Hi I am a new guy, gee that is what this thread is for right? I got my interest in firearms as a youth, not only in hand held firearms but howitzers, cannons, motars just about anything that fired a projectile. I fired my first firearm in the Boy Scouts, it was a flintlock muzzle loader, I was hooked! I was not allowed to own anything more powerful than a cap gun until I joined the Marine Corps. Once out on my own I was free to purchase whatever I pleased. When I got married and the kids started showing up, havent figured how that happend, but anyway. My wife made me agree to not own a handgun until my youngest was 18. Like a good husband I complied with the bosses wishes. I waited until the youngest was 20 and now I am buying the guns of my dreams. I retired from the Corps after 22 years and now volunteer much of my time with the Boy Scouts. I am an NRA Distinguished Lifetime Memeber, also an NRA certified instructor for Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzle Loading Rifle and a RSO. I am also a National Camp School qualified Shooting Sports Director, I am one of the shooting sports directors at the local Boy Scout camp and I love teaching the boys proper firearms safety and marksmanship techniques. I am an avid hunter, I will find just about any excuse to spend a day in the woods with my favorite deer rifle. I enjoy shooting all of my firearms, but my current favorite is the FNP-9 by FNH, what a great shooting gun. I would love to get my hands on a WWII M1911 but they are rediculously overpriced, another "Dream gun" is the M1 Garand. I don't want just any old M1, I want a nice one, since I am eligible to purchase from the CMP I think I will save my change and get one of their higher end M1's. Not to many guns I do not like, like I said if it fires a projectile it has my interest. Love the smell of gunpowder in the morning, or anytime for that matter.