Hello From Weeki Wachee, FL
 

Howdy all!

First, I want to thank RiverpigUSMC for inviting me to be a member here!

I was a tank gunner in the Army a while back, and ETS'd from Benning on 28March75.

I'm a fifth generation Florida Cracker and retired Ombudsman enjoying life on the water in SW Florida.

I shoot a bit of IDPA, and am a graduate of Brownie's Volusia TF Pistol class this past November.

I like to hunt, spearfish, boating, work on guns (particularly 1911's), motorcycle, bicycle, Kayak, and play guitar in a classic rock power trio.

I've been married almost 29 years, have two sons, and come next March; two grandkids.

I've seen more than a few familiar folks on here already, look forward to having a great time on this forum, and hope to contribute a bit where I can.

Edit: I was just reading Beerhunter's into (another Volusia Alumnus); and noticed the "Mimber" reference. I checked, and, sure enough; I've got one, damn!

In the interests of full disclosure; I'll throw myself on the sword. At one time (many moons ago) I owned four. Then I saw the light, poured out the Koolaid, and now only own one. It was a 20th Anniversary present from the wife, and I've since done a good bit of work on it so it's worth having around.

We both became more enlightened as we grew older; my 25th Anniversary present was a Baer!

Welcome from Texas.

Welcome from SD!

Welcome aboard Rick

Thanks, y'all!

Hey Bonz!

Welcome and shoot straight

Welcome.

Welcome to the forum Rick!

Welcome to cell block C.

Welcome Rick. I'm fishin' in Welaka on the St Johns right now

Hello Rick. Welcome.

Welcome to the asylum.

hey Rick, glad you could join us!

Welcome from Miami!

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum. And congrats on LB.
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Welcome aboard!

Many thanks for all the warm welcomes!

It's great to see so many folks I already "know."

ronpaul50:

That Baer's too pretty!

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Welcome Rick!

Do you shoot at the Hernando Sportsman Club range?

Welcome Rick to Our Own Little Forum,


Clyde

Welcome and glad you are here . :party:Sort of know you from that other place . This is a great place to land , great bunch of guys and gals .

Sent you a PM .

Arley

Hello Rick. Enjoy the show. This is a very nice place to be. Someone will make you laugh every day and everyday learning happens in a very painless way. Dennis

Those are Sooo beautiful

Welcome sir.

Alright ... a Colt man :D Welcome, Rick!

Many thanks to all for the warm welcome!

Hey Brownie; glad to see my most excellent instructor made it through the holidays!

Yes Sir, I do.

Rick makes a lot of knowledgable posts on the Big Forum and the forum that shall not be named, but does not partake in the stupidity, which is why I invited him

Got nothing to do with it. Plenty of folks in this state I hate

Rick...welcome abroad...and Mike, I though you wuved me.:p

Thanks, MMJoe; it was great to put a face to the name at Volusia (Friday evening)!

Yep, EVERYTIME you go to the local WalMart right Mike? :D

Welcome to The Asylum :insane:

Welcome Rick...glad you are here!

Good to see you here, Rick. I too, have a nice Mimber! :D

Thanks for the welcome, y'all!

Welcome

Owning a Kimber is no longer an anathema. There is a small, but vocal Kimber following here.

Thanks for the welcomes!

Well, I still won't recommend them to anyone; but I'm glad that you've got a good one.

I'm of a mind that "a shooter is a shooter," and deserves the support of other shooters. It doesn't really matter what you shoot; as long as you shoot!

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Rick, for some reason I can't explain I never saw your intro thread before now but better late than never, right? I haven't posted much [yet] but love to peruse through the wealth of info that can be found here. Glad to see you here, too since I "know" you from a couple of other sites and I hope to see you again in person at another class put on by brownie at Volusia or Okeechobee again this year! :D