I'm kind of shy and bashful, but I'll go next.

I'm 49 years young (yeah, right), and am coming up
on 31 years total military service, 10 years active and almost 21 Reserve. My wife (who just retired Friday from AT&T, I mean Ameritech, er... make that SBC, no, at&t Inc) and I own 69 acres inside Yellowwood State forest near Nashville, IN, so have no neighbors and never will.

I'm a Military Intelligence electronics person currently assigned as an area manager for Retention and Career Counciling on the Reserve side. On the civilian side I'm a manager for at&t Inc on the special staff (I tell my mom I'm "special").

I'm a volunteer fireman, a red card forest fire fighter (I live in the woods, you see- the dogs and the wife and my guns and me), an arson and fire investigator, a medical first responder, a C.E.R.T. instructor, one of only 9 technician level certified Search & Rescue people in the state, and in my spare time do things like run (unsuccessfully) for county commissioner, and perform in a local theater group.

My firearms interest started before I can remember with a 1940 Remington 22 single shot my dad said he bought new for $3.25 with half a box of shells. It has expanded a bit to include 17 HRM through 450 Marlin, most with both pistol and rifle combinations, reloading and bullet molding.

444 wise, I have a 1976 444s, and a much newer BFR pistol. I just bought my first box of LeverEvolution ammo, but haven't had a chance to really test it yet.

I'm a Life- Endowment NRA member, born into a family where my Kentucky coal mining dad never voted for anyone who wasn't a Democrat his whole life, but by the grace of God (and I mean that) I vote mostly Republican.

 

Briefly, well, sorta...

60 years old, empty nester, happily married since 1968, two great kids and four wonderful grandchildren, the youngest of whom we just baptized in Wisconsin last Sunday.

I enlisted in USMC and served in RVN with HqCo, 7th Marine Regiment, '68-'69. Most of my life I was in public school service as a special ed teacher, and for many years as an elementary principal in Missouri, my home state.

We came to Wyoming in '91. I completed a graduate degree and administered student support programs at Univ. of Wyo. for 7 years then retired in 2001 to volunteer full-time at St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral. I was ordained a Deacon in early 2005 and have served as the chaplain of Hospice of Laramie for 5 years and continue to do so.

I have hunted for about 50 years: rabbits to elk. I chase all the big game available locally and this year will do so with a new-to-me 444S mfg in 1977. I am committed to using aperture sights as part of a move toward a simpler life-style. My scoped boltguns will sit in the closet this year.

I spend too much time on MO forums. It is a great place to share my interests with great folks. Most of my church/hospice circle of acquaintances "don't get it." Go figure. I mean it is Wyoming!

"Thanks" to Larry and everyone who makes this all possible!

 

71 years young, married to my first love for 51+ years, & she bought me my 1st Marlin way back when. She also got me into reloading when she bought me a complete reloading outfit for Christmas 25 years ago.
I am an X Navy aviation electronics tech, & I just retired from my own electronics buiness on June 23 2006. My wife & I love to golf & we are in Myrtle Beach NC every year, but my first love ( other than my wife) is HUNTING in Elk County Pa. I have not missed opening day in the last 40+ years. I just love being at camp with "GOOD Friends".
When here at home I enjoy shooting my 444ss, 44 mag 1894SS, & my 45-70 1895CB, S&W mod 29 44mag. & my Ruger Super Blackhawk. My carry guns are Ruger SP101 357mag Stainless, & spurless, & my KT P3AT .380.
Now that I have the time, I golf, reload & shoot. The wife goes to the range every now & then with me. She wants to be my spotter. Every time I shoot she jumps & moves the spoting scope, & can`t find the target. Sure makes for a long day, but what the hell I`m in no hurry, I`m RETIRED!! 444

 

