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This is in response to the "have you ever seen a gun before" thread. Many places have armed police, so many people have seen guns.

EDIT: My first poll ever!

Now this is a better question!

I've never fired anything beyond a 20-gauge and a .22 rifle.

I know! I know all about weapons but I haven't even fired a pistol! I'm a sissy! BAWWWWWW!!!

I've fired only a .22

Yep. Shooting's a nice hobby, in my experience. A bit expensive, compared to, say, birdwatching, but rewarding in its own way.

i come from a country where i have to do compulsary military service. OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE FIRED A GUN :D Many times in fact.

I've fired a .22 caliber Ruger target revolver, a .357 magnum Smith and Wesson revolver (loaded with .38), a .38 caliber Colt revolver, 2 different 9mm semi-auto pistols (Beretta 92F and Sig 228, IIRC), and my .223 caliber AR-15.

Yep. Shooting's a nice hobby, in my experience. A bit expensive, compared to, say, birdwatching, but rewarding in its own way.

Combine the two sports. You can watch birds through your scope right before you shoot them.


Answer to OP. I have shot many many types of weapons. Range from a .22 as a kid to a 120mm smooth bore.

This is in response to the "have you ever seen a gun before" thread. Many places have armed police, so many people have seen guns.

EDIT: My first poll ever!

Off the top of my head...

9mm pistol
.22 caliber pistol and rifles
.357 magnum
.38 caliber
.380 pistol
20 gauge shotgun

I have yet to fire a gun and I'm in the military (also to my knowledge I had never seen a gun in real life till January)

Do grenades count cause that all I got to show off really :(

Nope.

Well, I've fired various air powered guns that launch plastic projectiles but not a proper gun.

Does a rubber band gun count...

Does a rubber band gun count...

For anyone else, yes.

But no. Not for you.

yes, only at paper targets though. it's been a while so i forget what my last score was. i vaguely remember that my groupings were around 4cm at 50 meters. but that may well be misremembered, it's a long time since i did any shooting. i do know that no-one ever recommended me to take it up as a serious hobby anyway.

Pistols and air rifles including a .22, 38 special/357 magnum revolver, 9mm browning and air pistols.

and I can't shoot straight ...

I've shot a .22. Got 10 bullseyes in a row at 20 yards! ^_^

I've shot a .22. Got 10 bullseyes in a row at 20 yards! ^_^

I can barely get on the target at 10 yards ... well, sometimes I do.

Now this is a better question!

I've never fired anything beyond a 20-gauge and a .22 rifle.

You've fired a bullet right into my sadness activator. :(

I've never even touched a gun, let alone fired one. The closest I've come was that one time a police officer shoved me down next to him as he crouched and pointed his pistol at some nearby shooter who was firing at us. (This was back in California, when I lived in Oxnard. I'd accidentely stumbled into a shoot-out between several police officers and a small number of teens. How I managed that I still don't know, but I was lucky to escape alive. As it was I was almost shot by the police because I was wearing clothing similiar to the teens already shooting at them.)

9mm pistol
.38 revolver
.357 revolver

Both ranged and IPSC shooting

.22 Rifles (many)
.45 Pistols (several)
2 AR-15s
Several Shotguns (not sure the sizes)
1 AK-47
1 Mauser (not sure the caliber)
1 50 cal Muzzle-loading caplock

That's off the top of my head.

Well go figure, SalusaSecondus decides to grace us with his presence, and it's April Fools day. I smell a fish...and it's not halibut.

I've fired a .22 rifle, a 30-06 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, a 410 gauge shotgun, a .22 revolver and a .380 automatic pistol. By pretending that I was aiming at my ex-husband's head, I became quite proficient witht he automatic.

Let's see...

.22 pistols and rifles of various kinds
9mm semi-autos once or twice
.357 S&W Model 686 (usually firing .38)
.357 Marlin 1894 Cowboy
Safari Arms .45 (a piece of junk like most .45s, IMHO)
Glock 21 (also .45, but a superb bit of kit)
Long barrel .44 Magnum
Enfield carbine c.1864 (replica, great fun)
12 gauge shotgun
7.62mm bolt action sniper rifle (can't remember what kind)

... and an amusette - basically a giant, swivel mounted musket. Scared the crap out of me when it went off.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/g.vanuythoven/Amusette.htm

I can barely get on the target at 10 yards ... well, sometimes I do.

