Hi there, just joined up! I’m a Canadian expat living in Portland OR. Right now I own a Ruger AR556 and a Canik TP9SA. I grew up in Alberta, Canada on a ranch, where my former RCMP dad who earned his cross rifles and crowns taught me to shoot. So I’m familiar with bolt guns and shotguns, but am now just venturing into AR’s and pistols. Figured if I am going to be in the US, might as well take advantage of the different gun laws. I’m looking for a place to shoot, and people that wouldn’t mind a tag along.
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2Welcome from Lexington KY. Nice rig ya got there.
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Re: New Member in Portland
3Howdy and from Corvallis! Nice pistol, and nice rig.
How'd you hear about us?
There are a few places to shoot in PDX and environs. There's always the Tillamook State Forest, in designated areas. There is The Place To Shoot, an indoor range in PDX proper. There's also the Portland Gun Club, for shotgun only. There's the English Pit, just across the river in Washington, an outdoor range that allows pistols and rifles. There is also Safe Fire, near the English Pit; I've never been, but members tell me it's nice- an indoor range.
We have regular range days and meet ups, but there are a lot of local folks who shoot regularly and will be along to say hello. Check out our Oregon Forum, under LGC Local, to connect with Oregon folks and get the skinny on events. We have a Facebook presence as well, but you need to be a dues paying member for access.
Welcome, again! I'm glad you found us.
How'd you hear about us?
There are a few places to shoot in PDX and environs. There's always the Tillamook State Forest, in designated areas. There is The Place To Shoot, an indoor range in PDX proper. There's also the Portland Gun Club, for shotgun only. There's the English Pit, just across the river in Washington, an outdoor range that allows pistols and rifles. There is also Safe Fire, near the English Pit; I've never been, but members tell me it's nice- an indoor range.
We have regular range days and meet ups, but there are a lot of local folks who shoot regularly and will be along to say hello. Check out our Oregon Forum, under LGC Local, to connect with Oregon folks and get the skinny on events. We have a Facebook presence as well, but you need to be a dues paying member for access.
Welcome, again! I'm glad you found us.
Re: New Member in Portland
5Greetings and welcome from Utah!
So what gun will you be adding to your collection next?
So what gun will you be adding to your collection next?
Re: New Member in Portland
6Welcome aboard Scott. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the secret LCG OR sub-forum. I've also greenlit your addition to the LGC Members Forum on Facebook. As Mike said there is also an LGC Oregon FB group. Apply to that and I'll unlock the door.
Man...PDX is more heavily armed than I imagined.
Man...PDX is more heavily armed than I imagined.
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8Member ID received.JColville wrote:Welcome aboard Scott. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the secret LCG OR sub-forum. I've also greenlit your addition to the LGC Members Forum on Facebook. As Mike said there is also an LGC Oregon FB group. Apply to that and I'll unlock the door.
Man...PDX is more heavily armed than I imagined.
Re: New Member in Portland
9WELCOME ! How do you like the Canik?
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Re: New Member in Portland
11Howdy from Houston!
My LGS is trying to talk me into a new Canik. They are pushing it as a "Race Gun." Not sure what that means, but I assume that it runs pretty smooth.
My LGS is trying to talk me into a new Canik. They are pushing it as a "Race Gun." Not sure what that means, but I assume that it runs pretty smooth.
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12Thanks! Haven’t gotten a chance to use the best rig yet, got it just before I had ankle surgery, still off my feet. Got tired of firing off a mag, trudging back to the truck, fire off another one... for $60, can’t beat.Bacchus wrote:Howdy and from Corvallis! Nice pistol, and nice rig.
How'd you hear about us?
There are a few places to shoot in PDX and environs. There's always the Tillamook State Forest, in designated areas. There is The Place To Shoot, an indoor range in PDX proper. There's also the Portland Gun Club, for shotgun only. There's the English Pit, just across the river in Washington, an outdoor range that allows pistols and rifles. There is also Safe Fire, near the English Pit; I've never been, but members tell me it's nice- an indoor range.
We have regular range days and meet ups, but there are a lot of local folks who shoot regularly and will be along to say hello. Check out our Oregon Forum, under LGC Local, to connect with Oregon folks and get the skinny on events. We have a Facebook presence as well, but you need to be a dues paying member for access.
Welcome, again! I'm glad you found us.
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13Got it just before I left for Thanksgiving, got my ankle operated on when I got back so haven’t had a chance to shoot it yet. I’ll let you knowhighdesert wrote:WELCOME ! How do you like the Canik?
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14Thanks! Lots of people are fairly heavily armed here, just not the hipstersJColville wrote:Welcome aboard Scott. I've taken the liberty of adding you to the secret LCG OR sub-forum. I've also greenlit your addition to the LGC Members Forum on Facebook. As Mike said there is also an LGC Oregon FB group. Apply to that and I'll unlock the door.
Man...PDX is more heavily armed than I imagined.
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Re: New Member in Portland
15Hi! Heard it’s going to be an epic snow year, hope you’re one of those folks that likes it! Not super sure what I’m going to do next, probably lay low since my wife isn’t too happy with me buying what I’ve got now.. otherwise I’d pick up a 10/22, a decent .308 or 300 win mag bolt gun and I loved my old Cooy single shot crack barrel shotgun. Couldn’t miss with that thing if I triedBang wrote:Greetings and welcome from Utah!
So what gun will you be adding to your collection next?
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16I researched the crap out of them whilst working on convincing my wife to let me get one, and have heard nothing but good. Now to find the time to shoot the damn thingFlyGuy wrote:Howdy from Houston!
My LGS is trying to talk me into a new Canik. They are pushing it as a "Race Gun." Not sure what that means, but I assume that it runs pretty smooth.
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17Magpulllurker wrote:thermold mags?
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18Your LGS may be leading you down the path. My “race gun” is one which is a dedicated competition pistol. Typically, and in my case, that would include a red dot, compensator, trigger work, mag release, flared mag well, and every other bell and whistle you can think of to get you through the course faster. The course being 3-gun, USPSA, etc. there are different classes based on the features of your gun (open, production, limited), so a factory TP-9 might be a good candidate for a production class gun, but the extremely limited availability of after market parts might be a problem if you do want to go full “race-gun” with it.FlyGuy wrote:Howdy from Houston!
My LGS is trying to talk me into a new Canik. They are pushing it as a "Race Gun." Not sure what that means, but I assume that it runs pretty smooth.
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Re: New Member in Portland
19Welcome from Eugene. We seem to have a lot of Oregon folks on the forum.
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20Very little so far. Either it's not coming or it's coming with a vengeance.scottpdxcanuck wrote:Hi! Heard it’s going to be an epic snow year, hope you’re one of those folks that likes it! Not super sure what I’m going to do next, probably lay low since my wife isn’t too happy with me buying what I’ve got now.. otherwise I’d pick up a 10/22, a decent .308 or 300 win mag bolt gun and I loved my old Cooy single shot crack barrel shotgun. Couldn’t miss with that thing if I triedBang wrote:Greetings and welcome from Utah!
So what gun will you be adding to your collection next?
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Re: New Member in Portland
21Welcome from Houston!
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23 from an hour or so up I-5.
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