Kelton here from Menlo Park, CA. It’s a somewhat open secret that a lot of us tech nerds like guns... even some of the liberals like me
I mostly like lever actions, but I have a few AR’s because ZOMBIES (especially the kind that invaded Charlottesville a while back).
I get a big kick out of big bore guns (pun intended!)... I shoot 45 ACP, 45 Colt, 45-70, and 458 SOCOM.
I reload a little bit and shoot a few times a year up at Los Altos Rod & Gun.
I aspire to someday hunt for meat, but to date the only thing I’ve killed are conversations with gun-fearing liberal friends.
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2Howdy from Oakland. I like stopping at Ann’s diner after morning shooting at Los Altos.
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3Nice! That place is almost frozen in time, we love it.Marlene wrote:Howdy from Oakland. I like stopping at Ann’s diner after morning shooting at Los Altos.
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4ok, very good. we know your favorite cartridges, what do you shoot them out of?
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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5Well, lessee...
Levers:
2x Marlin 1895's in 45-70
3x Win '94 in 30-30
Win '94AE Trapper in 45 LC
early 1900's Win '92 in 32-20
early 1900's Win' 73 in 32-20
Marlin 336 in 30-30
Marlin 39A Golden Mountie in .22
That's from memory ... might be missing something.
Other stuff: Cimarron Lightning in 32-20 / 32 H&R, Uberti Cattleman El Patron in 45 LC, a couple .22 semi-auto rifles, various EBR's I've built in 5.56, plus one in 458 SOCOM and one in 45ACP (and some of them LH!), the odd 12ga shotgun or three, a couple 1911's, an M1 carbine, a Springfield 1873 cavalry carbine trapdoor, a pump .22 that was my great grandfather's, a Ruger Standard (aka Mark I) that was my grandma's, a Hi Standard Model D that my dad carried when he was in the Boy Scouts...
So yeah, I'm definitely liberal and armed.
Levers:
2x Marlin 1895's in 45-70
3x Win '94 in 30-30
Win '94AE Trapper in 45 LC
early 1900's Win '92 in 32-20
early 1900's Win' 73 in 32-20
Marlin 336 in 30-30
Marlin 39A Golden Mountie in .22
That's from memory ... might be missing something.
Other stuff: Cimarron Lightning in 32-20 / 32 H&R, Uberti Cattleman El Patron in 45 LC, a couple .22 semi-auto rifles, various EBR's I've built in 5.56, plus one in 458 SOCOM and one in 45ACP (and some of them LH!), the odd 12ga shotgun or three, a couple 1911's, an M1 carbine, a Springfield 1873 cavalry carbine trapdoor, a pump .22 that was my great grandfather's, a Ruger Standard (aka Mark I) that was my grandma's, a Hi Standard Model D that my dad carried when he was in the Boy Scouts...
So yeah, I'm definitely liberal and armed.
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6turnabout is fair play, i suppose. i had some guns. lost them all in a tragic boating accident
edit: yeah, had some guns.
edit: yeah, had some guns.
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i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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7Welcome from sunny South Florida! I'd give you the normal disclaimer about us being a bunch of enablers in here but as I can see you don't need our help in that department
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9Boy does that sound familiar....the only thing I’ve killed are conversations with gun-fearing liberal friends.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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10take them to the range. it's catching.highdesert wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 8:25 amBoy does that sound familiar....the only thing I’ve killed are conversations with gun-fearing liberal friends.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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11wow...bring some of that to national in Morro Bay in October!KeltonCA wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:48 am Well, lessee...
Levers:
2x Marlin 1895's in 45-70
3x Win '94 in 30-30
Win '94AE Trapper in 45 LC
early 1900's Win '92 in 32-20
early 1900's Win' 73 in 32-20
Marlin 336 in 30-30
Marlin 39A Golden Mountie in .22
That's from memory ... might be missing something.
Other stuff: Cimarron Lightning in 32-20 / 32 H&R, Uberti Cattleman El Patron in 45 LC, a couple .22 semi-auto rifles, various EBR's I've built in 5.56, plus one in 458 SOCOM and one in 45ACP (and some of them LH!), the odd 12ga shotgun or three, a couple 1911's, an M1 carbine, a Springfield 1873 cavalry carbine trapdoor, a pump .22 that was my great grandfather's, a Ruger Standard (aka Mark I) that was my grandma's, a Hi Standard Model D that my dad carried when he was in the Boy Scouts...
So yeah, I'm definitely liberal and armed.
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12Welcome from the future State of Jefferson, where men are men and sheep are scared. And nuts. We haz 'em.
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13Is that an event? Never been down there but open to it if I can get a hall pass ;-)senorgrand wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:02 am wow...bring some of that to national in Morro Bay in October!
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14Hahaha, yeah. My dad was the real enabler. At least half of my arsenal was inherited from him when he passed a while back. He was the one who raised me right, teaching me how to handle and respect firearms. Too bad he never noticed I was left eye dominant... it was only after he passed that I figured out why I was such a lousy shot. Now I’m just a bad shot. ;-)kronkmusic wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:09 am Welcome from sunny South Florida! I'd give you the normal disclaimer about us being a bunch of enablers in here but as I can see you don't need our help in that department
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15Post pics when you get a chance. Can't wait to shoot that .458 at national.
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17Welcome from blue dot veteran in NC
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