Another Poll -- in honor of TS' gun collection
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Another Poll -- in honor of TS' gun collection
Who here keeps a gun/rifle or guns/rifles in his/her home?
I'll start. We have two rifles and three handguns (only one of which is truly operable, a .357 Magnum [ha!! pun!] with a six-inch barrel; one .32 revolver that hasn't been used for so many years, I'd be afraid to fire it; and one .41 antique Colt revolver that belonged to my grandfather who was a sheriff in Arkansas in the late 1800s, and I have no ammunition for it -- sort of like Quigley's Sharps, it requires special bullets that I can't find and therefore don't have).
And we have no children in the house, if that makes a difference. I don't see our cats shooting themselves or each other accidentally with a gun . . . .
By the way, I conducted this same survey at my office (I work at a law firm, probably around 70 people in the office), and I was surprised that, of the attorneys and staff I asked, I found it to be nearly a 60-40 ratio for having a gun in the house/residence. (I'm in Georgia -- if I were in Alabama, I'd expect 90-10!)
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I'll start. We have two rifles and three handguns (only one of which is truly operable, a .357 Magnum [ha!! pun!] with a six-inch barrel; one .32 revolver that hasn't been used for so many years, I'd be afraid to fire it; and one .41 antique Colt revolver that belonged to my grandfather who was a sheriff in Arkansas in the late 1800s, and I have no ammunition for it -- sort of like Quigley's Sharps, it requires special bullets that I can't find and therefore don't have).
And we have no children in the house, if that makes a difference. I don't see our cats shooting themselves or each other accidentally with a gun . . . .
By the way, I conducted this same survey at my office (I work at a law firm, probably around 70 people in the office), and I was surprised that, of the attorneys and staff I asked, I found it to be nearly a 60-40 ratio for having a gun in the house/residence. (I'm in Georgia -- if I were in Alabama, I'd expect 90-10!)
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I just spotted this:
"Win My Quigley Rifle"
Do you think this was the one actually used in the movie?? For some reason, I was thinking it was in the Smithsonian. If it was the actual one used, wow! I wonder who won it!! Since the contest was two years ago, there's probably not a way at this late date to get a listing of the winners, which is supposed to be available for every sweepstakes, isn't it? But you may have to request it at time of entry.
Will Google that and report back if I find anything (though I doubt I will).
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P.S. Okay, a little more information, though I still haven't found the winner yet:
"SHILOH RIFLE UPDATE:
On the Shiloh forums one member said this.
There were three made. Mr. Selleck is keeping one, one is being donated to the National Firearms Museum, and one will go to some lucky person.
Also said on the forum that a couple of solid barrel ones were made for stunt work and a couple of 'rubber' ones were made for the fight scenes.
So this Shiloh rifle is one of three, thus creating the high ARV ($102,000) for the winner to pay taxes on."
I also found out you had to send in a SASE before the end of the contest to get the official list of winners, so no luck finding out from the NRA contest section, I guess.
"Win My Quigley Rifle"
Do you think this was the one actually used in the movie?? For some reason, I was thinking it was in the Smithsonian. If it was the actual one used, wow! I wonder who won it!! Since the contest was two years ago, there's probably not a way at this late date to get a listing of the winners, which is supposed to be available for every sweepstakes, isn't it? But you may have to request it at time of entry.
Will Google that and report back if I find anything (though I doubt I will).
golf
P.S. Okay, a little more information, though I still haven't found the winner yet:
"SHILOH RIFLE UPDATE:
On the Shiloh forums one member said this.
There were three made. Mr. Selleck is keeping one, one is being donated to the National Firearms Museum, and one will go to some lucky person.
Also said on the forum that a couple of solid barrel ones were made for stunt work and a couple of 'rubber' ones were made for the fight scenes.
So this Shiloh rifle is one of three, thus creating the high ARV ($102,000) for the winner to pay taxes on."
I also found out you had to send in a SASE before the end of the contest to get the official list of winners, so no luck finding out from the NRA contest section, I guess.
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That`s how it is in Germany too. You have to be a member of a club/association and in case you have a gun at home then, you have to store it in a closet, the ammunition somewhere seperated.
There are many pros and cons about owning guns, IMHO the essence is, if you have one, be sure how to use it or yoú`ll end up dead.
There are many pros and cons about owning guns, IMHO the essence is, if you have one, be sure how to use it or yoú`ll end up dead.
Sometimes I get so lucky, even I don`t believe it (TSM)