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Joining from Auburn, 1st time owner
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m325ci
Location: Auburn, WA Joined: Wed Dec 1, 2021 Posts: 8
Real Name: Mike
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Hi everyone, got referred to this group while reading on Reddit WAguns. I'm from Auburn, and been in the PNW about 6 years now, coming from NYC where people don't have driver licenses or own guns lol.
Just bought my first firearm(s) recently, although I have shot 22LR bolt action rifles back in college many years ago, and archery too. I'm also a car guy and do track lapping, autocross, and rally. I have more cars than guns tho :). 7 cars to be exact. 4 guns: Nothing too exciting, just a stock Glock 17, a PSA AR-15, and picking up this week a new Sig P365 for EDC (for when I get my CPL: fingerprinting appt is in January, applied September, GG City of Auburn) and impulse-bought an AR-12 on Black Friday haha, so maybe next week.
I watch a lot of YouTube lately to try to soak in a lot of info, some of my favorites are Active Self Protection, WA Gun Law, T-Rex Arms, Pew Pew Tactical, Lucky Gunner. And lots of reading too.
Hope to learn a lot here as well. Thank you.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:59 am |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475
Real Name: Steve
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m325ci wrote: Hi everyone, got referred to this group while reading on Reddit WAguns. I'm from Auburn, and been in the PNW about 6 years now, coming from NYC where people don't have driver licenses or own guns lol.
Just bought my first firearm(s) recently, although I have shot 22LR bolt action rifles back in college many years ago, and archery too. I'm also a car guy and do track lapping, autocross, and rally. I have more cars than guns tho :). 7 cars to be exact. 4 guns: Nothing too exciting, just a stock Glock 17, a PSA AR-15, and picking up this week a new Sig P365 for EDC (for when I get my CPL: fingerprinting appt is in January, applied September, GG City of Auburn) and impulse-bought an AR-12 on Black Friday haha, so maybe next week.
I watch a lot of YouTube lately to try to soak in a lot of info, some of my favorites are Active Self Protection, WA Gun Law, T-Rex Arms, Pew Pew Tactical, Lucky Gunner. And lots of reading too.
Hope to learn a lot here as well. Thank you.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:01 am |
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cdoniguian
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Location: Tumwater, WA Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2012 Posts: 3640
Real Name: Chris
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m325ci wrote: Hi everyone, got referred to this group while reading on Reddit WAguns. I'm from Auburn, and been in the PNW about 6 years now, coming from NYC where people don't have driver licenses or own guns lol.
Just bought my first firearm(s) recently, although I have shot 22LR bolt action rifles back in college many years ago, and archery too. I'm also a car guy and do track lapping, autocross, and rally. I have more cars than guns tho :). 7 cars to be exact. 4 guns: Nothing too exciting, just a stock Glock 17, a PSA AR-15, and picking up this week a new Sig P365 for EDC (for when I get my CPL: fingerprinting appt is in January, applied September, GG City of Auburn) and impulse-bought an AR-12 on Black Friday haha, so maybe next week.
I watch a lot of YouTube lately to try to soak in a lot of info, some of my favorites are Active Self Protection, WA Gun Law, T-Rex Arms, Pew Pew Tactical, Lucky Gunner. And lots of reading too.
Hope to learn a lot here as well. Thank you.
Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk Welcome aboard! You are off to a great start.
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NRA Range Safety Officer NSSF Member SAF Defender's Club - Life member US Navy - 1976-1982
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:14 am |
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DGM33
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Location: Renton/Kent Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 3550
Real Name: Jacy
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Welcome!! As a fellow Auburn resident, I'll admit that it's not a bad idea to EDC. I also love cars, so wouldn't mind hearing more about your rides!
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:30 am |
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oldkim
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Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9271
Real Name: Young
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Welcome to WaGuns!
We all started off sometime. You have a good start and sounds like you are well into developing your collection.
As you will discover on EDC is the collection of holsters, belts and even mag pouches you will soon collect too.
365 is a great choice. Have considered a red dot?
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:10 am |
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Wacarry
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Location: Olympia Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2011 Posts: 3696
Real Name: Kelley
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Welcome! You will soon find that it can quickly become an addiction.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:20 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52067
Real Name: Steve
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Welcome to WaGuns! Thanks for posting the intro thread. Which AR-12 did you buy?
