I'm in Texas and New Mexico and interested in guns as a hobby. I am not a liberal but it's the closest compatible group for me.

Welcome home from Deep South Texas. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

Welcome ! People here don't agree on every issue, but we disagree civilly.

Well, alrighty, then. Do you own any guns yet? We love to make recommendations. Hobby. Like how?

CDF

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:12 am Well, alrighty, then. Do you own any guns yet? We love to make recommendations. Hobby. Like how?

CDF

I own a few. None of them state of the art. By hobby I meant more like casual, as opposed to the very serious gun owners that spend a ton of money.
I have a bare cheapest AR15, which I may or may not upgrade at some point. It would be nice to have a durable, free-floating AR15, with a sub MOA barrel, a good scope, and throw in a glass polished trigger for good measure, but I don't think I'm willing to spend on that.

Howdy and welcome from Houston! It’s hot here an no electricity. I may be suffering from heat aggravation.

wretchedweaponry wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:04 pm

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:12 am Well, alrighty, then. Do you own any guns yet? We love to make recommendations. Hobby. Like how?

CDF

I own a few. None of them state of the art. By hobby I meant more like casual, as opposed to the very serious gun owners that spend a ton of money.
I have a bare cheapest AR15, which I may or may not upgrade at some point. It would be nice to have a durable, free-floating AR15, with a sub MOA barrel, a good scope, and throw in a glass polished trigger for good measure, but I don't think I'm willing to spend on that.

That's just fine, reality plus the dream. Ever thought about hand guns? Oh, yeah. We'll recommend you right into the poor house if you let us. ;-)

CDF

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 5:44 pm

wretchedweaponry wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:04 pm

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:12 am Well, alrighty, then. Do you own any guns yet? We love to make recommendations. Hobby. Like how?

CDF

I own a few. None of them state of the art. By hobby I meant more like casual, as opposed to the very serious gun owners that spend a ton of money.
I have a bare cheapest AR15, which I may or may not upgrade at some point. It would be nice to have a durable, free-floating AR15, with a sub MOA barrel, a good scope, and throw in a glass polished trigger for good measure, but I don't think I'm willing to spend on that.

That's just fine, reality plus the dream. Ever thought about hand guns? Oh, yeah. We'll recommend you right into the poor house if you let us. ;-)

CDF

I don't like handguns, to be honest. As odd as it sounds, they scare me. I much prefer rifles. But yeah, I'd rather keep the guns poor than myself.

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:23 pm Howdy and welcome from Houston! It’s hot here an no electricity. I may be suffering from heat aggravation.

I haven't suffered big blackouts in this part of Texas, but I have family that has. We know who to blame though.

wretchedweaponry wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:06 pm

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:23 pm Howdy and welcome from Houston! It’s hot here an no electricity. I may be suffering from heat aggravation.

I haven't suffered big blackouts in this part of Texas, but I have family that has. We know who to blame though.

Which part are you in? We have active members that love to get together for meets.

from Kentucky, the source of actual Bourbon!

In his recent book, Gun Curious, David Yemane defines "super gun owner" as one who has eight or more guns.

One need not be a high-end collector to get there. My journey through finding the "right" EDC pistol has me at eight or nine so far, not counting the long guns.

It is true that hand guns are the hardest type of weapon to master.

CDF

BearPaws wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:59 pm :
In his recent book, Gun Curious, David Yemane defines "super gun owner" as one who has eight or more guns.

Clearly an uninformed position to spout. The best selling gun safes in all the big box stores are sized for 30 guns (hold about twenty in reality).

I belong to two large gun clubs, with over 2,000 members combined, the average owners I know from that groups all have 10 minimum to 20 for the low end... Even the casual shooters usually have closer to 25 than 8. Plenty of members have 50 and up. I'm over 100 and I look up to the guys with serious collections, I'm just getting started.

Shotguns for clay sports and hunting, and rifles for sports shooting and hunting , handguns for protection and competition gets you to about 12 just for that.
Not counting collecting guns, inherited guns, guns you take the kids out to shoot, etc. That's not even counting the folks who are into ARs and Aks and collect countries of origin, barrel lengths, calibers, rifle, pistol and brace combinations, etc.

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:01 pm It is true that hand guns are the hardest type of weapon to master.

