Gun Owning Smokers

**Kenyth** · 12-18-2009, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Shelby07

I could learn to love the .22 cal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2m9N6Cd67Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGsX_Z1K7pA

Holy shit! Death by 1000 pellets! If you load it with snake shot rounds it would flay the skin right off someone!

**BigMacFU** · 12-21-2009, 09:52 AM

Today I pick up my first gun:
Smith and Wesson 22a Target Grip and Bull Barrel

I'm also grabbing an aimpoint 9000 from midwayUSA for a nice discount (225).

George, we'll have to go shooting and smoking now.

Normally wouldn't care about the red-dot, but by default the iron sights are pure black and when my dad and I shoot, he enjoys the ease of a red dot on his ancient eyes. He has a browning buckmark and 357 magnum revolver. Got him a tru-glo red-dot for his browning for xmas and a range bag.

**MarineOne** · 12-21-2009, 11:53 PM

Guns and gars ....

We keep this up and we'll all end up at Knob Creek during one of the lovely weekends they sponsor. Actually that isn't a half bad idea.

**mrtr33** · 12-29-2009, 03:03 AM

Ok, so I've pretty much decided on purchasing a 30.06 rifle. I have a Remington .22, and a Remington 870 Express, and have shot and really liked the Remington Vantage air rifle and a Remington 7600. I've also shot a few different Mossbergs, and a really pretty Benelli shotgun. I'm going to shoot a few other rifles tomorrow with some friends. Right now, I'm leaning towards getting another Remington rifle, just because I've really liked those. I was wondering if anyone could recommend another rifle that I maybe haven't thought about yet.

Right now, the front-runner is the Remington 700 ADL model. Several reviews have all spoken highly of it, in regards to quality and stability and availability of after-market parts. But the searches have also been returning a strong disdain for the Remington 770 model rifle, and I wanted to get some outside opinion to see if the 700 was favored only because the 770 wasn't very good to begin with. I'm also open to other models as well.

Thanks for reading.

**BigMacFU** · 12-29-2009, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

Ok, so I've pretty much decided on purchasing a 30.06 rifle. I have a Remington .22, and a Remington 870 Express, and have shot and really liked the Remington Vantage air rifle and a Remington 7600. I've also shot a few different Mossbergs, and a really pretty Benelli shotgun. I'm going to shoot a few other rifles tomorrow with some friends. Right now, I'm leaning towards getting another Remington rifle, just because I've really liked those. I was wondering if anyone could recommend another rifle that I maybe haven't thought about yet.

Right now, the front-runner is the Remington 700 ADL model. Several reviews have all spoken highly of it, in regards to quality and stability and availability of after-market parts. But the searches have also been returning a strong disdain for the Remington 770 model rifle, and I wanted to get some outside opinion to see if the 700 was favored only because the 770 wasn't very good to begin with. I'm also open to other models as well.

Thanks for reading.

Used might be a way to go if you have a reliable and trustworthy shop in the area with a good gunsmith.

**BigMacFU** · 01-07-2010, 08:14 AM

Well, added to the family collection are now 2 shotguns and 4 of my Papa's (grandfather's) guns.

Winchester 1892 (made in 1906):

Winchester 52 (made in 1936):

Remington Model 30 Express (.25 Remington cal, date unsure): Need to post my own pics for it (mint condition, like it's never been shot...it has)

Springfield 1898 sporterized (date unsure, but around 1900):

Winchester 101 Over/Under:

Winchester Model 12 (1960, shot 20 times):

Pretty awesome stuff. My Dad is excited about his 101, and we're both very excited about the personal historical value of our Papa's pieces. The Springfield was my Papa's best friend's (died in the 3rd wave on Iwojima) and was given to my Papa by his family. My father was named after this hero.