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I'm 56 years old and a retired US Army Warrant Officer (Specialties of Military Intelligence & Logistics). I entered the service in 1968 & retired on 06/01/1990 settling in Olympia, WA. I served two tours in RVN as an enlisted guy. I became an Officer in 1978. I got to be stationed all over the world and thoroughly enjoyed it. I speak Chinese & German. After retiring from the Army I used my GI Bill to acquire a degree in Computer Science. I entered Law Enforcement (Corrections) after college. After several years of that & having a 91 mile one way commute I quit in 1996. I then entered the Security Field. I've been with the same company for 10 years; and am now a District Supervisor. I've got to do a lot of high-speed stuff (No not Rambo stuff); particularly as a Bodyguard, Executive Protection Specialist, and a Bail Enforcement (Fugitive Recovery) Officer. I was placed on medical leave on 06/01/2006 and had my first 'Total Knee Replacement' on 06/06/2006. I partially recovered from it & just had the 2nd one done on 09/05/2006. The 2nd(left) knee was a lot more messed up with arthritic disease & schrapnel so I'm having a slower recovery; but, I'll get there! 8) I was on the old Marlin Talk® & when it closed made the migration to here in spring 2004. I had a thought in March 2006 & started Team 444 Marlin®. It's been a lot of fun to say the least. When The Team was started there was no thought of a separate forum as we presently have in 'The 444 Lodge'. The vitriol, in the Big Bore Forum, however; wore a lot of us down over the months that followed. Several Charter Members, Members, & I finally came to the conclusion we would like to have a place of our own & petitioned Larry to set up a place for us - The 444 Lodge came into being. Larry set the forum up the way it presently exists. I have thoroughly enjoyed my stay here as I'm sure do all of you. Many on Team 444 have truly become my friends & I feel I'm indeed rich having friends like you!

My other interests besides Lever Guns are Golf, Steelhead & Salmon Fishing, Skeet, & Handgun Shooting. I am a very passionate bird hunter. My wife & I are very active in our church & teach Bible Study in our home. Having two sons, a daughter, a granddaughter, 5 grandsons, & a great-granddaughter keeps me really busy.

 

52, born & raised in SW PA. 4th generation Scot-American. Family immigrated here in the late 1800's. Have hunted & fished since a very early age. Remember my first hunt @ age 8.

Have handloaded since age 18, when I bought my first 444, used the Hornady 265 gr. JFP over the factory 240 gr. stuff.

Served 4 yrs. in the USMC. Got out in 1975 as an E-5, Sgt.

Served a 2-year mission in the 4-Corners area of the SW on various native american reservations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and learned/spoke Navajo.

Have 3 sons, 2 have passed on, one while serving in the USMC. Youngest is serving his 2-year mission currently in Long Beach CA Spanish speaking mission. He just turned 20.

Very active in our church, having served on most local levels in various capacities. My wife & I currently teach Sunday School to the 14-15 year old youth.

Went hunting in South Africa in 2003 with my closest friend & took my then 17-year old son in 2004 as a HS grad present. Used my Marlin 1895GS with my own handloads with much success on both trips.

Have 24 years (including military) as a civil servant. Been married to my sweet wife for 23 years, the last 7 of which we have been battling her cancer.

Have had to sell most of my firearm collection to pay bills, but still own a 30-year old 4" S&W Model 18-4 K-22 Masterpiece in great condition and a real tack driver, 625-7 (pre-lock) Mountain Gun in 45Colt, my custom 1895GS, a CZ452 bolt-action 22LR...am trying to save up for a good bolt gun in either 30-06 or 338-06.

Was a member of the original Marlin Talk and enjoy coming here...but looks like some folks are stirring up trouble again over at the Big Bore.

Enjoy the relative calm of the 444 Lodge.

Thanks.

