NRA ROCKS!!!!

redhed · 11-28-2007, 05:56 PM

Got home today to find a letter addressed to my husband dearest and myself. Last month at a gun show, we had purchased a raffle ticket from the NRA for the Guns of November. It gave you four chances at the Illinois Pick Four Lottery, per day, with each day offering a different gun as a prize.

It seems as though on November 20th we won ourselves a Remington Spartan SPR210 Side-by-Side 20 guage shotgun with one of our four numbers.

Is that cool or isn't it!?!

We had our doubts about our chances of winning, but now we are believers. Trust me everyone, it's well worth the 30 dollar donation to the NRA to get in on one of these contests. I'm glad that we did.

khahn79 · 11-28-2007, 06:06 PM

Congratulations! My, my that little family of yours is growing quickly these days, huh?

Enjoy your new gun and post some pics soon.

gunney_m · 11-28-2007, 06:24 PM

Congrats to you.

two-70 · 11-28-2007, 07:02 PM

awesome, enjoy

redhed · 11-28-2007, 07:24 PM

Yeah, and the kicker is that we still could win another gun before the end of the month...not that we're greedy or anything....

rondog · 11-28-2007, 07:35 PM

Far out, congrats! I won a Remington 30-06 autoloader from a raffle at a bar one time, but I wasn't able to keep it, had to sell it. Sure was cool to win though! Only bought one $5 ticket, and it was the only time I was ever in the joint.

redhed · 11-28-2007, 07:53 PM

If I won a 30-06 they would have to pry it from my cold lifeless hands.....after I'd emptied the magazine. I wonder if they are offering one up on the Guns of November?

ouch · 11-28-2007, 07:58 PM

Ok since you brought it up. You owe an explanation as to your actions, selling a 30.06, might as well said that you sold a 50BMG.

You were in a bar so you were not underage.

Apparently redhed is above the age of owning a weapon she will now have double. I don't want to confront her in a dark alley.

Ok you answer, be honest.

I'm not a woman just a voyeur.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rondog

Far out, congrats! I won a Remington 30-06 autoloader from a raffle at a bar one time, but I wasn't able to keep it, had to sell it. Sure was cool to win though! Only bought one $5 ticket, and it was the only time I was ever in the joint.

ArkansasHunter · 11-28-2007, 08:14 PM

Must not of been many give donations Hahahahaha

Guns&Dobes · 11-28-2007, 09:40 PM

Wow congrats redhed, enjoy!

redhed · 11-28-2007, 10:46 PM

Don't know if I'll shoot it much, maybe only 100-200 times before I turn it over to my better half.Maybe I can talk him out of his 12 gauge.

Just edited that date on my post. 20th, not 30th. OOps sorry about that. I checked the Illinois Lottery site and sure enough, the winning number was definitely ours on that date.

Chris · 11-29-2007, 09:20 AM

Congrats!

jerry · 11-29-2007, 10:06 AM

Definitely congrats!
I won a tent this year, Going to my daughter for christmas

ArkansasHunter · 11-29-2007, 11:52 AM

CHRIS now thats the best avatar I've seen you use yet and it made me Laugh out !!!
I'm still laughing---------------

gunney_m · 11-29-2007, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

CHRIS now thats the best avatar I've seen you use yet and it made me Laugh out !!!
I'm still laughing---------------

Im still getting use to it.

redhed · 11-29-2007, 09:11 PM

I called the gun shop today that donated the Shotgun we won. Nice people. They told me to just fax them the letter the NRA sent us along with the address of our FFL holder and they would be glad to send us the weapon so we wouldn't have to drive the distance to get it. A simple call to our local Gun Shop owner/friend and it's a done deal. I wonder if any one else has been lucky enough to win a weapon through the NRA's Guns of November contest? They were offering some really nice and expensive weapons as prizes.

redhed · 12-07-2007, 11:15 PM

Still no word on our NRA Shotgun. I called the Bullet Stop Gun Shop who is donating the gun to find out that somehow the gun comes from the NRA. The shop owner sorta laughed and said, The Guns of November are more like The Guns of June....well so much for Christmas...may by my husband's birthday in June, or mine in July? Does the NRA still Rock? Wellllll ....yeah. I guess....maybe...

redhed · 01-15-2008, 10:22 PM

I spent a week calling the Illinois Rifle Association....great folks. I highly recommend the organization to Illinois gun owners. I also made a few calls to the NRA ( who for the most part were great also, especially their member services staff ) and today received a call from my local FFL telling me that our prize Shotty mysteriously appeared on their door step this morning.

I had found out that for the most part, no Guns of November winners had received their prize guns yet, and a call to the regional NRA rep from the ISRA finally got things on the move.

The ISRA asked me if I would participate in another Guns of November and after thinking about it for two seconds said, sure, I love a challenge.

We get our Remington Spartan on either Friday night or Saturday morning, depending on the weather. Gun Porn to follow....

redhed · 01-19-2008, 10:48 PM

Check out the new member of the family.

Thanks to persistence, and the help of Kimberly in the member service devision of the NRA and Mike Huber, the NRA rep in our region, we finally got the shot gun that we won back in November. She's a beaut and worth the wait. Many a clay pigeon will die a painful death with this shotty in my husband's hands.

big boomer · 01-19-2008, 11:09 PM

Thats a real treasure. I have never won anything but I bought a ducks unlimited marlin that someone else won at a nice price. Enjoy your new toy.

