Firearm Owners

[HOG Ranger]

How many guys and gals here enjoy the shooting sports? I am a member of an indoor pistol range (you need somewhere indoors here in the Winter) and a outdoor rifle range. I enjoy shooting trap and target shoot with my AR-15 and handguns.

I also shoot a bow but not with the same passion as my firearms.

[Recon8541]

I do a bit of shooting still. mostly long range 1000meters+. I also do a bit of handgunning. I dont hunt anymore, just dont have the desire to. I do love to shoot clays occasionally.

[ILfishinman]

i do a bit of shooting when i go to indiana with my friend, shot 9mil 45cal. pistols and 12ga. shooting clays is aweome

[zooker]

i do a bunch of shooting mostly pistol and rifle. i have built my own 200 yard range.. with back stops.. clays are more useful the closer dove season is as we all can use a bit of practice..

zooker

[flbassman]

I shoot a decent bit. If the huntin round here was better, Id shoot a lot more Mostly rifle, but I love shootin skeet when I get the chance.

[ILfishinman]

we got them big ole corn fed bucks here in illinois!, i dont hunt but i see em alot. once we had one run thru our backyard and out our driveway, we live on the edge of town with corn fields about 1 blok away

[1/4 stick]

I do a bit hunting. Pop told me the other boys would laugh at me if I didn't know how to shoot...they laughed anyway. Till I loaded the rock salt.
If I can eat it, I'll shoot it, as long as the wildlife commision's algabra equaits and calabraits to the vertical, horizontal, sometimes vertical quantum thieroum they call the law.

[HOG Ranger]

It seems as if shooting and fishing go hand in hand. I was an avid hunter many years ago but now mainly target shooting with some Pheasant hunting when I can.

My pride and joy is a Browning Citori Over/Under with exposed choke tubes. To be honest, I usually run more birds with my trusty 870 but the Browning looks cool.

I am currently looking at a Model 29 .44 mag (Dirty Harry) that I will probably buy.

[bassinbob]

This past hunting season was the first time i did not go. I don't know if I'll go again. I like to plink. Might sell the guns to help pay for a boat.

[zooker]

Originally Posted by HOG Ranger

I am currently looking at a Model 29 .44 mag (Dirty Harry) that I will probably buy.

get a tarus m-44 twice the quality at half the price. i know i have 3 of them. all 8 3/8" barrel..

zooker

[HOG Ranger]

Originally Posted by zooker

get a tarus m-44 twice the quality at half the price. i know i have 3 of them. all 8 3/8" barrel..

zooker

I might look that way because the deal for the S&W went south. He wanted $850 for a used gun without the display box and papers so I had to pass.

[lizardsrule]

I missed this years anual Pheasant/Rabbit/Chucker/Quail hunt . I did not deer hunt down here in Florida , so I miss it a lot after this year. I don't shoot at targets, due to the damage my shoulder has suffered, so I just hunt. I rarely miss most things, because I was brought up hunting and fishing. I own a 20ga over under, a 12ga pump, a 30.06, and recently my dad gave me a 45 pistol. The 20ga and the 30.06 are the only guns I bought , and those were cheap from my step grandfathers pawn shop. The others were gifts from family members, so yeah we all know how to shoot

Lizards

[pig n jig]

I used to be a gun dealer, Had a federal firearms license, sold right out of the house,didn't need no store.I lost my license to sell 13 years ago and a month ago, I just sold a 84 gun lotment I had acquired previous losing my FFL.I have a few long guns left just in case I need one, but I have no interest in them like I used to.It would interfere in my fishing. P N J

[ToPwAt'R GuY]

I mostly shoot bows but also shoot trap.

[ihateforwards]

Haha! Yay for airsoft guns! Anyways, it's illegal for me to own any real firearms so i'll stick with an airsoft gun. I'm good with shotguns and rifles. Pistols = really bad aim for me.

