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Denis
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I just spent a very agreeable morning at the gunshop with a bunch of new shooters (ten of them and two coaches, including your humble correspondent).

Much oohh-ing and aaahhh-ing, hefting, sighting, dry-firing and general tyre-kicking ensued...

Results - ten happy campers and a happy gunshop (inventory down by two rifles, two handguns and a stack of ammunition and accessories).

What better way to pass a Saturday morning?
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Denis wrote:I just spent a very agreeable morning at the gunshop with a bunch of new shooters (ten of them and two coaches, including your humble correspondent).

Much oohh-ing and aaahhh-ing, hefting, sighting, dry-firing and general tyre-kicking ensued...

Results - ten happy campers and a happy gunshop (inventory down by two rifles, two handguns and a stack of ammunition and accessories).

What better way to pass a Saturday morning?
Oh gosh, getting to shoot said new guns? :)

Which reminds me, no BAG Day thread this year? I'll probably not get one this time around, tons of medical bills to pay first. :(
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Darrell wrote:Oh gosh, getting to shoot said new guns? :)
Never fear, I'll do that too. Probably tomorrow. :-) A like-new Glock 19C, and three old classics in .22: an FN Concours 150 pistol, and FN Trombone and Auto-22 rifles.

I found a lovely old Browning T-bolt this morning, which they put on layaway for me, so let's call that this year's BAG day purchase :-)
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Darrell wrote:Which reminds me, no BAG Day thread this year? I'll probably not get one this time around, tons of medical bills to pay first. :(
Can't afford one either. It would only give me "sour grapes" I haven't even shot since the fall.
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My BAG day came a little early this year. Matching Ruger Vaqueros for me and my lady. Unfortunately, the Rosewood grips that came o the revolvers didn't fit her hand, so we swapped hers for some Gunfighter grips.

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And, of course, she didn't like the color of the black rubber, so we sanded them down and painted hers. Now, there's no doubt whose pistol is whose.

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I got bag day on order ^.^
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I'm getting a house. Have to wait to fill it with guns later.
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Greg wrote:I'm getting a house. Have to wait to fill it with guns later.
This.
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Greg wrote:I'm getting a house. Have to wait to fill it with guns later.
That's a great thing. Nothing better than being a home owner. Guns can wait.
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I thought about getting something for BAG Day... but nothing really floated my boat. I did consider a Coonan, or maybe one of the Ruger Single Nines, the .22 wmr only revolvers. Meh.
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