Do you shoot?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-01-25 04:54pm

Do you shoot or collect firearms?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-01-25 04:54pm

I shoot and collect.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-25 04:59pm

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.

THEHOOLIGANJEDI · Post by **THEHOOLIGANJEDI** » 2003-01-25 05:00pm

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

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-25 05:00pm

I shoot and collect

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-25 05:01pm

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.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-01-25 05:05pm

I've shot a rifle twice.
I'd really like to collect firearms but getting a license is impossible over here.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-01-25 05:07pm

Brit, I take it?

Anyone ever do any competition shooting?

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-01-25 05:13pm

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)

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-01-25 06:49pm

Oy, are there any European countries with gun-control laws that are not overly restrictive?

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-25 06:54pm

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.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-25 06:55pm

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

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-01-25 06:56pm

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.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-01-25 08:42pm

Damnit, and I thought it was an ejaculation related thread.

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.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-01-25 09:12pm

I shoot and collect. Though I don't go freeze my ass in inter too shot a sheet of metal.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-25 09:15pm

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.

Necro99 · Post by **Necro99** » 2003-01-25 09:21pm

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.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-01-25 09:34pm

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.....

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-01-25 09:42pm

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.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-01-25 11:07pm

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.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-25 11:11pm

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.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-01-26 12:02am

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

Vejut · Post by **Vejut** » 2003-01-26 12:31am

Shoot, (no competition, but I do moonlight as an assitant rangemaster over the summer...)
Got a parent that buys muchos muzzleloaders...

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-01-26 12:32am

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.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-01-26 12:48am

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.