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Woodie · 01-29-2010, 02:13 AM

Hi I'm about 30 minutes new to this site. 61 almost 62, tired and retired. laughed with a few of the posts i've seen. used to shot and hunt a lot. Then I let 20 years of work take over. HELL NOW I'M BUYING MORE GUNS AND SCOPES AND STUFF THEN EVER BEFORE. So i'll probably haunt this forum a bit.
I'm kinda like a kid with a new bike and a flat tire on Christmas morning right now. I got a hankering to try one of those .17 HM2 conversions for a Ruger 10/22 so i bought a .920 barrel and bolt, a thumb hole stock, a 3x12 44mm scope and rings. Well i was pretty excited to get started but found the rings were back ordered so .... i'm a waitin'. ( just for Plinking )
I saw the newbe thread and was going to jump in but from what i've seen on other forums after a thread gets a bit down the line it doesn't get much viewing so i decided to say Hi in a new one.
I tend to be a bit long winded so some of you guys may begin to pass when you see Woodie in the header.. probably can't blame you.
I've got to do a lot more searching as i hope to find a some info on some of my older guns. Just curious. I used to hunt a bit with my Ruger .41 magnum holy cow can't find many bullets listed for the old girl anymore. i guess I'll have to dig out my reloading stuff. Primers and powder are 20 to 25 years old wonder if it'll still work?
I read one post a guy was asking value of a Rem nylon 76. i was amazed to see the suggested value. I got mine as my own first .22 in about 1962, brown stock. That thing jammed every way from Sunday. We had bought it at a Western Auto in Weimar, Texas. So we took it back and in about 3 weeks they sent back a new one in Black stock. i was kinda P.O.'d as i like the Brown. Funny about 20 years later i was in a small gun shop in Marathon, Ny and saw a brown stocked one and tried to trade for it but the guy wanted $20 to boot so I kept mine. Glad i did now.Not that I'll ever sell it. With 2 sons and now a grand son I'm lucky to keep any guns in my cabinet. he he he. Well they shoot and take care so i don't mind.
Well i'd better sign off before I put to many to sleep.
Again hello All

jack404 · 01-29-2010, 02:28 AM

G'day Woodie

Welcome to you!!

i'm fairly new here but theres a few older gents here so i reckon you'll fit right in

if we can help just sing out eh

cheers

jack

carver · 01-29-2010, 02:41 AM

Welcome to the forum Woodie. You'll fit right in! I'm also another of the over 60 crew that hangs out here. Not real sure about using that 20 year old powder!!!! Ya might want to invest in some newer stuff, it's only about $15 - $20 a pound these days.

Eddie N · 01-29-2010, 04:15 AM

Hi, Woodie, and welcome to the forum.

Big ugly · 01-29-2010, 05:10 AM

Welcome to TFF, I believe you will fit in just nicely.

Insulation Tim · 01-29-2010, 06:31 AM

Another 60+ guy bids you welcome from Ohio.

Zane71464 · 01-29-2010, 06:42 AM

Welcome Woodie, your in a good place here. A lot of good people in here.

Airdale · 01-29-2010, 06:49 AM

Welcome aboard, from another "old guy".

pinecone70 · 01-29-2010, 07:02 AM

Welcome to the forum.

mrkirker · 01-29-2010, 07:05 AM

Welcome! "Pull up" a chair and have a seat!

red14 · 01-29-2010, 07:11 AM

Welcome to an old guy. I'm a kid at 58.

todd51 · 01-29-2010, 07:47 AM

Welcome Woodie. You should fit right it around here. I just turned 71 this month and find retirement and the gun hobby can be a "blast". So much knowledge and experience around this forum it will be a lot of help. It sure has been to me.

ARB · 01-29-2010, 08:36 AM

Welcome!! Aren't the 60's like the new 40's?

And, it's not longwinded when you got good stories, and interesting stuff to say.

Just One Shot · 01-29-2010, 10:15 AM

Welcome from a kid in Ohio (51)!

AL MOUNT · 01-29-2010, 10:18 AM

Top of the morning to ya young man....

petesusn · 01-29-2010, 10:55 AM

Welcome Woodie. There's a few of us 60+ members here. Youngsters like red still do need some direction from us.

Trouble 45-70 · 01-29-2010, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petesusn

Welcome Woodie. There's a few of us 60+ members here. Youngsters like red still do need some direction from us.

What petesusn said

Loaded some .45s and 45acp last year from some open stock left over from the 60s. Primers had been stored in ammo cans but powder was in original cans with rusted caps. Found it when we moved up here a few years ago. Misplaced from a prior move. Shot most of it this past fall with no failures.

Double D · 01-29-2010, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARB

Welcome!! Aren't the 60's like the new 40's?

And, it's not longwinded when you got good stories, and interesting stuff to say.

No the 60s are not the new 40s. I am feeling 70 at the ripe old age of 51. (soon to be 52)

K1D_5150 · 01-29-2010, 12:18 PM

Welcome welcome. Enjoy.

pickenup · 01-29-2010, 12:46 PM

Welcome to The Firearms Forum.

trapperdick · 01-29-2010, 07:54 PM

Hi Woodie, I'm new here too.......glad to see I'm not the only old timer here (66) this seems like a real good group.............be talking to ya.............TD

Artemus · 01-29-2010, 08:57 PM

Welcome Woodie,I am just a tad older than you but my powder is way older.lol

BETH · 01-29-2010, 09:00 PM

Hey Woodie welcome to the zoo i am sure u will have a good time and there are people on here that will give u info on your old guns

Crpdeth · 01-29-2010, 09:01 PM

Welcome to the forum!

