type of gun acquisition vs age of gun owner

[clarkm...@gmail.com]

I seems to me there is a progression.

No guns age 9.
BB gun rifle at age 10.
Pellet gun rifle at age 11.
22 rifle at age 12.
Shotgun at 14.
Centerfire rifle at 14.
9mm pistol age 22.
45 pistol age 45.
Some revolvers at age 50.
22 handgun age 65.
Pellet gun age 70.
No guns age 80.

I know I am getting old, as I am more proud of how I get a big buck carcass to butcher than how I hunted it.


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[Frank]

Looks a lot like my profile too.
In fact, with ammo shortage, I'm considering getting a pellet gun, and,
in fact, my last handgun purchase was a .22.

[Wayne]

Clever. But, I'd say that pistol purchase would be a little earlier, and
that the 22 handgun is later than 65.
In my own case, I am still shooting all the "big" guns in my 70s.

I have a buddy in his 80s who has switched to revolvers because of
arthritis limiting his ability to rack slides.

[victor]

This is silly and unscientific, but still fun.

In my case the .22 pistol moves up to age 40 or so, about the same time as the 9mm and the .45. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate.

[pheasant16]

clarkm...@gmail.com wrote:
# I seems to me there is a progression.
#
# No guns age 9.
# BB gun rifle at age 10.
# Pellet gun rifle at age 11.
# 22 rifle at age 12.
# Shotgun at 14.
# Centerfire rifle at 14.
# 9mm pistol age 22.
# 45 pistol age 45.
# Some revolvers at age 50.
# 22 handgun age 65.
# Pellet gun age 70.
# No guns age 80.

Sound like something I remember about potty training;

diapers to training pants
training pants to underwear
underwear to "guards" or "shields"
back to diapers but it all Depends. LOL!!!!!!

[TimR]

On Sunday, May 5, 2013 6:45:40 AM UTC-4, clarkm...@gmail.com wrote:
# I seems to me there is a progression.

# Pellet gun rifle at age 11.
#

#

# Pellet gun age 70.
#
# No guns age 80.

#

For some the pellet guns later in life are not a retreat but an advance.

The pellet rifle at age 11 was probably a cheap pumpup in the $30 range.

The pellet rifles at maybe age 40 and up, with a little disposable income, are the imported European models starting at around $1500.

[Sheldon]

"Frank" <frankdo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:km61eu$73g$1...@news.albasani.net...
#
# Looks a lot like my profile too.
# In fact, with ammo shortage, I'm considering getting a pellet gun, and,
# in fact, my last handgun purchase was a .22.
#

Oh, no. Now there's going to be a shortage of pellets and BB's.

[Sheldon]

# No guns age 80.
#

# I know I am getting old, as I am more proud of how I get a big buck
# carcass to butcher than how I hunted it.
#
Funny, but I wouldn't believe it if I come face to face with a pissed off
eighty-year-old.

[Frank]

On 5/6/2013 8:17 PM, Sheldon wrote:
# "Frank" <frankdo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
# news:km61eu$73g$1...@news.albasani.net...
# #

# # Looks a lot like my profile too.

# # In fact, with ammo shortage, I'm considering getting a pellet gun, and,
# # in fact, my last handgun purchase was a .22.
# #
#

# Oh, no. Now there's going to be a shortage of pellets and BB's.

Good idea. Buy all the BB's and pellets you can find now before you buy
the gun.

[Oregonian Haruspex]

For me it went like this. Still pretty similar.

Pellet gun: 8
.22 rifle: 12
.22 revolver: 12
Shotgun: 13
.30-06: 16
.45 ACP: 26
7.62x39: 26

I did quite a bit of shooting and hunting as a kid but after entering
the university I had to leave the guns at home. I got back into
shooting and hunting though, and it is now one of my favorite hobbies.

Back when I was young, in the 1980s, it was not uncommon for the whole
family and the family friends to play shooting games with the pellet
gun, and later, rifles and shotguns. We are of partly German heritage
I suspect that this may be a sort of residual genetic urge to have
Schutzenfests.

I used to roam freely with my pellet gun and later, .22s and shotguns
around the woods and just hunt small game. Of course nowadays people
would have a heart attack if they saw a kid emerge from the woods with
a pellet gun.