Another Washingtonian here...

Hi all,

Like 72Camaro, I'm a conservative in this liberal state. The politics here suck, but there's nowhere more beautiful geographically. With that said, I'm a 39-year old father of four and a growing gun collection.

I've been most interested lately in picking up a few .22's, to make sure that I have enough to pass down to each of my kids some day. Although, while at Cabela's last week both of my girls, 13- and 11-years old, told me they want a .22 for their birthdays or Christmas, so they may already have their own by then. I was so proud.

Anyway, I just picked one up the weekend before last (I'll post that story over in the rimfire section in a minute), and it just so happened to be my second Marlin in the last two months. I now have a Model C3030 that I got for my birthday and a Model 99 M1.

So, with two of these things in the family, I found myself doing some looking around and ended up here. I can't wait to poke around and see what I can learn from everyone, it looks like a great forum.

Ickaber
aka Scott

 

Sounds like you've raised your girls right. I can only hope to do as well.

I've been taking them one at a time to the range over the past few months. Only my 6-year old hasn't been so far, but his turn is next. He and the 8-year old (both boys) have been getting some homeschooling in the backyard with the pellet guns, though. So far, they all love to shoot.

My 13-year old daughter has what I call "a genetic shooting defect" though. That is, she can't wink. She is physically incapable of closing only one eye. Her grandfather (my wife's father) is the same. So she struggles a bit with iron sights, although at least when she was younger she was willing to wear an eye patch just to go shooting. But, we've also solved the problem with a scope. Since only one eye can see down the scope, the crosshairs are always true, regardless of what the other eye is doing, and she shoots really well like that. Fun stuff!

 

I'd love to, but my time is currently running short as well. Although, we did just finish painting the house this weekend, so at least that monster project is out of the way.

Let me know when you're getting close and we'll see how the schedules align.

 

Absolutely, 28Shooter. It's never too late to learn.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. It's good to be here.

 

Here's my Model 99 M1, just as it was when I bought it 12 days ago. Not bad for $75. I'll work on getting one of the C3030 later.

 

Here's the Model C3030. This one I got for my birthday in June. I told my wife I wanted something fun to shoot, and she tasked my brother-in-law with finding something to meet that criteria; this is what he came up with. And I have to say, it is a TON of fun to shoot. And pretty accurate with iron sights to about 75 yards. I'm sure anything that isn't dead on is entirely my fault, not the gun's.

 

You're just up the road, Tahoe2. Where do you go to shoot? My range is the Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club, but I'm on the lookout for places I can just go out and shoot. Know of any nearby?