Need To Vent

[Bandit01]

I'm stuck here in NYC for a long business trip. I'm working every day from 9 AM - 4 AM. I hate NYC. I can't wait to get my ass back home to Charlotte, N.C. More importantly, I can't wait to get home to fire off my guns. My trigger finger is hurting because it hasn't felt the sweet sting of pulling the trigger on a .44 Super Red Hawk or 10mm Colt Delta Elite. I get home Monday night. At that point, I'm going to handload some hot loads and Tuesday afternoon, I'm going to be at the range.

NYC, yuch..... How can you live in a city that's not gun friendly,

 

[BlkHawk73]

While you're there make the best of it. Actually, there are two very nive "gun" places you nned to visit in NYC. One is the Beretta gallery, the other is the Holland & Holland shop. Pretty sure the H&H one requires some advance notice (appointment) to se the firearms room.

Here's some pics of the Beretta gallery.

Beretta Gallery - New York
718 Madison Avenue
New York, New York, USA 10021
Phone: 212.319.3235


http://www.hollandandholland.com/~newyork/index.htm

 

[Bandit01]

Okay, here's a confession, I'm actually from New York--which is why I'm an authority on hating it so much. I don't like those pictures--it's to stuffy for a gun shop. While I like shotguns, I'm more into pistols. I more into the sales men wearing army fatigue. I like shops where the customers are "regular" gun fanatics. I'm not buying a gun from a shop where Ihave to make an appointment to check it out. I like a shop where I can shoot the breeze with the staff and talk local politics and gossip about local stuff. I like a gun shop where, everyone knows each other. Where if the staff gets something in that you'll like, they could call you on the telephone to inform you.

That my friend is my local shop back in Charlotte, N.C. Forget what Lynyrd Skynyrd sang, the real song is, "Sweet Home Charlotte"

Dangit, you can't even find sweet tea down here.

 

[R.H. Lee]

I'm working every day from 9 AM - 4 AM.

WTH kinda job is that? You must be getting overtime, doubletime and tripletime.

 

[mattw]

maybe he works at wal-mart, those are my hours

 

[Bandit01]

I work in Commercial Real Estate--working on a huge deal. And yes, I do get OT and double time.

 

[TimboKhan]

you know, there are a couple of good gunstores in my immediate area, but by far and away, my favorite is Jensen's Arms in Loveland, CO. First off, for a small shop, it has been my expereince that it is pretty damn hard to find a gun that Jensen's can't meet or beat the price on. Second, the guys there, while of varying personalities and levels of surliness, are very knowledgable and will give good advice with no particular bias towards the more expensive gun. If you know nothing, they will show you every gun in the store, if need be, to get you the right rig for you, price be damned. The guy I usually deal with, Dave, is particularly helpful (and not particularly surly), and he always has the time to let me paw the guns. Maybe that's because he knows I am good for a purchase every now and again, but even before I bought my first gun there he was pretty cool about dragging the stuff out from under the glass. Third, Jensen's is a LOCAL business. I bought a gun today from a large chain sporting goods store, and I am racked with guilt about it. This is one of the few times that this store was cheaper than Jensen's, so i went with them. Hey, it sucks, but I am a college student, and the 50.00 difference in price means gas and chow to me. Anyhoo, as much as is possible, I try and support Jensen's, and in fact I do buy most of my ammo and accessories that I need there. So, anyway, I don't know about Charlotte, but here in Northern Colorado, we are covered (Kudos also to Hamblens Gun Sales..)

Timbo

 

[Lennyjoe]

Dangit, you can't even find sweet tea down here.

You sound like my wife. She complains anytime we go up North for that same reason. Funny thing is, we're originally from Ohio and she didnt start drinking sweet tea til we were stationed in Myrtle Beach SC.

Hurry back so we can talk about the 10's

 

[Shear_stress]

Hey, Bandit. New York ain't so bad for the gun nut away from home. If you find a spare second, head over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have an entire wing devoted to "Arms and Armor".

Also, Timbokhan. I used to frequent Jensen Arms weekly before I moved away from the area. Great store that seemed to stock everything under the sun. I remember the fellow ("Bob", I think) extolling the virtues of CZ handguns long before they became popular. He also sold me a neat NIB FM High Power for a song. Now I wish I had bought that Intrac HS2000 when they were under 300 bucks!

 

[Bandit01]

Here's something funny, mysecretary left me a message saying that "Bob called, wondering where I've been". Bob is the guy at the Hardware store that I buy my reloading supplies from.

 

[rudolf]

Looks like you forgot the NYPD Museum, lower Manhatten, Wall St. as far as I remember. Some real nice old guns (used by famous crooks), and even the US of A's first female police uniform (very long skirt, of course, around 1928). Just enter the station and take the lift. Do not forget to buy a NYPD coffee mug. If you can't find it, just call the police .

