I grew up with guns. My father had Rugar, Winchester, some military issue rifles. We had several pistols but I had to give them to my aunt because they are illegal to have in my home state. My grandmother had a rifle that could be used by a woman or a man and had a clean shot and not that much kick back but the rifle was so old it has rusted away and is useless. It had been lost in the basement and ruined.
What would be a good brand of rifle to get that I can purchase that I can use and my girlfriend can use for home security? I was looking into Winchester or Rugar.
I am so dumb. I think the weapon that Nana had must have been a shot gun. I remember Dad showing me how to use it as a kid. That must be it. It was shorter barrel than the weapons he used for hunting that were the rifles.

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My dad was worried that my husband would be able to bring home military weapons. He called just to tell me not to let him (we had 3 very small boys preoccupied with being in the army).

I assured my dad that they wouldn’t allow military weapons to be brought home.
The above was right after 9/11.

Then right before the war, hubby got deployed with a non deployable unit (hahah in itself) and dh’s honorary uncle who served with dh’s dad was also out of country. I sent an email saying wouldn’t it be funny if you ended up together over there.

Sure enough I got an email that they were together.

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I’m sure many people have been touchin on this subject as of late and recent times. But I still want to bring it up. I am against such law, I am from Texas of course, and I’ve always been able to go anywhere with my rifle for one, and my dad with his pistol and just shoot for fun. With a proper permit, we can carry a concealed handgun. I believe banning will not solve any issues, it will bing another civil war, and slowly Obama will pick our country apart by tearing out every ammendment that we have ever loved and cared about that has kept this country in tact since 1776. There is horrible crime don’t you doubt. But someone is going to get a hold of a weapon, or someone is going to murder in a different way…either way it’s not going to be any better if not worst. I am in the military as well, so I was always taught to "love" my weapon and never leave it, I sure as hell am not going to have someone pry it from my hands when I am home in Texas. How do you protect your family when ya really need too? Crap happens…and you can no longer protect your family…opinions anyone?

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My dad recently asked me to research a good assault rifle. Somthing high tech and good for hunting. I suggested the AR and AK but he said he wanted somthing modern and usefull. I really don’t know what to look up. Any suggestions?

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I am just starting out in airsoft and some people will say that don’t start with a sniper rifle. My dad said the same thing. My dad says that I should just get a regular pistol to start off. And I will do that however when I do get a sniper rifle which one should I buy? I want to keep it under 0 if possible, and under 400 fps because most places don’t let them be more powerful with a .2 g BB.

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I have an old military rifle that a friend of mine wants to buy. My dad gave me the rifle a few years ago, and I searched the web for info but really didn’t get any where and the gun has been in the back of my safe since then. This is what is stamped on it.

1954

The manufacture looks like RPR with leaves on both sides of the initials

It has a folding bayonet

It is a bolt action with a fixed bottom dump magazine

It has a signal marker with a triangle surrounding it also stamped on it

Any ideas on what I have?
Added: I have not found any other markings other than the serial number (all but the bolt match) also unknown is the caliber.

Thanks for the help

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I am not new to guns in general. I have a .243 Remiginton 700 and my dad owns few rifles as well, but I dont know much when it comes to civilian assault rifles.

What would you recommend as a first assault rifle?
Penelope…Not the point here, thats a whole different argument. And CIVILIAN actually notates a certain version of an assault rifle, so its not an oxymoron.

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I am in the US Air Force Security Forces and am a few months shy of completing a four year enlistment. I’m thinking about getting a tattoo and would like it to be military related. I can’t really say that I’ve done anything worthwhile that would be worth commemorating in a tattoo. I haven’t been to any special schools and while I’ve deployed twice they’ve unfortunately both been to friendly countries nowhere near the AOR.

I can’t really think of anything Air Force that doesn’t look completely fake or have any meaning or history behind it. Even the skull with beret and crossed rifles that you see in tech school looks stupid.

I’m trying to think of something generically military. I’ve considered a battlefield cross maybe. My dad seems to think that’s more of an army thing. Didn’t think so myself.

Any opinions on this or other ideas?

