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Been on here for a few years now and lurked for many more before that. Seems like now is the time for a proper introduction.
Grew up with guns but my dad was never a big gun guy. A couple single shot shotguns and .22s accompanied by a couple Big 5 bargain Mosins was our stable. Most of my shooting was with my Red Ryder though. Thousands of rounds through that thing and I still have it. Did some more shooting and archery throughout my Boy Scout years. When I got older, I liked the idea of being self sufficient, so I asked my parents for a hunting rifle for my birthday. A Savage 110 XP in .270 Win after a lot of back and forth between that and the 30-06. Nice package deal with a scope from Wal-Mart. First shot was my first and only scope stamp. Haven't been hunting with it, but someday perhaps. After that came the Mossberg 500, a Smith and Wesson 5906 (we'll just forget about that terrible Llama 1911 clone), and the XDm 9mm I replaced it with because I shot my buddy's XDm so much better. I always kind of regretted letting the 5906 go, so I tend not to sell firearms once acquired. Gone through a lot of phases and waxing and waning interest in the ensuing years. Did the AR thing, did the revolver and lever gun thing, and more recently been going back to .22s for the ammo cost and I picked up a .22 suppressor that makes me smile. My favorite out of the lot? Probably have to say my Winchester 9422 I picked up from a local shop for $400 bucks. Great little shop, but that's another story for another day. I liked it so much, I saw Winchester made an engraved Boy Scout version. Managed to track down one never fired in box. I'm not really a box collector, but that thing is too pretty to shoot. In general, I like to make long gun and hand gun combos that utilize the same ammo or even the same mags. Bought a Glock 45 and 19 just for magazine compatibility with my Ruger PCC. Really like my Marlin 1894CSBL that goes with my Ruger GP-100. And the 9422 goes well with my Ruger Single Six or Ruger SP-101 in .22. There's a reoccurring theme here because Ruger makes a lot of guns I happen to like.
Outside of guns, my family moved to Oregon when I was young, was involved with Boy Scouts into college, went to college, and been in the IT world as a programmer ever since. My wife, my sons, and I spend a disproportionate amount of time at the beach, detrimental to more adult responsibilities. But I figure, when I'm on my deathbed, I'm not going to look back on my life and wish I did more chores, so the beach trips continue. Once upon a time, I raced cars and built off roaders too, but family took center stage with the arrival of kids.
Anyway, I enjoy having discussions with you lot and reading them when I don't participate. Thanks for having me!
Grew up with guns but my dad was never a big gun guy. A couple single shot shotguns and .22s accompanied by a couple Big 5 bargain Mosins was our stable. Most of my shooting was with my Red Ryder though. Thousands of rounds through that thing and I still have it. Did some more shooting and archery throughout my Boy Scout years. When I got older, I liked the idea of being self sufficient, so I asked my parents for a hunting rifle for my birthday. A Savage 110 XP in .270 Win after a lot of back and forth between that and the 30-06. Nice package deal with a scope from Wal-Mart. First shot was my first and only scope stamp. Haven't been hunting with it, but someday perhaps. After that came the Mossberg 500, a Smith and Wesson 5906 (we'll just forget about that terrible Llama 1911 clone), and the XDm 9mm I replaced it with because I shot my buddy's XDm so much better. I always kind of regretted letting the 5906 go, so I tend not to sell firearms once acquired. Gone through a lot of phases and waxing and waning interest in the ensuing years. Did the AR thing, did the revolver and lever gun thing, and more recently been going back to .22s for the ammo cost and I picked up a .22 suppressor that makes me smile. My favorite out of the lot? Probably have to say my Winchester 9422 I picked up from a local shop for $400 bucks. Great little shop, but that's another story for another day. I liked it so much, I saw Winchester made an engraved Boy Scout version. Managed to track down one never fired in box. I'm not really a box collector, but that thing is too pretty to shoot. In general, I like to make long gun and hand gun combos that utilize the same ammo or even the same mags. Bought a Glock 45 and 19 just for magazine compatibility with my Ruger PCC. Really like my Marlin 1894CSBL that goes with my Ruger GP-100. And the 9422 goes well with my Ruger Single Six or Ruger SP-101 in .22. There's a reoccurring theme here because Ruger makes a lot of guns I happen to like.
Outside of guns, my family moved to Oregon when I was young, was involved with Boy Scouts into college, went to college, and been in the IT world as a programmer ever since. My wife, my sons, and I spend a disproportionate amount of time at the beach, detrimental to more adult responsibilities. But I figure, when I'm on my deathbed, I'm not going to look back on my life and wish I did more chores, so the beach trips continue. Once upon a time, I raced cars and built off roaders too, but family took center stage with the arrival of kids.
Anyway, I enjoy having discussions with you lot and reading them when I don't participate. Thanks for having me!
