms?

Posted: 2003-01-25 04:54pm
by Nathan F
I shoot and collect.

Posted: 2003-01-25 04:59pm
by The Dark
Just archery. I haven't had a chance to train on firearms yet, and I won't get firearm training in my branch of the military. I'll have to get training from a civilian friend of mine.

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:00pm
by THEHOOLIGANJEDI
While I'm not a gun nut like the NRA. I wouldn't mind buy and shooting a gun.

Some Guns I would like to buy:

-HK MK 23
-Beretta 92F
-HK P2000

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:00pm
by Sea Skimmer
I shoot and collect

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:01pm
by The Yosemite Bear
My mom is a backwoods hippie.

So of course I know fire arms

Damn, I wish they had given me that free time around Thanksgiving, My mom built a real nice blind and we had lots of Duck and Turkeys on her property, the Venison tastes real good, so does the trout.

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:05pm
by Cpt_Frank
I've shot a rifle twice.
I'd really like to collect firearms but getting a license is impossible over here.

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:07pm
by Nathan F
Brit, I take it?

Anyone ever do any competition shooting?

Posted: 2003-01-25 05:13pm
by Cpt_Frank
NF_Utvol wrote:Brit, I take it?

Anyone ever do any competition shooting?
German. You can get a license here (not a total ban like in GB) but it's difficult to say the least.
It is possible to buy deactivated guns without license but the prices are horrible and you're not allowed to import them. (Otherwise I'd already have a AKMS hanging on the wall)

Posted: 2003-01-25 06:49pm
by Nathan F
Oy, are there any European countries with gun-control laws that are not overly restrictive?

Posted: 2003-01-25 06:54pm
by jaeger115
I haven't shot a gun yet, but I'm planning to join the shooting and traps club at my high school next year. I'm too busy with my three AP classes to do it this year. And my parents will definitely object. :?

Posted: 2003-01-25 06:55pm
by Mr Bean
Shot and collect

3 More Years and the Temporary extention runs out on the WWII Ban, look for some nice Tompsons and Garands to be flooding the US Market if the Repub's retain control

Posted: 2003-01-25 06:56pm
by Crazy_Vasey
That would be quite illegal here in the UK and even if it was legal I don't know if I would be comfortable having guns in my home.

Posted: 2003-01-25 08:42pm
by aerius
Damnit, and I thought it was an ejaculation related thread. :D

Anyways, not yet, but I will by the end of the year when my buddy gets on the police force so he can endorse my firearms license application. In the meantime I've kept up my aim shooting airguns, but it just isn't the same.

Posted: 2003-01-25 09:12pm
by Raptor 597
I shoot and collect. Though I don't go freeze my ass in inter too shot a sheet of metal.

Posted: 2003-01-25 09:15pm
by MKSheppard
Captain Lennox wrote:I shoot and collect. Though I don't go freeze my ass in inter too shot a sheet of metal.
I was on my way with a small collection, oh well. shite happens.

Posted: 2003-01-25 09:21pm
by Necro99
Yeah, *i* have guns, actually they are my fathers but i will have them at 18, so i consider them ours.

We have a.
Le Faucheux Smoothbore Musket
Mauser K98k
Gun very similar to a mauser, but with a different bolt handle and "fabrique nationale d'arme de belgique" written along with russian symbols...
Lee Einfield Mk5 No.2 (Jungle Fighting Rifle)
Canadian Army Lee Einfield
Steyr M95M
Steyr M1895
.22 Rifle
.410 "Break" Loader Shotgun (Redneck Shotgun)
1 Browing HP 9mm with german stamp.
And all sorts of ammo, abeit very limited.

Posted: 2003-01-25 09:34pm
by Keevan_Colton
NF_Utvol wrote:Oy, are there any European countries with gun-control laws that are not overly restrictive?
Define overly....personally I dont mind living in a nation where people dont have a right to own guns with armour piercing amunition for some odd reason I dont see much need.....

For hunting shotguns and a few sorts of hunting rifle are still about in the UK, the ban is on handguns....something for which there is no real use save shooting people....

As you might guess, I dont collect guns and I dont shoot them....I do however use swords, axes, spears and a few types of polearm.....

Posted: 2003-01-25 09:42pm
by CmdrWilkens
THEHOOLIGANJEDI wrote:While I'm not a gun nut like the NRA. I wouldn't mind buy and shooting a gun.

Some Guns I would like to buy:

-HK MK 23
-Beretta 92F
-HK P2000
I honestly don't like the Beretta. Then again it might be that I'm just not a fan of double action handguns in general, the difference in pull between that first and second shot just kinda throws me of a tad bit.

Posted: 2003-01-25 11:07pm
by Tsyroc
Mr Bean wrote:Shot and collect

3 More Years and the Temporary extention runs out on the WWII Ban, look for some nice Tompsons and Garands to be flooding the US Market if the Repub's retain control

Coool. I like shooting Garands. My dad got one through one of those government programs where you have to "qualify" for the right to buy one by shooting at a range. I think his arrived in the mail the day before my sister's wedding. :)

Anyway, I like to shoot on ocassion but I only own a 0.177 cal Chinese pellet rifle. My father, on the other hand, has so many guns now that I've lost track. Most of his are for various types of hunting but he still has plenty of other stuff that is mostly for fun.

Posted: 2003-01-25 11:11pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Shoot and collect air rifles/pistols. Had a mate whose father owned a lot of shotguns and proper rifles but has since sold them off.

Posted: 2003-01-26 12:02am
by Alyrium Denryle
Neither. Though, I am an ok shot with a bow, know the rudements of 17th century fencing, and am a fair with quarterstaff or shinias

Posted: 2003-01-26 12:31am
by Vejut
Shoot, (no competition, but I do moonlight as an assitant rangemaster over the summer...)
Got a parent that buys muchos muzzleloaders...

Posted: 2003-01-26 12:32am
by TrailerParkJawa
I have limited experience shooting guns at local ranges. Mabye 10 times in 10 years. I do not own any and really do not have a need or desire for any. If I lived in the country side I would probably pick up a .22 rifle for plinking.

The most recent firearms I used were a 9mm Beretta and a .40 Glock. I thought I would really like the Glock and hate the Beretta but it turned out to be the other way around. The Glock did not fit in my hand very well and pinched part of my hand. The Beretta was very comfortable and easy to shoo.

Posted: 2003-01-26 12:48am
by Nathan F
Necro99 wrote:Gun very similar to a mauser, but with a different bolt handle and "fabrique nationale d'arme de belgique" written along with russian symbols...
My father has an FN similar to the one you describe. If you want some more info on it, describe it out a bit better and I might be able to tell you a bit more about the gun you have.

I like shooting M1 Garands and Carbines. I also enjoy shooting Trap and Silhouette (3 1st place trap trophies, one with score of 24/25, the other two 22/25, all from the Tennessee Hunter Ed. Instructors Meet). I won two of the trophies with my Remington 1100 12g, and the last one (the 24/25) with my Benelli Nova 12g. That gun is a great all around shotgun. Good for game birds, ducks, trap, skeet, small game, etc. I also have a couple .22s, a .30-06 Winchester Model 70 Pre-64 and a 6.5mm Swedish Mauser M96.

That M96 is a great deer rifle. I turned down the bolt handle, drilled and tapped it for a scope, cut down the barrel a tad and re-crowned it, put a new trigger on it, and stuck a synthetic stock on it. That is the flattest shooting rifle I have ever owned.