Shoot at 5 yards with a pistol.

Shoot the tightest group you can (ragged hole in my case) and then when its time to check the targed, hold your head up against it.

No matter the range, if you can put your groups "inside the head" you are good-to-go.

For anyone else, yes.

But no. Not for you.What about a spud gun?

I've fired a .22 and a 12 gauge shotgun. Oh, and a blackpowder musket although I can't remember any of the details from that aside from the fact that I was small enough at he time that I needed help holding the barrel up.

I've fired only a .22

Same here.

Fired some sort of small rifle. Can't remember/don't know what it actually was.

Hell no!

Yes. A cap gun, a BB gun and a paintball gun.

Does it count as firing if it's not loaded?

Yes I have. I've even hit what I was aiming for. :)

Lets see,

M-16
1911 .45 pistol
M-203- Combo M-16 with 40 mm grenade launcher
M-60 Machine gun
M-2 .50 caliber machine gun
LAW- Light Anti tank Weapon
TOW- Tube launched, Optical sighted, Wire guided missile
Remington 12 ga shotgun
M-1 Carbine
HK-91
AK-47
SVD Dragunov

And that was before the tender age of 21.

Since then,
38 cal revolver
.357 magnum
.45 colt acp
Glock 9mm and .45
AK-47
AR-15
AR-180
M-1 Garand
SKS
and a few other more.

Yes, many of them, on ranges in controlled conditions. Here's a partial list:

M1 Garand
M1 Tommy Gun
100 yr old Swedish Mauser (amazing)
SKS
AK-47
AR-15 (painfully accurate)
Mark 23 SOCOM
USP's
M1911A1
Beretta's
Glock's
.270 Winchester
S&W M&P
.357 Magnum
.44 Magnum
.500 Magnum

Many of them actually though I don't own any nor am I in law enforcement or any military branch.

Guns are illegal in the U.K...............:(

Guns are illegal in the U.K...............:(Not quite.

Certain guns are banned, while owners of shotguns, certain rifles and pistols must have a firearm certificate. Anyone under the age of 14 may not obtain a firearm certificate.

Relatively recently. I told a friend that I had never even handled a gun and so he got one for me to hold and later we went out to an empty ranch to shot a pair of rifles and a pistol, all .22s. We shot at cans and walnuts (it was a walnut ranch). We were told to shoot at squirrels as well, but we didn't.

It was alright. I still prefer that when I fire a gun that an animatronic piano player starts playing or something squirts water.

I've been 600 yards shooting before, with a rifle. It was in the middle of a blizzard, so I only fired off about 10 shots before my hands were too cold to reload properly. :p

Not quite.

Certain guns are banned, while owners of shotguns, certain rifles and pistols must have a firearm certificate. Anyone under the age of 14 may not obtain a firearm certificate.

Mmm. Shotgun permits for shotguns, and firearms lisences for rifles or long-barrelled pistols.

I've fired a .22 rifle when I went to my brother's boyscout camping trip. They had shotguns there but I had to go home.

Mmm. Shotgun permits for shotguns, and firearms lisences for rifles or long-barrelled pistols.
Cheers for the clarification.

Ooh, and a tip o' the hat to you for listening to Mr. Martyn.

Fired? I've never even seen one of those things. And I hope it'll stay that way.

Cheers for the clarification.

Ooh, and a tip o' the hat to you for listening to Mr. Martyn.

Not at all, and nice to find a fellow fan.:)

I've shot a .38, a .45, an AR-15 and a few .22 rifles.

Glock 9mm and 12 guage, double barelled shotgun

Too many BB guns to count, paintball guns, and
Various rifles
410, 12, 16, and 20 gauge shotguns.

I love guns >:3

Yup:

a 100+ year old .22

.30 M1A1 carbine

An AR-15, once.

An AK-47

A like, 70 year old .306

Arisaka type 99

91/30 Nagant

20 guage shotgun

.22 revolver

A couple of .38s

I think that's it.

I'm not a gun-lover but for you out there who are and have the chance to try a swedish AK-5, do it!

I tried a lot of guns during my service and the AK-5 was a favourite. Light-weight, sturdy, accurate and high-velocity. I learned how to hit small objects over 400 meters away. Since I was only 19, it was awesome.

