Ok I'm sure many of aren't like me: I grew up in a Gun-Fearing-Wussy home. My mom has declared guns a no-talk issue. My father often Lampoons me with jokes about gunnies. I never shot a gun untill I was 19 years old.
Also I came of age durring the Assault Weapons Ban, so I was grown in a fertile soil of Anti-gun ignorance.
When my friend invited me over to his house (his backyard had a 100 yard range with a shooting bench) to learn how to shoot, I saw it as somthing like learning how to harpoon a whale. Somthing that would probably be interesting, and a "neat skill" to have....but nothing that overly excited me.
And my thoughts were the same throughout the day. Shot a .22 Auto-loader rifle...and tired of it quickly. Moved up to a .22 Snub nosed revolver (neat, but also didn't excite me) then it happened.
His father had a WWII issue 1911A1 that was, according to him, and Airman's pistol.
After shooting that puppy, it was OVER! I was suddenly changed for life!
I later became VERY fond of his weatherby rifles.....but when I got my permit the FIRST gun I bought was my S&W 1911 (the permit was still warm! I probably could have gotten a better price...but I was a man POSESSED!).
So I don't know if the same story can happen to you if you grew up shooting guns. But the 1911 was the bug that bit me.
For my friend it was my Mosin Nagant M44 8) (I need to get Rob in here!)
So who else was bit by a certain bug?
Arrrr
-Weer'd Beard
Also I came of age durring the Assault Weapons Ban, so I was grown in a fertile soil of Anti-gun ignorance.
When my friend invited me over to his house (his backyard had a 100 yard range with a shooting bench) to learn how to shoot, I saw it as somthing like learning how to harpoon a whale. Somthing that would probably be interesting, and a "neat skill" to have....but nothing that overly excited me.
And my thoughts were the same throughout the day. Shot a .22 Auto-loader rifle...and tired of it quickly. Moved up to a .22 Snub nosed revolver (neat, but also didn't excite me) then it happened.
His father had a WWII issue 1911A1 that was, according to him, and Airman's pistol.
After shooting that puppy, it was OVER! I was suddenly changed for life!
I later became VERY fond of his weatherby rifles.....but when I got my permit the FIRST gun I bought was my S&W 1911 (the permit was still warm! I probably could have gotten a better price...but I was a man POSESSED!).
So I don't know if the same story can happen to you if you grew up shooting guns. But the 1911 was the bug that bit me.
For my friend it was my Mosin Nagant M44 8) (I need to get Rob in here!)
So who else was bit by a certain bug?
Arrrr
-Weer'd Beard