First gun I ever purchased for myself is the revolver at lower left in the photo above. A Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special. Bought in 1977 in Hampton, VA. Photo dates from Fall of 1982.
Posted on 02/15/2013 7:08:31 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
Most of you here felt 'that moment' a long time ago, when you were too young to vote, too young even to get behind the wheel. You may not even remember when it happened. My Rite of Passage was today. I went to Big 5 and purchased a 12 gauge shotgun. I actually won't be able to drive my 'new friend' home until later this month, after a background check. Hopefully, there is no evildoer using my full name while commiting their evil deeds. I'm legally clean though, never even been arrested (yet).
I purchased a box of bullets, and a zip-up gun case. When I return for the gun, I'll need to buy a gun lock. Once I have access to the gun, it is likely to lay idle and locked away, until I can take a class at a local firing range for beginner gun handling. Today I was shown how to open and load the shotgun, very simple procedure, thank the Lord. The young man at the counter was patient and respectful. I was glad for that. I already felt foolish for my scant knowledge of firearms. My Dad had two guns back at home. one named Brown Betsy, the other named Black Beauty. Sharing the family home with guns was easy, my sisters and I followed the house rules and just never tampered with them at all. I learned a little while in the Navy, but not much, nothing that was repeated. I made an effort not to let on just how excited I was, that, in itself might raise an eyebrow. Just why is that guy so 'happy' about buying a gun, when he knows so little about them. I played it sort of cool.
As I get older, arthritis has taken me out of my Karate class, till I can pay for private lessons. Otherwise, I would slow the whole class down. (Un-Good!, to make up an expression) I used to love Boxing or Sparring night in Karate. Practicing chokeholds too. Maybe sometime down the line, but not now. What I can do now is to use my sharp vision. I'll look into skeet shooting. So much to learn!
I told the manager he would make even more money if he had a photographer ready to snap a picture of the owner with his or her new gun. I absolutely would have pulled out a few bills and paid for such a momento. It was that much fun.
Listen when kids complain. It may not just be gritching.
She was accurate at 100M with that .22 when there wasn't any wind after it was modified.
Nothing like teaching the kids.
/johnny
Nice move man, I’ll be doing the same in the next few weeks. I’ll have to check the comments on this thread first to get all that Freeper know how before making the purchase.
If you can give us an update in a few months on how you went about training/lessons/safety instruction and how it worked out that would be great.
Not with me now, but will check.
Yeah, but after reading the posting history... the odds are short in one particular direction.
/johnny
I'm surprised.
I thought that was one of those Gubmint regulations that is supposed to save us from ourselves.
Colt Agent .38 Special with massive 1 inch barrel. : - )
My first firearm was a .22 Cold Woodsman pistol which had belonged to my grandfather. I still have it.
Ammo of choice IMHO for a shotgun is 00 Buckshot. Someone gets downstream of that, they will have a bad day. Myself I mix slugs and buckshot in an 16 Guage auto for home defense.
My first was a Mossburg 20 gauge pump. Bought with my summer job earnings.
p.105. "The terms of the Constitution he need not refer to; and the amendment now under discussion was simply an AFFIRMANCE OF A POWER,-THAT THE RIGHT OF A PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED."
"Who fought the Battles, of Lexington, Bunker Hill and Saratoga?
...Who saved Baltimore? ... Who obtained the victory at New Orleans?
These militia, trained and disciplined in their own houses; not practised in the field, but BRINGING THEIR GUNS WHICH THEY WERE TAUGHT TO USE WHEN CHILDREN."-- p.111
viz
"Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", Vol. 4, by the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1837-8
I wholeheartedly concur, kimber 1911, .45:)
Good for you. I thought you looked different, wasn't even sure it was you.
Be careful though, when setting it in the car next to your yoga mat - try to avoid scratching the inside of the trunk of your Beemer!
A Browning .22 semi-auto assault weapon, given to me by father when I was 12. I still have it.
Rather than becoming a homicidal maniac, AKA “violent sovereign non-Democrat”, I earned my NRA junior marksman and sharpshooter tabs, small bore, the following year.
Mossberg 500, cylinder bore, 8 round tube, which I miss due to a horrible boating accident........
my uncle let his kids and his nieces and nephews fire his collection of weapons as soon as they were 8 years old which meant ice on the shoulders black n blue:
My uncle`s arsenal:
one BAR
one Thompson submachinegun
one Sten gun
one M1 carbine [everybody had`em, brought`em back from Korea]
one German lugar complete with swastica`d handle
on Ruger 44 short barreled bush rifle
one WWI english sniper rifle
many 30-30` s and 303`s
over unders, shotguns
He owned a gunshop too-
I bought my first 22 LR Mossburg for 25 bucks at the Army/Navy store-cash n carry right down the street- went right home and taught all my siblings how to hit apples at 100 yards. My mother at 92 could still hit with a 22 as she did when she was 8.
Good thread. I was about 52. Bought a compensated Taurus 617 seven shot revolver. .357 Magnum. Now, I own a few more guns than that :)
I like the history as well.
It freaks a lot of people out (bad juju), But I like history.
Another I liked was one in Culver City whose name escapes me. They used to have the best selection of military surplus stuff. Almost bought a WWII Johnson rifle from them decades ago. Who knows what that would be worth today.
Always remember the enormous rifle hanging high over the counter. I'd guess now that it was one of those "Boys" antitank rifles, but never asked. Damn, stuff was cheap then.
First gun I ever purchased for myself is the revolver at lower left in the photo above. A Charter Arms Target Bulldog in 44 Special. Bought in 1977 in Hampton, VA. Photo dates from Fall of 1982.
Great thread!
AK-47. Egyptian made. Bought it when they first threatened to tell me I couldn’t. :)
Then I went and bought an Ak-47....or three.
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