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**hobocircus** · 01-11-2007, 12:37 PM

Just wondering, because...

I am a recreational shooter and just shoot and collect whatever seems to "talk" to me. I tend to buy the unusual

My main interest is Military Surplus arms, but I really get a kick out of shooting .22 rifles or pistols. I've been a SKS fiend lately and really love the concept.
I like taking the time to sight in a rifle or pistol at the range, but have the most fun just plinking. I try not to leave a mess after I shoot and wish others would do the same. The desert out west is getting might trashy.
I used to reload, but Wolf ammo and cans of surplus ammo at gunshows have turned me in another direction. I don't really care too much if my groups are the size of a dime at 400 yards. If the dirt clod I shoot at busts, I am happy. I don't mind hunting, but don't hunt. If I was in a survival situation, yeah sure I'll hunt. As for varmints, I wouldn't mind popping a coyote, but I just don't have the patience.
With my semi auto .22s I've scared the "pellets" out of many a desert jackrabbit! Although most times, I'll just stand there in awe of a jackrabbit with a 10 foot verticle leap and then watch it as it turns on it's afterburners leaving a little cloud of dust behind! After that I just pick up my rifle out of the sand, brush it off and go home.

AresXD40 · 01-11-2007, 12:43 PM

Recreational for the most part, although I wouldn't mind getting into competitions and the like. I don't hunt currently due to the state I live in makes travel time a little less than favorable. I do play paintball pretty actively and enjoy some of the scenario and woodsball games we get to play.

Frostyeyes · 01-11-2007, 01:32 PM

I'm about like you Hobo I love to plink in the woods,I can be accurate with the weapons I have but don't follow that line most of the time. I have mostly gotten back to buying modrn Military arms, I have and shoot almost all the pistol cals. and my favs for rifle are 223- 7.62x39 and 308 but own several others, I also love my shotguns and shooting trap whether at a formal shoot or just screwing around with friend and a hand thrower.

Brickboy240 · 01-11-2007, 01:42 PM

Pretty much recreational. Don't have time for competitions, since we have a kid that I don't get to spend much time with during the week, because both parents work.

Since my family has a 118 acre ranch, we get to shoot alot. I carry some sort of rifle and pistol on me everywhere I go on the ranch. In the truck or on a motorcycle or ATV. You never know when you'll see another coyote, bobcat or stray dog. I do tend to carry a Marlin lever action (357 or 44) and one of my 1911s the most, though many guns get taken out for a "spin" during the year.

My collection is pretty much a mix of anything that appeals to me. I have several early sporting arms and a number of military surplus rifles and pistols.

I do have several versions of Mausers, Enfields, Mosins, SKSs, 1911s and more than one SIG pistol, although I don't consider myself a "collector" of any one group.

Pistols?
1911s, Hi-Powers and Sigs are probably my favorite pistols, even though I do like my XD-40. I have a Makarov, Argentine Colt and a Luger. I also have a S&W 357, Ruger Vaquero 44mag and a 1905 Smith First Model Hand Ejector. Yeah..mostly old school stuff here, too!

Rifles?
I probably have more Mausers (Swedes, Germans, Czech) and lever actions (Winny, Marlin and Savage) than anything else...for some reason, Mausers and lever actions "speak" to me more than anything.

Shotguns?
I have several Winchester Model 12s, a Belgian Browning A-5, an early Beretta 303 12 gauge auto and a Zabala 20 gauge SxS. Old school shotties - no black stocks or parkerized metal. These are for dropping birds, not raiding a crackhouse.

Rimfires?
I love early Ameircan 22 rifles and have several: Remington bolt actions, Winchester 1906 pump, Model 39 Marlin and a very high end German single shot target rimfire built in the early 1930s. Old school, but I keep the squirrels on their feet around here....damn skippy!

If I find something that is interesting, very well made or historically relevant and I can afford it, I buy it. I do have a fetish for "old school" or maybe just "old" firearms. Guns with nice walnut stocks, case colored parts and peep sights and octagonal barrels are just cool to me. They have character.

Thats about it for me...I have alot more than I listed, but these are my favorites.

- Brickboy240

FenderBender · 01-11-2007, 01:48 PM

I grew up hunting, and in the off season plinking A LOT

We used to see how many rattle snakes we could kill in a day on my Grandparents farm, my record was 11

We also had a permit to hunt deer in the summer at night to keep them out of the crops. 3 mill. candle watt spot light with a red lens, Ruger Mini 14 with a laser sight makes for some good fun.

Now, I havent hunted in 8 years

My wife has a "thing" about it ( though she doesnt mind fishing

) My grandparents dont have the farm anymore so my 1200acre playground is gone. Most of my guns are still with my dad in one of his safes, so the only ones I have up here with me are my new XD and the 10/22. Plus even when I want to start to hunt again, in this state you can only use bow, shotgun, or Muzzleloader NO HIGHPOWERED rifle

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**einheit 13** · 01-11-2007, 07:33 PM

Any and everything from Germany to China......some Brit things. EasternBloc stuff just 'appeals' to me for some reason.....

