[NRA's 007]

Hello all:

I am your newest member. Although you don't know me yet, I have one thing in common with the rest of you--a love for guns. My wife owns a .22 Beretta (Model 21A). I will be getting a pistol, either a Ruger or a Glock. My extended family has plenty of guns to go around.

I have loved guns for as long as I can remember. You may think I'm crazy but I actually dream about guns. There isn't a day I don't think about guns.

I have been a concealed carry permit holder since 2002. I am also a NRA certified pistol instructor (although I still have to take a class to get my Utah credentials).

I am a Second Amendment activist and have taken an active role in defending the right to keep and bear arms. I look forward to chatting with y'all.

 

[tapehoser]

Welcome to the forum.

I used to dream about guns as well. There wasn't an hour that went by where I wasn't thinking, talking, reading about, or dreaming about guns and shooting.

Hope you enjoy your stay.

 

[Jeff Johnson]

Welcome to our forum! Glad to have you here.

I used to live in your neck of the woods ... well, next to American Fork anyway -- in Cedar Hills. But since then, I've changed jobs and moved to Cache Valley.

I'm glad you're with us in the fight to preserve the right to keep and bear arms.

 

[NRA's 007]

Thank you. I look forward to getting to know y'all.

Tapehoser, Jeff, what firearm do you carry?

 

[Jeff Johnson]

My favorite is my SW99 (.40 S&W), but I often carry my Glock 27 due to its size.

 

[tapehoser]

My preferred carry gun is a Springfield XD45 Compact.

 

[NRA's 007]

Those are excellent choices. I've heard good things about that S & W model. Tapehoser, is that the 4" barrel?

My wife's Beretta is ok. Beretta is not the best maker but it is a neat little gun. It has the tip barrel, which is a perfect gun for beginners. It also has a unique result when it shoots .22 LR from Aguila. It makes a paper hole punch through targets--doesn't seem to do it with any other brand of ammo but Aguila. The FFL who sold it to her said it was formerly owned by an ATF Special Agent.

 

[tapehoser]

Yes, the XD is the 4" barrel. It has 2 different magazines: a 10-round and a 13-round. The 13-rounder is longer, of course, and literally makes the gun the exact weight and dimensions of the XD Service model. The 10-rounder is quite a bit more compact and that's the one I carry each day. My IWB holster, however, has an extra pouch for another magazine, so when I'm feeling saucy, I take both mags with me.

Whatever saucy means.... :lol:

 

[Mr. Magnum]

And yet another from Utah county!

A big "Welcome aboard" to you from the south end of the county.

 

[NRA's 007]

Thank you. It's nice to meet other people who have an interest in guns. Mr. Magnum, where do you go shooting?

 

[Mr. Magnum]

I'm a cheapskate so I don't hang-out at the ranges.
I usually go over on the south end of West Mountain above the land-fill, or on the foothills just east of the south Santaquin exit on I-15.
And I always take something to plink with when we go out rockhounding.