Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I posted awhile back about whether or not to sell my AR 15 that I've shot ONE time in over a year and a half. Well, she's gone..................... Got a pretty good price from a friend of a good friend. The guy was looking for one so I said HEY!!! I got one of those!!! I hate safe queens especially pricey ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Oh, so evil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Oh, so evil! Now the liberals will think I'm okay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Now the liberals will think I'm okay!! Until they see your safe(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I have one have shot it only a couple of times. But I just rejoined a club that has long distance rifle areas. Not that I'm looking at any real long distance shooting. But my other club only has about a 100 yard rifle range. Want to shoot my AR, Marlin 45-70 and 44-40 a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 55 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Now the liberals will think I'm okay!! No , they won’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: No , they won’t I’m kidding, see the laughing emoji? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I was considering selling mine but decided to keep it for coyote hunting in PA or WV. Turns out you can’t hunt in PA with a semiauto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I build all my own AR's from 5.56 clear up to my 6.5 creed and 458 socom , So I have well more than a couple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 10 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I was considering selling mine but decided to keep it for coyote hunting in PA or WV. Turns out you can’t hunt in PA with a semiauto. Did they change that law in CA also ? When I lived there I used to hunt birds and small game with semi autos all the time. Only thing I used a bolt gun for was deer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, Buckshot Bob said: Did they change that law in CA also ? When I lived there I used to hunt birds and small game with semi autos all the time. Only thing I used a bolt gun for was deer Not sure. I won’t give these sonsof…bastages one single dime in the DFG. Something I think is funny, the PA hunting regs, minus season charts, takes up 2 pages. The Commie regs here take a flippin’ 75 pages and that’s just for mammals. The bird regs take 102 pages. To be fair that does include season charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: Did they change that law in CA also ? When I lived there I used to hunt birds and small game with semi autos all the time. Only thing I used a bolt gun for was deer Sshhhh..... don't give the Emperor any ideas~!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Yeah think I'll just hold onto my 2 that I have left. Lots of not so nice types around these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, Slapshot said: Yeah think I'll just hold onto my 2 that I have left. Lots of not so nice types around these days. I have pretty much decided that for the nasty people my Ruger PC Carbine backs up my M1 Garand nicely. I will hold onto the AR mostly because I have a boatload of mags and accessories for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Slapshot said: Yeah think I'll just hold onto my 2 that I have left. Lots of not so nice types around these days. I’ve been in to rifles that hold at least 30 rounds and pistols that hold at least 15 since a young age . I probably have more than I need but definitely not as many as I want . I still find it hard to beat a properly set up 12ga , as long as I have some slugs I feel pretty good about 100 yards or closer . I figure those are zombie apocalypse distances . A few months ago I picked up a Beretta 1301 tactical, I’m really starting to like that gun . Think I might shoot a Turkey with it in the spring season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Not sure. I won’t give these sonsof…bastages one single dime in the DFG. Something I think is funny, the PA hunting regs, minus season charts, takes up 2 pages. The Commie regs here take a flippin’ 75 pages and that’s just for mammals. The bird regs take 102 pages. To be fair that does include season charts. I remember when california had "Coastal" and "Inland" zones, plus a few "X" zones 'way up in the northern part of the state. Lessee.... last year, the state had 44 regular deer zones, including 17 "X" zones. Each zone had at least two seasons - archery and general. Additionally, there were over 50 "special seasons" in there somewhere. And when this nonsense started some marketing wag proclaimed "Hunters! You now have MORE hunting opportunities!" or some such. Oh... and be aware ~ zone boundaries change. More than once I've found myself leaving an area I'd hunted for years after discovering it was no longer in the zone I always bought tags for. I once visited the DFG office in Fresno to ask for help determining what zone I needed tags for, as the boundaries had been changed. I took with me my topo maps and their maps; two of their staffers tried to help, but finally gave up. I was advised that I would have find a local warden to ask, then buy my tags. This would have entailed about a ten hour round trip drive. I stayed home that year. And a lot of years