What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand - The Firearms Forum

Old Grump · 09-12-2012, 04:10 PM

I was watching when the towers went down and people were jumping out beforehand and I just can't get into the mood to memorialize something like that. A weakness of mine I guess.

The day after it happened I shot my first Osama bin Laden target and have been doing it every year since. Maybe not so politically correct and I get no real joy out of it but symbolically it's my statement, 'you done messed with the wrong folks and some of us old codgers may not be able to run and jump and chase you around the mountains but we can still make life miserable for you if you send your hounds of war into our neighborhood'.

Every year it is with a different gun, this year it was my M1 Garand and I shot two targets not my usual one. Ammo is Czech milsurp.

First target was 25 yards offhand"

Second target is 50 yards sitting:

ozo · 09-12-2012, 04:29 PM

Yep, OG, I think you got him...

3/2 STA SS · 09-12-2012, 07:09 PM

Now dump the paper into the Indian Ocean...

Old Grump · 09-12-2012, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3/2 STA SS

Now dump the paper into the Indian Ocean...

Used one to piss on and the other to wipe my...well I had to be careful about where I put my fingers.

permafrost · 09-13-2012, 05:27 AM

Excellent shooting and a great way to "commemorate" this day. I may adopt it myself.

gun runner · 09-13-2012, 08:59 PM

Hopefully bin laden is dead

jbrescue · 09-14-2012, 09:01 AM

I spend the day remembering my 343 Brothers that were lost that day. I also spend the day remembering my other Brothers that have since died or are dying of cancer from being at Ground Zero. I got to meet a K9 handler the other day that spent two weeks on the pile. He was the first K9 officer there since he had just left the towers 15 minutes before the attacks. He lost one of his two dogs that day when they fell from a beam and he landed on the dog. His partner saved his life by breaking his fall. I always watch the 9/11 documentary, why I don't know. It is forever burned into my mind.

But, what pissed me off this year more than anything, my four kids came home from school and only the first grader had talked about it at school. Never Forget!

09-12-2012, 04:10 PM	#1
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,285	What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand I was watching when the towers went down and people were jumping out beforehand and I just can't get into the mood to memorialize something like that. A weakness of mine I guess. The day after it happened I shot my first Osama bin Laden target and have been doing it every year since. Maybe not so politically correct and I get no real joy out of it but symbolically it's my statement, 'you done messed with the wrong folks and some of us old codgers may not be able to run and jump and chase you around the mountains but we can still make life miserable for you if you send your hounds of war into our neighborhood'. Every year it is with a different gun, this year it was my M1 Garand and I shot two targets not my usual one. Ammo is Czech milsurp. First target was 25 yards offhand" Second target is 50 yards sitting: __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA -->

09-12-2012, 04:29 PM	#2
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand Yep, OG, I think you got him... __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-12-2012, 07:09 PM	#3
3/2 STA SS Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 1,435	Re: What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand Now dump the paper into the Indian Ocean... __________________ MORS DE CONTACTUS-DEATH ON CONTACT

09-13-2012, 05:27 AM	#5
permafrost Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma, USA Contributor Posts: 1,771	Re: What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand Excellent shooting and a great way to "commemorate" this day. I may adopt it myself. __________________ Stand and Fight

09-13-2012, 08:59 PM	#6
gun runner Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South Texas Contributor Posts: 1,871	Re: What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand Hopefully bin laden is dead Last edited by gun runner; 09-13-2012 at 09:04 PM..

09-14-2012, 09:01 AM	#7
jbrescue V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: N. Ridgeville, Ohio Posts: 292	Re: What do you do on 911, I did it with a M1 Garand I spend the day remembering my 343 Brothers that were lost that day. I also spend the day remembering my other Brothers that have since died or are dying of cancer from being at Ground Zero. I got to meet a K9 handler the other day that spent two weeks on the pile. He was the first K9 officer there since he had just left the towers 15 minutes before the attacks. He lost one of his two dogs that day when they fell from a beam and he landed on the dog. His partner saved his life by breaking his fall. I always watch the 9/11 documentary, why I don't know. It is forever burned into my mind. But, what pissed me off this year more than anything, my four kids came home from school and only the first grader had talked about it at school. Never Forget!