How much experience do we have here? - POLL added

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:21 pm

38, but mentaly I feel like I should be in my early 20's. Physically, I feel like an old coot. I hate to see what I'll feel like when I AM old.

TCB in TN · Post by **TCB in TN** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:28 pm

I'm 38 with a lot of mileage but I hope to still be kicken as long as many of you fellows. I have a few guns older than I am, but no where near enough. Really enjoy it here hanging out with you more "experienced" folks!

Boreman · Post by **Boreman** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:42 pm

I am 66 1/2 years young. One of my goals in life is to have the number of guns I own match my age.

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:46 pm

I fall in that highest percentage 46 to 55 age group...................but not for much longer.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:47 pm

AmBraCol wrote:
Ysabel Kid wrote:Turned 44 in May this year. As Indy said, "it's not the years, it's the mileage!"

I feel pretty darn high mileage!!!
Hey Ysabel! You need to have junior sign in and vote in the poll - there's one there for the lowest demographic on the poll anyway...

I'll have him do so. He's been bugging me to get back on, and finish his own gun combo posts. He's still only allowed to us the internet with supervision, and by the time I get to it most evenings he is long since in bed!

slimster · Post by **slimster** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:50 pm

I just turned 49 in April...or I could answer like my grandmother used to, "I'm as old as my tongue and a little older'n my teeth"

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:57 pm

Well at 24 I am definitely on the front side ot "the hill". It's amazing how much life has changed for me the last 6 years.

It looks like a very large portion(81%) of you guys fall in between 36 and 65.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:01 pm

Andrew wrote:Well at 24 I am definitely on the front side ot "the hill". It's amazing how much life has changed for me the last 6 years.

It looks like a very large portion(81%) of you guys fall in between 36 and 65.

"Fall" often being the operative word - at least in my case!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:06 pm

If this were ARFCOM, I think you'd see the bell curve move one or two notches "up" on that chart.

I'm 40 BTW...

samsi · Post by **samsi** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:33 pm

I actually won't be 46 'til next month, but I punched he 46-55 button anyway. Close enough.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:42 pm

samsi wrote:I actually won't be 46 'til next month, but I punched he 46-55 button anyway. Close enough.

Well, if you count gestational period as well in your life span, you're already past the mark!

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:56 pm

42 since March.

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:05 pm

67 here too.

RSY · Post by **RSY** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:17 pm

Sneaking into my fifth decade at 41.

Scott

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:22 pm

LeverBob · Post by **LeverBob** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:17 am

58 yrs. here...will be until Jan. 09...my friends in their mid 80's call me a punk! Say that my opinion doesn't hold water (just like their bladders-heh)...not enough experience they say.

By the way...cards, gifts. new rifles & shotguns make fine gifts for my birthday & I will say thanks ahead of time

LeverBob
Just approaching middle age-heheheheh!

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:52 am

I just turned 35 in April.

The main reason I'm here is to hear from those with many more years behind the sights than me. The knowledge and information shared here is priceless.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:48 am

Rimfire McNutjob wrote:
Old Savage wrote:OJ - how old is he?
I think he mentioned in a recent post that his 82nd birthday was coming up? He was anglin' for one of the new Mossberg lever guns for his birthday I think. I look forward to the range report.

I'm 43. Not sure what that is in dog years.

GEEEEEZZZ
Your a young whipper snapper.....
48 2 weeks ago

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:02 am

I'll be 64 in October, but I havn't smoked in 38 years or drank any booze in 15 years, I think it's helped me look and feel younger. I have a 155 acre place, keeps me young trying to turn it into a deer and turkey paradise, I plant a lot of trees, and constantly try to improve this place. Life is good with a pile of leverguns, plenty of ammo, and a good woman.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:07 am

44 next month. One would think I should get a 44mag or 444 marlin on that birthday. Then turning 45 should be great birthday too!

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:21 am

BenT wrote:44 next month. One would think I should get a 44mag or 444 marlin on that birthday. Then turning 45 should be great birthday too!

Ben, I think the way it is supposed to work is that you are supposed to have the number of guns equal to your age. So if you are turning 44 next month, you should own 44 guns. If you don't, then you'd better get to work and get some so you don't fall behind.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:26 am

I'll turn 66 around Turkey Day.

And, if you must know, I weigh 270 - but I'm short for my weight !

According to the charts, I should be 12' 4" tall !

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:32 am

AmBraCol wrote:
Hobie wrote:
JReed wrote:33 until September. You guys are old
I was 33 once. I can almost remember it...
Well, so was I.

Heck - I was 33 TWICE !

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:13 am

51, hope to go up one in December. It may suck to get old but it beats the alternative. Everybody said with my lifestyle I'd never make it to 30, HAH

fooled em

HATCHETTJACK · Post by **HATCHETTJACK** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:23 am

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:14 am

Pete44ru wrote:"
JReed wrote:33 until September. You guys are old
Heck - I was 33 TWICE !

AndyM · Post by **AndyM** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:34 am

34 since April - I am just darn fortunate my favorite rifles are much older than that!

morgan in nm · Post by **morgan in nm** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:37 am

I turn 29 on the 18th but I feel like I am nearly 100. Joined the army at 17. Got out before I was 21. Earned my teachers degree by age 25. Taught for a little over a year and been fighting illness for the last 2+ years. Only about 2% of my guns are younger than me. At least I am not the youngest member here. I sure have enjoyed the warm welcomes at this forum and hope to continue.

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:33 pm

52, if I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of this body. The bet, when I was still a teenager, was I wouldn't live past 27.
"There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it." (Christopher Darlington Morley)

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:13 pm

Right smack in the middle of the curve. 50.

