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Jul 18, 2010, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by J_9
Okay, a bit of background since you don't know me, but the others do.
My family owned a gun shop that included an indoor range, until the present President. We ended up losing it.
So, I'm not quite the terrorist that it seems like. Hubby is a master gunsmith.
A most noble and honorable profession ,craft and art form. True gun smithing is an art I admire.
I am sorry you lost your shop, I'll bet you have great memories surrounding a place like that.
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Jul 18, 2010, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by martinizing2
A most noble and honorable profession ,craft and art form. True gun smithing is an art I admire.
I am sorry you lost your shop, I'll bet you have great memories surrounding a place like that.
We do. Thank you for your comments. He is now working from home. Makes a great house husband since I work from 7p-7a. Does a great job of taking care of the kiddos.
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Jul 18, 2010, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by J_9
Nice to meet you Martinizing. Time for bed for me....I gotta deliver babies tonight.
I am pleased to meet you also. You deliver babies... another one of my greatest loves in life. I can hear my children now... DAD YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM DOWN SOMETIME!!
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Jul 18, 2010, 08:40 AM
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LMAO... I work in Labor and Delivery. I prefer to deliver them as to working in the nursery. If I work in the nursery I have a hard time giving them back to Mom. LOL
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Aug 1, 2010, 04:24 PM
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Range time today. A friend of mine and I came up with some cheap range targets. You can use a paper plate and put a dot in the middle. Those dots are cheap and so are the paper plates. I was trying out a new set of grips and they seemed to help a lot. I was able to put a smiley face on the paper plate first time around ;)
What have you others come up with for target ideas that you want to pass along.
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Aug 1, 2010, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by califdadof3
Range time today. A friend of mine and I came up with some cheap range targets. You can use a paper plate and put a dot in the middle. Those dots are cheap and so are the paper plates. I was trying out a new set of grips and they seemed to help alot. I was able to put a smiley face on the paper plate first time around ;)
What have you others come up with for target ideas that you want to pass along.
The first time I impressed my father-in-law was the weirdest target I ever shot at. We were newly married and invited to a Barbecue at a friend of his' farm. The friend and my father-in-law had been there for a while and had bolted an axe blade to a fencepost then set a beer can on the fence on either side. They were obviously trying to do some Beverly Hillbillies but the beer cans were surviving just fine. My father-in-law handed me his Python and told me to give it a go. It took a couple of rounds to get used to the weapon, but the third shot got a ring from the axe blade. I do not know to this day if it simply shook the can off, but one did fall.
That's how I impressed my wife's father, the man who played ping-pong, solitare, with a .22 pump.
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Aug 1, 2010, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Catsmine
The first time I impressed my father-in-law was the weirdest target I ever shot at. We were newly married and invited to a Barbeque at a friend of his' farm. The friend and my father-in-law had been there for a while and had bolted an axe blade to a fencepost then set a beer can on the fence on either side. They were obviously trying to do some Beverly Hillbillies but the beer cans were surviving just fine. My father-in-law handed me his Python and told me to give it a go. It took a couple of rounds to get used to the weapon, but the third shot got a ring from the axe blade. I do not know to this day if it simply shook the can off, but one did fall.
That's how I impressed my wife's father, the man who played ping-pong, solitare, with a .22 pump.
Great story. Ive heard many stories around the axe head. Seems to be popular in some places.
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Aug 1, 2010, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by califdadof3
Range time today. A friend of mine and I came up with some cheap range targets. You can use a paper plate and put a dot in the middle. Those dots are cheap and so are the paper plates. I was trying out a new set of grips and they seemed to help alot. I was able to put a smiley face on the paper plate first time around ;)
What have you others come up with for target ideas that you want to pass along.
Republicans
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Aug 1, 2010, 07:30 PM
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Believe it or not, the shooting range near me has targets with pictures on it. Here are some of the pictures:
Aliens
Top 10 FBI's Most Wanted List Fugitives
Osama Bin Laden (as mentioned above)
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Hillary Clinton.
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Aug 2, 2010, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ISneezeFunny
Believe it or not, the shooting range near me has targets with pictures on it. Here are some of the pictures:
Aliens
Top 10 FBI's Most Wanted List Fugitives
Osama Bin Laden (as mentioned above)
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Hillary Clinton.
Can you bring your own pictures? They could set up a great sideline in printing out targets from your digital camera or downloading. Al Sharpton comes to mind.
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Aug 2, 2010, 02:15 AM
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V and I went to the gun shop the other day and the attendant was shoving pistols at us left right and center.
I was too scared to hold them :o
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Aug 2, 2010, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by shazamataz
V and I went to the gun shop the other day and the attendant was shoving pistols at us left right and center.
I was too scared to hold them :o
A pistol is a tool, just like hair clippers, or a hammer, or photoshop software. I can use three of those four, and yes, since I don't know how to use it the fourth one frightens me a little.
I can learn, however.
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Aug 2, 2010, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Catsmine
A pistol is a tool, just like hair clippers, or a hammer, or photoshop software. I can use three of those four, and yes, since I don't know how to use it the fourth one frightens me a little.
I can learn, however.
Question.. which is best... a .41 Rutger Red Hawl or a Colt .45 auto?
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Aug 2, 2010, 08:49 AM
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I'm a huge fan of autos... especially a .45.
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Aug 2, 2010, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ISneezeFunny
I'm a huge fan of autos...especially a .45.
We have a lot of guns. My little lady smith is just right for me. My husband likes a colt .45 I just like any kind of revolver.
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Aug 2, 2010, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Kitkat22
Question..which is best...a .41 Rutger Red Hawl or a Colt .45 auto?
Both have their merits. . 45 ammo is easier to find. As I have said before, I'm a revolver fan myself.
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Aug 2, 2010, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Catsmine
Both have their merits. .45 ammo is easier to find. As I have said before, I'm a revolver fan myself.
.22. Pistol. It's old but still works really well.
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Aug 2, 2010, 09:04 AM
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Blame it on the movies and games... although revolvers are VERY user friendly, never jams, never stovepipes, etc. I could never get over the six shots. Granted, I'll never be in a firefight where I need more than 6 rounds (I hope), but I always liked having the insurance of 12+1 rounds...
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Aug 2, 2010, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ISneezeFunny
Blame it on the movies and games...although revolvers are VERY user friendly, never jams, never stovepipes, etc., I could never get over the six shots. Granted, I'll never be in a firefight where I need more than 6 rounds (I hope), but I always liked having the insurance of 12+1 rounds...
Hey, I've watched westerns (old ones) where they shoot a six gun 400 times without reloading. One of those would be nice! Sneezy and Cats you all are too young to remember Gene Autry... Roy Rogers. I was about five but I can remember.
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Aug 2, 2010, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Kitkat22
Hey, I've watched westerns (old ones) where they shoot a six gun 400 times without reloading. One of those would be nice! Sneezy and Cats you all are too young to remember Gene Autry...Roy Rogers. I was about five but I can remember.
I'm old enough to have been horrified the first time Roy stuffed Trigger.
Sneezy, one of my favorite authors wrote, "Get a shot off fast. You may not hit anything but it will give you enough time to make your second shot perfect." (italics his)
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