Finally Sent Off The Stuff For A C&R License - Page 2

texnmidwest · 03-17-2008, 05:37 PM

If you are gonna do that you need an an NCO with you, private!

marion57 · 03-17-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Paper

Sounds like you need to use my logic.. Buy 2 of each, shoot one and stick the other away.

And get a K31 while you're at it.. Seems to draw a crowd at the range..

I went to the range today, since it was 50 degrees out and perfect for shooting (what day isn't)..

I had my new Garand and also one of my M44's. (remember, logic) As usually happens when you're shootin' old iron at a range, everyone had to look at both rifles.. The Garand is beautiful, elegant, and damned near sexy, but the stupid $70 Mosin was the star of the show, and even more so after I fired the first round..

Even though the Garand shot better, cost more, and looks nicer, 80% of the questions were about the Mosin..

Get 2.. They're cheap and it'll only cost a bit more for shipping..

Dont you just love it??

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Originally Posted by texnmidwest

If you are gonna do that you need an an NCO with you, private!

I am a NCO!!!!! at least I use to be LOL

texnmidwest · 03-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Well, Alright then! You need a private with you and I am the one to do it. That is if Civil air patrol service counts. And Actually I was a cadet airman.

Geo M44 · 03-17-2008, 09:11 PM

I were one o those too (E6). Long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...

... called the 60's and early 70's.

marion57 · 03-18-2008, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Geo M44

I were one o those too (E6). Long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...

... called the 60's and early 70's.

50's and 60's dang its been a long time ago

Yepper but mine was in the depth of the ocean not outer space LOL..Sure tex I like young cadets they mind so well LOL..NOT!

texnmidwest · 03-18-2008, 07:07 AM

My time was late 70s and boy did I give them nightmares. LOL! Lots of fun though.

gandog56 · 04-01-2008, 09:16 AM

Broke down and made my first C&R order. Got a 1895 Nagant revolver for 69 bucks + shipping.

marion57 · 04-01-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by gandog56

Broke down and made my first C&R order. Got a 1895 Nagant revolver for 69 bucks + shipping.

YEAAAAAA good for you !! now details and how much was shipping ,PIC!!

sh4d0ww4rri0r · 04-01-2008, 01:06 PM

My wife wont let me get a C&R license. She's afraid the ATF is going to rummage through her panty drawer. I've tried to reassure her that this won't happen. A little more coaxing maybe. It took her 5 years of our marriage (this May, yay!) for her to break down and let me have something other than pellet rifles in the house. I just ordered a 91/30 to add to my M44 that I got last month. I'm kind of on restriction now.... She tells me I have no use for a C&R now that I have too many guns.

texnmidwest · 04-01-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sh4d0ww4rri0r

My wife wont let me get a C&R license. She's afraid the ATF is going to rummage through her panty drawer. I've tried to reassure her that this won't happen. A little more coaxing maybe. It took her 5 years of our marriage (this May, yay!) for her to break down and let me have something other than pellet rifles in the house. I just ordered a 91/30 to add to my M44 that I got last month. I'm kind of on restriction now.... She tells me I have no use for a C&R now that I have too many guns.

Maybe we with experience can help you out a bit. Here are a couple of ways around your...uh...problem.

First good way it to produce an empty gun case and say that you are taking this to the gunsmith. Important not to say this 'rifle' or this 'firearm". Just taking this (empty case) to the gunsmith. Then go buy your firearm lock it in your case and leave it somewhere, car, office, friend's house, or somewhere safe for a couple days. Then retrieve the prize and walk into the kitchen like you own the place. After all you and your wife do own the place. If she asks you have simply say "Oh, I just got this (case) back from the gunsmith. If she asks what "that" is you simply simply produce the firearm and ssay..."this? Oh, I have had it a while. Ain't it nice?" Careful not to say how long a "while" is.

Second good way is to just buy the firearm. Bring it home and leave it in the trunk of your car. When she is asleep simply sneak it in through the basement window. Lock it in your gun safe and make sure she can not get to the key for a couple months. If she asks about what that shiny new rifle is, same answer as above.

Thirdly, is to simply wait until her birthday or ya'lls anniversary and present her enthusiastically with that prize shotgun she has always wanted! Oh, Wait, you didn't want a shotgun?!! Well, can I have it? Make sure you have a VERY nice gift on hand just as a back up plan.