 

I grew up in Southeastern Ohio, in the country, we fished and hunted anytime we could, we were never bored and we never needed our parents to entertain us. I killed my first deer at 12 years old with a Ben Pearson Spoiler recurve, it was a nice 8 point. We hunted all the small game and I loved Ruffed Grouse. Another of my loves was Black powder, and I read all I could on people like Daniel Boone, and the Mountain men, I made it to friendship Indiana every chance I got (some of you know what I'm talking about). I bought many different Black powder guns and made a few myself, even today the smell of burnt blackpowder gets me so excited that I have to change my underwear. When I finished high school I married and we moved to Oklahoma where her kinfolk was, I worked in the oil patch for a while, thats where my first 444 came from. I loved to deer hunt with a rifle and I lived to walk miles hunting Prairie chickens. Oklahoma is a great state and it has some of the better people I have ever met. Then joined the USN for 4 years, after the USN we moved to Colorado where my parents had moved a few years before.
Colorado and I got along just fine, Divorced Wife #1 and found a wonderful soul mate to be Wife#2 she is truly a rare find. The only bad thing about Colorado was almost no Bass fishing, I hunted successfully with archery, Muzzleloader and rifles for Mule deer, Antelope, Elk, and lots of small game, we Duck and goose hunted with a passion, and shot our fair share of Dove, grouse and Pheasants. We hunted and fished in Wyoming as much as we could. You cant say enough about the Mountain country, big bold and beautiful, I spent a great deal of time just wondering those hills with my flintlocks, wishing I could go back in time and get the heck away from modern times and all the people. I do love Elk hunting but I hunted Snowshoe Hares on showshoes with a Flintlock 32cal Virgina style rifle, you talk about fun sometimes we used snowmobiles to get up high enough but we also camped in the winter and spent a good deal of time in the winter in my buddies cabin at 9700' it would ware you out snowshoeing all day, but I loved it, and do miss it as I surely do miss the mountains.
All good things must come to a end, my job took me to Massachusetts to close out a plant it was going to take four years. I moved to New Hampshire because in masshole I had too many Evil guns that they would not allow. I really enjoyed NH I loved the people the big Hardwoods and the great Bass fishing, I hated the COLD winters, and I mean cold, we closed the plant in two years so I had a choice to make go back to Colorado or go to South Carolina and get my dad under control, My mother died in 1997 and my dad just never delt with moms death right and it ate him up, he was the worst human being to be around, so much self pity and distress and just being hard to live with or be around!
We went to SC and gave dad the family time he needed, my wonderful wife was a miracle worker for the old man, they had a great time together and it made dad see again that all was not lost, and there was a lot of life yet to live, happy to say that was several years ago and he's once again married and happy as a pup on a teet. the Southern lifestyle is hard to beat, I am more southern then yankee in my heart, these people are very hard to beat, good folks with a laid back lifestyle, I have really enjoyed my time here so far, I get to bass fish with my older brother a lot and that means more to me then killing any monster Elk. My wife learned to deer hunt and small game hunt, not only did she learn, she loves it about as much as any person I know.

We as a family do a lot of shooting, we burn a lot of ammo up every year and we love it, I Handload for 14 different calibers and we shoot them all, some more then others. We shoot a lot of clays, like skeet, trap and sporting clays. I do lots of Bass fishing, matter of fact I will be out tomorrow burning up the lake.
I make my own Longbows, arrows, fishing rods I cast my own bullets, do my own gunsmithing, Im learning to make knifes, and I have a great shop to work in, I have a good job and a wonderful family, Im truly blessed, and thank him each and every day.

Lets not forget I'm a defender of the 444

September of 2012, we rented the house and moved back to Colorado, it wasn't the Colorado we left, way to many ignorent Liberals and Demoncrats, plus the high cost of living there, then the renters started slacking on paying, so we pack up the Rental trucks in January of 2014 at a balmy -6 degrees and started back to South Carolina. I miss my Mountain time, I really love those Rocky Mountains! But! Glad to be bass fishing again!

 

Here goes;
I'm 54, an electrician working mostly construction, married to the same girl for 34 yrs, two grown boys and 6 grandkids. I was born and raised in a small Quaker town Whittier.CA; most just called it East L.A. Now living in Coeur d'elene, ID.
I was taught to shoot at age 6, Win.model 12 20ga that was docked at both ends to fit me, that shotgun now lives with my grandson. Shot in my first registered skeet shoot at 10, and have shot, registered targets off and on now for 44years. In that time, I’ve had the privilege to shoot with some of best in the sport.
A Sav. Model 99 in 250/3000 was my first rifle, shot my first deer at 12, and still shoot one most every year. This rifle was cut-down to fit and it also lives with my grandson.
Bought my first Marlin 8mo ago, a new 22" bbl. 444 and wow does it ever shoot? I'm also the proud owner of a new 444 XLR that I won in the raffle on this site. I just have a feeling it's going to be a shooter also!

