I'm not in the Great Northwest ... but I joined anyway!

[kimberkid]

I've never been on a forum that is dedicated to a specific area and it intrigued me, so here I am! I'm a member on a few forums and someone at SiGforum mentioned this place so I thought I'd check it out ...

I got my start on the GunBroker forums ... that's where I dipped my toe in the water, great bunch of guys ... and still stop by once in a while but mainly you can fine me on Sig or "The High Road"

I'm mainly into plinking now days ... I used to be into Service Rifle matches ... I shoot pistol but I'm mainly a rifle guy.

I have a few bolt rifles, a couple older Remington VSSF's, a few Mauser's several bolt 22's ... I like AR's but prefer Valmet's (an refined AK variant) as well as the SiG 55x line and HK 91, 93, MP5 clones ... for pistols I enjoy the 1911 but was a late comer to that party, but in '99 my favorite FFL called me the kimberkid when I came into his shop ... so I took it for my handle.

I guess at 60, I'm getting a little old to be called a kid but I use the name on all the different forums I've joined so if you see that name chances are its me.

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[Kruel J]

Welcome aboard!

 

[mkwerx]

Welcome

 

[ma96782]

Welcome. I'm 59 years old myself.

Any Ruger 10/22s in your inventory of 22LR?

If not....
I suggest you get one. Take look over at http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/index.php for more info on the 10/22 platform. The 10/22 is a hoot to play with and modify. Shooting such a low recoiling round is a welcome change for me from hi-power shooting.

Aloha, Mark

PS...."KimberKid" maybe it's time you started with a SASS Club?

Overview info on SASS: http://www.curtrich.com/captbaylorsrangercamp.html

 

[CountryGent]

Welcome to NWFA.

 

[GOG]

Welcome from the great State of Jefferson.

 

[IOM]

Welcome aboard...

Hmm only 60, well after listening to some of the locals here, that makes you a youngun...

 

[kimberkid]

Howdy ma96782!
I've down to 4 10-22's ... In my opinion it's the VWBug of the gun world, they can be as big of a money pit, and I've slung many a dollar into that pit! In about 92 I had the itch to put together a tackdriveing 10-22 so I bought a brand new one and sold everything but the receiver; dressed it in a Fagen Silhouette stock, Vorquartzen trigger, a fancy bolt I came across at a gun show, old BSA scope and bla bla bla ended up with close to a grand in it. I enjoyed it for 20+ years and sold it to a buddy for $600. I shot this at 100 yards just before I sold it.


I don't say I "built" them because I didn't make any of the parts, I just put them together, but since then I've put together another on a Boyd's stock, polished the trigger myself, put in a bolt and mag release and had the bolt jeweled like my old one ... I really wanted a threaded barrel for my suppressor and its a solid shooter too!

 

[GOG]

Very nice.

Yup, if you're a gun guy, money just seems to disappear.

 

[po18guy]

Welcome from the land of evil spirits! Now that the "panic of .22" is over, shooters can actually begin to run some rounds through them. Never had a 10-22, but the aftermarket support is simply incredible. Are there 80% receivers? Would not surprise me.

My 22s are all rather pedestrian: a Glenfield 60 (got it in 1966), and inherited a Winchester 190 and Mossberg 640KB in .22 Mag. Thinking about putting a big ol' scope on the Glenfield to see how she does.

 

[ma96782]

KimberKid,

You got some beautiful wood stocks.

I too have a Fajen stock on one of mine. Though it's an adjustable target style stock. One of my other Rugers (a 17Mach2 conversion) has a stock shape that looks like your first picture. Though mine is made out of laminated wood.

LOL.....yup, I hear you about spending money on 10/22's.

Aloha, Mark

 

[etrain16]

Welcome to the forum! We've got a number of regular members outside of the NW, and it's good to hear from folks all over the country. Hope you enjoy yourself here.

 

[partsed]

Welcome to the forum!!!

 

[tac]

Welcome from East Anglia! I'm also on sigforum. And gunboards. And swissrifles.com. And muzzleloadingforum.com. And canadiangunnutz.com. And firearmstalk.com.

It never hurt me none.

tac

 

[techieguy]

Welcome from sunny southern Oregon!

 

[DirectDrive]

Welcome !
Be careful of tac.
He can be snarky and make you like it.





J/K

 

[wired]

Oh yeah, the high road. Banned for life I am. Discussion is a bit more free here.

Welcome aboard.

 

[jbett98]

My grandparents came from Kansas.

 

[tac]

Welcome !
Be careful of tac.
He can be snarky and make you like it.



J/K

I remember you writing that - after all, I live eight hours in your future....

tac

 

[fredball]

Welcome Aboard