_________________SteveBenefactor Life Member, National Rifle AssociationLife Member, Second Amendment FoundationPatriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of AmericaLife Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsLegal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy CoalitionMember, NAGR/NFGRPlease support the organizations that support all of us.Leave it cleaner than you found it.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:52 am |
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redstar
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Location: Olympia Joined: Sun Feb 3, 2013 Posts: 224
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Welcome and if you can come to New Years day shoot...lots of people bringing guns you may never have seen. Good chance to experience the whole candy store.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:37 pm |
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m325ci
Location: Auburn, WA Joined: Wed Dec 1, 2021 Posts: 8
Real Name: Mike
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Wow, thanks everyone for the warm welcome! redstar wrote: Welcome and if you can come to New Years day shoot...lots of people bringing guns you may never have seen. Good chance to experience the whole candy store. I saw the New Year's event, and I'm definitely interested in that, thank you for the invite! Yeah, so many variety out there, I'd love to see what others have. I marked in on my calendar, so I'll be there oldkim wrote: 365 is a great choice. Have considered a red dot? For the 365? I'm thinking of keeping that one as small as possible for EDC, so not attaching anything to it and getting the lowest-profile holster I can get. I'm a small guy :) Well, maybe get the 15-rounder for range practice, but maybe not carry? I've been wearing my G17 with both a OWB and IWB holster around the house and yard to get used to the weight and just carrying it, and honestly, I feel it'll be fine for winters under my jackets and fleece, etc. Of course that 365 is so thin and small, it's so much more comfortable, and when I rented it and shot it, it actually shoots nice and feels great! I did get a red dot for my AR-15 and it almost felt like cheating, so easy to put rounds on target and being target-focused seems more natural to me (versus front sight focused). DGM33 wrote: As a fellow Auburn resident, I'll admit that it's not a bad idea to EDC. I also love cars, so wouldn't mind hearing more about your rides! Nice to meet you, neighbor! I started off with American cars, but now I mostly have older Toyotas. My track car is a 2000 MR2 (I also have a 1986 MR2) - affordable mid-engined goodness. I got into rally after moving out here -- Dirtfish out in Snoqualmie is an awesome rally school and venue. My next race is next weekend there -- I use a 1988 Toyota Celica All-Trac for that (most of my competitors have Subarus, I'm always the odd one lol. It's a fairly rare car, all-wheel drive and turbo-- Toyota used to rally in WRC back in the day, Carlos Sainz is the most well-known driver for them in this car (his son races in F1 now, and he still races incl. Dakkar) I have 3 of these cars, so obviously I like them!). And my daily driver is an older 2002 BMW X5 that I also use for occasionally towing the above race cars, it's a great all-around car and I got it for cheap :) MadPick wrote: Which AR-12 did you buy? I wanted something cheap -- was deciding whether to get a traditional pump action, but last minute, deciding between a Panzer Bullpup and a Typhoon X12, and went with the latter. $300 before tax/FFL, not expecting much haha.
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:17 pm |
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chich627
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Location: Seatac Joined: Thu Feb 2, 2012 Posts: 501
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Welcome!! There's a lot of smart guys on this forum, with varied interests/jobs outside of firearms so it's a great place for all kinds of info. Firearms are massively addictive so just get mentally prepared to keep building up your armory! :)
Just make sure you get a good safe (not a stack-on or other locking cabinet) and bolt it to the floor if possible. Way too many instances of fuck-wad thieves stealing entire safes.
Good call on the 365. You're probably going to try a few different holsters before you find what works best, but that's TOTALLY normal! Haha!
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:02 pm |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52067
Real Name: Steve
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m325ci wrote: MadPick wrote: Which AR-12 did you buy? I wanted something cheap -- was deciding whether to get a traditional pump action, but last minute, deciding between a Panzer Bullpup and a Typhoon X12, and went with the latter. $300 before tax/FFL, not expecting much haha. Well, who knows! I don't have any knowledge of the Typhoon myself, but some of the AR-style shotguns out there are pretty good. I have a couple of the Rock Island models, and they have treated me well. I had to feed them some buckshot and heavy loads when I started, but they both got reliable with cheap birdshot after 50-100 rounds.
_________________SteveBenefactor Life Member, National Rifle AssociationLife Member, Second Amendment FoundationPatriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of AmericaLife Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsLegal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy CoalitionMember, NAGR/NFGRPlease support the organizations that support all of us.Leave it cleaner than you found it.
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Peckerinak
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Location: Yelm Joined: Sun May 19, 2013 Posts: 744
Real Name: Ted
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475
Real Name: Steve
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