That's enough already: :roll:

Danny

 

Born and raised right here in Columbia, Mo. Be 54 on 9/15. Could almost say I was born and raised on a range. My dad was one of the founding 4 members of the local gun club. I spent most every weekend working at shoots. Dad was a linotypist so I have cast bullets since junior high. Started reloading in grade school to help with dads shooting costs. I have literally shot tonnage in cast bullets out of S&W revolvers. As much as I have reloaded and shot I hunt mostly with a bow. I have bowhunted from Alaska to Quebec to Texas and parts in between. Been at it since the age of 11 or 12. I hunt with a recurve I built. At one point I built custom bows professionaly that sold here and in other countries. Multiple back injuries and a car wreck that caused a stroke have made use of my hands and arms a very big challenge for the last 11 years. Things are much better now finally. I still build bows when I can but I haven't advertised since '95. I work for my brother on Pyxis equiptment. We keep almost 630 pieces of stuff running 24/7-365. Until a couple of years ago I hadn't hunted with a gun since '76. I always reloaded and shot but just reached for my bow when it came time to hunt. I always used my bow even during gun seasons. Had to slow down due to a medical allergy that set me back for quite a time. That is why I decided to try gun hunting again. I got where I could barely walk. Now I hope to get after it again next year. Have had to cancel a bear hunt 3 years running. Hope it happens this next year. I may try to hunt some hogs if several things fall into place. Not enough time to play. Rick

 

I'm 60 and proud of it!...... turning 60 was not traumatic for me. I work out with a weight machine on a semi regular basis ,tryin' to keep my boyish figure!..... I think I'm holding the ageing process at bay somewhat with a 33/34" waist, stranding 5'7" at 184 lbs. If you don't think so, don't spoil my illusion!
I used to like to run 1.75 miles early in the morning before work (last job) when I didn't need to be at work 'til 8:30 a.m.........but now I'm at work at 6:30a.m......too early to get up EARLIER to run!, I suffered a foot injury (sprain) hunting a few years ago that sort of took the interest out of running anyway. The injury is now a distant memory, but it took a looong time to heal.

I've been involved with Mechanical Design, Optical Instrument Design, Tool and Gage Design, Surface Roughness Measurement and Dimensional Inspection, and Confirmation, and Gaging System Applications for the last 40 years, having worked and consulted for companies such as Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Ford, GM and Catapillar Diesel among others.
I've been lucky enough to be married to the same wonderful women for the last 36 years. We share each others interests and its been a "Wonderful Ride".... How she puts up with me, I don't know!

I'm a "burned out" competitive small bore pistol shooter having shot competitively for 25 years, I quit in '95 with a 273 average, as I no longer could raise my average or had any interest.
I still like to shoot matches recreationally with a few friends, but for fun now. I also did my share with "man on man" steel plates and bowling pins with 1911 45ACPs, I love the excitement of that sport but other things started to take up my weekends.

I enjoy riding my 2001 Harley FXDC Dyna SuperGlide, having returned from a week at the Americade Tour Rally in New York this past June. I also have a '89 Mustang GT with a PowerDyne SuperCharger and a few other engine/chassis modifications that I like to go to the local Cruise Nights with. The car has 22K original miles and has never seen rain!..." A Safe Queen" would be an understatement. I drove it 123 miles this summer!
My other hobbies are Marlins,Antiques, family, and maintaining my home. I like to fish, but no longer have friends that fish, so I haven't fished for the past 10-12 years
I also own an Original restored Columbia "Expert" High Wheel Bicycle. It belongd to my father and his grandfather before him. My dad and I belonged to the Wheelmen Association for a time, but I don't now have the time or interest to participate with them in their events(parades), so I no longer belong. My dad is 86 and still belongs, but hasn't ridden for about 12 years, he turned the bicycle over to me on my 50th birthday.

I am also involved with the local ELKS Lodge, holding the office of Chaplain for the last 4 years.
I used to bow hunt, but with no sunday hunting in CT , I haven't the time, so I've put that on hold 'til after retirement. I never liked tree stands anyway....
I gun hunt in the fall for long weekends each year in Vermont..... Thats pronounced VER-mont for those of you not from New England.
My extended family has a deer camp in southern VT, but I also have friends with hunting camps further north also, and try to spend time with them too.
As some of you know, I work for Marlin Firearms Company now. I am the MFG Engineer for the 336/444/1895/XLR Lever Rifle line. I joined Marlin about 4 years ago as the Tool & Gage Engineer and was asked to take over the MFG aspects of some of the products..........Probably the most fun job I've had, because of my interest in Marlins and the shooting sports, but believe me, it keeps me busy.
Retirement is still a ways in the future for me, my wife is 4 years younger ,so we're just starting to talk about it.

I enjoy Marlinowners.com with the varied interests and backrounds of everyone on the site, truely an enjoyable place to converse.
Well, enough about me, I could probably just keep rambling and bore you all some more.......Thanks for the opportunity to tell you about me and my life.

Good Shooting and Hunting

Tomray
NRA LIFE
444 Group

 

Howdy folks. Looks like I might be the youngest poster so far, at 38 years old.
I have lived most of my life in North Idaho except for a short time in Oregon and some time in the military.
I was in the Navy and worked as an A7 and F18 mechanic, spent lots of time on the flight deck of aircraft carriers. I did 4.5 years, I was extended 6 months for the gulf war.
I have been shooting all my life, I started with a daisy BB gun at about 3 years old. Shot out my bedroom light bulb and had it taken away till about 5 years old.
I didnt really get into reloading, and casting my own bullets until after I got out of the military in 92. Hunting and fishing have been a big part of my life ever since.
Since I am now married, I cant seem to find as much time to hunt, but I am trying to get her into it, she is comming around slowly and will always go with me if I ask her to.
I got me a marlin 444 after my dad bought one in 45-70. I guess I just wanted to be different at first, but it has turned into my favorite rifle. I used to hunt with a 7mm. I guess I just got bored with super fast magnums that ruin too much meat.
I also shoot IDPA quite often. I am a saftey officer and along with a couple buddies we run matches at our local range.
I currently work a deadend desk job which allows me way too much time on the internet. I guess I still dont know what I want to be when I grow up.

 

About me.. I am one of the top 10 most hated people at MO.. ;D ;D


But I was truck driver and welder most of my life.Now nursing some injuries and diabetes related stuff, but hoping in a year or so to get my life back on track. Love my levers; wish I would have started on them long ago.

I am 50 years old, married for almost 18 years. Have three cats inside only pets. I have 4 marlins... xlr 366, 336 w, 25mn, and newly acquired 39Mountie.

 

About me.. I am one of the top 10 most hated people at MO.. :lol: :lol:


But I was truckdriver and welder most of my life.. Now nursing some injuries and diabeties realated stuff.. but hoping in a year or so to get my life back on track..
Love my levers.. wish I would have started on them long ago..

I am 50 years old, married for almost 18 years... Have three cats inside only pets.. I have 4 marlins... xlr 366, 336 w, 25mn, and newly aquired 39Mountie..

Larry, look at the bright side; at least your not in the #1 position like I am!

 

Hang in there Junkie, you are appreciated.

I am 49 years old and been married now for 27 years. Got two kids and two grand babies now with the third on the way. For you youngsters, I recommend you skip kids and go strait to grand babies! I have only one marlin and it is a 444. My son as a 45/70 and believe it or not we get along! I am a Information System Manager and keep our company network some what functional.

 

About me.. I am one of the top 10 most hated people at MO.. :lol: :lol:


But I was truckdriver and welder most of my life.. Now nursing some injuries and diabeties realated stuff.. but hoping in a year or so to get my life back on track..
Love my levers.. wish I would have started on them long ago..

