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New Guy from Olympia
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 Location: Roy, WA Joined: Sat Feb 6, 2016 Posts: 10 
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Hello all,
Recently joined this website after spending months reading it. Newish gun owner just picked up my first handgun and cpl. I look forward to being part of this community. |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:32 am |
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Site Admin   Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38310 Real Name: Dan
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Welcome to WaGuns! We have a pretty large Olympia faction here!
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| Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:57 am |
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Site Admin  Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52068 Real Name: Steve
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 What kind of handgun did you buy? Are you carrying it? _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:03 am |
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Location: Roy, WA Joined: Sat Feb 6, 2016 Posts: 10
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I picked up a Glock 21, and I have carried it with me since picking it up last Friday.
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| Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:14 am |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52068 Real Name: Steve
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OurManJones wrote: I picked up a Glock 21, and I have carried it with me since picking it up last Friday.  I just bought my first Glock .45; mine's the 41. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:20 am |
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Site Supporter   Location: Olympia Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2011 Posts: 3696 Real Name: Kelley
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Have you heard about Glacier gun club? It's a great place to shoot in Olympia.
http://www.glaciergunclub.com |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:24 am |
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Location: Roy, WA Joined: Sat Feb 6, 2016 Posts: 10
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I have been looking at GGC just due to the hours they have, it does look stunning inside (from what I can see on the website). I would want to get more practice in before even trying to join though, my aim currently is not the best.
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| Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:36 am |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52068 Real Name: Steve
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OurManJones wrote: I would want to get more practice in before even trying to join though, my aim currently is not the best. Practice is good . . . but joining a range and shooting is the best way to do that.  You don't have to be an expert, but being safe (i.e., being able to hit the paper) is necessary no matter where you shoot. If you need a little help, just post up when you're going shooting and I'm sure that someone will volunteer to come along. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:42 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Olympia Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2011 Posts: 3696 Real Name: Kelley
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OurManJones wrote: I have been looking at GGC just due to the hours they have, it does look stunning inside (from what I can see on the website). I would want to get more practice in before even trying to join though, my aim currently is not the best. They are happy to give tours, plus that's how you get better, practice. |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:08 am |
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Site Moderator / In Memoriam  Location: Ryderwood WA. Joined: Sun May 15, 2011 Posts: 5337
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Welcome to WaGuns !!!!!!!!!!!!! cootduster _________________ Retired May 30th 2018, after 41years. I'm not old. I'm just no longer young !!! |
| Sat Feb 06, 2016 12:15 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tumwater, WA Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2012 Posts: 3640 Real Name: Chris
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Welcome aboard!
_________________ Chris NRA Range Safety Officer NSSF Member SAF Defender's Club - Life member US Navy - 1976-1982 |
| Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:05 am |
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 Location: Ft Benning Ga Joined: Sun May 31, 2015 Posts: 501
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welcome.
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| Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:26 pm |
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 Location: Spanaway Joined: Sat Feb 2, 2013 Posts: 183 Real Name: Andrew
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Welcome! One reccomendation (for all shooters, not just new ones) is to do dry fire practice. It is a big deal. Helps marksmanship immensely. Just be serious about it, treat it like you are actually shooting and observe all safety measures you would if doing live fire. Plus it will help slick up that glock trigger!
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| Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:38 pm |
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 Location: Lacey Joined: Tue Apr 23, 2013 Posts: 176 Real Name: Tom
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Greetings from Lacey. Another vote for dry fire and practice, though I would also recommend using snap caps when you dry fire....it's cheap insurance and they can be used at any range (that allows) for clearing malfunction drills. A coach or instructor will load a magazine behind your back, slip a snap cap in at a random spot, and return the magazine. You load and fire and when you experience the snap cap you are observed and coached on properly clearing the malfuction as well as evaluated for overall safety during the process. I find them invaluable and ofter gift them out to new shooters or friends that pick up a new gun or one in a new (to them) caliber, they make great stocking stuffers.
I prefer the ones with a spring backed strike plate at the primer: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048K ... ge_o02_s00 _________________ Practice does NOT make perfect. Perfection is an Ideal and thus cannot exist in the real world. To seek perfection is to set yourself up for failure. Instead, strive for Excellence. Excellence is an attainable goal - Coach George Yamamoto, Mililani High School, RIP |
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