Goodies for Father's day?
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GunnySkox
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I'm probably the only 17-year-old male in this godforsaken country that isn't a father yet (mm, I love sweeping generalizations about my teenaged peers... Additionally, any THRers who are also teenagers should take the preceeding with a five-ton truck full o' salt), but I hope my dad will be happy with the ice-cream maker my mom and I are getting for him. Hand crank and everything, none of that electric crap. It's even a wooden bucket and everything.
He had spoken of a 1911, but only in jest (he says handguns make him nervous.. having the barrel right there, so close to your hands and fingers; which I think is a legitimate nervousness. I mean, you're putting your ability to manipulate objects on the line every time you fire a pistol [no flames, please]. Not that pistols make me nervous, I'm just showing some understanding for ma' old man.).
I'd really like to get him some kind of .22 revolver or pistol (Mm, self-serving gifts!
) but I don't have the cash, and I don't think my mom would go along with it.
Oh, well. A nice ice-cream maker will have to suffice, this year. Maybe next year he'll get a forty-five caliber dead-goblin maker. It'll even have wood grips and everything.
~Slam_Fire
"My dad's worked his @$$ off his whole life. He grew up dirt-poor. I mean, he had to work a job in college to make enough to go. He had to pay for his education, his parents didn't carry him. When he got a degree, he worked at a lumber company to fund going back to school to get his Master's so he could support my mother and his kids, when they had some. My dad is the hardest working person I know, and nobody deserves the fruits of his labor but him and who he chooses to give it to." ~General paraphrase of myself in Theory of Knowledge class, about my father, during a debate about welfare.
He had spoken of a 1911, but only in jest (he says handguns make him nervous.. having the barrel right there, so close to your hands and fingers; which I think is a legitimate nervousness. I mean, you're putting your ability to manipulate objects on the line every time you fire a pistol [no flames, please]. Not that pistols make me nervous, I'm just showing some understanding for ma' old man.).
I'd really like to get him some kind of .22 revolver or pistol (Mm, self-serving gifts!
) but I don't have the cash, and I don't think my mom would go along with it.Oh, well. A nice ice-cream maker will have to suffice, this year. Maybe next year he'll get a forty-five caliber dead-goblin maker. It'll even have wood grips and everything.
~Slam_Fire
"My dad's worked his @$$ off his whole life. He grew up dirt-poor. I mean, he had to work a job in college to make enough to go. He had to pay for his education, his parents didn't carry him. When he got a degree, he worked at a lumber company to fund going back to school to get his Master's so he could support my mother and his kids, when they had some. My dad is the hardest working person I know, and nobody deserves the fruits of his labor but him and who he chooses to give it to." ~General paraphrase of myself in Theory of Knowledge class, about my father, during a debate about welfare.
sumpnz
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I got a bottle of 15 year old Scotch.
Mannlicher
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I think that my two grown kids, taking a day off work, and driving almost 400 miles to surprise ole Dad was a 'goodie' in and of itself.
On the down side, my son drove home with another of my AR's, one Combat Masterpiece, and a lot of ammo. lol
On the down side, my son drove home with another of my AR's, one Combat Masterpiece, and a lot of ammo. lol
Amish_Bill
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I ordered myself an indecently expensive lense. I hope that doesn't mean I have to rush out and get some cute girl knocked up.... 
grimlock
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I got to go shooting with the wife. We didn't have much time, but she put 40 rounds through the SigPro, and I finished off the value pack.
Then we moved to the clay pigeons. I just wanted to check out the 18" barrel on the 870, since I'd never used it for clays before, so I set her up a couple steps to my right and a little behind. She was having a hard time with the hand thrower, but finally got off about three, which I dutifully busted.
Then came the fourth. She didn't whip it quite hard enough, so it released late, whacked me right in the shoulder, and busted into 50 pieces.
She was laughing so hard that I found out what it was like to throw my own clays. Pretty fun, actually.
Then we moved to the clay pigeons. I just wanted to check out the 18" barrel on the 870, since I'd never used it for clays before, so I set her up a couple steps to my right and a little behind. She was having a hard time with the hand thrower, but finally got off about three, which I dutifully busted.
