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been shooting since i was 5 shot IPSC from 18 till 30. remember shooting my brother in the ass with my first bb gun.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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i don't practice but could probably out shoot most with a pistol.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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I got the usual love of it all from my friends and family. Dad didn't own a gun of his own until I was older.
My oldest sisters boyfriend/husband "Don" was the driving force. Hehad an Indian motorcycle and a chevy convertible while still in high school plus several guns. He could toss up a Crisco can and hit it two or three times with his K-38 before it made the ground. He gave me my first BB Gun, My first CF rifle and helped dad pick out my first .322 of my own. I will treasure his memory always.
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I don't know that there was anything specific that turned me on to guns. I grew up watching Roy Rogers and I was fascinated with his trick shooting. I also remember seeing my Uncle Hank come home from deer hunting and thinking I wanted to do that some day. I finally got my wish when I was 18. He took me to his deer camp, loaned me a rifle and introduced me to the coolest bunch of old guys I've ever known. They were sticklers for safety and a couple of them had a gun dealing business at gun shows. Charlie was a hard core Ruger man and I've had a "thing" for Rugers ever since. My folks bought me my first gun, a Marlin 336 30-30 in 1977 and that pretty much opened the flood gates.
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The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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I don't remember not liking guns and shooting. I grew up hunting with my Dad and friends so it was a normal and fun thing to do. My Dad was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and an excellent marksman with a rifle. Not a bad wing shot either. He always credited his military training with his marksmanship skills. I miss hunting with him but we had a lot of great times together.
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I don't know what got me interested in guns. Sure wasn't my Dad, Grandfather or the two uncles I had. They all had a gun but none of them hunted or took my brother and I shooting. My Dad joined a hunting club when I was in high school so I could hunt deer, but I knew that he wasn't interested in hunting. He probably wouldn't have shot a deer if it walked up to him and I seriously doubt he had any shells for his gun. I really appreciate him doing that. By then I was hooked...
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The bang, the explosion, the smell of burnt powder. the beauty of blued steel and the pain shooting hot cartridges. Putting a bullet where I wanted. Being accurate with a gun.
I like guns.i like gun powder.
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I was born into a hunting family of many generations when men hunted to feed the family.
Life is good live it while you can.
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There were guns behind the kitchen door, laying on the dining room table, hanging in the back window of the truck etc. From my earliest memories. They were just tools and were always close by. The old man told me I could shoot any gun, anytime, as long as I asked. And he never denied me. From the earliest of ages. I never considered touching one unless given permission though. By 10 or so I was allowed to keep a .22 in my bedroom. I was allowed to hunt alone by then also, maybe a little earlier. My son is 14 and no way in hell i'd let him hunt alone yet.
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It's an inherently American trait. You can vote yourself into socialism, but you'll have to shoot your way out.
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My father never owned a gun, my mom hated them. My brothers didn't own them. I am the bastard child.
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My dad and quail hunting. In the beginning it was just shotguns and .22 rifles. I thought I had won a Winchester pump .22 at the State Fair in the shooting gallery, but the carny screwed me. Later on it was deer rifles, then handguns. I turned into a rifle looney while working on the pipeline, because I had the money, and it is addictive.
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My dad was a State Trooper so I was around firearms from an early age. It just seemed part of life.
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My Stepdad around age 15 or so.
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My dad, a Stevens pump 16 ga. , and a case of paper shotgun shells.
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When I was a little boy we had guns everywhere in the house, I never paid much attention to them, when I was about 4 years old my daddy decided to teach me how dangerous guns were if I played with them without him around. He found an old stray cat, took me out in the yard and shot that cat at about 5 yards with a 12 gauge, cut that sumbitch in half. I thought that was the coolest sheit ever, been hooked ever since. 😂😂😂
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I was raised around them , so I can't tell you because I can't remember that far back.
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Besides growing up in the 60’s thru 70’s, my uncle took me to the range age 14 and put me behind his 257 Wby Mk V.
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The angry voices in my head told me to get into guns....
Actually it was a friend of a friend who was into hunting that started it all for me but range shooting happened for several years before I ventured out hunting.
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