Oldest and Youngest Members

[Die Judicii]

Just wondering if the Mods can check and post who is our Oldest, and Youngest members.

[Sergeant Hartman]

By age or when they joined this site.

[Die Judicii]

By age or when they joined this site.

By age, as in years spent on this earth.

[Member-Deleted]

I'll start i'm 64

[on_one_wheel]

My wife says I act like I'm 8 years old.

But what would she know? She's a stinky poo face

[Member-Deleted]

So O.O.W you'd be close to the youngest on here because now days its about around 13 that they learn to read and write proper with all the new schemes the gov brings into the schools

[pomemax]

Im 64 next birthday

[Oldbloke]

Im 64 too

[JimTom]

Looks like you have it so far Oldbloke. I’m 20 years younger than you but tipping there are much younger than that on here.

[Die Judicii]

When first asking, I thought I'd be shot down early,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i'm still flying,,,, I'm 65, and born Sept 53

[JimTom]

New leader for the oldest.

[Apollo]

When first asking, I thought I'd be shot down early,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i'm still flying,,,, I'm 65, and born Sept 53

I'll bring you back to reality. I've got nearly 5 years on top of you youngster...

[marksman]

being 57 makes me the middle child so far

[Apollo]

being 57 makes me the middle child so far

Don't feel too bad, wish I was 10-15 years younger. This going away for a competition shoot on a weekend is taking it's toll. Driving 5 hours or whatever on a Friday, unpacking, setting up, sighting in, practise then two days of competition has me done. Others drive home on Sunday night but I just can't do it so I've got to stay until Monday to regain the spirit to get home safely. Unpacking, cleaning firearms etc by Monday night I've had it. But, love every minute.

Much easier heading off up the paddock and blowing some vermin away each day.

[bigrich]

you old b@rstards ! i'm a young 50 years all that talk about being 64 from some of you fellas reminds me of the old beatles song . dunno if the lyrics for it included "do ya still need me, ..will ya still reload for me, when i'm 64 ....."

[on_one_wheel]

being 57 makes me the middle child so far

Don't feel too bad, wish I was 10-15 years younger. This going away for a competition shoot on a weekend is taking it's toll. Driving 5 hours or whatever on a Friday, unpacking, setting up, sighting in, practise then two days of competition has me done. Others drive home on Sunday night but I just can't do it so I've got to stay until Monday to regain the spirit to get home safely. Unpacking, cleaning firearms etc by Monday night I've had it. But, love every minute.

Much easier heading off up the paddock and blowing some vermin away each day.

I would never had guessed
Apolo you old fart

I'm probably in the youngest percentile having been born in mid 1977

But then again, your only as old as the woman you feel.

[TassieTiger]

My right knee is equal to about 97, my left wrist is about age equivalent of 91...rest of me is doing okay at 46.

[Die Judicii]

Congrats Apollo,,,,,,,,, (now I'm like the Medicare Advert / jingle,,,, "I feel better now")

Seems like none of the young uns want to enter or speak up.

[JimTom]

I am a ‘74 model but I know there are younger than that on here.

[Apollo]

Congrats Apollo,,,,,,,,, (now I'm like the Medicare Advert / jingle,,,, "I feel better now")

Seems like none of the young uns want to enter or speak up.

I suppose the next thing to ask would be how long you have owned a firearm of any description....

In my case I'm too old to remember exactly but something like 62 years or more and been reloading since the mid 70's...

Gee it was nice to be able to walk down the street with a rifle slung over your shoulder and nobody took any notice, even in the Sydney CBD. Also used to have a Semi Auto Pistol in a shoulder holster traveling around the city.

[pomemax]

I bought my first .22 when i was 12 off a mate in 68 had a few air rifles before that but they didn,t count (they were toys )

[ClaytonT88]

I turned 30 in October.

[booomr]

I'm 28. Does that put me at the youngest so far?

[Apollo]

If we still have "Heckler303" he'd be about 20 now or there abouts I think.

[Bruiser64]

Well I’m 54. I got my first air rifle for my 14th birthday back in 1978. Back then in Canberra air rifle pellets were sold at newsagents. I shot thousands of pellets through that thing. I bought my first 22 for $25 off the boyfriend of a girl I worked with a few months later. It was a Winchester semi auto. At the school I went to if you were in year 10 you could do rifle shoots two periods a week. Kids would bring their 22s to school on the bus. I seem to recall that civilisation as we know it didn’t come to an end.

On one occasion I brought my 22 to school as one of my mates was doing film making at school. He was making a film based on the Boomtown Rats song “I don’t like Monday’s”. He needed to use my rifle as a prop. I was in the middle of being filmed loading ammo into the magazine when a teacher came along wanting to know what the hell we were doing. When we explained it, he settled down. Mind you he told us we should have got a “permission slip” first. He left us alone to finish the filming. I just can’t envisage a school today responding like that. The fact was the teacher knew both of us well and had every faith that our intentions were benign. We were Stupid. But harmless.

[Die Judicii]

I suppose the next thing to ask would be how long you have owned a firearm of any description....

You got me there Apollo,,,,,, I've only owned f/arms since I was 12 yo.

Mind you, the very first one was a Semi Auto .22 (a Gevarm A7 with a scope and a scope was extra special then)
Sh!t,,,,,,,,,,, where did common sense and fun times go to ???

When I was in secondary school, and learning to use a lathe, I took an old Winchester .22 pump that had been cut down to a crude pistol (no tube mag and could only be used as a single shot) to school.
We unscrewed the barrel and put it in the lathe,, and the teacher proceeded to show me how to cut a 1/2" UNF thread on it,, and then fitted the "Gold Spot" silencer to it.

OMG,,,,,,,,, could you imagine that nowadays. ????

[bigpete]

You're only as old as the woman you're feeling....makes me zero years old...lol

[bigfellascott]

I suppose the next thing to ask would be how long you have owned a firearm of any description....

You got me there Apollo,,,,,, I've only owned f/arms since I was 12 yo.

Mind you, the very first one was a Semi Auto .22 (a Gevarm A7 with a scope and a scope was extra special then)
Sh!t,,,,,,,,,,, where did common sense and fun times go to ???

When I was in secondary school, and learning to use a lathe, I took an old Winchester .22 pump that had been cut down to a crude pistol (no tube mag and could only be used as a single shot) to school.
We unscrewed the barrel and put it in the lathe,, and the teacher proceeded to show me how to cut a 1/2" UNF thread on it,, and then fitted the "Gold Spot" silencer to it.

OMG,,,,,,,,, could you imagine that nowadays. ????

Mine was a 303 sporter, got it when I was 8

[RoginaJack]

What about a "shanghai", does that count?

[Oldbloke]

Sooo, i think i bought my first in 1973. (18) It was a stirling 22 lr semi automatic.. Currently have seven. Only bought and sold 3 or 4.