Popeye · 01-30-2010, 01:52 AM

Greetings

01-29-2010, 02:13 AM	#1
Woodie Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York State in the country Broome County Posts: 39	Hi New (Old) Guy here Hi I'm about 30 minutes new to this site. 61 almost 62, tired and retired. laughed with a few of the posts i've seen. used to shot and hunt a lot. Then I let 20 years of work take over. HELL NOW I'M BUYING MORE GUNS AND SCOPES AND STUFF THEN EVER BEFORE. So i'll probably haunt this forum a bit. I'm kinda like a kid with a new bike and a flat tire on Christmas morning right now. I got a hankering to try one of those .17 HM2 conversions for a Ruger 10/22 so i bought a .920 barrel and bolt, a thumb hole stock, a 3x12 44mm scope and rings. Well i was pretty excited to get started but found the rings were back ordered so .... i'm a waitin'. ( just for Plinking ) I saw the newbe thread and was going to jump in but from what i've seen on other forums after a thread gets a bit down the line it doesn't get much viewing so i decided to say Hi in a new one. I tend to be a bit long winded so some of you guys may begin to pass when you see Woodie in the header.. probably can't blame you. I've got to do a lot more searching as i hope to find a some info on some of my older guns. Just curious. I used to hunt a bit with my Ruger .41 magnum holy cow can't find many bullets listed for the old girl anymore. i guess I'll have to dig out my reloading stuff. Primers and powder are 20 to 25 years old wonder if it'll still work? I read one post a guy was asking value of a Rem nylon 76. i was amazed to see the suggested value. I got mine as my own first .22 in about 1962, brown stock. That thing jammed every way from Sunday. We had bought it at a Western Auto in Weimar, Texas. So we took it back and in about 3 weeks they sent back a new one in Black stock. i was kinda P.O.'d as i like the Brown. Funny about 20 years later i was in a small gun shop in Marathon, Ny and saw a brown stocked one and tried to trade for it but the guy wanted $20 to boot so I kept mine. Glad i did now.Not that I'll ever sell it. With 2 sons and now a grand son I'm lucky to keep any guns in my cabinet. he he he. Well they shoot and take care so i don't mind. Well i'd better sign off before I put to many to sleep. Again hello All -->

01-29-2010, 02:28 AM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here G'day Woodie Welcome to you!! i'm fairly new here but theres a few older gents here so i reckon you'll fit right in if we can help just sing out eh cheers jack

01-29-2010, 02:41 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,288	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome to the forum Woodie. You'll fit right in! I'm also another of the over 60 crew that hangs out here. Not real sure about using that 20 year old powder!!!! Ya might want to invest in some newer stuff, it's only about $15 - $20 a pound these days. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

01-29-2010, 04:15 AM	#4
Eddie N Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Colorado Contributor Posts: 1,192	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Hi, Woodie, and welcome to the forum.

01-29-2010, 05:10 AM	#5
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome to TFF, I believe you will fit in just nicely. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

01-29-2010, 06:31 AM	#6
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,300	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Another 60+ guy bids you welcome from Ohio. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

01-29-2010, 06:42 AM	#7
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,369	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome Woodie, your in a good place here. A lot of good people in here. __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

01-29-2010, 06:49 AM	#8
Airdale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.W. Arkansas Contributor Posts: 754	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome aboard, from another "old guy". __________________ "The Utopian schemes of leveling [redistribution of the wealth] and a community of goods [central ownership of the means of production and distribution], are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown.[These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." Samuel Adams

01-29-2010, 07:02 AM	#9
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome to the forum. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

01-29-2010, 07:05 AM	#10
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome! "Pull up" a chair and have a seat! __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

01-29-2010, 07:11 AM	#11
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,914	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome to an old guy. I'm a kid at 58. __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position.

01-29-2010, 07:47 AM	#12
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,574	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome Woodie. You should fit right it around here. I just turned 71 this month and find retirement and the gun hobby can be a "blast". So much knowledge and experience around this forum it will be a lot of help. It sure has been to me. __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member

01-29-2010, 08:36 AM	#13
ARB Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 1,184	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome!! Aren't the 60's like the new 40's? And, it's not longwinded when you got good stories, and interesting stuff to say.

01-29-2010, 10:15 AM	#14
Just One Shot V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 432	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome from a kid in Ohio (51)!

01-29-2010, 10:18 AM	#15
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,108	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Top of the morning to ya *young* man.... __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68

01-29-2010, 10:55 AM	#16
petesusn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Joaquin Valley, Ca. Posts: 614	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome Woodie. There's a few of us 60+ members here. Youngsters like red still do need some direction from us. __________________ Self Defense: A basic human right The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917. A man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile...can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the U. S. Navy." John F. Kennedy VFW Life Member

01-29-2010, 12:18 PM	#19
K1D_5150 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hutchinson, KS Posts: 101	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome welcome. Enjoy.

01-29-2010, 12:46 PM	#20
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01-29-2010, 07:54 PM	#21
trapperdick Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Western, Maine Posts: 26	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Hi Woodie, I'm new here too.......glad to see I'm not the only old timer here (66) this seems like a real good group.............be talking to ya.............TD

01-29-2010, 08:57 PM	#22
Artemus V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mass. Posts: 358	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Welcome Woodie,I am just a tad older than you but my powder is way older.lol

01-29-2010, 09:00 PM	#23
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,676	Re: Hi New (Old) Guy here Hey Woodie welcome to the zoo i am sure u will have a good time and there are people on here that will give u info on your old guns

01-29-2010, 09:01 PM	#24
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01-30-2010, 01:52 AM	#25
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