I won guns and I fire them regularly to stay in practise.

Never fired a real one (here you need a license and it also costs a lot to get the ammo) but I regularly fire air and CO2 powered rifles and pistols at the local range. I'm very accurate :D

.22 Rifles, 9mm pistols, .22 pistol(I think), and one time an AK-47.

And of course pellet and BBs.

I shot Hunter S Thompson and then snuck out the back way. That was fun.

Savage Henry? Is that you?

uzi
glock .40
M4
M16A4
M249
M240B
M203
.357 magnum revolver
Winchester .22
SKS
AK-47

I once fired a 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun at a buoy. That was fun.

I once fired a 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun at a buoy. That was fun.

Where the heck did you do that?

Only the obligatory .22 rimfire rifle and a very large bore blackpowder smoothbore, about 12 gauge slugs we were firing.

It made large holes quickly. :D

The first gun I ever fired was an SLR. I did it as part of a high school program in the UK. My how times have changed.

Where the heck did you do that?
Combined cadet force when I was at school. Went on this course to HMS Cambridge I think. Might not have been an Oerlikon, I forget what they called it, but it's still really fun. You can't see what the hell you're shooting at, but it isn't half impressive.

Yup, I have shot and own more guns then I can count. I also have shot pretty much every modern cartridge and even some that ya cant find anymore. Then again, it is something that most people who are gunsmiths or going to school for it like I am have done.

Yup, I have shot and own more guns then I can count. I also have shot pretty much every modern cartridge and even some that ya cant find anymore. Then again, it is something that most people who are gunsmiths or going to school for it like I am have done.

what about .457 magnum(four fifty-seven not a typo)? I am very curious about that round.

I've shot a .22, a 12 guage, a .410, and a 30-30.

I`d like to fire a flamethrower one day. Now that would be fun! :) :D

I`d like to fire a flamethrower one day. Now that would be fun! :) :D

Under US law, a flamethrower is not a firearm :D :D :D

This is in response to the "have you ever seen a gun before" thread. Many places have armed police, so many people have seen guns.

EDIT: My first poll ever!yep. 9 mil, 22 rifle, m16, m60... and that was all through the Boy Scouts.

Under US law, a flamethrower is not a firearm :D :D :D

but it's still a fire arm. :p

Yup, I have shot and own more guns then I can count.

*than

Yes I have. I thought it was fun but it's absolutelly nothing I would recommend people doing. There are other less harmful ways to have fun.

Does it count as firing if it's not loaded?

Anybody?

This is in response to the "have you ever seen a gun before" thread. Many places have armed police, so many people have seen guns.

EDIT: My first poll ever!

I want to be part of your first ;)

Ayuppers. Is there any esteem/respect involved with my post? I'm what you might call a marksman by statistics.

What do you think?

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What do you think?

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I think you have two posts that exemplify circumstantial evidence, while simultaneously not providing any evidence that you unequivocally PULLED the trigger.
I know a lot of people's supposed sex life that is JUST like that ... even if it's onanism.

I think you have two posts that exemplify circumstantial evidence, while simultaneously not providing any evidence that you unequivocally PULLED the trigger.
I know a lot of people's supposed sex life that is JUST like that ... even if it's onanism.

They were Threes (the shells) we where out and about shooting clay pigeons out in Lake argoyle. I could probably go find a few shells that I fired, if you wanted me to :P

They were Threes (the shells) we where out and about shooting clay pigeons out in Lake argoyle. I could probably go find a few shells that I fired, if you wanted me to :P

Although i'd like the flavour, what would really suit you is to show you actually SHOOTING. :)
Or at least, a poll option involving your posterior.

where i grew up, no empty tin can was ever safe.

every kid my age i knew had a .22
and every farmer a shotgun loaded with rock salt

and people actualy ATE "bambi steaks" (occasionaly 'out of season')

everyone who had any sense also stayed hidden indoors on the first day of hunting season and wore unnatural bright colors if they ever had to go outdoors until it was over, or at least the first few weeks of it.

other then to go to school, riding big bright yellow bussess that said this is not a deer on the side of them in huge neon letters.

=^^=
.../\...

Although i'd like the flavour, what would really suit you is to show you actually SHOOTING. :)
Or at least, a poll option involving your posterior.

