Age of people on THR

[bikerdoc]

I am the coolest 63 yr old there ever was. Just ask me

Guns, rifles, shotguns, Knives, old trucks, fast cars, canes, and grandkids are my passion.

Im more a revolver and 1911 guy, dont own any plastic, sorry

 

[browneu]

40 didn't listen to eight track but listened to cassettes.

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[LongTimeGone]

58.
Glad to be here.

 

[58savage340]

41, 5 hand guns and 10+ rifles/shotguns Had Pat Benatar on 8-track, still have a working 8-track / record player in my workshop

 

[mortablunt]

I'm 18, believe it or not.

 

[CFletch08]

18. Old enough to get drafted, not old enough to get a drink.

 

[VP]

18. Old enough to get drafted, not old enough to get a drink.

Good thing for you we don't draft anymore.

26 here. Sometimes I forget how old I am. Sometimes it feels like I've done a lot in that time, sometimes I feel like I am still 12. I find that that most people that are into shooting are older. I find myself making friends with people in the shooting community that are all pretty much 50+. Doesn't bother me, just my girlfriend!

 

[pazz]

37...feel like i'm 21..act like I'm 15

 

[acmax95]

26 here. I have around a dozen guns.

 

[Mike1234567]

I turned 50 in March of this year but I'm very immature for my age.

 

[BIGBANG]

I'm 22, 17 and counting, 4 pistols , 5 shotguns, and 8 rifles.

 

[Dnaltrop]

35... bad joints make it feel like 80. Family longevity means I'll make it to 100 barring a sudden conversion to a diet of pure lard.

Think I'm cranky now? I'll start practicing my "get off the grass you damn kids" shout and get a head start.

 

[BigDaddyNEB]

42 last August. I never sit at the kids table at Thanksgiving, but I do have a place of honor at the 'immature' table!!!

 

[TraditionalCatholic]

18 y/o here. Glad I live in a state that allows private purchases of handguns at my age!

 

[VP]

I need to catch up with some of the guys in my age group, I *only* have 9..... It's always such a huge deliberation on range days what I am going to shoot.

Traditional Catholic-- if there was a like button on your post I'd press it.

 

[mgmorden]

I voted for the 20 -30 group, but I'll only be in my 20's for another 3 weeks :'(.

 

[MGC]

I'll be 25 in april, 3 rifles, 2 shotguns and 3 pistols.

 

[firemanstrickland]

I'm 22and have... ar, mosin, .270 bolt, 1911, .357 snubbie, .22 semi rifle, .22 survival, and 2 12 gauge pumps

 

[DogLegArms]

34 yrs old. i have couple dozen handguns, a few shotguns, and...0 rifles. weird eh?

 

[mgmorden]

34 yrs old. i have couple dozen handguns, a few shotguns, and...0 rifles. weird eh?

Strange how that works out. I have a little over a dozen handguns, about 2 dozen rifles, and a whopping 3 shotguns (one of which I only still have because it was my first gun that my parents bought for me).

For me the main reason is that shotguns are purely utilitarian things. I hunt with them, but aside from that I find them wholly uninteresting. While I have a wishlist on rifles/handguns a mile long, barring one of the existing ones getting lost/stolen/otherwise broken beyond repair, I seriously doubt I'll ever buy another shotgun in my life.

As a weird point of note though, I probably have more trigger time on my Remington 870 than any other gun I own .

 

[tdstout]

23 and I got my first .22 when I was 5.

 

[snake eater 332]

42 years young here! I've got 6 handguns, 12 rifles, and 2 shotguns, but one could never have enough toys! And those do not include the toys I get to play with at work!

 

[autumist]

80 next month/ what happened

ten handguns, two older than me, two rifles, one an 1864.......

 

[jojo200517]

Just turned 24 this month. Had BB guns as a kid and shot a 22 rifle when i was probably 8-9 the first time, didn't like the ultra loudness of guns for a long time (didn't use any hearing protection) and generally stayed with my air rifles of various kinds.

Inherited my fathers guns at his passing when I was 20. 4 shotguns (870 pump, win 101 O/U, Rem 1100 16gauge, single shot 16gauge that was my grandfathers), and 2 hunting rifles .30-30 bolt action, .308 lever action (still scratch my head about this today). I kinda took to shooting birdshot at various nuisance critters around the yard but decided I didn't wanna scratch up any of the nice wood or anything on the guns I had so I started asking for a shotgun that could be my own for my 21st birthday. I got a mossberg maverick 88 with a 28 inch barrel and screw in choke tubes. Not knowing any better I bought shells that were cheapest thing I could find and also happened to be heavy game loads and headed off to the nearest trap range to learn to shoot it. I didn't hit much and my shoulder was hurting and bruised up nicely afterwards but some of the old geezers helped me out and give me some tips about lighter loads and such. Ended up talking to the manager there and got a part time job working at the gun club, ended up staying 2.5 years. I guess thats what really got me into guns and liking to shoot. Never really got into clays shooting, just couldn't hit the dang little boogers much but I got interested in handguns and rifles a bit.

Now I have 2 AK's, compact polymer .45, 1911, .357 6in barrel, .357 snub nose, another shotgun with a shorter barrel, and a mosin nagant. Always looking for more. I like guns that are fun to shoot, even if there not that pretty to look at.

One day I hope to have some of the toys that are so fun they cost an extra $200. I got a late start compared to some of you guys, I gotta make it up somehow.

Edit: only 8 track I ever seen was in a really old car or at the flea market, I do remember cassettes, and I do have a LP player but digital stuff is still easier to fit in my pocket. You can even get high bit-rate digital versions of LP's that haven't had the skips and pops and white noise edited out for all you oldies that insist that they are better that way.

 

[Inebriated]

18. Old enough to get drafted, not old enough to get a drink.

Yep. That reminds me... I was going down the interstate the other day, and there was a sign that said "The drinking age is 21. Thanks for not providing alcohol to teens."
I'm 20, so naturally I went into "what the hell!?" mode. At least MENTION me if you're going to restrict me.

/rant.