Brickboy240 · 01-12-2007, 08:14 AM

Yes, Eastern Bloc stuff IS interesting, isn't it? Most of it looks rudementary or maybe a bit crude, but 99% of the East Bloc stuff works very well and is hell for stout.

Makarovs, Tokerevs, Mosins, SKSs...they're pretty damn tough and will work in all conditions.

Frail and touchy do not come to mind, when describing Iron Curtain firearms!

- Brickboy240

LUVMYSIGP225 · 01-12-2007, 08:27 AM

Modern Combat Handguns, here. I do not own anything that could even remotely be construed as a hunting or utility firearm. Sold off most of my surplus a while back.

Mostly Sigs, Beretta M9s, HK-91, AK-47's, Benelli Tactical Shotguns. That sort of thing is all that I own, anymore.

**hacker15** · 01-12-2007, 08:35 AM

Shoot handguns for qualification on duty and to train, train, train (but it sure is fun when the department pays for the ammo!).

Collect just about anything my C&R FFL will let me buy (military long guns from WW1 through 'Nam).

Shoot shotguns only when I have to (hate the damn things - but they do make an ideal HD weapon).

Kimura · 01-12-2007, 09:02 AM

I'm a Hunter, but like to shoot a bit more than I like to hunt, which is just as well because the path to career success keeps me on concrete most of the time. I am partial to bolt action rifles made by the *sigh* now defunct American Repeating Arms Company (Winchester), and own several. I got one for christmas, actually, and hope it isn't my last, a .300 WSM Model 70. My newest purchase is an AR build, which I was able to get for the same price as a decent AK these days. Haven't gotten to shoot it yet and it's kiling me. . .

01-11-2007, 12:37 PM	#1
hobocircus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Nevada Desert on a Dry Lakebed. Living in a trailer with thunderstorms looming in the distance. Posts: 3,339	What kind of shooter/collector are you? Just wondering, because... I am a recreational shooter and just shoot and collect whatever seems to "talk" to me. I tend to buy the unusual My main interest is Military Surplus arms, but I really get a kick out of shooting .22 rifles or pistols. I've been a SKS fiend lately and really love the concept. I like taking the time to sight in a rifle or pistol at the range, but have the most fun just plinking. I try not to leave a mess after I shoot and wish others would do the same. The desert out west is getting might trashy. I used to reload, but Wolf ammo and cans of surplus ammo at gunshows have turned me in another direction. I don't really care too much if my groups are the size of a dime at 400 yards. If the dirt clod I shoot at busts, I am happy. I don't mind hunting, but don't hunt. If I was in a survival situation, yeah sure I'll hunt. As for varmints, I wouldn't mind popping a coyote, but I just don't have the patience. With my semi auto .22s I've scared the "pellets" out of many a desert jackrabbit! Although most times, I'll just stand there in awe of a jackrabbit with a 10 foot verticle leap and then watch it as it turns on it's afterburners leaving a little cloud of dust behind! After that I just pick up my rifle out of the sand, brush it off and go home. __________________ Ported V-10 XD9 Service SOLD Tactical XD9 in Basic Black I like to shoot Wolf ammo out of my Hi-Point pistol and rifle.

01-11-2007, 12:43 PM	#2
AresXD40 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lake Norman, NC Posts: 197	Recreational for the most part, although I wouldn't mind getting into competitions and the like. I don't hunt currently due to the state I live in makes travel time a little less than favorable. I do play paintball pretty actively and enjoy some of the scenario and woodsball games we get to play. __________________ 1944 Mosin Nagant M44 7.62 x 54R Remington 597 .22LR Springfield XD .40Cal Remington 870 Magnum Express 12 Gauge 18" Bersa 380 Thunder Duo-Tone .380ACP

01-11-2007, 01:32 PM	#3
Frostyeyes XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Livonia Michigan Posts: 910	I'm about like you Hobo I love to plink in the woods,I can be accurate with the weapons I have but don't follow that line most of the time. I have mostly gotten back to buying modrn Military arms, I have and shoot almost all the pistol cals. and my favs for rifle are 223- 7.62x39 and 308 but own several others, I also love my shotguns and shooting trap whether at a formal shoot or just screwing around with friend and a hand thrower. __________________ Gun Control: What a Long Strange Trip It\'s Been

