Hello, everyone. Im new to THR, but have been reading it off and on for years.
Using it for information and opinions.
I'm a lifelong hunter. Got my first .22 when I was four and I have been funding the gun manufacturers ever since. I love to shoot. Cut my teeth on a model 12 remington and a winchester 94 22mag. Spent most of my life using .22 pumps and old deer rifles until i got old enough to afford and handle my own preferences. My dad is an old logger/cowboy/engineer that taught me and thats probably why I always go back to large bore revolvers, lever action rifles, and pump shotguns.
Have had my concealed carry for a year or two now. Always got my S&W 686 where I can get to it. If not it, I got one of my Kimber 1911s hitched on my belt.
My primary tastes in semi autos are kimber 1911s. I love 45acp. when i was a lil boy i dreamed about owning a colt45 like my grandpas service pistol. by the time i was 21, i knew i was gonna buy myself a kimber. Proud owner of a pair of Grand Raptors. Also appreciate Sigs and love to play around with my walthers.
For self defense and carry, I do love my S&W revolvers. both my dad and i own a few. gotta love them.
Love cowboy guns. Have worked as the head weapons wrangler on a western television show. love black powder, single actions, lever guns, coach guns, ole dog eared shotguns. anything from the old west, i like to read up on and wish i owned. dream of owning a schofield 45.
For rifles, I love my souped up 10/22 for fun, but for business I love lever guns. I'm right handed, left eye dominant, so bolt actions can be an annoyance to me. I refuse to conform so, i stick to my lever guns. b/c of my cross dominance, my dad taught me to shoot with either hand, so levers work good for me. Semi autos are great, but i just love the feel of a heavy lever rifle. that action slapping open and closed is reassuring to me.
In shotguns I stick to old remington. I know they may not be the best, but i love my 870s. i collect and customize them for fun and friends. love my 12 guage jeep gun. its good medicine for deer, snakes, locks, turtles, hobos, dinosaurs, nazis, zombies, and anything else i run across. love to get an old lever action 10 guage. someday ,... someday.
pretty much if its mechanically sound and goes bang, I have shot it or will shoot it. I've been in law enforcement some, worked in film, and love to just randomly go plinking. do a lil kitchen table gunsmithing, but i know my limitations. considering taking some gunsmithing classes. after writing down these hastily jotted nots about myself, I realize something.
im a gun nut. anybody got a problem with that?