Hope this helps.

sh4d0ww4rri0r · 04-01-2008, 01:57 PM

Thanks Tex! Actually If I buy enough she might not know the difference between one rifle and the other. That is unless my dreams come true and she starts to learn and be more interested in these things. Then I wont have a problem at all. Would you believe that she likes watching me clean and fondle these things? I guess she likes watching her boy be a man from time to time.

sh4d0ww4rri0r · 04-01-2008, 02:59 PM

Thanks Tex!

Geo M44 · 04-01-2008, 03:34 PM

Here is how it worked:

I bought a 1953 Romainian M44 from a freind at work ($60 and he threw in 500 rounds of Czech Milsurp). Showed it to the wife, and she was noticably upset (California girl so thinks guns are dangerous and violent).

Dejectedly, I agreed to sell it (keeping the ammo of course), but said I'd like to just take up target shooting with a "small" .22. Reluctantly, I got agreement so bought a Marlin 795. With a scope it looked, and I quote, "cute".

Next came the SKS. First I showed her how small the round is compared to the 7.62 x 54R (remember the Czech ammo?) and went into the "I'm just collecting these as a hobby" explaination. By then I also had my C&R (a vital aid to saving money at my new hobby) and I made sure that she knew it stood for "curios", as in figurines and nick-nacks, and "relics"... as in antique things. These are things that women can identify with.

The next M44 (Natalia) was disassembled and brought in as a new relic restoration project, and the rest is history. Nothing like a really cosmolene encrusted M44 to lend credence to the antique story, and it was a 1947 which is my birth year, so... awww.

It's taken about 3 years, and now we might be ready for an antique Nagant pistol to camoflage the FEG 63... yes I know the FEG is not a C&R. And I'm still trying to come up with a good story for the CCW class, but I've come so far.

Patience my son... patience.

Kismet · 04-01-2008, 03:51 PM

I don't have the problem, but bringing a disassembled C&R piece in as a project...very nice.

Fix a toaster or something...make it look like the skills transfer to her benefit.

Devious. I like it.

marion57 · 04-01-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sh4d0ww4rri0r

My wife wont let me get a C&R license. She's afraid the ATF is going to rummage through her panty drawer. I've tried to reassure her that this won't happen. A little more coaxing maybe. It took her 5 years of our marriage (this May, yay!) for her to break down and let me have something other than pellet rifles in the house. I just ordered a 91/30 to add to my M44 that I got last month. I'm kind of on restriction now.... She tells me I have no use for a C&R now that I have too many guns.

tell her this story! a mail order bride arives at train station to find her new husband to be with a mule.. he puts her on it and away they go up the trail till the mule bulks at something in the brush .. the man looks at the mule and says thats 1.. farther down the trail the mule rears back when he sees a snake ,again the man looks at mule and says thats 2 .. farther down trail the mule balks at strean and throws bride to be off in water , man walks over to mule pulls his gun out and says thats 3 and shoots the mule. the bride to be throws a fit and says what did you do that for ?? the man replies ( thats 1)

sh4d0ww4rri0r · 04-01-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Geo M44

, and it was a 1947 which is my birth year, so... awww.

I literally LOL'd! hehehe

Thanks for the joke marion but I think the muzzle of my m44 would be pointed at me if I told her that one. hehe, She would probably just stab me with the bayonet being that she won't allow ammo in the house. I have to store it at a buddys house a few miles away. It's part of the deal.

She usually likes jokes like that, but not in this situation....... hehe.

By the way this is all great advice! Thanks! I just stopped by Big5 during my break. They had a Lee Enfield for 149. GRRR! I want that! Too bad I just got a 91/30 this weekend.

marion57 · 04-01-2008, 07:00 PM

Well sometimes you have to have your prioritys straight and it Looks like you have !for me I am too old to worry much hehe

sh4d0ww4rri0r · 04-02-2008, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by marion57

Well sometimes you have to have your prioritys straight and it Looks like you have !for me I am too old to worry much hehe

Thank you, finally someone that agrees with my priorities that isn't a woman. That means a lot to me.

Svashtar · 04-04-2008, 02:17 AM

How much is the C&R license? I'm just wondering if it would be worth it for just 1 or 2 more rifles (assuming I have great self-control!)