I am 50 years old, married for almost 18 years... Have three cats inside only pets.. I have 4 marlins... xlr 366, 336 w, 25mn, and newly aquired 39Mountie..

Larry, look at the bright side; at least your not in the #1 position like I am!

That depends on who you ask at the moment.

 

Well I am 30yrs old grew up here in upstate NY. Joined the Army in 1995 as an Infantryman. Was stationed in Hawaii for 5yrs were I met and married my wife of 7yrs now. I then moved to Ft. Drum NY were I have been deployed twice now to Iraq. I am currently an Instructor for Advanced Rifle Marksmanship (ARM) Air Assault, And Pre Ranger.

 

Hello, I am 46 years old, and live in North West PA. Been a police officer for the last 16 years before that was a steel worker. Been hunting with lever guns since I was 12. My hunting passion is Canada Geese, then anything in season. I have been hunting with a 444SS for the past 10 or so years just recently purchasing a 1895 45-70. My wife and I have been together for 21 years/ I am a life member of the NRA and North American Hunting Club. I am a rifle addict. I have Marlins, Winchester, Mausers, Ruger, Colts and FN-FAL, and my Winchester Super Mag XS for Goose and other shotguns. I love to hunt, it is a good for stress relief ( job related that is). I have hunted in PA, Ohio, WVA, NY and South Africa. Going to Quebec this spring for Black Bear. Oh yes, my wife does go with me on occasion, She will not shot but she loves to be outdoors with me. She will be fishing while I am bear hunting. I am lucky and live in a farming area and shot on my property, and I shot everyday. I will close by stealing a phrase from Bestlever, Life Is Good!!!

 

About me.. I am one of the top 10 most hated people at MO.. :lol: :lol:


But I was truckdriver and welder most of my life.. Now nursing some injuries and diabeties realated stuff.. but hoping in a year or so to get my life back on track..
Love my levers.. wish I would have started on them long ago..

I am 50 years old, married for almost 18 years... Have three cats inside only pets.. I have 4 marlins... xlr 366, 336 w, 25mn, and newly aquired 39Mountie..

Larry, look at the bright side; at least your not in the #1 position like I am!

That depends on who you ask at the moment..

Gunjunkie is my mentor.

 

About me.. I am one of the top 10 most hated people at MO.. :lol: :lol:


But I was truckdriver and welder most of my life.. Now nursing some injuries and diabeties realated stuff.. but hoping in a year or so to get my life back on track..
Love my levers.. wish I would have started on them long ago..

I am 50 years old, married for almost 18 years... Have three cats inside only pets.. I have 4 marlins... xlr 366, 336 w, 25mn, and newly aquired 39Mountie..

Larry, look at the bright side; at least your not in the #1 position like I am!

That depends on who you ask at the moment..

Gunjunkie is my mentor. :wink:

Not a smart thing to associate with me these days. 8)

 

Well personally I think they pay you too much to be the Admin. ;D

 

Really.. I agree.. I just don't know what to do with all the money.. ;D

 

I'm 43 now and don't know where the last 20 years have gone. My wife has put up with me for 14 years and I have an 8 year old daughter, and 6 year old son who goes hunting with me every chance he gets, and has been going since he was 2...by his choice.

I'm a Physician Assistant in a Rural Health Clinic and Hospital. About 1/3 of my life is spent on call and I usually put in about 55-60 hours every week, not by choice. but I like where I live and the people that I see. One big advantage is that I meet a lot of people, probably not many people in the County that I don't know. The advantage to that is that a lot of folks let me hunt and fish, and that make all the endless hours worth it.

I can shoot about 1/2 mile from my house in a friends field, but I do most of my shooting in another friends pasture which is about 4-5 miles from my house. we have a bench and everything there.