CDF

Depends on what Master means?

The toughest competition shooters all have an equal problem competing against other serious pros.

Shooting Pistol is easy if you are talking about still targets. Moving targets is the hardest, and for that you are talking about shotguns, trap and skeet. In my mind, a perfect round of trap, twice in a row, is Master level. That's 50 out of 50. Real pros can hit 100 straight. (not me!)

The best female Olympic athlete ever in America is a trap shooter. "Kim Rhode achieved Olympic history in women’s shooting, winning the bronze medal in Skeet to become the first woman and first summer Olympian to medal in six consecutive Olympics.
In her career, Rhode has won three golds, one silver and two bronzes. She is the only athlete ever to win Olympic medals in all three shooting disciplines (trap, double trap and skeet) since making her Olympic debut and winning the double trap gold at Atlanta 1996 as a 17-year-old.

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:23 pm

wretchedweaponry wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:06 pm

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:23 pm Howdy and welcome from Houston! It’s hot here an no electricity. I may be suffering from heat aggravation.

I haven't suffered big blackouts in this part of Texas, but I have family that has. We know who to blame though.

Which part are you in? We have active members that love to get together for meets.

In the far west point. Very far away from Texas proper. Have to drive for many hours to even see a Buc-ee's.

wretchedweaponry wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:04 pm

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:23 pm

wretchedweaponry wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:06 pm

sikacz wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 4:23 pm Howdy and welcome from Houston! It’s hot here an no electricity. I may be suffering from heat aggravation.

I haven't suffered big blackouts in this part of Texas, but I have family that has. We know who to blame though.

Which part are you in? We have active members that love to get together for meets.

In the far west point. Very far away from Texas proper. Have to drive for many hours to even see a Buc-ee's.

Are you near Alpine, Marathon or Big Bend?

Nearest Buc-ees is a several hundred mile drive from me as well.

sikacz wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:12 pm Are you near Alpine, Marathon or Big Bend?

Unfortunately not. It's about a 6 hr drive to Brewster county. I know because of camping trips to Big Bend in the past.

wretchedweaponry wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:28 pm

sikacz wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:12 pm Are you near Alpine, Marathon or Big Bend?

Unfortunately not. It's about a 6 hr drive to Brewster county. I know because of camping trips to Big Bend in the past.

Well it’s even farther from Houston! LoL.

Greetings from the DFW area/north texas. and, welcome!

Xela

georgejohn3 wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:53 pm Hey there,
I am George john.Thanks for letting me in,I have joined the forum to meet like minded people and learn new things.Hope i"ll enjoy my stay here.

welcome georgejohn3, u also from Texas? where abouts?!

X

ShootingSports wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:50 pm

BearPaws wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:59 pm :
In his recent book, Gun Curious, David Yemane defines "super gun owner" as one who has eight or more guns.

Clearly an uninformed position to spout.

I submit to you that this is not at all obvious.

Also, so you can be less uninformed, he's actually been a member of the firearms community for decades.

ShootingSports wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:50 pm The best selling gun safes in all the big box stores are sized for 30 guns (hold about twenty in reality).

I am morbidly curious as to how this, in your mind, disqualifies his use of the term "super gun owner" in his conversation.

I mean, it's not like that's a technical description of an official category or anything....

wretchedweaponry wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:22 pm I'm in Texas and New Mexico and interested in guns as a hobby. I am not a liberal but it's the closest compatible group for me.

Welcome!

I am curious what it means to be "in Texas and New Mexico". Do you live in one and work in the other? Or : : engage humor drive : : did you drive to the border, stand with one foot on each side, and click "Submit"? :-)

Hello from Illinois, close to St Louis. I am also a recent member here.

I don't like handguns, to be honest. As odd as it sounds, they scare me. I much prefer rifles. But yeah, I'd rather keep the guns poor than myself.

I have fired several handguns before and disliked all of them except the one I bought for myself. I really like the FN Five-Seven. It has so little recoil that it hardly seems different than a 22lr. It's also very lightweight which I like a lot about it. I keep thinking of going through the concealed carry classes here but so far I haven't set aside time to do it. Although it's light it's not exactly small so I still wonder about getting something smaller like a .32 or something for a carry pistol.

Well nice to meet you!