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#60
by
DAT Boy
on 17 Mar, 2008 21:42
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How big is your back yard? Here in suburbia, it's against the law to fire a gun within the city limits

(without a good reason)

Heck, you can't even use a bow and arrow in your back yard inside the city limits. I'm not sure about sling shots and squirrels (tree rats). I don't think they've outlawed rocks; it's just if it hits someone else, or their property
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#61
by
ice4life
on 18 Mar, 2008 07:16
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It's 2 acres, so technically, you could still get into trouble, but, when we had a large pond dug in the back, we had a burm built around the back of the property.. if that's not a bullet trap, I've never seen one lol
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#62
by
skiking
on 16 Apr, 2008 16:55
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I shot competition .22, air rifle, and air pistol in high school and became completely hooked on shooting.
I have a few guns and have named my favorites().
I've got a:
Remington 700 in .243 Win (KILLER)
Remington 700 in .270 Win
Marlin .22
Stevens .22 (ETHEL)
H&R 20 Ga
Anschutz 1813 (TIA)
Remington 870 Express 12 Ga
Glock 23
Taurus PT 99
Winchester 94 AE 30-30
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#63
by
Jdogs Better Half
on 18 Apr, 2008 02:20
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I currently own 0 guns.
However my dream is to one day own a Desert Eagle .50 automatic. 7 shot. Weighs 4.4lbs(2kg) 8" barrel.
What a beautiful gun.

Against my dead body jdizzle.....I dont like guns. My dad and bro used to have a shi* load of them when I was growing up. I don't want them under the same roof as my kid! Just my personal choice tho!
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#64
by
ice4life
on 18 Apr, 2008 07:58
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Jdog, Magnum makes some baddddd ass guns! the 50 is heavy enough so you don't feel 50 cal recoil..... extremely nice gun!
On a side note, I'm pickin up my baby glock tomorrow!!!!!!
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#65
by
nomad
on 18 Apr, 2008 11:51
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#66
by
tomgallagher
on 18 Apr, 2008 13:00
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That Desert Eagle .50 is so heavy and long barreled that you couldn't keep you pants up.
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#67
by
JDog
on 18 Apr, 2008 15:13
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In Australia it would be easier to get nominated for PM than to be able to have a handgun. My father-in-law can get me a legal andgun through his contacts in the shooting club that he was a member for for 30 years.
In Australia in order to be able to have a handgun permit the following procedure applies.
1.Application to have a handgun permit for the sole purpose of target shooting(the only reason you will get one aside frm law enforcement or armed security work)-150.00 and police credit check.
2.One a handgun is acquired one has to notify the Police Department. YOu then have to purchase not 1 but 2 seperate Gun Safes ,which can run into the 1000's. The police then come to your residence to certify that your weapon is unloaded and left in one safe, and the ammunition is locked in the other safe,at least 10metres away!??
3.Mandatory membership of a Gun or Shooters Club. Annual membership can run between 200-400 per annum. You MUST go to the club to shoot at least 1 time per month or else your permit will be revoked.
Back home I could walk into any gun shop, as long as I cleared the mandatory background check which I could of course, and get my gun within 15 days. I nearly did just that last time I was back home.
Gun laws in Australia are a farce.
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#68
by
JDog
on 18 Apr, 2008 15:17
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That Desert Eagle .50 is so heavy and long barreled that you couldn't keep you pants up.
Any handgun that only holds 7 rounds is worth carrying. The stopping power of each round is devastating. I've seen what a .50 bullet with do to a human or an animal.
Alaskan Park rangers carry .50 handguns with them during patrols in case they come across any large ursines.
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#69
by
StogieStang
on 18 Apr, 2008 17:41
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Jdog, Magnum makes some baddddd ass guns! the 50 is heavy enough so you don't feel 50 cal recoil..... extremely nice gun!
On a side note, I'm pickin up my baby glock tomorrow!!!!!!
Congrats, I already have a Glock 26. You're going to love it.
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#70
by
tomgallagher
on 18 Apr, 2008 17:59
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Why are Glocks so popular.? What do they give you that all the other gun manufacturers in the world don't..?
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#71
by
skiking
on 18 Apr, 2008 20:02
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Glocks are safe, simple, reliable
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#72
by
DAT Boy
on 18 Apr, 2008 20:49
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Glocks are great if you know what you're doing.

Of course then there is the instructor who shoots himself in the leg with a Glock....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bkDcKokWjBk&feature=related 
There are lots of other guns out there. If you're interested, take a gun safety course that introduces you to a wide variety of guns and how to handle them. Usually these courses are about a weekend in length.
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#73
by
skiking
on 18 Apr, 2008 22:25
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in the video the problem wasn't that it was a glock, the problem was that the guy got careless and had a loaded magazine in when he released the slide. if the guy was showing them a 1911 the same thing would have happened.
The safe bit that i mentioned referred to the firing mechanism
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#74
by
tomgallagher
on 18 Apr, 2008 23:37
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I'm an HK guy all the way.