 

[MountainPeak]

Bandit, you know, after reading your thread, I think I'll get off of my computer, go to my deck, and pop off a few hundred rounds. I will be thinking of you!

 

[gotbass]

Sweet Tea???

Being from Montana, Oregon and N. CA I honestly don't know what sweet tea is. Please enlighten me. Thanks. Mike

 

[Waitone]

Bandit01, I feel for ya, bud.

I'm not from them parts and I get the willies after about 3 hours on the 'hattan.

So ya lived there and fled to Charlotte. Sounds to me like you went native pretty quick.

I agree, tea up there pretty much blows.

 

[Flyboy]

Take a pitcher of sugar. Add some iced tea.




For my money, make it extra-dark (nearly opaque) tea, unsweetened, with a splash of lime.

 

[Moonclip]

Sweet tea is great, it's hard to find it out west sometimes though it seems. Be glad you will be returning to a gun friendly state too and not stuck living for years in a place that where the government and society marginalize you for your hobby.

Or even worse, I used to live overseas while in the military and the wait between when I could really enjoy my firearms freedoms was measured in months and years, not weeks.

 

[Justin]

A few years ago, I spent a summer in NJ. Couldn't even take my single-shot, pneumatic air pistol to practice with! Can you believe that?

Gotbass- Sweet tea is a southern thing. Take sun-made ice tea and stir in lots of sugar until you have something close to the consistency of maple syrup.

Pour in a glass over ice and enjoy.

 

[Waitone]

Properly made, sweet tea is a work of art. Improperly made it is bad. When brewed right it is has the color of a fine (and I mean fine) single malt scotch. It should be crystal clear, bright, and have nothing floating about. It should have the distinct taste of tea. I've had tea up there that looked like it was scooped out of a sludge pond. It smelled and left a fuzzy coating on my tongue. Hardly gourmet.

Sweetening should be slight so as not to overpower the tea flavor. Lemon is your choice. If you want commercially prepared tea in the truest southron style, order some at a McAlisters restaurant. The best in a restaurant. Otherwise, marry a steel magnolia.

 

[chaim]

I'm stuck here in NYC for a long business trip... I hate NYC.

I guess everyone is different. Other than the gun laws I actually love NYC, its one of my favorite cities (and I tried so hard to hate it being from around DC and Baltimore afterall). They do need much better gun laws though before I'd ever consider NYC anything other than a place to visit.

 

[Bandit01]

Update

Other reasons why I hate NYC.

While I'll admit it, I was born here (before leaving, I was paying $1300 a month to rent a 1 bedroom apt in Brooklyn), I have tried to shed all identifying marks. What annoys me is that in it's ultra liberal way of apeasing everyone, it has become the gay capital of the world. My office is on 50th and Park Avenue. I can't even stand if front of the building (to breath in the smog) without seeing 2 guys walking down the street holding hands. Then, there's the flaming security guard with the long white nails, wearing women's perfume and talking with that gay lisp. Now, I would never, ever discriminate against anyone (esp. since I'm black) but for gods sake, I don't want that homo stuff always in my face as if it's right. I don't want to be forced to accept it. You can't even pick up a newspaper without seeing a gay ad or there being some gay-friendly article. I was going into dep't stores and I felt as if I was being treated like a double minority (being black and straight). It's like the style of clothes are made for the "metro-sexuals" Hey guys have you heard of that term yet? All I want to do is get on the plane and get the hell out of pink dodgeville. I can't wait to get on my hogg (with a nice snub nose .357 under my vest), ride to Bubba's BBQ, drink the best sweet tea in Charlotte, suck down on some pulled BBQ pork and forget about this week of from hell. Funny thing, my New York friends say that my views make me sound like a red neck. But whatever happened to the days when men were men and proud of it. Why do men now want to be women. Sorry to vent guys but the long hours and acceptability of flames are getting me down.

Oh by the way, God bless America, Mom, Jack Daniels, Harley Davidson (Fatboy), Colt, S&W, and Ruger.

 

[Waitone]

Bubba's BBQ

 

[seansean]

bandit, I feel your pain. I'm black, straight, from new york, live in L.A., and work in the entertainment industry. I still love NYC, though.

 

[chopinbloc]

i haven't been to the range since april and they make me lug around an m-16 every day, all day just to taunt me. in the words of an infamous politician: "i feel your pain"

 

[Bandit01]

Hey chopinbloc, ever get the ugre to pull the trigger and then claim that it was a mistake?

 

[K-Romulus]

another NYC transplant here

Sweet tea is G-d's gift to Southernors! All others are SOL!

I know how you feel about the "r-neck" comments. . . I'm a south asian male with a post-grad degree, and I get called that because I like to go fishing, am not scared of scary firearms, and I (try to) fling arrows at whitetails. . .