01-11-2007, 01:42 PM	#4
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,198	Pretty much recreational. Don't have time for competitions, since we have a kid that I don't get to spend much time with during the week, because both parents work. Since my family has a 118 acre ranch, we get to shoot alot. I carry some sort of rifle and pistol on me everywhere I go on the ranch. In the truck or on a motorcycle or ATV. You never know when you'll see another coyote, bobcat or stray dog. I do tend to carry a Marlin lever action (357 or 44) and one of my 1911s the most, though many guns get taken out for a "spin" during the year. My collection is pretty much a mix of anything that appeals to me. I have several early sporting arms and a number of military surplus rifles and pistols. I do have several versions of Mausers, Enfields, Mosins, SKSs, 1911s and more than one SIG pistol, although I don't consider myself a "collector" of any one group. Pistols? 1911s, Hi-Powers and Sigs are probably my favorite pistols, even though I do like my XD-40. I have a Makarov, Argentine Colt and a Luger. I also have a S&W 357, Ruger Vaquero 44mag and a 1905 Smith First Model Hand Ejector. Yeah..mostly old school stuff here, too! Rifles? I probably have more Mausers (Swedes, Germans, Czech) and lever actions (Winny, Marlin and Savage) than anything else...for some reason, Mausers and lever actions "speak" to me more than anything. Shotguns? I have several Winchester Model 12s, a Belgian Browning A-5, an early Beretta 303 12 gauge auto and a Zabala 20 gauge SxS. Old school shotties - no black stocks or parkerized metal. These are for dropping birds, not raiding a crackhouse. Rimfires? I love early Ameircan 22 rifles and have several: Remington bolt actions, Winchester 1906 pump, Model 39 Marlin and a very high end German single shot target rimfire built in the early 1930s. Old school, but I keep the squirrels on their feet around here....damn skippy! If I find something that is interesting, very well made or historically relevant and I can afford it, I buy it. I do have a fetish for "old school" or maybe just "old" firearms. Guns with nice walnut stocks, case colored parts and peep sights and octagonal barrels are just cool to me. They have character. Thats about it for me...I have alot more than I listed, but these are my favorites. - Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

01-11-2007, 01:48 PM	#5
FenderBender XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Kingston, RI Posts: 132	I grew up hunting, and in the off season plinking A LOT We used to see how many rattle snakes we could kill in a day on my Grandparents farm, my record was 11 We also had a permit to hunt deer in the summer at night to keep them out of the crops. 3 mill. candle watt spot light with a red lens, Ruger Mini 14 with a laser sight makes for some good fun. Now, I havent hunted in 8 years My wife has a "thing" about it ( though she doesnt mind fishing ) My grandparents dont have the farm anymore so my 1200acre playground is gone. Most of my guns are still with my dad in one of his safes, so the only ones I have up here with me are my new XD and the 10/22. Plus even when I want to start to hunt again, in this state you can only use bow, shotgun, or Muzzleloader NO HIGHPOWERED rifle . __________________ Gun control is being able to hit your target. XD45ACP New Colt Commander 9mm Ruger Secrutiy Six .357 Ruger Mini-14 Ruger 10-22 Remington 30-06 British enfield 303 Marlin lever action 30-30

01-11-2007, 07:33 PM	#6
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,640	Any and everything from Germany to China......some Brit things. EasternBloc stuff just 'appeals' to me for some reason..... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

01-12-2007, 08:14 AM	#7
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,198	Yes, Eastern Bloc stuff IS interesting, isn't it? Most of it looks rudementary or maybe a bit crude, but 99% of the East Bloc stuff works very well and is hell for stout. Makarovs, Tokerevs, Mosins, SKSs...they're pretty damn tough and will work in all conditions. Frail and touchy do not come to mind, when describing Iron Curtain firearms! - Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

01-12-2007, 08:27 AM	#8
LUVMYSIGP225 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Crackron, Ohio Posts: 5,540	Modern Combat Handguns, here. I do not own anything that could even remotely be construed as a hunting or utility firearm. Sold off most of my surplus a while back. Mostly Sigs, Beretta M9s, HK-91, AK-47's, Benelli Tactical Shotguns. That sort of thing is all that I own, anymore. __________________ "The hippies got high, and the hippies are dead. I went hunting, and I am still Ted." - The Nuge, 2006.

01-12-2007, 08:35 AM	#9
hacker15 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 3,459	Shoot handguns for qualification on duty and to train, train, train (but it sure is fun when the department pays for the ammo!). Collect just about anything my C&R FFL will let me buy (military long guns from WW1 through 'Nam). Shoot shotguns only when I have to (hate the damn things - but they do make an ideal HD weapon). __________________ If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

01-12-2007, 09:02 AM	#10
Kimura XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 273	I'm a Hunter, but like to shoot a bit more than I like to hunt, which is just as well because the path to career success keeps me on concrete most of the time. I am partial to bolt action rifles made by the sigh now defunct American Repeating Arms Company (Winchester), and own several. I got one for christmas, actually, and hope it isn't my last, a .300 WSM Model 70. My newest purchase is an AR build, which I was able to get for the same price as a decent AK these days. Haven't gotten to shoot it yet and it's kiling me. . . __________________ "It isn't that Liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so" --Ronald Reagan

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