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[Annie Oakley]

I am now an official Zoomie groupie. Love your writing.

 

[Walter Zoomie]

Some random firearms musings...

I’m sorta out of the loop when it comes to modern firearms. I see all kinds of wild looking **** out there, with all sorts of aftermarket thingies hanging off of them…flashlights, lasers, global positioning systems, bottle openers, Kleenex dispensers. I don’t get it. Guess I never will. I don’t like to have a lot of accessories. I’m old. Any weapon I own will not have “rails” on it. “Rails" are something choo-choos run on. Kinda.

I don’t have a problem with people who like to have many various and sundry dark-colored lumps attached to their firearms. All I’m saying is that it’s not my bag, baby!

I think I’d like to have a rifle like the one I used to hump while I was dabbling in all things Marine Corps-ish. Yes. Having an M16A2 service rifle would be cool, because I am very familiar with an M16A2, and familiarity is very important to me when it comes to firearms. And, not to gloat or anything, but shooting an M16A2 was actually something I was consistently good at.

I’ve noticed there are numerous M16-looking rifles out there today…so many that it boggles my mind. Some of them are made by companies I’ve never heard of. My M16 will have been manufactured by Colt, or General Motors. Anything less is suspect in my mind.

Some M16s shoot different sized rounds. I don’t think an M16 should fire anything but a 5.56mm. If your M16 shoots .22 long-rifles or other such pistol ammunition, your M16 is improper, and you should probably have it shredded or trade it in for a more prudent weapon.

My M16, should I ever get one, will not have a laser range finder or a grenade launcher or a satellite dish on it. No. But, it will have a bayonet lug, because bayonets are dark and foreboding and primal. Folks know that if you are willing to get up close and personal and use a bayonet on a fool and skewer him as if he were a shish-ka-bob, that you are probably just a little bit crazy. Or something. Maybe.

Another rifle I would dearly love to own is an M1 Garand. My uncle has one. He should probably gift it to me, as I am his favorite nephew. Sorta.

Anyhoo…I have had Garand fever ever since I started playing Medal of Honor video games and saw the Band of Brothers TV series. The sight of heavy rates of .30 caliber rifle fire tearing German flesh asunder has stuck with me. I want to do something like that also, except with paper targets. I don’t have a problem with Germans now. They are cool in my book.

If I ever get a Garand, I will not put one of those funky grenade launcher attachments on it and poke a dummy grenade on the end of it, because it looks goofy.

Also, if I get a Garand, I’m going to need to find me a good friend who is knowledgeable about them and can show me how to field strip it and not get M1 thumb too. That’s one thing that kinda scares me about a Garand. I really don’t want my thumb crushed by the bolt. That would be below average. I guess that’s why the WW2 generation was so tough and cool. They could get their thumbs mangled into bloody pulp by their rifles and still soldier on like it was groovy and stuff.

There are also some handguns I would like to own eventually. I will list them for you now.

1)Ruger SP101: I don’t know why, but this revolver has always appealed to me. Maybe it’s because of its sleek and sexy lines. I know it only holds 5 rounds, and can be had in various calibers, but five rounds should be enough to handle any unpleasant situations unless the living undead should become a problem.

2)Browning High-Power: A classic and historic piece reminiscent of British or Canadian secret Special Forces, or something. Maybe.

3)Glock, or one of the other Plastic Fantastics that today’s youth rave about so much. I’m willing to try some new stuff. Pretty much.


So…those are some of my thoughts about firearms.

Interested readers should feel free to comment.

Happy and safe shooting!

 

[9rows]

I’m sorta out of the loop when it comes to modern firearms. I see all kinds of wild looking **** out there, with all sorts of aftermarket thingies hanging off of them…flashlights, lasers, global positioning systems, bottle openers, Kleenex dispensers. I don’t get it. Guess I never will. I don’t like to have a lot of accessories. I’m old. Any weapon I own will not have “rails” on it. “Rails" are something choo-choos run on. Kinda.

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classic zoomie

good stuff

 

[SavageEagle]

Love it! I heard mention of a blog?

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

Love it! I heard mention of a blog?

It can be found here: Walter Zoomie's World

 

[9rows]

zoomie's world in a good one

if you are into indycar racing, make sure read some of that stuff too

in a word - phenomenal

 

[SavageEagle]

Thanks!

 

[MACHINEGUN]

I wouldn't know anything about Maggie's Drawers.. I always qualified rifle expert.

I was my company high shooter on pre-qual day, 229.

Our company high shooter on qual day was this pogue named Haloopa (same platoon as me) beat me out by 9 points, 235.

I choked that day and got a 226... what can I say SDI pressure is a bitch.

Our PMI was Sgt. Voss, a wickedly accurate sniper.

I could have easily been a sniper myself, but what is the fun in that?

I preferred automatic weapons and blowing stuff up.

Forget that one shot one kill junk.

Jarhead's and their ramblings... I swear.

 

[Walter Zoomie]

Thanks for the kudos, gents.

Stay tuned, sportsfans, because I'm currently working on something ultra-special.

You will love it.

Maybe.

 

[TomN]

I'm always packin' a rod.