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:19 pm

RIHMFIRE wrote:
Rimfire McNutjob wrote:
Old Savage wrote:OJ - how old is he?
I think he mentioned in a recent post that his 82nd birthday was coming up? He was anglin' for one of the new Mossberg lever guns for his birthday I think. I look forward to the range report.

I'm 43. Not sure what that is in dog years.
GEEEEEZZZ
Your a young whipper snapper.....
48 2 weeks ago

Wow ... 48. Looks like we should start planning for your funeral.

Basswrangler · Post by **Basswrangler** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:28 pm

I'm 19 and the youngest reloader I've ever met!

Almost all my friends are into "tactical" guns, even though they don't own, don't know anything about, and can't afford them. Not that they should be illegal, they're just not what I'm into.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:45 pm

Basswrangler wrote:I'm 19 and the youngest reloader I've ever met! Almost all my friends are into "tactical" guns, even though they don't own, don't know anything about, and can't afford them. Not that they should be illegal, they're just not what I'm into.

Well, you need to meet Paco Kelly - IIRC he started into reloading prior to completing his first decade on earth. Me? I got started late, didn't get to reloading until I was 13.

Of course, neither Paco nor I are still sub 20 - (both having at least doubled that figure) but we both started fairly early in life. It's a learning experience and I thank God for helping me to survive my early experiments in that area. 32 gauge full brass shells with a 20 gauge load of white powder must have upped the pressure level somewhat in the old Boito shotgun, but it held together and I learned a lot from the experience as well, while keeping my guardian angel busy full time I'm sure...

Noah Zark · Post by **Noah Zark** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:06 pm

Halfway to 108.

Noah

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:46 pm

Wow - I think I hit a nerve! I look away and bam! Thanks for puting the post up - Hobbie? Amb?

So, I am in the middle of the pack...

505stevec · Post by **505stevec** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:49 pm

If 42 is the new 20 then I'm 20 if not I'm 42

Ysabel Kid's Kid · Post by **Ysabel Kid's Kid** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:34 pm

Looks like I'm the youngest! (i'm 10)

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:46 pm

Well, I'm 27 but after today I feel 72, 12 hour shifts, 60+ hours a week, coal dirt, grease, hydraulic oil, gear oil, and sand stone dust catch up to you after almost 9 years. I still love it though.

GoatGuy · Post by **GoatGuy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:42 am

Well, I'm 66 years old and retired. Not on any kind of prescription meds, smoke a little (since 15 years old), drink a little (not as much as I use to), raising meat goat breeding stock and married to a beautiful, capable and bright woman 27 years younger than I (celebrate 16th anniversary next November). So, all in all, not too much to complain about I reckon.

southernutah · Post by **southernutah** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:25 pm

Just hit 56. Glad i found this place. there are few sites you can go to anymore that are't full full of politics.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:44 pm

Be 41 in Nov. Who'd a thunk I'd make it past 25?

That mileage thing is catching up with me too.

jb

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:58 pm

38 Christmas day... still acting 20 something and loving it.

I always planned on living past 100 yrs old, but God's laughter tends to make me think otherwise.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:08 pm

This topic reminded me of an incident that happened to me about 10 years ago. During a state mounted shoot championship, my horse slipped and fell during a turn... luckily, she got back up and I remained astride... anyway, at the end of the run, there was my wife, screamin', "You idiot, you're 48 years old, think you're 24 and act like you're 12... you coulda got hurt!" A friend, mentor and native Texan (who's always giving me grief about being from CA, and quit that day), said, "So... what's the problem?"

footlong · Post by **footlong** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:55 pm

The Social Security people have said they will send me $1502 per month if I quit work. My boss at work says it
will cost me considerably MORE to stay home. My ''real'' boss. The one I live with. The one that keeps THE check
book says if I retire, quote." No more new TOYS". So, at the eve of bd#62 I think I will postpone the guvment's
offer. Take the offer of my 2 bosses. Electing to get more ''needed toys''. Besides who can afford to ''retire'' these
days with the price of gas, food, toys,ammo? Thats my "experience''

greasy dan · Post by **greasy dan** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:13 pm

... 55, and there's a lot more experience on this board than I will ever have. Thanks for entertaining me for the past 4 years.

papasan · Post by **papasan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:59 am

SIXTY THREE

While in the Air Force, I spent almost 16 yrs overseas..Philippines
3 tours,( 11 years total) 3 Tours
Thailand, 1 tour Korea, Tdy to Taiwan
and Vietnam...as a young dude.
And all the while i was aware an old
guy was well, usually called "Papasan"
Well i guess now i qualify, thus my
username.
papasan

scr83jp · Post by **scr83jp** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:13 am

I turn 74 this month.

slabsides · Post by **slabsides** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:30 pm

73, and feeling it...

OJ · Post by OJ » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:43 pm

Old Savage wrote:OJ - how old is he?

Glad you asked - I'll be 82 August 12, 2008. Since my age group is only represented by me - the percentage for my group is - 0% ??? Couldn't I be at least a token 1% ??

At about age eight with the rifle (not a lever gun but I got one the next year) I got for my 6th birthday and my "trophy rabbits " -

If you were a Marine in 1950 (Korean War days) and were told this "kid" was your Battalion Surgeon - would that inspire confidence - or just give you one more reason to try to avoid getting wounded ??? Made'em feel better to know I'd served in WWII.

Three years ago - for our 25th anniversary, my wife gave me this Winchester 95 30-06

The T-shirt I'm wearing is for my "biker gang" - Airhead Beemer Club - for owners of air-cooled BMWs like this -

Ride at least 100 miles per week and shoot at least four guns at the range at least every week. Think I'm still good for more miles, guns, and years if my luck holds out.

greasy dan · Post by **greasy dan** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:39 pm

Hope I'm doing as well as you in another 25... If-in I git there.
Congrats...

What age bracket are you in?