Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I own a whole host of firearms. I most frequently use a 1911 style .45 for USPSA competition (Kimber Super Match). I do, on occasion, also go hunting for various critters but I do that less and less nowadays. As far as acquisition goes, I probably inherited about half of what I own now. Anyway, I find gun ownership an excellent way to confuse my fellow democrats. Several of my friends hated guns until someone actually took the time to take them to the range and teach them the proper and safe way to do things. I've converted quite a few that way. Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. On Aug 8, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Don Dory wrote: > Larry, > This is an interesting question. I find firearms much like learning > to play > golf. With proper eye hand coordination you are trying to put a small > object > into a small hole. Through my dad I have increased my gun ownership > substantially. Currently I am putting more copper downrange than > frames > through my M8. It is much harder than one would think to keep things > in one > centimeter at 25 meters with an ignition based device. Really, it is > just a > skill to control your breathing, eye focusing, finger, hand grip, and > not to > flinch when loud bangs accompanied by flame and kick. > > > > On 8/8/07, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote: >> >> >> On Aug 8, 2007, at 2:48 AM, Kyle wrote: >> >>> Newsweek gathered the quotes -- they did a great job i think. it >>> adds a whole 'nother dimension. >>> >>> and since doug said i could toot my own horn, i have discovered i >>> currently have the best selling photo essay book on amazon. >>> >>> it's #8 in photography. behind some technical books on how to use >>> lightroom and a book of portraits of oiled, shirtless new york >>> firemen. >> >> >> Kyle, >> >> I just received my copy from Amazon this morning. It's a wonderful >> book. My order may have boosted your rating up a fractional point. >> >> I am pleased to note that as a card carrying member of the ACLU and a >> liberal (Rockefeller) Republican, yes there are a couple of us still >> left, I am not alone in owning several guns. My favorite material >> possessions are a fully restored, bettter than new Leica 3c and a >> beautifully engraved Grade 3 Browning 22LR. The walnut stock on the >> Browning must be seen to be believed. They don't make furniture of >> that quality anymore. >> >> Now for the questions: >> >> How many of us Leica owners are also gun owners? How many own more >> guns than Leicas? How many own more Leicas than guns? How many of us >> shoot more pictures with Leicas than bullets from guns? Is there a >> natural affinity for lovers of precise machinery between Leicas and >> fine firearms? >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >