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New shooter getting into longarms - Hi all!

Post by DrDerpy » 06 Jan 2016, 1:39 am

Hi everybody!

I stumbled across this forum whilst doing a bit of thorough Googling on some subjects.

I haven't had a whole lot to do with long arms before - I have only fired hand guns - and have only just posted away the necessary paperwork for a license (Cat A and B) so I am a bit green on a lot of things so please forgive me for asking too many questions :D

I don't own any firearms and am kind of just researching on what to get when the licensing process is complete so I am open to all recommendations, hints, advice and tips.

Look forward to chatting to you all!
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Re: Hi all!

Post by Norton » 06 Jan 2016, 9:47 am

Welcome Derpy.

Plenty of knowledgeable guys here to give you advice.

What're you looking to do?

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Post by Heckler303 » 06 Jan 2016, 10:39 am

G'day Derpy, welcome to enoughgun.


Plenty of good advice here, and the search bar is there if you want to look up any old threads that might answer some of the questions you must have got packed.

And if we don't have a thread on something, make it yourself and we'll stumble about for 3-4 days trying to answer it :lol:
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Post by Title_II » 06 Jan 2016, 11:36 am

Welcome from The Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania!

Now buy some guns :)
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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 06 Jan 2016, 12:17 pm

Welcome.....what are you thinking; rimfire, small centrefire, not so small centrefire, shotgun...

Or maybe a bit of everything??

:welcome:
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Post by TheDude » 06 Jan 2016, 4:20 pm

Welcome. Advice for starting out. Buy a safe at least twice as big as you'd expect to need. Get a .22lr to start with. Good cheap fun and great way to practice technique without the recoil. And damn cheap to feed.
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Post by Oldbloke » 06 Jan 2016, 4:21 pm

If your an oldbloke your :welcome:
if your a young bloke we will do our best to make you just feel :welcome: :sarcasm:

:lol: :lol:
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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 06 Jan 2016, 4:26 pm

TheDude wrote:Welcome. Advice for starting out. Buy a safe at least twice as big as you'd expect to need. Get a .22lr to start with. Good cheap fun and great way to practice technique without the recoil. And damn cheap to feed.


You mean dont fall for the 3 to 5 gun safe..... just wishful thinking :lol:
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Post by TheDude » 06 Jan 2016, 4:52 pm

<<Genesis93>> wrote:
TheDude wrote:Welcome. Advice for starting out. Buy a safe at least twice as big as you'd expect to need. Get a .22lr to start with. Good cheap fun and great way to practice technique without the recoil. And damn cheap to feed.


You mean dont fall for the 3 to 5 gun safe..... just wishful thinking :lol:


Yep. I bought an 8 initially. running 3 safes now. Next will be replacing all with one really big.
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Post by Oldbloke » 06 Jan 2016, 5:02 pm

"Yep. I bought an 8 initially. running 3 safes now. Next will be replacing all with one really big."


Dude, Turnbull will be loving all that GST.
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Post by brett1868 » 06 Jan 2016, 5:51 pm

Now buy some guns :)


The actual number associated with some guns is +1 to whatever you currently have :)
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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 06 Jan 2016, 7:30 pm

No, the number is ( x - 4 ) ...... when the missers asks how many, where x=actual no.

....and "not enough" when you find yourself standing in front of the mirror asking yourself the same question... :unknown: :lol:
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Post by DrDerpy » 06 Jan 2016, 9:53 pm

Oldbloke wrote:If your an oldbloke your :welcome:
if your a young bloke we will do our best to make you just feel :welcome: :sarcasm:

:lol: :lol:


I don't know what I am anymore lol, is 31 old bloke or young bloke these days?
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Post by brett1868 » 06 Jan 2016, 11:08 pm

I don't know what I am anymore lol, is 31 old bloke or young bloke these days?


Compared to some members you're barely outta nappies :D

There's some teens on here and some old fellas so you're right in the middle.
Why the interest in starting shooting at 31? Was it something you did as a kid and wanted to get back into once family life was settled into.
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Post by Heckler303 » 07 Jan 2016, 7:40 am

brett1868 wrote:
I don't know what I am anymore lol, is 31 old bloke or young bloke these days?


Compared to some members you're barely outta nappies :D

There's some teens on here and some old fellas so you're right in the middle.




If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:
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Post by tom604 » 07 Jan 2016, 8:15 am

just to be cruel,, yes :lol: howdy dr d :thumbsup:
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Post by brett1868 » 07 Jan 2016, 8:19 am

If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:


If we using a bell curve then possibly you're a sparkle in your daddy's eye and I'm on the downhill slide to old age :D
Wish I was 31 again or even better a teen....
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Post by Heckler303 » 07 Jan 2016, 8:31 am

brett1868 wrote:
If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:


If we using a bell curve then possibly you're a sparkle in your daddy's eye and I'm on the downhill slide to old age :D
Wish I was 31 again or even better a teen....



Maybe then I wouldn't look so out of place :lol:


But you'd be having the downside of needing to go to school/college again.



