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badval:
Names Like 38Super & pics like Terminator's make me wonder how many shooters we have here?

I love it, but haven't been able to get to the range nearly as often since I moved from TN to NC last year.  I have a decent firearms collection & some of my favorites are:

* 2 AR-15's that I built from stripped lower recievers.  Both are great shooters & I'm especially proud of them since I built them :)  One is a standard 20" A2 configuration & the other is a 16" M4 profile.

* 2 SIG P229's.  One is in .357SIG & the other is in .40S&W & has a .357SIG barrel & spring so both can be in .357SIG if wanted.

* Beretta 92FS.  I had the trigger on this done by Ernie Langdon a few years back.  Too bad he's not doing them anymore.  Made this the sweetest shooting M9 I've ever handled.

* HK USP40

* Kimber Compact Stainless II (pictured below).  Very comfortable carry gun & probably my favorite overall.  Came very well-tuned right out of the box.  People argue that Wilson, SA, Les Baer, et. al. are the "best" 1911's, but Kimber gets my vote.

I have several others, but these are my favorites!

cedris:
Hi badval,

My wife, Tricia, and I shoot competitively in several disciplines.  I also coach a High School Rifle Team (believe it or not) in the People's Republic of Massachusetts.

My favorites are my pistols:  a S&W model 41 and model 52, and two Les Baer .45 wadcutters (consecutive serial #s for my wife and me).  And Tricia used a Hammerli for .22 and center fire competitions.

My son owns a locker full of Kimbers, and I agree with you that they are arguably the best "out of the box" pistols you can get.  I intend to replace my full-frame colt with a Kimber carry gun.  But even he will tell you they don't come close to the custom Baers.  

For rifle hunting we use a Savage .380.  Tricia and I took it to S Africa this summer and it worked great!  You can see a few pictures of our trip at http://members.aol.com/wsa1933/galleries/edrisafrica/edrisafrica.htm.  We were only hunting plains game so it was plenty of rifle with one exception.  Tricia took the Kudu at 360 yards and used a .300 Win Mag for that.

For Trap we both use Remington 1100s.

For Archery Tricia shoots a Matthews Ultra Max and I shoot an old PSE Carrera.  For indoor competition we both use Hoyts.

Man, I JUST LOVE SHOOTING!

Chris

badval:
[jealous]...owns a locker full of Kimbers...[/jealous]   :)

I'm at work & firewall won't let me see your site.  Will check it out from home later!  

That's great that you coach a rifle team!  I think the best way we can protect our 2nd Amendment rights is to teach the next generation of voters the positive aspects of shooting.

cedris:
OK, a locker full is a bit of an exaggeration.  At last check he had a Desert Warrior, a Raptor, and an Ultra Carry.  But he's always adding something to his kit.

Amen on teaching safe gun handling to the next generation.  

We're very fortunate because the HS principal, community and local paper support us.  In fact, last year we had a front page spread in the Northwest edition of the Lifestyles section of the Boston Globe (I was sweating that one out hoping they wouldn't spin it against us).  They did a very nice article emphasizing the control and discipline required by the sport.

The kids love it!  I've had several of them tell me their grades increase during rifle season because they're more disciplined and can focus better.

At the end of the year when we have our awards night, I run a family shoot-off where the parents and siblings of the team members compete against each other.  It's great to see Mom and Dad get up on the line and have fun trying to win for the family.

Brewman:
My favorite pistol is my .45acp Springfield Armory Trophy Match Long Slide.  It's a 1911 factory tweaked with a few bells and whistles (nice beaver tail, match barrel, hand fitted slide to barrel, trigger breaks like a glass rod, adjustable sights).
 This gun is a tack driver, and is fun to shoot.

My carry gun is a Springfield XD-45.  Prior to that I had an XD-40, because they hadn't released an XD done in .45acp.  But when I found out they were available, I sold my .40 and bought the .45.  I reload, and want to get to just one caliber.

Another fun gun, and cheap to shoot, is my Ruger MKII target pistol in .22LR.

I also have a cheap Rossi .357mag revolver that I'd love to sell.

I don't have any long guns, no place around here to shoot them, and I don't hunt.

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