:p

Well, if it makes you happy, here is a picture of me smoking (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/piggy_g87/n1146000782_30372705_6937.jpg)

and one of me after I just got done pissing (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/piggy_g87/n1146000782_30372682_116.jpg)in the bushes.

Thats about as close as you get to seeing my back side baby :p

:p

Well, if it makes you happy, here is a picture of me smoking (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/piggy_g87/n1146000782_30372705_6937.jpg)

and one of me after I just got done pissing (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/piggy_g87/n1146000782_30372682_116.jpg)in the bushes.

Thats about as close as you get to seeing my back side baby :p
:eek: BOTH of those links just gave me explanations about HTML tags! :(
Now i'm confused AND flustered!

:eek: BOTH of those links just gave me explanations about HTML tags! :(
Now i'm confused AND flustered!

Fixed!

Fixed!
Thank you!

Yikes!
Both of those are scary. I'm not much thinking of anything to do with shooting!

Yikes!
Both of those are scary. I'm not much thinking of anything to do with shooting!

scary?!?!?! How so?

scary?!?!?! How so?

Those clouds! It looked like a flood on the way!
I was going to say the dry grass too, but i think the rain would've taken care of it.

Under US law, a flamethrower is not a firearm :D :D :D

Under italian law, you don't need a weapons permit to carry a muzzle-loading cannon. Just a firework permit for the blackpowder.

Does it count as firing if it's not loaded?Anybody?

Well?

Well?

The answer can be found in the stars.

Well?

Echo ....

The answer can be found in the stars.

Interesting.
*votes no on the advice of the stars*

Interesting.
*votes no on the advice of the stars*

*Raises eyebrow*

That's not what they said!

*Raises eyebrow*

That's not what they said!

Cleary you were listening to different stars.

Cleary you were listening to different stars.

Well, I spoke to Elton John, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. I think they're pretty big stars.

Well, I spoke to Elton John, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. I think they're pretty big stars.

Sol is far larger than all of those put together.

Those clouds! It looked like a flood on the way!
I was going to say the dry grass too, but i think the rain would've taken care of it.

Yes, it eventually did storm
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Yes, it eventually did storm
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Yay me!
Anyone else afraid of clouds, for what seems to be perfectly rational motive?

I'm guessing that beebee guns don't count, so no. I've known several people who were going to take me to shooting ranges so I could get the experience, but it always seemed to fall through.

I've shot:

20 and 12 gauge shotguns
bolt-action .22 rifles
various .22 target pistols and revolvers
.357 and .38 special revolvers
.40 semiautomatic pistol

I'm guessing that beebee guns don't count, so no. I've known several people who were going to take me to shooting ranges so I could get the experience, but it always seemed to fall through.

Dem, If you're ever in the Central Illinois area, message me. I'll provide the ammo. :)

I have only ever shot a 9mm. It was my boyfriend's, and he thought that I should know how to use a gun, and I wanted to try. I actually wasn't half bad! I would like to get my own gun, however, I live in the state of NY. Where the permit process can take up to two years. I think something has gone seriously wrong with the laws, when it would be MUCH easier for me to obtain a gun illegally, then legally.

I don't know anything about guns...so I don't know what I've fired....but I did grow up in West Virginia...in a house with a pretty significantly sized gun cabinet...and I did fire a couple of them- at a target or something, probably one of those things like a fake deer.
I also tried to shoot a bow and arrow...but I don't think I was strong enough :-(

Nope, I have no intention of ever doing so.

what about .457 magnum(four fifty-seven not a typo)? I am very curious about that round.

It is commonly called the 457 LAR, and it is a "big" game cartridge, such as for bears. There is a handgun, called the 457 LAR/GRIZZLY, which is a modified 1911 frame to shoot that monster round. There are very few semi auto handguns in that caliber.

Check the link, it will give you more info on the 457. http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/akforum/akshooting/56264.htm

Vic

Yes I have. I thought it was fun but it's absolutelly nothing I would recommend people doing. There are other less harmful ways to have fun.

You thought it was fun, but you wouldn't recommend it? Now I'm confused. Usually if you have fun doing an activity, you would want to recommend it.

As to your comment about there being "other less harmful ways to have fun", I'll have you know that nobody/nothing (except targets) was ever harmed by me when I went shooting at the range (I did get hit in the forehead with a spent casing once, but it didn't hurt).