11-28-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	NRA ROCKS!!!! Got home today to find a letter addressed to my husband dearest and myself. Last month at a gun show, we had purchased a raffle ticket from the NRA for the Guns of November. It gave you four chances at the Illinois Pick Four Lottery, per day, with each day offering a different gun as a prize. It seems as though on November 20th we won ourselves a Remington Spartan SPR210 Side-by-Side 20 guage shotgun with one of our four numbers. Is that cool or isn't it!?! We had our doubts about our chances of winning, but now we are believers. Trust me everyone, it's well worth the 30 dollar donation to the NRA to get in on one of these contests. I'm glad that we did. Last edited by redhed; 11-28-2007 at 10:43 PM. Reason: typos

11-28-2007, 07:02 PM	#4
two-70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ponca city, oklahoma Posts: 1,778 Trader Rating: (0)	awesome, enjoy __________________ What Would Jesus Do ????? Just Ask Him.

11-28-2007, 10:46 PM	#11
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	Don't know if I'll shoot it much, maybe only 100-200 times before I turn it over to my better half.Maybe I can talk him out of his 12 gauge. Just edited that date on my post. 20th, not 30th. OOps sorry about that. I checked the Illinois Lottery site and sure enough, the winning number was definitely ours on that date. Last edited by redhed; 11-28-2007 at 11:06 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-29-2007, 09:20 AM	#12
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,128 Trader Rating: (0)	Congrats! __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. --Thomas Jefferson No one has the right to deny my personal safety Need a reminder, why this site is so great?

12-07-2007, 11:15 PM	#17
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	Still no word on our NRA Shotgun. I called the Bullet Stop Gun Shop who is donating the gun to find out that somehow the gun comes from the NRA. The shop owner sorta laughed and said, The Guns of November are more like The Guns of June....well so much for Christmas...may by my husband's birthday in June, or mine in July? Does the NRA still Rock? Wellllll ....yeah. I guess....maybe... __________________ I'm a member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals!

11-28-2007, 06:06 PM	#2
khahn79 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 179 Trader Rating: (0)	Congratulations! My, my that little family of yours is growing quickly these days, huh? Enjoy your new gun and post some pics soon.

11-28-2007, 06:24 PM	#3
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931 Trader Rating: (0)	Congrats to you.

11-28-2007, 07:24 PM	#5
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	Yeah, and the kicker is that we still could win another gun before the end of the month...not that we're greedy or anything....

11-28-2007, 07:35 PM	#6
rondog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 1,235 Trader Rating: (0)	Far out, congrats! I won a Remington 30-06 autoloader from a raffle at a bar one time, but I wasn't able to keep it, had to sell it. Sure was cool to win though! Only bought one $5 ticket, and it was the only time I was ever in the joint.

11-28-2007, 07:53 PM	#7
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	If I won a 30-06 they would have to pry it from my cold lifeless hands.....after I'd emptied the magazine. I wonder if they are offering one up on the Guns of November?

11-28-2007, 08:14 PM	#9
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,504 Trader Rating: (0)	Must not of been many give donations Hahahahaha

11-28-2007, 09:40 PM	#10
Guns&Dobes Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 104 Trader Rating: (0)	Wow congrats redhed, enjoy!

11-29-2007, 10:06 AM	#13
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,760 Trader Rating: (0)	Definitely congrats! I won a tent this year, Going to my daughter for christmas

11-29-2007, 11:52 AM	#14
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,504 Trader Rating: (0)	CHRIS now thats the best avatar I've seen you use yet and it made me Laugh out !!! I'm still laughing---------------

11-29-2007, 09:11 PM	#16
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	I called the gun shop today that donated the Shotgun we won. Nice people. They told me to just fax them the letter the NRA sent us along with the address of our FFL holder and they would be glad to send us the weapon so we wouldn't have to drive the distance to get it. A simple call to our local Gun Shop owner/friend and it's a done deal. I wonder if any one else has been lucky enough to win a weapon through the NRA's Guns of November contest? They were offering some really nice and expensive weapons as prizes.

01-15-2008, 10:22 PM	#18
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	I spent a week calling the Illinois Rifle Association....great folks. I highly recommend the organization to Illinois gun owners. I also made a few calls to the NRA ( who for the most part were great also, especially their member services staff ) and today received a call from my local FFL telling me that our prize Shotty mysteriously appeared on their door step this morning. I had found out that for the most part, no Guns of November winners had received their prize guns yet, and a call to the regional NRA rep from the ISRA finally got things on the move. The ISRA asked me if I would participate in another Guns of November and after thinking about it for two seconds said, sure, I love a challenge. We get our Remington Spartan on either Friday night or Saturday morning, depending on the weather. Gun Porn to follow.... __________________ I'm a member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals!

01-19-2008, 10:48 PM	#19
redhed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Armpit, Illinois, USA Posts: 325 Trader Rating: (0)	Check out the new member of the family. Thanks to persistence, and the help of Kimberly in the member service devision of the NRA and Mike Huber, the NRA rep in our region, we finally got the shot gun that we won back in November. She's a beaut and worth the wait. Many a clay pigeon will die a painful death with this shotty in my husband's hands. __________________ I'm a member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals!

01-19-2008, 11:09 PM	#20
big boomer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minn. Posts: 752 Trader Rating: (0)	Thats a real treasure. I have never won anything but I bought a ducks unlimited marlin that someone else won at a nice price. Enjoy your new toy.