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I know that most military parents are more strict…
Turning their children into "Military Brats"
My dad used to use all kinds of weird military style discipline on me.
Including the cockroach- laying on back with arms & legs up until you can’t hold them up anymore
and the rifle stand- standing against a wall crouching down as if you were in a chair, and holding out your arms palms up with an empty rifle (or other object) resting on them until you get tired.
and the one I can’t remember the name of- holding the "UP" position of a push up until you’re tired.
Well I recently tried these on my 12 year old, and they’ve been very effective so far…
Way better than having to spank her and ground her.
But as everyone knows, they will soon lose their power,
and I will need other techniques.
Does anyone remember any of the other ones that can be used?

p.s
I am not a cruel person-
I am just trying to find a good and effective way to discipline a stubborn preteen
Without making her feel like a "Child"
And without her being too embarrassed about our disciplinary actions

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I started shooting with my brother and father when I was nine. My Dad sort of explained the front sight and the back sight and that was it. I was not the favored son, ( I was small, weak, and not incredibly masculine) so the only thing my Dad would do is scream at me if he thought I was being unsafe, when he and my brother were shooting. My Dad and Brother would have fun shooting together. I was usually dumped off in some small canyon not far away with a brick of .22 and told not to shoot in their direction. I was an "oops" baby late in my Father’s life, and he was exasperated at having to raise another kid when he was 50. I often wonder if I would be a better shot today, if instead of teaching myself how to shoot, I actually had correct instruction from the beginning.

And here is the part that made no sense to me: I had about nine years of shooting experience before I went into the Army. At 18, you could have handed me almost any gun in America, and I have a pretty good idea what it was, and how to use it. Guess who the Firearms Training Sergeants yelled at the most? Yeah. Me. They constantly kept screaming about how I stood, how I held the gun, and how I pulled the trigger. I had absolutely no problem qualifying. I wasn’t a great shot, but I could qualify, no problem. Why didn’t they yell and scream about the people who couldn’t qualify? I shot well enough to qualify the first time I fired the M16. Did it make any sense that they would scream at ME to change my style if I could qualify?

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my dad is in to shooting military matches, and i am into SASS. i would like to get into the service rifle matches, but he shoots a m1 and i would like to shoot a 1903 springfield, that i most likely will have to restore.

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ok me and my boyfriend were wondering y u dont get to keep ur weapon u used to fight when ur in the military? we were watching flags of our fathers and i was like do u get to keep ur weapon like a m1? and i asked him because his dad was a vetnam vet and he was like they give u like a hand gun but they dont let u keep the actual gun u used?? y is that????
god people im only 17 sorry i dont know every thing about the military! i just wanted to know y they didnt get to keep them like a keep sake thing! but i guess thats y they give u medels!

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Hi YA!

I just got back from my summer camp, and I took a liking to riflery. With the .22 cals there (They are really crappy, Anshutz rifles), I was shooting 90′s and 91′s on 50 ft competition targets, but I was shooting them at 75ft. (25m).

For someone that has never shot before, the people there (all ex military) thought I was a great shot. I even made the team and shot with kids 3 years older than me. (And yes I shot freehand, bipods are for wimps). I made it from Pro Marksman to Expert (and almost Dist. Expert) in 1 month.

So… One of the instructors emailed my parents and suggested I get an air rifle to train with so I can get better. My dad is cool with the idea, and my mom thinks its a good idea to have a unique sport for college, but 1 set of my grandparents are NRA haters and are really opposed to the idea, and the other set is also opposed because of the idiotic stuff my uncle did with his BB gun as a kid.

I’m just wondering how I should convince my parents. They know that I am very mature and would exercise extreme caution, and only shoot it when they are around, but it is still not enough.

Anybody know any other ways to convince them? I have already offered to buy it and the ammo with my own money. Ohh and this is an air rifle (supped up BB gun, not a real rifle).

P.S: I’m 13

Thanks!

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I never played video games. They drove my father crazy. He wouldn’t have them in the house. I was an oops baby, and my Dad had me when he was an old man. I am video illiterate.

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Seriously, if it’s from an American corporation, you can pretty much depend on it being cheaply made, prone to failure and overpriced. Whether it’s movies, movie theaters, video game systems like the Xbox, cars, commercial jets, prescription drugs, fighter jets, military tanks, computers or assault rifles, you can depend on it being complete garbage. Now, that’s not because we lack the knowledge and expertise to make them properly, it’s because the typical corporate American mentality is that of speed and profits above all else.

Why not make a better product and have repeat customers for life? I won’t buy any other car than a Honda, and there are other people who do the same with Toyota. I’ve never regretted it. My experience with American cars is that they’re all garbage. My dad had a Chrysler van from 1994, and bought another one in 2004. The interior electronics, save for some styling changes, were basically the same and horribly dated! The car looked lovely from the outside but had 1980′s electronics in it and felt cheap!