Then came the fourth. She didn't whip it quite hard enough, so it released late, whacked me right in the shoulder, and busted into 50 pieces.
She was laughing so hard that I found out what it was like to throw my own clays. Pretty fun, actually.
Shanghai McCoy
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I got to fix the mower and then spend the afternoon using it on the 2 weeks of accumulated grass/weeds that is my "yard"....
My wife and son gave me a Mossberg 590 with ghost rings and a speedfeed stock to replace my Mossberg 500 that turned out to be too inaccurate to use for competition. I immediately went out and shot a 94/100 with it at the next PPC match.
I got a Ruger Vaquero 5.5 Polished stainless in 45 colt from my son he's 6 but go good taste
Been out and shot it and must say with a weaker plinking load it was all over but switched to a hotter load and it grouped them together nicely under a inch of six which with me shooting thats pretty good with the sights that are on it.
Been out and shot it and must say with a weaker plinking load it was all over but switched to a hotter load and it grouped them together nicely under a inch of six which with me shooting thats pretty good with the sights that are on it.
45Badger
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My oldest son's birthday (he was born on father's day in 1995) was last week. I got him a Ruger Bearcat.
For father's day, he got me a brick of .22 LR. We went to the club and killed some paper
and whacked some clay birds
Way too much fun!
For father's day, he got me a brick of .22 LR. We went to the club and killed some paper
and whacked some clay birds Way too much fun!
Warren
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My wife bought me an annual membership to my local range. Free rentals and range time I only need to buy ammo.
Actually it is a family membership so they can all go, too.
Actually it is a family membership so they can all go, too.
My Son gave me 1000 pistol primers, Wife got me one of the new Mach III razors that vibrates and another really neat gadget. I cook out on the grill 3-5 times / week and she got me a remote meat temperature sensor. It has a probe attached to a transmitter, the digital display can be carried on your belt or left beside the computer so you can monitor the temp of whatever is on the grill while making posts on THR.
RED-DOG 40
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I got to go out on a 70ft houseboat with all of the family. And they even let ME drive it everywhere.
And the vessel was packed with hardware that my brother and I brought just in case any "Pirates" were to show up.....
And the vessel was packed with hardware that my brother and I brought just in case any "Pirates" were to show up.....Peetmoss
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Well I am not a father but I got my father
A Ruger Single Six Blued with a 6.5" barrel, a brick of 22lr some targets ear plugs and some other accessories. I had to give the Single Six to him eairly because we live in NY and it had to be put on his permit first. He was very excited. Then I took him to the range and he decieded he liked my tricked out 10/22 better:banghead: , and I was going to get him a 10/22 instead oh well can't win. But my dad and I had a great time and thats all that matters.
A Ruger Single Six Blued with a 6.5" barrel, a brick of 22lr some targets ear plugs and some other accessories. I had to give the Single Six to him eairly because we live in NY and it had to be put on his permit first. He was very excited. Then I took him to the range and he decieded he liked my tricked out 10/22 better:banghead: , and I was going to get him a 10/22 instead oh well can't win. But my dad and I had a great time and thats all that matters.
Andrew P
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I got 2 pairs of 5.11 pants and it was also my b-day so I got 40 from my mom so I could get a new holster.
Gunsnrovers
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My wife got me a CZ75B Tactical. The Hakan grips for it arrived on the 21st...
Plinkerton
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My dad got a phone call. A brand spankin' NIB shiny phone call. I'm broke...
Flashpoint
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Huh, we bought an Expedition.
So there was nothing that I could show for fathers day.
So there was nothing that I could show
for fathers day.Momto4luvs
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Fathers Day Goodies
I got my dad the new Dean Koontz book = "The Taking", and my brother and I took him to dinner and a movie. What I gave my husband was the opportunity to spend the day with his kids so that I could have a great day with my dad.
I got my dad the new Dean Koontz book = "The Taking", and my brother and I took him to dinner and a movie. What I gave my husband was the opportunity to spend the day with his kids so that I could have a great day with my dad.
yayarx7
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I cannot decide if it is for my B-day (14th) or for fathers day (20th) but I picked myself up a CZ75B at the local pawn shop on the 16th.
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I deserve it
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I deserve it
outfieldjack
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My wife and daughter bought me a VERY nice set of poker chips......
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