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I'm a different man now! Bought MY 1st SHOTGUN @ age 56, Classes Later. What was YOUR FIRST GUN?
2/15/13 | san rafael blue

Posted on 02/15/2013 7:08:31 PM PST by San Rafael Blue

Most of you here felt 'that moment' a long time ago, when you were too young to vote, too young even to get behind the wheel. You may not even remember when it happened. My Rite of Passage was today. I went to Big 5 and purchased a 12 gauge shotgun. I actually won't be able to drive my 'new friend' home until later this month, after a background check. Hopefully, there is no evildoer using my full name while commiting their evil deeds. I'm legally clean though, never even been arrested (yet).

I purchased a box of bullets, and a zip-up gun case. When I return for the gun, I'll need to buy a gun lock. Once I have access to the gun, it is likely to lay idle and locked away, until I can take a class at a local firing range for beginner gun handling. Today I was shown how to open and load the shotgun, very simple procedure, thank the Lord. The young man at the counter was patient and respectful. I was glad for that. I already felt foolish for my scant knowledge of firearms. My Dad had two guns back at home. one named Brown Betsy, the other named Black Beauty. Sharing the family home with guns was easy, my sisters and I followed the house rules and just never tampered with them at all. I learned a little while in the Navy, but not much, nothing that was repeated. I made an effort not to let on just how excited I was, that, in itself might raise an eyebrow. Just why is that guy so 'happy' about buying a gun, when he knows so little about them. I played it sort of cool.

As I get older, arthritis has taken me out of my Karate class, till I can pay for private lessons. Otherwise, I would slow the whole class down. (Un-Good!, to make up an expression) I used to love Boxing or Sparring night in Karate. Practicing chokeholds too. Maybe sometime down the line, but not now. What I can do now is to use my sharp vision. I'll look into skeet shooting. So much to learn!

I told the manager he would make even more money if he had a photographer ready to snap a picture of the owner with his or her new gun. I absolutely would have pulled out a few bills and paid for such a momento. It was that much fun.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: amanwhocares; banglist; nra; selfdefense
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1 posted on 02/15/2013 7:08:33 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
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To: San Rafael Blue

bump


2 posted on 02/15/2013 7:10:58 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: San Rafael Blue

An Italian made Carcano that, according to family legend, saw action on the Russian front during WWII.

I still have it and love it.


3 posted on 02/15/2013 7:12:57 PM PST by Absolutely Nobama (The Doomsday Clock is at 11:59:00......tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....)
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To: San Rafael Blue

.22 back on the farm. We all got one when we turned 7 and learned to shoot and basic guns safety shortly thereafter (1953).


4 posted on 02/15/2013 7:13:11 PM PST by doc1019 (The rabbit hole that Obama is leading us down just gets deeper and deeper.)
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To: San Rafael Blue

photo...!!!!

>:(


5 posted on 02/15/2013 7:13:22 PM PST by gaijin
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To: San Rafael Blue

My first gun was a Argentinian Luger which I bought for $40 in 1960 thru a newspaper’s ad in Birmingham, AL.

No questions asked.


6 posted on 02/15/2013 7:13:59 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: San Rafael Blue

Good for you!
Are you up in Marin?


7 posted on 02/15/2013 7:14:35 PM PST by Mr. Peabody
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To: San Rafael Blue
Ithaca Arms .22-LR single shot at age 10.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

8 posted on 02/15/2013 7:14:35 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: San Rafael Blue

Ruger Blackhawk.

And shotguns don’t fire bullets. They fire shells.


9 posted on 02/15/2013 7:15:54 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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"I purchased a box of bullets"

For a 12 ga., I'd get a mixed case.

10 posted on 02/15/2013 7:16:14 PM PST by Paladin2
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" I actually won't be able to drive my 'new friend' home until later this month, after a background check".

For a SHOT GUN! W.T.F.?

Do you live in Russia?

11 posted on 02/15/2013 7:16:51 PM PST by jaz.357 (Contrary To Ordinary)
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To: Absolutely Nobama
An Italian made Carcano

According to legend, a Carcano was used on Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas, Tx.

12 posted on 02/15/2013 7:17:00 PM PST by doc1019 (The rabbit hole that Obama is leading us down just gets deeper and deeper.)
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To: San Rafael Blue
Ruger Standard .22 pistol. Bought it at age 14 with paper route money ($37.95).* No ID, no background check, no wait. Passed it on to my beautiful stepdaughter a couple of years ago.

*About what my spare LC9 magazine cost

13 posted on 02/15/2013 7:17:46 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: San Rafael Blue

My first was a Revelation 22 semi automatic rifle from Western Auto. I eventually traded it for a .410 single shot shotgun.


14 posted on 02/15/2013 7:18:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There is no requirement to show need in order to exercise your rights.)
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Hi Mr. Peabody, Yes, I am in Central San Rafael, the ‘heart’ of Marin County.
Have you been to China Camp before? Nice walkable, dirt road park. Be ready this spring to share those dirt roads with aggressive wild turkeys guarding their chicks.


15 posted on 02/15/2013 7:19:34 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
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Hi Mr. Peabody, Yes, I am in Central San Rafael, the ‘heart’ of Marin County.
Have you been to China Camp before? Nice walkable, dirt road park. Be ready this spring to share those dirt roads with aggressive wild turkeys guarding their chicks.


16 posted on 02/15/2013 7:19:57 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
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To: Absolutely Nobama

“Italian made Carcano that, according to family legend, saw action on the Russian front during WWII”

If you feel like it, you could post pics and get answers on the type of Carcano it is at this forum, in the Italian section. (An a-hole named dynachrome hangs out there, too)

http://www.surplusrifleforum.com


17 posted on 02/15/2013 7:20:13 PM PST by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: San Rafael Blue

12ga “Goose gun” age 14.


18 posted on 02/15/2013 7:20:24 PM PST by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: San Rafael Blue

PS I was 12 and it was 1973.


19 posted on 02/15/2013 7:20:39 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There is no requirement to show need in order to exercise your rights.)
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20 posted on 02/15/2013 7:20:39 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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