Righteous · 04-04-2008, 05:20 AM

license not but 30 bucks for 3 years
dammmmmmmmmmm some of you be Ti**y whipped big time in the place I see, wife wont let you??? LOL to funny

03-17-2008, 05:37 PM	#21
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,439	If you are gonna do that you need an an NCO with you, private! __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-17-2008, 08:31 PM	#23
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,439	Well, Alright then! You need a private with you and I am the one to do it. That is if Civil air patrol service counts. And Actually I was a cadet airman. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-17-2008, 09:11 PM	#24
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,197	I were one o those too (E6). Long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away... ... called the 60's and early 70's. Last edited by Geo M44; 03-17-2008 at 09:42 PM.

03-18-2008, 07:07 AM	#26
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,439	My time was late 70s and boy did I give them nightmares. LOL! Lots of fun though. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

04-01-2008, 03:51 PM	#34
Kismet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: rural WI Posts: 159	I don't have the problem, but bringing a disassembled C&R piece in as a project...very nice. Fix a toaster or something...make it look like the skills transfer to her benefit. Devious. I like it. __________________ Kis Safety? SAFETY??? Is gun for to shoot, not to be on SAFETY!!!

04-01-2008, 09:16 AM	#27
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 4,307	Broke down and made my first C&R order. Got a 1895 Nagant revolver for 69 bucks + shipping.

04-01-2008, 01:06 PM	#29
sh4d0ww4rri0r Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 186	My wife wont let me get a C&R license. She's afraid the ATF is going to rummage through her panty drawer. I've tried to reassure her that this won't happen. A little more coaxing maybe. It took her 5 years of our marriage (this May, yay!) for her to break down and let me have something other than pellet rifles in the house. I just ordered a 91/30 to add to my M44 that I got last month. I'm kind of on restriction now.... She tells me I have no use for a C&R now that I have too many guns.

04-01-2008, 01:57 PM	#31
sh4d0ww4rri0r Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 186	Thanks Tex! Actually If I buy enough she might not know the difference between one rifle and the other. That is unless my dreams come true and she starts to learn and be more interested in these things. Then I wont have a problem at all. Would you believe that she likes watching me clean and fondle these things? I guess she likes watching her boy be a man from time to time.

04-01-2008, 02:59 PM	#32
sh4d0ww4rri0r Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 186	Thanks Tex!

04-01-2008, 03:34 PM	#33
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,197	Here is how it worked: I bought a 1953 Romainian M44 from a freind at work ($60 and he threw in 500 rounds of Czech Milsurp). Showed it to the wife, and she was noticably upset (California girl so thinks guns are dangerous and violent). Dejectedly, I agreed to sell it (keeping the ammo of course), but said I'd like to just take up target shooting with a "small" .22. Reluctantly, I got agreement so bought a Marlin 795. With a scope it looked, and I quote, "cute". Next came the SKS. First I showed her how small the round is compared to the 7.62 x 54R (remember the Czech ammo?) and went into the "I'm just collecting these as a hobby" explaination. By then I also had my C&R (a vital aid to saving money at my new hobby) and I made sure that she knew it stood for "curios", as in figurines and nick-nacks, and "relics"... as in antique things. These are things that women can identify with. The next M44 (Natalia) was disassembled and brought in as a new relic restoration project, and the rest is history. Nothing like a really cosmolene encrusted M44 to lend credence to the antique story, and it was a 1947 which is my birth year, so... awww. It's taken about 3 years, and now we might be ready for an antique Nagant pistol to camoflage the FEG 63... yes I know the FEG is not a C&R. And I'm still trying to come up with a good story for the CCW class, but I've come so far. Patience my son... patience.

04-01-2008, 07:00 PM	#37
marion57 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,880	Well sometimes you have to have your prioritys straight and it Looks like you have !for me I am too old to worry much hehe __________________ You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!(Charlton Heston)

04-04-2008, 02:17 AM	#39
Svashtar Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 25	How much is the C&R license? I'm just wondering if it would be worth it for just 1 or 2 more rifles (assuming I have great self-control!)

04-04-2008, 05:20 AM	#40
Righteous Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 214	license not but 30 bucks for 3 years dammmmmmmmmmm some of you be Ti**y whipped big time in the place I see, wife wont let you??? LOL to funny