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Fez Hammersticks

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For the first time and it was actually cool. I hate everything about guns but it was an experience.

Shot my friends Smith & Wesson M&P .40

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And a Glock 23

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Glocks are awesome.
Another fun one...
AR 15
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It's a testosterone rush . . . isn't it?

Not a big gun guy myself . . . but I get some strange power rush when I shoot guns. I have to admit it's kind of fun.
 
Wanna talk testosterone? Cut down a tree with one of these bad boys...

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Want a real testosterone rush? Try steroids!

Can't say I've ever shot a gun.
 
Avoid Glock. They have a reputation for jamming. A friend of mine is a firearms instructor. He was clearing his Glock 23 when it went off and blew half his hand apart. No finger on the trigger. Apparently it has happened to a number of law enforcement officers.
 
I would like to shoot this gun. Double barrel .40

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dpc said:
Want a real testosterone rush? Try steroids!

Can't say I've ever shot a gun.
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Probably more fishermen and trappers than hunters out your way.

I've hunted with guns since I was 7, but have never been to a shooting range. For recreational shooting (clay pigeons, targets) I go to the woods.

I shot at Tualatin Gun Club back when I took my boys through the Hunter's Safety Course.

Pretty funny, we got matched up with a member who had a custom made Italian 12 guage over/under with gold inlays and scrollwork. Probably cost him $5k easy. He was clad head to toe in what I can only describe as a "sporting costume" reminiscent of wealthy europeans birdhunting in some old movie.

The four of us each shot 3 rounds of 5 clays and my 11yo, shooting at a moving target for the first time in his life, using my $50 .410 break-barrel single-shot, not only hit all 15 but shot them so early in their flight it was startling.

The member missed all but 3, and stopped congratulating my son after the second turn. :biglaugh:
 
MARIS61 said:
Probably more fishermen and trappers than hunters out your way.

I've hunted with guns since I was 7, but have never been to a shooting range. For recreational shooting (clay pigeons, targets) I go to the woods.

I shot at Tualatin Gun Club back when I took my boys through the Hunter's Safety Course.

Pretty funny, we got matched up with a member who had a custom made Italian 12 guage over/under with gold inlays and scrollwork. Probably cost him $5k easy. He was clad head to toe in what I can only describe as a "sporting costume" reminiscent of wealthy europeans birdhunting in some old movie.

The four of us each shot 3 rounds of 5 clays and my 11yo, shooting at a moving target for the first time in his life, using my $50 .410 break-barrel single-shot, not only hit all 15 but shot them so early in their flight it was startling.

The member missed all but 3, and stopped congratulating my son after the second turn. :biglaugh:
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Is your son named Sergio, by chance?
 
Not a big gun guy myself, but I did go through a firearms safety course, because I figured it was good knowledge to have. That being said, I was taught to shoot by my grandfather, who hunted because that's how he provided meat for his family.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Avoid Glock. They have a reputation for jamming. A friend of mine is a firearms instructor. He was clearing his Glock 23 when it went off and blew half his hand apart. No finger on the trigger. Apparently it has happened to a number of law enforcement officers.
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So, basically a pipe bomb.
 
Cleaning a gun without unloading it is like cleaning a car engine without turning it off.
 
jlprk said:
Cleaning a gun without unloading it is like cleaning a car engine without turning it off.
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Clearing the gun, not cleaning it. He had a round in the chamber, he pulled the slide back to eject the round, finger nowhere near the trigger, the slide broke free from his grip and the round went off. It could have been avoided, but the weapon isn't supposed to fire without depressing the trigger.
 
Oh, I see the "r" now. Thanks for the further explanation. Interesting.
 
MARIS61 said:
I've hunted with guns since I was 7, but have never been to a shooting range. For recreational shooting (clay pigeons, targets) I go to the woods.
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I took my 8 year old out to the woods with my 30/30 couple summers ago...it was pretty funny to watch his expression after he shot...

If you take your kid make sure to have good ear protection!
 
I will find some cool pics of me back when I was in the army. Got one of me rippin' it up with an M-60!
 
Smith M&P's ROCK! I have the 9mm, with a sweet trigger job from the factory. Zero jams/misfires in over 2500 rounds. Lots of fun to shoot. Even the wife loves to shoot it.

For me, while I freak love shooting AK47, SKS, AR15 and Mini14's, their time has come and gone. While fun to shoot, you go through a ton of ammo, and it isn't cheap any more.

Someone posted above to remember your hearing protection. I didn't used to do that when I was young, and now I have tinitis. Tinitis is a loud ringing in your ears....mine never stops. Trust me, you wouldn't like it.

Go Blazers
 
Ronan said:
I wish I could try that!
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If you call around to shooting dens around your area, you might find a place to do that. In Eugene, OR, the Baron's Den rents a Thompson .45 submachine gun. I did that awhile back as part of my 50th BD party. What a BLAST!

At the time, it was $40 bucks to rent it, and that came with 2-20 round 'stick' magazines. After renting the gun, it was $8 per stick for all the rounds you want to shoot.

Took a friend from Austrailia to shoot it a few years back. He'd never fired a gun, except a few rounds of .22. You couldn't have SLAPPED the smile off his face for an hour after he shot it!

Go Blazers
 
oldguy said:
If you call around to shooting dens around your area, you might find a place to do that. In Eugene, OR, the Baron's Den rents a Thompson .45 submachine gun. I did that awhile back as part of my 50th BD party. What a BLAST!

At the time, it was $40 bucks to rent it, and that came with 2-20 round 'stick' magazines. After renting the gun, it was $8 per stick for all the rounds you want to shoot.

Took a friend from Austrailia to shoot it a few years back. He'd never fired a gun, except a few rounds of .22. You couldn't have SLAPPED the smile off his face for an hour after he shot it!

Go Blazers
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Ammo is so expensive these days, I'd bet that mag would cost like $30 now.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Ammo is so expensive these days, I'd bet that mag would cost like $30 now.
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The sad thing is that it's quite a bit cheaper now than it was about six months ago. I bought my XD40 last June, and I was paying about .50 per round then. I can now get JHP for that price and regular target rounds for about .30 a round.
 
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