NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
- ManxTom
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NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Hi Guys,
Thought I'd join the Rossi Rifleman site as I'm just waiting to get my hands on a R92. It's a .357 20" octagonal barrel version.
I am from a small island called the Isle of Man. Now it can be quite complicated for the uninitiated but we are what is called a Crown Dependency. We are part of Great Britain but NOT part of the United Kingdom. We have our own government, our own laws, currency, taxes, education and health systems and our own language what's really good is we can own and shoot handguns - unlike the rest of the United Kingdom.
If the Isle of Man is known, internationally, then it will be for the world's biggest motorcycle races, the TT Races. YouTube has shed loads of stuff about it.
Currently I own and shoot: 9mm Ruger SR1911, .357 Taurus 699 6" barrel revolver, Glock 44 .22LR, Brno .22LR bolt action, Ruger 10/22 - and half a dozen shotguns.
My wife and I have just celebrated our 4oth wedding anniversary and I have my 70th birthday in about two weeks.
Looking forward to learning more about the R92.
Cheers guys.
Thought I'd join the Rossi Rifleman site as I'm just waiting to get my hands on a R92. It's a .357 20" octagonal barrel version.
I am from a small island called the Isle of Man. Now it can be quite complicated for the uninitiated but we are what is called a Crown Dependency. We are part of Great Britain but NOT part of the United Kingdom. We have our own government, our own laws, currency, taxes, education and health systems and our own language what's really good is we can own and shoot handguns - unlike the rest of the United Kingdom.
If the Isle of Man is known, internationally, then it will be for the world's biggest motorcycle races, the TT Races. YouTube has shed loads of stuff about it.
Currently I own and shoot: 9mm Ruger SR1911, .357 Taurus 699 6" barrel revolver, Glock 44 .22LR, Brno .22LR bolt action, Ruger 10/22 - and half a dozen shotguns.
My wife and I have just celebrated our 4oth wedding anniversary and I have my 70th birthday in about two weeks.
Looking forward to learning more about the R92.
Cheers guys.
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- ManxTom
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Fastyr mie..
By the end of next week.. Friday I believe.
By the end of next week.. Friday I believe.
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Having been a local resident for a couple of years at Sears Point in California , and a spectator at the motorcycle races there, I am also very familiar with the TT races on your island.
May/June on the Isle of Man has to be the ultimate event for TT motorsports fans across the globe. I've been there twice to see that incredible "Mountain Course" - (a 37 mile course on the Island’s public roads) WOW!!!
Oh yea - Welcome to the Forum! You'll like these guys (and maybe their sense of humor too.)
May/June on the Isle of Man has to be the ultimate event for TT motorsports fans across the globe. I've been there twice to see that incredible "Mountain Course" - (a 37 mile course on the Island’s public roads) WOW!!!
Oh yea - Welcome to the Forum! You'll like these guys (and maybe their sense of humor too.)
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Lets not discount Manx cats....
Visions of my old cut down T120 just gave me a smile. Fast and loud with shorty TT pipes.
Visions of my old cut down T120 just gave me a smile. Fast and loud with shorty TT pipes.
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Welcome,
Pictures and impressions once you get it.
Curious about how you like the Glock .22 LR. That's a .22 LR I don't have.
Pictures and impressions once you get it.
Curious about how you like the Glock .22 LR. That's a .22 LR I don't have.
- ManxTom
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
Well my club has a few Glock 17's and I had a space on my licence for a .22 semi-auto pistol. Was thinking about a Ruger Mk4 then I happened on an article about the G44. I thought the idea of a Glock 'mouse gun' was too good to miss, so I got one.Archer wrote:Welcome,
Pictures and impressions once you get it.
Curious about how you like the Glock .22 LR. That's a .22 LR I don't have.
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
I've got a bit of a .22 rimfire addiction.
WRT handguns: I've got three Ruger MKII pistols in various configs but Kalifornia doesn't allow me to get anything that wasn't out 5 or 10 years ago very easily.
Also have a Smith 41, High Standard Trophy, Browning Buckmark Contour, Beretta Neos, couple Ruger Single Six revolvers although one of them only has the Mag cylinder, couple Smith 17s plus conversion kits for the CZ-75, Beretta 92, Sig 220 and Sig 228. On the .22 WMR side there's also a Smith 48.
WRT handguns: I've got three Ruger MKII pistols in various configs but Kalifornia doesn't allow me to get anything that wasn't out 5 or 10 years ago very easily.
Also have a Smith 41, High Standard Trophy, Browning Buckmark Contour, Beretta Neos, couple Ruger Single Six revolvers although one of them only has the Mag cylinder, couple Smith 17s plus conversion kits for the CZ-75, Beretta 92, Sig 220 and Sig 228. On the .22 WMR side there's also a Smith 48.
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Re: NEWBIE FROM GREAT BRITAIN..
I forgot to add "WELCOME!" to the new UK'er, Manx Tom. So, WELCOME!
Not an addict for the rimfire's by any means, but I been keeping an eye out for a CZ 457 Training Rifle. Everyone wants well over MSRP on 'em, and I just don't want/need one "that" badly.
Not an addict for the rimfire's by any means, but I been keeping an eye out for a CZ 457 Training Rifle. Everyone wants well over MSRP on 'em, and I just don't want/need one "that" badly.