Post by: Seymour Skinner on December 05, 2005, 06:48:11 AM
I'm also curious if anyone is giving something "sporting purpose" to a son or nephew.
I can't tell you how many guys I know who are too gutless or have too high of a cable/cigarette bill to buy their first gun. I have found that the best way to get them over that mental hurdle is one of these affordable pistols the antis call "saturday night specials" and many gun owners call "junk."
It's easy to do a lot of talking about how we get more good people involved in shooting, but complaining about it doesn't do much. In order to save the 2nd amendment, we need to get at least 5% of guys, in my estimation, away from sports center once or twice every 6 months and to the range.
If I was wealthy, it would be fun to do a "12 gun days of Christmas" sort of thing to a buddy: 1st day, a case of 7.62 X 54R, 2nd day, a Dragunov, and so on. Kind of dimented, but man it would be fun
Post by: El Tejon on December 05, 2005, 07:13:18 AM
Every year I give the gift that keeps on giving, firearms.
My brother is getting a Blackhawk in .357 and my nephew is getting a Winchester 1903 (a single shot "thumbcocker") chambered in .22. It was my maternal grandfather's who purchased it at age 10 via the mail in 1922 and had to walk "into town" for ammunition (sold to him at a round a piece).
Master, we'll have to call you "Johnny Gunseed".
Post by: charby on December 05, 2005, 07:21:56 AM
Last Christmas was a great Christmas, my father gave all his antique firearms to my brothers and me. Plus I bought myself a GP-100 for myself, turned into my favorite handgun.
Charby
El T
Can I be adopted into your family?
Post by: Gewehr98 on December 05, 2005, 07:23:00 AM
Nor would I give them a Lorcin/Davis/HiPoint/Jennings/Bryco blowback zinc-alloy POS, unless they learned how to throw it with some accuracy and a lot of force.
Post by: TarpleyG on December 05, 2005, 08:16:28 AM
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I'm also curious if anyone is giving something "sporting purpose" to a son or nephew.
I bought my nephew a cheapie Gerber folder for Christmas. That's what he wanted, at least according to his grandma. He's in 6th grade now and just got his own first gun (Rossi .22/20 ga combo, single shot) for his birthday earlier this year.Greg
Post by: jefnvk on December 05, 2005, 09:00:49 AM
Post by: 280plus on December 05, 2005, 10:08:02 AM
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He's already fighting his brother over the 100+ firearms in my collection, and I'm not even dead yet.
WOuld you adopt me? I can cook... I've been thinking about getting my wife the S&W .38 lightweight J frame with the laser grips she's been talking about but I don't think that what she really wants. Not romantic enough I'd guess...
Post by: Guest on December 05, 2005, 02:05:28 PM
Post by: grampster on December 05, 2005, 02:14:12 PM
Sigh....I wish you'd quit tempting me with straight lines like that, that beg replies that put my life in danger.
Post by: Guest on December 05, 2005, 02:39:43 PM
Well, Ryan would probably be glad I was yelling at someone else for a change.
Post by: Jamisjockey on December 05, 2005, 02:58:27 PM
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He's already fighting his brother over the 100+ firearms in my collection, and I'm not even dead yet.
WOuld you adopt me? I can cook... I've been thinking about getting my wife the S&W .38 lightweight J frame with the laser grips she's been talking about but I don't think that what she really wants. Not romantic enough I'd guess...
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Some friends of ours moved into a nice house in a bad neighborhood. I told the wife I want to get them a shottie for christmas she said no I'd offend thier choice of housing.
Post by: danny on December 05, 2005, 05:44:35 PM
Post by: roo_ster on December 06, 2005, 04:10:00 AM
My wife did it right & asked for her AnniversaryChristmasBirthdayValentine'sDayGuyFawksDay present in September. Wise woman, she is.
I also prefer Glen Beck's term, "Ramahanakwanzmas" to denote the bullhockey PC-ing of the "Holidays."
Post by: DrAmazon on December 06, 2005, 09:31:24 AM
Post by: Greg Levy on December 06, 2005, 07:31:10 PM
A few weeks ago, I asked her what kind of gun she wanted for Christmas. She said she REALLY didn't want a gun this year. Then she got a wistful look in her eyes and said, that if I did get her a gun, it had better be a little pearl handled derringer.
Well, just my luck...I stopped at a gun store on the way home from work last week, and behold, a stainless, pearl handled 22lr Cobra Enterprises Derringer. Not the highest quality gun in the world, or the most useful, but for $130ish, something I can squeeze in the budget, and hopefully make the wife smile.
greg
Post by: Bemidjiblade on December 06, 2005, 07:46:20 PM