[Jolly]

I shoot sporting clays weekly (most of the time). I have as many shotguns as I do rod and reels! Also, I am an avid bird hunter, but mainly just like to see the dogs work! I do take a a lot of quail, a few dove and several pheasant yearly though. Great way to spend time outdoors when the fishing isn't as great! Hadn't really had the chance to get into pistol shooting and have really never been into the rifle and/or assault rifle game. I'd like to start though at some point. Don't need another hobby right now, though; too pre-occupied with the spawn!!!

Jolly

[HOG Ranger]

I shoot trap on a regular basis and last year I got into pistol shooting games. It is kind of cool, they set up ranges with obstacles and you shoot steel and through doorways, etc.

Zooker, I bought the Taurus last night. In IL you have to wait 3 days so I pick it up Saturday.

[Nitro911]

I shoot fairly often with a pistol, and ocassionally with shotguns and rifles. The pistol is more inportant to me as I carry one to work with me every day. I used to shoot competitively, although I didn't shoot enough to be "competitive". Some of those guys are simply amazing with a handgun.

The one shooting I was involved in was a one shot affair, and my partner fired it. The funny thing is that he doesn't shoot real well at the range, but that one shot went dead center-mass. And it was a very fast situation. I was impressed once i realized it wasn't him that got shot.

[revrat]

Another AR-15 blaster here. I shoot as often as I can, but since I moved to CA some years back, my selection ov available places to shoot and people who like to shoot has gone way down hill. I do still enjoy it imensely when I get out and do it. I like meeting some friends at the indoor range and listening to them ***** about how their pistols don't shoot good, and then take their gun and show them otherwise.

I don't hunt all that much other than pest control on jack rabbits, ground squirrels and coyotes.

[bassnman30]

I used to hunt each time I got a chance. Now I have no use for it. Loads of guns (appx 15-20) but have no care for the sport. If you go squirrel hunting and only kill one or two then you've still got to come home and clean it same for rabbits, doves and any small game that you may hunt.
I now fish 12 months a year. Had a big buck walk in front of my porch so close that I could have hit him with a baseball bat.

HOG Ranger, man those Browning Citories are sweet, I also have a Wingmaster 870. After using it for years, the bluing has worn off.
"Once you go Ranger, you never go back"

[HOG Ranger]

Originally Posted by bassnman30

HOG Ranger, man those Browning Citories are sweet, I also have a Wingmaster 870. After using it for years, the bluing has worn off.
"Once you go Ranger, you never go back"

I love this Citori, the fit on them is incredible and I know it is a gimmick but the extended choke tubes and ported barrels caught my eye.

My shotguns include a Remington O/U, 870, 11-87 and my Citori. I shoot the 870 more than any of them.

My AR-15 is a Armalite with the 20" barrel and a holograhic sight. Technically it is not a EBG (Evil Black Gun) because it is green.

Right now in IL there is pending legislation to ban all the military style guns and all of the AR's fall into that category. I don't hunt with it and only use if for target shooting. The Chicago politicians run the State and have wanted to ban Assault Rifles (hate that term) for years.

[zooker]

i got 6 of the wanted to be banned guns.

zooker

[senko]

usually the start of deer season till the end of duck season is reserved for hunting. once it starts warming up bass are always on my mind.

[senko]

my supply includes a remington 870,remington model 17 20 gauge,remington model 700 .243, mossberg model 500 12gauge,and a couple more.

[Rider]

I shoot skeet every chance I get. I love to shoot my guns every chance I get. I shoot at my Hunt Clubs turkey shoots just so I get a Chance To shoot. I am getting ready to buy a CZ Lux .22. I want it for my huntclubs .22 shots we are currently having. I own a Mossberg 500 20 gauge and 12 gauge. An old Sears and Robuck 20 gauge pump, a 12 gauge Remington 870 ,and CVA 50 caliber Black Powder. Plus my stepdads guns including a 10 gauge Browning and my brothers guns.