I grew up in Millard NE which at the time was on the out skirts of Omaha, it has since been swallowed up by Omaha. As a matter of fact, the New Cabela's store that is going in next to the interstate is where I learned to shoot a rifle and shotgun. My Dad used to take me out there in the field and shoot into a large dirt bank. So it is only fitting that something like Cabela's should be built there. I have a lot of great memories there with my Dad, who I wish was still here to share memories with. The store is about a mile or so from my Mom's house, so I will probably by spending money there often :wink:

I was a high school drop out in the 12 th grade, and joined the Navy at the end of what would have been my senior year in 1981. I spent about 9 months on the USS Thomaston LSD-28 before going to Hospital Corps School. I spent over 5 years of 7.5 years attached to the Marines where I was lucky enough to be attached to Scout Sniper School in Quantico in 1983. I enjoyed being a Corpsman with the Marines. It was a tough call to get out but I wanted to go to school. So I got out in 1988 and stated college on the pay as you go plan. working part time going to school full time until the money ran out. Then worked full time went to school part time ect ect. I saved my VA bennies for PA school. I graduated with a masters in Physician Assistant Studies in 1998, 10.5 years after I started. Got a job in Pawnee City, NE and the rest is history.

I work to hunt and shoot, it helps pay for guns and ammo. Wish I had a job like Warren Buffet...I would go elk, moose, bear, +++++hunting somewhere different every year. Since I'm not I have to hunt local game. Ducks, pheasants, quail, coyote, bobcats, deer, Canada geese, snow geese, squills, and rabbits plus anything else that needs to be hunted :wink:

I have always loved leverguns..esp Marlins. I had a few, but when I started shooting Ranch Dogs Postal match 4 years ago the levergun sickness has really come over me. I shoot more now than ever and mostly leverguns. I must confess I did just get a Rem 700 classic in 17 Remington and it is a real tack driver. I had a group last weekend that was about 1/4 inch at 100 yards. I just have a feeling that this rifle will see some action this fall.

I try to stay in shape so I dont keel over in the field dragging out a deer ect. I try to run everyday, but my job doesnt always allow. So I do the tredmill and nordic track also. I was up to about 30 miles a week over the summer, but with the days getting shorter I can see more time on the tredmill and nordic track comming.

The sign above my office door that the nurses got for me says it all "Born to hunt. Forced to work"

 

I'm 55, married 33 years. two grown sons, was a computer repairman in the army working on a nuke, became a police officer, crushed a hip, got retired and went to law school. Been doing that since 1984. Two wonderful granddaughters 10 and soon to be 6, youngest son just got married this year and will be graduating Special Forces in October. I got into Marlins when trying to find some info on my mothers 336RC in 30-30 found Marlin talk and wow, currently would classify myself as a collector and have really enjoyed getting back into reloading.

 

About me: I'm 26, don't really have some where that I can say I'm "from"; I was born in Jersey, moved to Nebraska for 9 years, moved to middle-of-nowhere Blair County, PA for 10 years, and have been living in Pittsburgh for the past 4 years.

I've been married 5 years to the girl of my dreams, and we have two wonderful children together a girl (16 Months) and a boy (6 weeks). I've been shooting since age 11. Looking forward to deer season starting soon, but right now the majority of my time gets spent chasing after my two kids so I mostly lurk here. Well, that and I have more questions than answers but no time to post them.

 

I am a crotchety, curmudgeonly auld phart.
I'm so auld, I was here when the first load of dirt came in.
I'm so old, I spell old fart the auld phart way.

I've lived at one point or another in most of the lower 48.
Got my adult life started with the little green men who jump out of glorified oxcarts the uninformed call "perfectly good airplanes".

After my discharge, I moved on to college for aeronautical engineering, where I discovered there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. I also went to another 4 years of school (masochist that I am) and got my journeyman's papers as a tool & die maker, which turned out to be much more fun.

I can't remember a time that I wasn't fascinated by firearms. I started my shooting career at 5 with a pump BB gun (which I still have) and went on to firearms at 6 with a .22 and it just went from there. I enjoy collecting military surplus rifles and leverguns.

I'm old fashioned, er, auld phashunned, and like doing things the old-timey way. I like camping under the stars, bowie knives, going to church (and teaching our teen class, which I recently started), and I still believe that Coke from the old glass bottles from the machine in front of our little town's General Store on the way back from fishin' with dad were the best drinks I ever had.





Edited cuz I cannt spel phishin