Just seeing what the ages are for the members on this forum. I'm 33 right now.
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Just seeing what the ages are for the members on this forum. I'm 33 right now.
just turned 29
Just turned 21. Applied for my pistol permit that day :)
I'm 102.
Just turned 50 and getting back into the sport. Was into it in my mid to late 20s, then "life" got in the way - marriage, kids, buying houses, starting a business, etc.
I like shooting. I hope this "life" doesn't happen to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by prof_fate
59 going on real old! :smt082
Priorities...and limited resources and time. Given unlimited money life would go a different way of course. Time is the same for us all.
Back in my 20s much of the shooting I see today wasn't around - trap or skeet (skeet was harder to find) and no sporting clays.
The club local to me then was into PPC (police pistol combat, indoors, 50' range) and I did that in 22lr.
Most were into 100 meter metal silhouette (pistol, T/C Contenders ruled). Not affordable for me, and not a lot of interest in it. I did some 22lr rifle silhouette shooting.
I've since moved, married, changed a number of jobs and careers, and finally can afford to get back into it - we'll see how much time I can squeeze out. The local club does their PPC outside at 25 yards and multiple position and center fire only but they run it like a bowling league sorta - every wed evening for 20 weeks and you can 'shoot off' early and skip a week (or be ahead in case it rains...who wants to lay down on the ground in the rain?).
They also do IDPA monthly and I think Steel Challenge as well but not as sure on that. Don't need to be a member to compete but I plan to join at their next meeting so I have range access for practice.
No hobby is cheap if you're really into it and this one is no different. Kids take money, houses too as does starting a business. Time is the biggest factor though - or lack of it. I have time about 5 months of the year then they business gets busy. I camp, canoe, work on my house, have a dog I like to walk and train and mess about with R/C planes and helis. My wife has a management job so that keeps her busy too, and my kids play sports, son is the orchestra and I want to participate in their lives too.
"Life" is great. Spent a week with the family and friends at Disneyworld this month - great fun! Alone it would not have been as much fun. Although there are times I miss apartment life and the single life it's not often. Few apartments would allow me to go shoot my 30-30 or 9 off the back porch and sharing my hobbies with my son is priceless.
You are probably the hottest 102 year old I or anyone else has ever talked to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Holly
I'm 74, going on 'teen-age.
Well, according to Jean, anyway.
I am 24.
I was born the year that the UFO crashed in what is now Area 51! (maybe that's how I got here?? :rolleyes: ) I've been shooting at least 55 years. Yes, I am an old phart!
So do you go by Clark Kent?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie
No, but I kinda' remember him.:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brevard13
Did images of him speak to you like your father did from krypton?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie
33 here :)
50 here
lol...it seems to me that the general opinion of women is that men never grow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1
Plenty of 51-60 crowd..
I am 60.
86:rolleyes:
Ill be 20 in April
I'm 30 for the second time.
Still alive from 1955........
Well we dont.......we just get older.............and our toys more expensiveQuote:
Originally Posted by bruce333
36 here. And thank goodness for a supportive wife. She has allowed me to incrementally increase the price of my toys over the last 15 years. I think the secret is to get her involved in my hobbies so I buy her toys too. So far it's worked with motorcycles and firearms...