INGO AR-15 Open House -> After Action Reports

[seahawk610]

Great meet and greet

I just want to say i enjoyed the AR-15 meet and greet today, or as my friend Jim called it the ogole and drool get togther, i want to say thank you to the group for making this website and the group possible.

 

[Thumper]

I didn't see the cookies.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Thats my paint job


VERY nice meeting all of you, the names are already leaving me... i am utterly shocked at how many people i got to talk to today.

 

[redneckmedic]

WOW... Just WOW, Great to do the face name game with some of yal. Most I have never seen so many unsupervised firearms anywhere Is INGO just that trust worthy... or was it cause everyone was pack'n

HUGE THANKS TO MCF&G FOR THEIR SPACE, AND TO
THOSE WHO PUT UP THE TIME AND EFFORT (& $...name tags)
WITH THE LOGISTICS! I'M SURE FENWAY WILL PUT A
LITTLE BIT EXTRA IN YOUR INGO CHECK THIS MONTH
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[Bisley Man]

Thanks to all who brought their AR's for display. Saw an old bowling pin buddy, that was great! Like many have said conversations abounded (that's good) so I didn't talk to everyone,(we're too polite to interrupt) but sincerely enjoyed talking with a dozen or so INGO'rs about AR's, Redneckmedic's upcoming class,training etc.Very much enjoyed talking to all of you! Magnificent event! To be a FREE American and assemble to look at and talk about guns!

 

[squisher]

My wife got to hold a couple, as did I, we know more now which direction we want to take. I think we'll end up with a flat-top 16" barrel in 5.56/.223 and a collapsible stock to deal with the differences in our heights. Anna seemed to really appreciate the ones with the extra pistol grip attached to the handguard on a couple of them.

(We were the ones earlier in the afternoon with the little guy running around).

 

[techres]

I saw a lot of cameras.. anyone else have pics?

Processing pics and video now!

 

[alxjmrk]

I didn't see the cookies.

suuuure you didnt. they just magically ended up in your belly.

i was an AR virgin, until today. so thank you all, really. i learned just enough to know i need to jump on the EBR train.

 

[kedie]

Had a great time today! Lots of awesome rifles. Looking foward to some more pics!

 

[ZbornacSVT]

To whoever brought the 6.5 Grendal with the 24 inch bbl, I'm even more convinced that is the route I want to go with with my next upper.

Glad you enjoyed it! Let me know if you need any help in planning out your build. It was a 28", btw

I really enjoyed this event. It was nice to be able to play with all of the optics and lights that everyone had. It has me rethinking a lot of what I had planned....

YAY FOR COOKIES!!!

 

[IndyGunworks]

more pics!

 

[Thumper]

suuuure you didnt. they just magically ended up in your belly.

i was an AR virgin, until today. so thank you all, really. i learned just enough to know i need to jump on the EBR train.

I would have paid money for cookies

 

[shooter521]

GREAT event. VUPDblue said he printed out 150 nametags, and we only had a handful left at the end of the day. I stopped counting at 50 guns; I know a few more drifted in after that.

It was good to talk with folks and check out the toys. As I remarked several times, the beauty of the AR system shows when you have 50+ guns in one place, and no two of them are exactly alike.

I wonder if there would be any interest in an AK Open House in the future?

Pics shortly.

 

[G-Niner]

Quote: I wonder if there would be any interest in an AK Open House in the future?

I would be interested.

 

[infidel]

I wonder if there would be any interest in an AK Open House in the future?

Commie.

Really though, I would be down for that as well. Heck, this went so well you guys might think of just having a bring your guns open house at a bigger place to accommodate all kinds of guns and more people.

Edit: I was standing around when you were explaining your suppressors. Thanks a lot for the information.

 

[IndyGunworks]

I would have paid money for cookies

they were free

 

[Bruenor]

My wife and I stopped in for about half an hour. I got to place a couple of faces with names, but like another has already said, there were a lot of people who I didn't recognize. It's easy to forget how big of a site this has become.

I talked to a couple of guys (Techres and someone else... can't remember the name right now) about the Appleseed shoot. I've been thinking about going to one for a while, so this year is when I'm going. They even said that my wife could come and shoot free, and that there would probably be a loaner rifle for her to use.

After today I'm more than convinced that I need to get an AR. I'm looking to sell my SKS and all the ammo for that, so I'll have a pretty nice down payment on one. But, I do see a very, very large problem with getting into the AR platform. From the looks of the open house today, AR's are kind of like Pringles; once you pop, you can't stop.

Even though we only stayed for half an hour and didn't get much of a chance to talk to anyone, it was a lot of fun. We definitely need to have an annual AR drool-fest.

 

[VUPDblue]

Yup, I brought home 16 of the 150 name tags I printed and I KNOW that not everyone got one. There were some spouses and friends (non INGOers) who didn't wear one... I would say that we had right around 150 people in and out during the event.

This was E P I C and the kind of thing that makes INGO great

 

[rhino]

I totally missed it!

 

[redneckmedic]

This was E P I C and the kind of thing that makes INGO great

I was ready for an argument to break out... I waited all day to yell... "Where do you think we are... AR-15.com?", Opportunity failed, apparently we are just to civilized!