since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Oh... and be aware ~ zone boundaries change. More than once I've found myself leaving an area I'd hunted for years after discovering it was no longer in the zone I always bought tags for. Oh yeah, I found out I was in the wrong zone once by literally 100 yards. The DFG guy was cool about it but still, that zone X had the same boundaries 5 years in a row but they shifted one year with no explanation or highlighting. Used to be only one Zone X. It was the worst success ratio in the state and I got that one every blooming year. Then I moved to the Sacramento area and tried for 3 really good zones and those mother…SOBs gave me Zone X again “because I had it so many times before!” Screw CA DFG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Not sure. I won’t give these sonsof…bastages one single dime in the DFG. Something I think is funny, the PA hunting regs, minus season charts, takes up 2 pages. The Commie regs here take a flippin’ 75 pages and that’s just for mammals. The bird regs take 102 pages. To be fair that does include season charts. I worked for CA DFG for over 40 years, the last 9 of which I was a Regional Manager of the 12-county Central Region. You absolutely nailed the correct description. I watched their interest wane year after year in hunting and fishing as their lawyer numbers grow to more than 100. They redirected ALL of their Fisheries and Wildlife Management Biologist positions to environmental regulation positions. Some of that would have been a good thing in a state populated like California, but when the lawyers took control, things just became too one sided. I retired out of disgust, as did a number of the other old-timers. For what it's worth, I join you in refusing to buy a hunting or fishing license here. After all, there's little left to hunt or fish for now on public lands. Sad requiem for a once front-runner State F &G Department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 By the way, here’s my AR just to make certain folks eyes bleed. Forty hates this thing. Hahahahaha It’s California “Featureless”…ya gotta say that with a lisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: Sad requiem for a once front-runner State F &G Department. I agree. I remember when I could call the DFG and talk to Biologists and Game Officers about areas I wanted to hunt and get really good info from them. That all went away. Sad indeed. Oh, the same cancer struck in Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: I worked for CA DFG for over 40 years, the last 9 of which I was a Regional Manager of the 12-county Central Region. You absolutely nailed the correct description. I watched their interest wane year after year in hunting and fishing as their lawyer numbers grow to more than 100. They redirected ALL of their Fisheries and Wildlife Management Biologist positions to environmental regulation positions. Some of that would have been a good thing in a state populated like California, but when the lawyers took control, things just became too one sided. I retired,, as did a number of the other old-timers. For what it's worth, I join you in refusing to buy a hunting or fishing license here. After all, there's little left to hunt or fish for now on public lands. Sad requiem for a once front-runner State F &G Department. That’s a shame, I lived in Susanville when I was there . There was always great hunting and fishing in that area of the state . I took a very nice mule deer the first year I ever hunted there . Being from Mi it was really weird hunting deer when it’s warm out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: I worked for CA DFG for over 40 years, the last 9 of which I was a Regional Manager of the 12-county Central Region. Thank you for your service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: That’s a shame, I lived in Susanville when I was there . There was always great hunting and fishing in that area of the state . I took a very nice mule deer the first year I ever hunted there . Being from Mi it was really weird hunting deer when it’s warm out I've always loved the Northeastern antelope area from Honey Lake and Susanville, up through surprise Valley, Nicely, Alturas, and Goose Lake, especially the Warner Mts. area. If my wife could tolerate the sub-freezing winter temperatures there, I would be retired up there now. But you're correct that summer and fall temps can be quite warm. (I am sure my wife is noticing the far away look in my eyes right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I have bought so many guns that I "had to have." Sat in front of the TV and played with them for an hour or so and then put them back in the box and into the safe. Some are several years old and still unfired. As I have gotten older I would rather have the cash in my pocket than a piece of iron in the safe. I only have one daughter and she has zero interest in guns. Some collector or custom guns I "miss" after they are sold but ARs are fungible. One is pretty much like another so selling them is no big deal anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 16 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: By the way, here’s my AR just to make certain folks eyes bleed. Forty hates this thing. Hahahahaha It’s California “Featureless”…ya gotta say that with a lisp. It looks like a stormtrooper gun from Star Wars! So