Omaha-BeenGlockin
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I was immersed into it from day 1----its part of my DNA
Firearms is a passionate hobby, so is hunting, so is archery, so is fishing; I do any/ all of them anytime I can. I cannot tie my father into my passions, the 2A is a legal thing with me and I do not necessarily intertwine my hobby with the legalese - I am just as legally passionate about the 1A (and all of the A’s) especially with what is going on today.
A well made/ engineered/ executed firearm (ie a high grade Shiloh Sharps) is a shooting hobby firearm to me and in turn, it is also an item of beauty - sometimes just something to hold and admire - I am a sucker for a beautiful/ quality firearm - Cost? Money? Who cares? What is money compared to this gun????? But so is a high end compound bow or a high end rod/ reel. I am a sucker for the high end of my passion - it is like a drug to me.
Shooting? I reload for a rifle until I can one hole cluster a group at 100 yards - tests the rifle and continues to test my shooting ability. I love to shoot/ practice, but not all of the time - I love all if it, but not all of the time. I am also passionate about investing and trading stocks, but not all of the time.
I am rambling here but those that are passionate understand my rambling - it is a feeling, it is a burning and it never goes away. Oh and btw, there is no better confirmation of my passion than first light on a crisp, clear opening morning of firearms deer season - for me, it is the Super Bowl of the culmination of it all - on that kind of morning, I am that elated, excited and exhilarated child again - I am one with the universe and I got to be here for it all. What a great, great Country!
375supermag: you should be in a remake of High Plains Drifter, or the Magnificent Seven.
A friend who grew up in Germany found the $1,500 Henry (45-70?) rifle so cool that he just bought one.
Gosh, I totally forgot to include that part. I did the class and got my CC permit in 2005. About 2007, I got it in my mind that I'd like to do some instructing, so I went through the NC Justice Academy's Concealed Carry Instructor course, and then did the NRA rifle, handgun, shotgun and Chief Range Safety Officer courses. I taught the concealed carry class for about 4 years, but it became too much on my plate with working full time and some other issues that came up. The NRA courses required yearly renewal fees, I felt like it was just another means for NRA to milk the membership. I don't regret taking any of the courses, though.I mentioned earlier in this thread that I drifted away from guns for a number of years. One of the reasons I got back in was for CC..
The military is cool because you get access to stuff you never would as a civilian. During Desert Storm, I was TDY at Ramstein AB, assigned to an Air Staging Facility. I was a Flight Nurse, and much of the time we were sitting on our thumbs, because the ground war didn't create the US casualties that were projected. I flew a total of two flights into Saudi to medevac casualties, and the plane only had about ten patients both times. (we could carry over a 100). I was the liaison between the composite medevac group and the base armory, my responsibility was to sign in and out the revolvers (S&W M36) issued to the Flight Nurses on medevac flights. As a result, I got to meet the combat arms training group on the base, and in my down time (a lot of it) I'd sign up for every familiarization and qualification course they had. I qualified on the M-16 and the M9, and did familiarization courses on the Ma Deuce (M2 .50 BMG), the Mk 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher, and got to shoot the German Schutzensnur course, although I missed qualifying by two points (you shoot the Walther P-38 and the MG42). Had I stayed long enough, I'd probably have been invited on deer hunts on the base. Deer were an issue at Ramstein, they'd get on the runways, and the base commander regularly authorized hunts to thin the herds That would have been fun. The hunts were done in the traditional German way, with a Yeagermeister coordinating the hunt.I never really thought about this question but now that I do - it had to be the military. After boot camp I wanted to shoot every gun I saw. And then I wanted to do it better than the other guys. But it is a most wonderful affliction.
I grew up, well wait maybe I have yet to grow up, before what we call a "second amendment community" as we know it today ever existed. Born in Brooklyn, NY 1950 I had my formative years on Long Island. My father was a returned WW II veteran so it was typical Americana. I was the eldest of four kids. My grandfather and my uncle were the hunting and gun types and for reasons I will never understand from a young age I simply had a fascination with guns. Keep in mind that pre the gun control act of 1968 you could not only mail order a gun but buy a gun and ammunition as easily as a claw hammer in the local hardware store.I know many on here have probably grown up around firearms, but not all of us have. I'm interested to hear what led everyone to become involved in the 2A community because I'm sure we have alot of different stories.
Well you know how it goes, they multiply. I have always been a sucker for .22 rifles. Actually Remington liked the name "Targetmaster" as they also used it on the 510. Go figure?Wow. Those old Remington rifles are so very nice. I have a Remington Model 41 Targetmaster that my Father in law willed to me 30 years ago. It has a 30 in. bbl. and is a tackdriver. He bought it when he was a kid in 1937 for like $12.00 and fed his family with it.