Althouuuugh, with a lot of classes now, you get good sheilahs there :P
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Post by pomemax » 07 Jan 2016, 10:37 am

If we using a bell curve then possibly you're a sparkle in your daddy's eye and I'm on the downhill slide to old age :D
Wish I was 31 again or even better a teen....[/quote]
A downhill slide I prefer to think of it as a slow walk to old age in 14 days i will be 60 so i still have 20 or so years before old age . When your 5 10 is real old when your 10 30 is ancient its all in your mind.
as other have said don't buy a small safe in the long run it will cost you more mine holds 30 and i think its full now (no where n.ear 30 in it )
Welcome Derpy. starting out get a cheap .22 till you can shoot it then you will know what your going to get into so many options to try in shooting
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Post by juststarting » 07 Jan 2016, 12:57 pm

Buy a 6 gun safe, minimum. It's not as unlikely as you think... Also welcome :)
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Post by juststarting » 07 Jan 2016, 2:08 pm

And a 270 - 308 because you may as well get the whole set
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Post by Title_II » 07 Jan 2016, 3:16 pm

brett1868 wrote:
If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:


If we using a bell curve then possibly you're a sparkle in your daddy's eye and I'm on the downhill slide to old age :D
Wish I was 31 again or even better a teen....


I'm refused to grow up level. :)

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Post by brett1868 » 07 Jan 2016, 3:25 pm

"You got anything in here that will pound the snot out of a hilltop or a row of Prius cars?" :D


Got a new Fifty being built and I may have found myself an Anzio 20/50, won't exactly pound the snot out of things but will definitely give the Prius a blood nose :)

And when the OP has bought all that he needs then its time to buy anything you find interesting, be it an old single 12ga or a fully sick Tacticool DTA.
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Post by Title_II » 08 Jan 2016, 5:06 am

You will be the first person I know to own the 20/50. Pretty cool! I just have .50. But one of my friends has .50 M2 BMG and another friend is getting one as well. And I know a guy with a 20mm and some guys with cannon.
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Post by MalleeFarmer » 08 Jan 2016, 9:19 am

TheDude wrote:
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TheDude wrote:Welcome. Advice for starting out. Buy a safe at least twice as big as you'd expect to need. Get a .22lr to start with. Good cheap fun and great way to practice technique without the recoil. And damn cheap to feed.

You mean dont fall for the 3 to 5 gun safe..... just wishful thinking :lol:


Yep. I bought an 8 initially. running 3 safes now. Next will be replacing all with one really big.

Might I ask why are you planning on trading for just one safe? Practical? :) Just one key.? easy to keep an eye on all your toys at once with the door open just admiring your hard earned longarms :D ? Just curious no disrespect meant! I have a 15 gun safe that is basically full with 6 guns. :oops: anyhow I'd love a collection that requires me to have 3 safes. :drinks:
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Post by MalleeFarmer » 08 Jan 2016, 9:23 am

Heckler303 wrote:
brett1868 wrote:
I don't know what I am anymore lol, is 31 old bloke or young bloke these days?


Compared to some members you're barely outta nappies :D

There's some teens on here and some old fellas so you're right in the middle.




If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:
second that! :drinks: though in shooting years you may well be a teen and he may be in nappies! Derpy I'm 25 so plenty old enough in my opinion! :lol:
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Post by Chickenhawk » 08 Jan 2016, 2:45 pm

Heckler303 wrote:If he's toddler level, what does that make me? fetus? :wtf:


Twinkle in dad's eye :lol:
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Post by Title_II » 10 Jan 2016, 2:26 am

I like more than one safe. That way if I get burgled, the burglars will be surprised and confused. They probably won't get one out let alone three.

Plus, I have different security levels for safes. Security costs big $. That's where big $ guns go. Ammo is at the bottom. Nobody is going to have the time or manpower to haul out all of my ammo, anyway. Keep in mind there are no laws requiring gun safes, ammo separate from guns, or any storage requirements whatsoever here. I just don't want my stuff walking.

I've also had a few run-ins with the local and regional cops. They know who I am and what I am hauling. They recognize me in public. They get an alarm call for break-in from my house and there will probably be about 5 departments responding in minutes. I remember one time a cop saw me carrying a firearm in what he thought was probably a suspicious manner. I was driving a car with a New Jersey plate (fleet vehicle) and such weapons or manners of carry would not be legal in Jersey. However, I know this plate number is known to them :) He stood behind my car while I was in the store and kept one eye on me while calling in my plate number. Turned around and went back to his car and drove off. I have no doubt they told him, "Leave him alone. He's probably not breaking the law. We ran into him before and it didn't end well. If you have PC he is actually breaking the law, you are going to need backup."
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Post by BBJ » 13 Jan 2016, 2:32 pm

What's this about Jersey plates and not being able to carry?

Crossing state lines?
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Post by Title_II » 14 Jan 2016, 4:23 am

BBJ wrote:What's this about Jersey plates and not being able to carry?

Crossing state lines?



People (generally) can't carry in Jersey, Maryland, and Hawaii. It's pretty much unheard of to see them carrying in other states. And they would need a carry permit from their own state (which they can't get) to get a Pennsylvania carry permit. So it would be pretty obvious to a cop that somebody from Jersey has less than a 1% chance of legally carrying in Pennsylvania when a vehicle is involved.*


* In Pensylvania you can carry without a license but you need a license to conceal the weapon or carry in a car.
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