[Shooter 2.5]

1.Vote Republican. Don't give that stuff about RINO's. I know who defends our gun right and it isn't the dems.

2. Join the NRA or the Second Amendment Foundation. If you have any money left, join the Second Amendment Sisters.

2. Buy a Pistol in a caliber you can handle. If you like 9MM, that's peachy. You don't have to explain to anyone.

3. Buy a rifle. I know how hard it is to find a place to shoot a rifle if you live in a city but try to buy one anyway. You can always save up for ammo and then go once every couple of months and keep practicing.

4. Buy a shotgun. Ammo is expensive but most people who shoot the other firearms don't have a problem picking up and getting decent with a shotgun.

5. Buy a Dillon 550B for reloading. Notice I didn't say another brand. There just isn't another brand. You won't save money. You'll shoot more.

6. If you want to be good with a pistol, join the IDPA. They'll show you how to shoot for the price of membership and competition fees.

7. Learn to shoot that rifle at an NRA High Power Rifle Match. You'll learn standing, sitting and prone. You'll be surrounded by expert advice.

8. For rifle shooting, learn natural point of aim. If you stress the rifle to be on target, you recoil will put you back to where you were before stressing to the target. Oops.

9.Targets. If you have your own place to shoot, you can buy a pack of styrofoam picnic plates and then go to Home Depot for light garden fence posts. A fifty pack of plates and a half dozen posts under 25 dollars will take a long time to use up. The plate is held by the top clip on the post.

l0. The perfect handgun for a woman who wants to shoot in competition like IDPA is a Browning High Power in 9MM. It just is.

11. Wilson makes a great magazine for 1911 45 Autos. Mec-Gar is the best handgun manufacturer for the other pistols.

12. If you have a revolver, you owe it to yourself to learn to reload it under five seconds with a speedloader.

[Shooter 2.5]

13.Never use anything new or untried during a match not even your socks.

[Lurker]

Excellent advice on every point.

I'm saving for that very Dillon myself.

L

[353FMG]

13. Ask for ammo on Father’s Day, birthdays and Christmas. Make it easy on wife and kids.

[xcamel]

14) Shoot, Just Go out and shoot. Don’t make excuses, Don’t say “when I have time..”. Make time to go out and SHOOT!

[VOA]

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6. If you want to be good with a pistol, join the IDPA.
They’ll show you how to shoot for the price of membership and competition fees.
“

I’m a rifle/shotgun fan (only a few family members owned pistols/revolvers)...
so for similarly-situatiated folks, here’s the link:

International Defensive Pistol Association
http://www.idpa.com/

[Billthedrill]

Spend some money for a decent gun belt - thick and stiff enough to hold together under the stress of holstering. It will last you for years. Oddly, mine seems to have shrunk...

[TMSuchman]

If I can, I would like to add my $.02 worth.

1; Vote conservative, not just because there is an r behind someone's name does not make them worthy of our support.

2;I agree with joining one of these worth while groups.

3; As far as pistol goes, one should talk to their favorite “gunsmith” to gain a better idea what should be bought.

4; As far a rifle goes, please see above. I am planning on getting a High Point 9mm. When you are on a fixed or limited income these are the way to go. [IMHO]

5; A shotgun should be in everyone's firearms locker. I really like 12 gauge myself.

6; I have no opion on reloading at this time.

7; There are also a lot of different places to shoot. I learned in the MARINE CORPS.

8; Please see above for this one, but one can not say enough about military experience. And those of us out here, who have this experience, should help those who do not have this.

9; We need to go our local ranges, & support them. Also remember not everyone has access to proper space on their own. So let's go to our local ranges.

10; Please see points 3,4 & 8.

11; I would love to have a 1911, but can not afford one, but I can recommend the High Point .45 [and they are putting a .45 ACP rifle soon]

12; Having carried a .38 revolver for 12 years as a Security Officer, I much prefer a revolver over a semi auto any day. [It is just my personal preference] but when in a gun fight one must keep a level head and just don't spray & pray. Aim center mast and make every round count as they could be you last. But remain calm at all times, for best effective fire!

[SVTCobra03]

I already have a pre-ban Colt AR-15, but I am upgrading it with a flat-top upper, 4-rail handguard, vertical foregrip and Eotech 552 sight. In addition I am purchasing the new RRA Elite Comp M4 clone. I have a Kimber Ultra-Carry and a Kimber Warrior. I have a Mossberg 500 but will be purchasing a Mossberg 930 SPX. For reaching out a little farther I have a HK-91 and for reaching out even farther I have a custom built 300 winmag with a Heart barrel, Jewell trigger and McMillan stock. That should suffice for now.

[anniegetyourgun]

uhhhuuuuhhhhh....gun porn....my fave.

[hiredhand]

I meant to post this a few weeks ago...it's our old Remington Model 34, chambered for ALL three variants of the .22 rimfire! :-) My aunt gave it to me a couple of years ago. My uncle had been in poor health and several years prior, he cleaned it and put it on the gun rack in the basement. My aunt never touched it...for probably the better part of 10 years. When she gave it to me, it had endured an unknown number of warm/cool cycles from my aunt turning the A.C. on...off...and then opening the windows. Just to give you an idea of what it looked like, when I brought it home, the kids named it RUSTY.....because it was rusty! But one day, the youngest one here was putting oil on it, and he decided to run a patch down the bore. As it turned out, my uncle has "greased" the bore, and it was WELL preserved! It it looks to be about new to me! With the "right" ammo, my 13 yr old can shoot dimes at "almost" 100 yards with this rifle. We scoped it a couple of months ago. Until last week, it was wrapped in ghillie because we'd been zapping varmints in our garden with it.

[xsrdx]

If you want to be good with a pistol, join the IDPA.

Or, if you want to learn how to shoot rifle/pistol/shotgun better than the IDPA guys, join USPSA.

USPSA

Hugs, ;->

[Fluke Codewriter]

Reminds me of the rhyme...

A pistol by the bed
A shotgun by the door
A 223/308/30-06 for reaching out
You don’t need any more.

Now excuse me while I shoot off to the range and blast some clays...

[javachip]

15 (or next nr.) Join a CMP affiliated club and order an M1.

http://www.odcmp.com/

[umgud]

1.Vote Republican. Don't give that stuff about RINO's. I know who defends our gun right and it isn't the dems.

If I have a choice between a dem who is strong on RKBA and a rino who isn't, guess who I'm gonna vote for.

The anti-gun rino every time.

Why?

Because that one pro-RKBA dem legislator won't/can't affect the cause, but will add to the dem majority so that Reid or Pelosi can.

[LongElegantLegs]

15. Gun cozies are cute.

[Neil E. Wright]

Kel-Tec SU-16 .223/5.56mm with Tasco Red Dot sight, 4-10rnd magazines, 5-20rnd magazines and 6-30rnd magazines. Uses standard AR-15/M16 magazines. Folds in half for easy storage. The forestock releases and drops forming a built-in bi-pod.

75-yard target

[Centurion2000]

My own add.

Whe practicing with your handgun, use Shoot N See tagets. Instant feedback.

As you get better, buy smaller bullseyes. You will see a difference.

Aim small, miss small.

[sig226]

Buy a Sig.

Or four. :)

[Yosemitest]

Here's your gun porn... You Tube Stacked and Packed Calendar 2008 and here's their site,

Girls With Guns - G. Gordon Liddy' Stacked And Packed (http://www.stackedandpacked.com) - Page 1 of 3

[Yosemitest]

Here's one more.

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