The Guns We Own

[GrauGeist]

I have a variety of optics, but prefer to use the good ol' fashioned iron sights and can still hold a fairly tight group on all my rifles at various ranges

 

[RabidAlien]

nope but did get 1000 rounds of Federal .223 FMJ for $275 from Gander Mountain of all places

Well, accessories are accessories...those'll do!

 

[mikewint]

That's all I ever used in the "Good-old-days" and I earned my Marksman Badge but now I cannot see the front sight at all. Been looking at some replacement front sights that include a light-bar that puts a glowing dot at the tip of the sight. unfortunately they will not work in dim light or at night and don't know if I can even see that. Very frustrating

 

[GrauGeist]

I hear ya' Mike, my eyesight is far from what it used to be :/

I go out as much as possible to try and keep the ol' eyeballs dialed in...this getting old thing is for the birds!

 

[mikewint]

You can say that again brother, I just about get my S*it together and it starts to fall apart

 

[mikewint]

After quite a bit of back ordering the green laser plus scope has arrived along with an 850 lumen tach-light.
And one other goodie

 

[bobbysocks]

looks like the varmint cong in your area are going to be in a world of hurt!!

 

[mikewint]

need to work on zeroing the sights next with actual rounds but it is laser bore sighted to 100yds

 

[bobbysocks]

now see!! if you had bought the silencer you could have done that from your back deck without getting the neighbors all bent out of shape...

 

[mikewint]

Bobby, it's a COMPENSATOR. Picked up this German 1911 which came with a factory compensator been shooting off the deck for weeks, the neighbor thought it was a pellet gun

 

[RabidAlien]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man, you must have some serious varmints if you need a fixed bayonet!

 

[javlin]

James..James Bond.....Love that 1911 rig Mike kewl!The other is coming along pretty good the AR platform has just never been my cup of tea.If I did get one it would have to be the AR-10 for I like the heavier bullet and I have about 3K rds right now I have reloaded in .308.All in all I have in the neighborhood of 6K +/- rds built in various calipers with maybe a 1000 cases looking to mozy thier way into the assembly line.

 

[mikewint]

the 5.56 round is light and easily deflected but I picked up 2,000 rounds of Hornady HP rounds at $20 per 100 rounds from Bass Pro. With 30 round mags that's still a lot of lead down range.
I also picked up a short (16in) auto shotgun with 3 different chokes and Wal-mart had a sale on shotgun ammo $18 for 100 rounds. I picked up 500 shells 3in with #3 buck

 

[ToughOmbre]

PEOPLE ASK WHY?

Why Carry a Gun?

My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.'

I don't carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government.
I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police protection is an oxymoron.
Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

TO

 

[ccheese]

I'll raise my glass and yell Ooo-Rahh to that, Steve !

BTW, that would look good on FB !!

Charles

 

[GrauGeist]

I'm with Charles, well said, TO

 

[RabidAlien]

Love it! I've got that in an email in my inbox that's permanently saved. Whoever sent that one added a line at the bottom: "I carry a gun because a cop's just too heavy."

 

[vikingBerserker]

A-Fricken-Men TO!

 

[mikewint]

Steve, better than excellent. I'm waiting for the 12/21/12 "end of the world" the whackos are going to be out in full force