I know all corporations can be bad when they want to be, but why are American companies so stupid and rotten?

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My younger brother is 16 and has always been fascinated with everything military. especially planes. he watches the military channel all the time, and makes ghille suits in our backyard, and likes to learn about guns and crap like that. he’s a really brave, tough kid who can endure almost anything. i’m afraid he might join after he graduates high school. i have asked him but he just shrugs. and my dad and mom won’t talk to him about it. how can i tell if he’s really interested? it upsets me.

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Hi, I’ve never been in the army or anything nor do i plan to, and i want to know if i could privately own a military weapon or do i need a permit or something? I want to get SPAS-12 and my dad was in the navy if that could count. If it varies on state i’m in PA.

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im not sure about the rifle but i now my dad did take it top a gun show and the man taged it as a 1889 swiss but con not find it on the internet. Not like the one i got they have the short barrel and mine has the ling barrel.So if anyone can help me out i would apprecate it.

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what all do you need to get into the army? how can i work out now to get into the military? and are there good benfits afterwards? i’m considering joining, after high school. But what credits do I need if any? and afterwards would i still be able to become a vet? when you join the military do you use guns like shoot people? or what? what can i do now to help my knees? i have bad knee’s and back from being abused when i was little by my dad… how can i become stronger?
Thanks for all the Great answers!

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My dad found a button at his uncles farm that he said is from a military uniform from the 1800′s but I can’t find any information about it. It’s obviously extremely old and has a bugle on the back with stars above it and the word "rifle" and on the front the designs not very clear but the word "Crumpton" is clear. Anyone know anything about it I’m just curious as to what it really is it’s very old.
Oh if it helps at all the button was found at Fort Atkinson in Nebraska.

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I’m 18 right now and I eventually plan to join some branch of the military at some point in time. Just about everyone in my family has served and it’s something that I want to do as well. I’m 18 now and I think the cut-off limit is 30 so I have until then which is 12 years. I dont know but for some reason when I join I want things to be different, instead of using the same weapon my dad used over 30 years ago. I always here and see all these concepts of what our military will be equiped with in like the year 2015 and so on but it’s 2007 now and I don’t see anybody with vizors coming over there face giving them an HUD of all there surroundings and there squad. Also how much longer are we going to use the M16/M4 weapons?? I know they are excellent weapons but we have used them for a long as hell time right now. When are we going to switch over to a gun like the SCAR Assault rifle or the HK416? Anytime in the next 12 years maybe? I would be a hell of alot more excited to sign up if so.
Hah yes I know that is a quite absurd reason not to join. I think I’m going to spend about the next 8 years getting in the best shape possible and then join up when I’m about 26. I went to military school 8th through the 10th grade so I have shot civillian grade M16′s so I kind of have somewhat of a feel for the actual weapon. I want to eventually try out for the special forces in my army career. I know what it’s like to go through hell. We had an "elite" cadet program that was extremely rigorous and I learned alot through that. It’s all really just in your head. I hate to imagine what Special Forces training is like but atleast I have had a taste of what "hell training" is like. I think by the time I’m 26 If I’m in good shape I will be alot more mentally prepared for something like that. That way I can get a hand on something besides the damned M16. Thanks for the replies so far and I respect you all who have served to protect my freedom. Hopefully one day I’ll do the same. Thanks

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I was watching the movie called Sniper this morning and my dad brought out that there’s a electronic scope you hook onto the rifle and it tells you how many yards out a target is.

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I inherited 2 rifles (a single and double barrel) and a hand gun from my father, when he passed away.

The story about them, as I understand it, goes like this:

A friend of his, was diagnosed with Cancer and did not want the rifles around, so he gave them to my father to "hold onto" for him. When he died, my father tried to give the rifles back to his son, who did not want anything to do with them and said keep them. That was almost 2 years ago.

The only documentation I have is some papers from the military that discharges the two rifles to my dad’s friend, years and years ago.

Now, I’ve got them and will be moving from California to Pennsylvania in about two weeks. What should I do with the rifles? Can I sell them? Pawn them?

Now, there is also a handgun that was my father’s. I want to keep that, and take it with me. Is there anything I need to do ahead of time or do I just take it with me when I drive cross-country?

Thanks in advance for any advice!!

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My mom wants to get my dad an AR-15 for christmas but we cant because
1. It costs 1300 dollars
2. The name check thing might take to long.

But i was wondering how long the name check is for an assault rifle, is it any different than any other gun?

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