Dem, If you're ever in the Central Illinois area, message me. I'll provide the ammo. :)

=) Thanks.

I think my soon-to-be-mother-in-law is going to get me out there soon. She's insisting that I either get a taser or a handgun. Personally, I think I'll be more comfortable with a taser, but I'm willing to try out handling a gun.

=) Thanks.

I think my soon-to-be-mother-in-law is going to get me out there soon. She's insisting that I either get a taser or a handgun. Personally, I think I'll be more comfortable with a taser, but I'm willing to try out handling a gun.

Tazers are good. You can use it at a distance but have only one shot and you have to hit w/ both electrodes. Stun guns don't have that fault but you have to be close to use it. Handguns require some practice but you can't carry them in Illinois. Of course, for that matter, you have to have a FOID card to own a tazer or stun gun and carry laws vary here as well.

Tazers are good. You can use it at a distance but have only one shot and you have to hit w/ both electrodes. Stun guns don't have that fault but you have to be close to use it. Handguns require some practice but you can't carry them in Illinois. Of course, for that matter, you have to have a FOID card to own a tazer or stun gun and carry laws vary here as well.

You can't carry a handgun at all in Illinois? I know people here (in GA) who have and carry guns and tazers or stun guns (I'm not entirely sure what the difference here is). I think you have to have a permit to carry either concealed, but I've been told it isn't that hard to get.

I don't really feel like I do anything that puts me at particularly high risk for needing to use a weapon, but she worries that I sometimes work late hours or drive long distances by myself.

You can't carry a handgun at all in Illinois? I know people here (in GA) who have and carry guns and tazers or stun guns (I'm not entirely sure what the difference here is). I think you have to have a permit to carry either concealed, but I've been told it isn't that hard to get.

I don't really feel like I do anything that puts me at particularly high risk for needing to use a weapon, but she worries that I sometimes work late hours or drive long distances by myself.

No carry at all. Hizonner Daley is actually in violation of federal law by not permitting retired LEO's to carry in Chicago. There are some areas in Illinois that you will be arrested for even owning a handgun or having a firearm in your car.

Generally, Tazers have two electrodes that shoot out and emit an electic current on contact.

A stun gun has two connected electrodes that you press against the intended recipient.

:eek: wow, so many americans have fired guns... are you taught it at school or something?

Hells yeah! I go shooting regularly. Operating a firearm is a skill like any other. If you wish to be any good you must practice constantly.

it should be taught in school.. but there are more Americans here and that's why the poll is skewed

A guy took me to a shooting range on our first date. :p

Dem, If you're ever in the Central Illinois area, message me. I'll provide the ammo. :)

I'm in west central Illinois(while at school)... Can I have ammo? :p

A guy took me to a shooting range on our first date. :p

[country]Aww, I wish I was that romantic. I always end up taking girls to back of my pickup truck. It just not as romantic as the shooting range though.
[/country boy]
-doesn't have a pick up-

[country]Aww, I wish I was that romantic. I always end up taking girls to back of my pickup truck. It just not as romantic as the shooting range though.
[/country boy]

Yep. In Arizona, we have class. :D

-doesn't have a pick up-

I was driving a 1977 white/rust Ford pickup at the time. It was a beaut.

I'm in west central Illinois(while at school)... Can I have ammo? :p

Only if you come to my place to shoot.

SIU?

:eek: Maybe you need to come to the right type of shooting range.

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And I thought I was pale... :eek:

Maybe you need to come to the right type of shooting range.

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(Puppet posting for Pschycotic Pschycos)

Let's see:

.22 rifle
20-gauge shotgun
smooth-bore musket
Good ole' potato cannon :D

And I'm still working on the 30" railgun in the backyard. (trash-can ammo) Once (if) I get it working, it'll be the biggest thing I've ever fired. Hell, it'll be one of the biggest things *anybody's ever fired. :cool:

During my military service (Italian Army, drafted):
Enfield
M1-Garand (standard equipement for our barracks)
FAL BM 59

after that...
well, let's say the biggest thing i ever fired was a muzzle loaded 12lb cannon, but it was only blank shot.

:eek: wow, so many americans have fired guns... are you taught it at school or something?



Nope. The first time I fired a firearm, was at the NRA basic pistol course I took last year. It cost me $110 to take the course, but in order to get a pistol permit in CT, it's a requirement.