Im a pretty avid shooter and between my dad and myself have a good array of long guns and handguns.
Any other shooters out there?
Feel free to share some of the guns you are particular proud of having.

We got:
Ak-47
SKS
Mosin Nagant
FMA 1927 Colt (made from a German battle ship )
Dan & Wesson 357
plus an assortment of other 9mm & 380 handguns

My particular favorite:
Marlin .17HMR bolt action. She is my wonderful small game slayer!
Second favorite, Ruger 10/22 with high-capacity mags. Nothing beats that gun for cheap plinking fun!

Fozzer wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 4:01am:


We have a few rifles with bayonets....I say that counts as my 'pointed sticks' 

ozzy72 wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 7:12am:


Apart from the Fruit, Gun, 16 Ton Weight, and Lion, I still reckon my Pointed Stick stood a chance... ...!

Paul... ...!

When it comes to weapons of choice, you cant beat a Pointed Stick...

...trust me... ...!

Paul... ...!

ViperPilot wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 2:34pm:


Now that is beefy looking weapon! Why use a pointed stick (Paul) when you can shoot someone with a big ol handgun like this then club them!

wahubna wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 4:02pm:


But wouldn't the World be a much better place if everyone had Pointy Sticks, instead of Very Big Guns...

..and just used them to spear Marshmallows to roast over a nice warm fire, to share with your fellow brothers and sisters, in peace, harmony, and goodwill... ...!

Remember Woodstock, '69?....Free Love?...(and Joe Cocker?)... .... ...!

Paul... ...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4QF45Vygw

... ...!

ViperPilot wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 2:34pm:


There is no such thing as a idiot proof anything let alone a firearm

Myself;

12 bore shotgun
.22 rifle (with moderator )
S&W .357 K frame on a six inch barrel
Sturm Ruger P89 with two 15 round magazines (pre ban )
and several CO2 air guns.

Matt

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alrot wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 1:16pm:


Yes Alex it is serious. Remember, you cannot compare different countries and how guns are used with one and other. The way it is in your country is in now a reflection of how it is in mine. And yes everyone is entitled to an opinion

Matt

Many people (myself included) use firearms to put food on the table.......call it a sport if you'd like to, but many actually rely on guns to feed themselves around here. Without guns families would starve....."evil" is a pretty big stretch when you look at it from a different perspective

Guns are not the problem. People are the problem, and if they'd let us settle things the old fashioned way criminals may think twice 

S+W .38 Airweight Revolver

Remington Model 770  30.06  9X optics

Ruger 10 22 with Dragunov style stock and built in laser sight

Woah guys, did not mean to start a debate here.
Here in the states in places like where I come from owning multiple guns is extremely common. We hunt with them, we own them for the history, we own them because we like them, and we own them because for some it is something expected as in a tradition.

For me, it is most definitely all of the above. ALL of my male friends, ALL of my dad's friends, and the vast majority of males living in my town have an arsenal. Yet we ALL deeply respect the lethality they have and ALWAYS exercise safety when handling them.

To us, owning a gun is like owning a car. Cars I might add kill far more people than guns... as does cholesterol...

Take my 10/22, it was a gift from my grandfather who was an engineer for Chrysler for 20years. My 17HMR, a gift from my dad. My dad wants to pass his guns down to me and me to pass them down to my future son if I have one. Its a tradition.

Webb wrote on Sep 25^th, 2012 at 10:00pm:


I imagine there is not one for Michigan because most people here are broke....most of us have plenty of guns but not a whole lot of ammo 
Although when a group of us hit the range we easily burn through hundreds of rounds of just one gun...but those trips are very rare...it gets waaay to expensive to shoot like that often! 

I have ~200rnds of .22LR for example. Enough for one trip to a local range for some plinking (after I fix my front sight) or some small game hunting. For the pistols its 20rnds there, 40 there, 10 there...AK and SKS 0 rnds, Mosin, maybe 10, Lee Enfield 0, .17HMR maybe 25rnds (half a box for 2 guns)...you get the idea...point is most of us at least in Michigan do not have a vast stock pile of ammo.
My dad keeps his pistol ammo at this level (which sometimes peaks over 50 rnds) because he does carry with a CPL.

H wrote on Sep 26^th, 2012 at 6:58pm:



Plus I can't live on marshmellows.....and it's really really difficult to hunt game animals with sticks

H wrote on Sep 26^th, 2012 at 7:50pm:


Would you like to repeat that again, very slowly, very clearly, and very precisely... ... ...!

Paul... ... ... ...!

When the conversation "revolves" around about Shooters and Guns, it always reminds me of the old Hollywood Cowboy and Indian Films, which we all watched...

..maybe that's where the whole idea, and fascination, comes from... ...!

I blame John Wayne...and Clint Eastwood!... ...!

Over here we had Robin Hood, and Bows and Arrows*... ...!

Paul....Hi-Ho Silver!... ...!

* ...and Pointy Sticks... ...!

Webb wrote on Sep 27^th, 2012 at 6:35pm:

Misquoting Yamamoto

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto expressed an appropriate comment in the 1940’s (though many believe the forthcoming statement was actually propaganda originated in the U.S. and stated by American press outlets, and not the Admiral).

“You cannot invade the mainland United States.  There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Whether or not Yamamoto ever actually said those words, doesn’t diminish the facts as they stand.  As appropriate as that statement was in the 40’s it is perhaps much more appropriate now as the U.S. appetite for guns has evolved into something worthy of a talking to from the Catholic priest, worried about a nation’s gluttonous behavior.

About 8-9 million guns are produced each year worldwide by best estimates; some 4.6 million (last reasonable estimate was made in 2006 Q4) of those end up in the hands of Americans, approximately 50% of total global production.  Estimates of 100 million guns in private hands are accurate on the low end, with some sources stating total gun volumes are nearing 350 million in private hands and somewhere near 475 million with active military arms included.

If there wasn't a gun behind every blade of grass in 1940 there is in 2012.

Fozzer wrote on Oct 7^th, 2012 at 9:09am:


With my current illness I think a grunt would lead to something else occuring.... .... ..... ....whoops, laughing did it too! 

I got a potato cannon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMK_NGGNYnA

NO! That's not me, or anyone I know.


Least I don't think so.

wahubna wrote on Oct 13^th, 2012 at 12:09pm:


I had great fun in with a spud gun whist on holiday in the States this year. We did it at night, it was like watching a Howitzer going off. Building one in Germany though would get you a very nice one room hotel with three meals a day........................

Matt

Matt, spud guns are illegal in Michigan as well but every decent man has either made one or shot one. My dad may or may not  have had one he named "Big Bertha", man she was a beaut! Sadly after a LOT of use we had to scrap her 

Greg, FN?! Nice!