you will not be able to hit anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: I have bought so many guns that I "had to have." Sat in front of the TV and played with them for an hour or so and then put them back in the box and into the safe. Some are several years old and still unfired. As I have gotten older I would rather have the cash in my pocket than a piece of iron in the safe. I only have one daughter and she has zero interest in guns. Some collector or custom guns I "miss" after they are sold but ARs are fungible. One is pretty much like another so selling them is no big deal anymore. ARs have a purpose and a very functional design, but nobody would ever credit one as being visually beautiful, or want one hung over their mantle. The black guns with no wood look to me like space toys. I have trouble getting excited about them--a matter of upbringing, I suspect. JMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: I've always loved the Northeastern antelope area from Honey Lake and Susanville, up through surprise Valley, Nicely, Alturas, and Goose Lake, especially the Warner Mts. area. If my wife could tolerate the sub-freezing winter temperatures there, I would be retired up there now. But you're correct that summer and fall temps can be quite warm. (I am sure my wife is noticing the far away look in my eyes right now) I always loved that area . Would have found it easy to stay if not for the crazy political climate and the cost of living. It drove me out in the early 90’s . But I do miss the natural beauty of it , I’m sure the Bay Area was a paradise for the people of the 1800’s . I had a friend that was born and raised in Salinas , he told me once that the year round median temp there was something like 68 deg . I could really see how that would be appealing in the days before central heating and ac . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I posted awhile back about whether or not to sell my AR 15 that I've shot ONE time in over a year and a half. Well, she's gone..................... Got a pretty good price from a friend of a good friend. The guy was looking for one so I said HEY!!! I got one of those!!! I hate safe queens especially pricey ones! Just like you gave up on 44-40s. You're fickle Rye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: Just like you gave up on 44-40s. You're fickle Rye. No just practical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: No just practical! If you need some more .44-40s I found four in the back of one safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 48 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: By the way, here’s my AR just to make certain folks eyes bleed. Forty hates this thing. Hahahahaha It’s California “Featureless”…ya gotta say that with a lisp. Some of Mine just one of those things I had them for years military so build them and all for different purposes 2 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: If you need some more .44-40s I found four in the back of one safe. Dont tease me like that even though that in one caliber I have zero ammo for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: By the way, here’s my AR just to make certain folks eyes bleed. Forty hates this thing. Hahahahaha It’s California “Featureless”…ya gotta say that with a lisp. You can fix that thing soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I have pretty much decided that for the nasty people my Ruger PC Carbine backs up my M1 Garand nicely. I will hold onto the AR mostly because I have a boatload of mags and accessories for it. Had a AR9 didn't like it rather the AR15. Thats why 1 set up with red dot , the other with a 1x4 IL scope. Got a good supply of mags for them. 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: By the way, here’s my AR just to make certain folks eyes bleed. Forty hates this thing. Hahahahaha It’s California “Featureless”…ya gotta say that with a lisp. Actually thought about getting that stock for a 277 wolverine AR I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: I’ve been in to rifles that hold at least 30 rounds and pistols that hold at least 15 since a young age . I probably have more than I need but definitely not as many as I want . I still find it hard to beat a properly set up 12ga , as long as I have some slugs I feel pretty good about 100 yards or closer . I figure those are zombie apocalypse distances . A few months ago I picked up a Beretta 1301 tactical, I’m really starting to like that gun . Think I might shoot a Turkey with it in the spring season I've got a couple Mossy 500's and a savage 20 along with the hammer double. Mainly keep these for the house and around the yard at night. Otherwise close range weapons for me. I'll take the AR15 for anything with range of 50 yards and out. I practice occasionally using a 4" plate at 100 yards. My poverty ponies (Anderson Builds) can hit pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: ARs have a purpose and a very functional design, but nobody would ever credit one as being visually beautiful, or want one hung over their mantle. The black guns with no wood look to me like space toys. I have trouble getting excited about them--a matter of upbringing, I suspect. JMHO. Maybe over the bedroom doorway............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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