Hi, I'm Keith in Durham, NC. I'm a member of the Durham Pistol and rifle club - https://dprc.org. I'm retired so I get to go to the range at least weekly, usually on weekday mornings when few people are using the range.
Most of my range time is spent on precision rimfire and practicing drills for defensive shooting. I have a Ruger Precision Rimfire .22 rifle and am sometimes allowed to borrow my wife's Ruger Mk IV for rimfire pistol target practice. My CC pistols are 9 MM Springfield Armory XD and XDS - the S is carried with me when riding my bicycle, the XD for most other defensive precautions. I recently bought an S&W AR 15 for my birthday. I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for, the RPR .22 is more fun for target shooting and I'm too old, slow, and creaky for CQB drills. For now, I'm using it as the polar opposite of my precision rimfire shooting - iron sights, standing position vs scoped bench rest.
I used to shoot trap and skeet but gave that up and sold my shotguns as my aging eyes made it increasingly difficult to track flying saucers.
My other gun-related activity is volunteering in a Robin Sage https://sofrep.com/news/robin-sage/ scenario. I get to play a member of a criminal gang and be a vaguely menacing presence (occasionally a clear and present menace) toting an M4, AK or other piece of weaponry (unloaded or blanks, of course).
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2Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.
To be vintage it must be older than me!
The next gun I buy will be the next to last gun I ever buy. PROMISE!
jim
The next gun I buy will be the next to last gun I ever buy. PROMISE!
jim
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4Howdy!
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53-gun.oldhacker wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:47 amI recently bought an S&W AR 15 for my birthday. I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for, the RPR .22 is more fun for target shooting and I'm too old, slow, and creaky for CQB drills.
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6 i'm down the road from you in spencer. we have a fairly active chapter on the evil FB, i prefer the forum, personally. some of us are planning a shoot tomorrow (sunday), PM bigbass4me for details.i shoot at the flintlock valley range, in the uwharrie natl forest, about an hour drive for me, but well worth it.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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7"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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8Hi from NJ. I lived nearly 6 years in Carrboro.
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10 from over in Kentucky!
Eventually I'll figure out this signature thing and decide what I want to put here.
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11o/
Sounds like you're going to fit in just fine. Assuming you get around to posting pics.
Sounds like you're going to fit in just fine. Assuming you get around to posting pics.
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13We even have a thread for it!
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