shootersix
Master
- Mar 10, 2009
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any of you that know me know that i have a passion for firearms, that go's all the way back about 40 years, i remember the marlin model 60, i remember the smell of hoppes #9 as we cleaned it after, i remember the yellow plastic box of 100 remington bullets, but most of all i remember the man who took me. i remember buying my first gun, a ruger p85 that i still have, i remember letting him shoot it, and a few days later him showing me the p85 that he bought, i remember him selling me a star arms firestar in starvel finish, and i remember selling it back to him, and then saying if you sell it again call me first (he did and i didnt have the money to buy it), i remember shooting trap with him, i enjoyed it so much he bought me a reminghton 870 so we could shoot together,i remember him saying we should take a break from trap shooting when i got so mad at missing the last bird, i remember telling him call me before you sell any guns, all because he sold a smith and wesson 686 midnight black edition that i wanted (black satinless steel revolver), i remember calling him (and him calling me too) and saying talk me out of buying this gun, and he did, and he didnt, i remember taliking about ar 15's and him saying i think the mini 14 is a better gun, and then him saying (after i shot it (the mini14) better than he did) him saying i think i want an ar15 (he owned 4!lol). i remember wanting a 2.5 in 686 and picking up what i thought was one at a gun show, he said you know thats a 629 right, i put it down, took 2 steps and thought holy s**t that awesome, and turning around and seeing someone else pick it up and say "ill take it". i have so many more memories i could type for days.
the last time we went out i drove us to the range, we were only there for about a 1/2 hour, he said he was tired so we left, on the way home he said "you know its my birthday" i said yes i know (of course i'd forgot) so i said where you want to eat, we (he) ate all you can eat fiddlers and i had a bacon cheesburger (im not a big fish eater), i tried to get him to go shooting after that (many times), but he was always to tired.
on sunday he went to the hospital, he' was week and had fallen, i went to see him, and he couldnt stay awake, so left to let him rest, i went back on monday, and he slept most of the time, i went today, and stayed for awhile, and the neurologist came in and said it was thyroid related and he should pull out of it, and be ok, i came home in a good mood.
about 12.30 i got the call, his heart gave out, and he had passed, i drove to the hospital, met my sister and said goodbye to my dad, my shooting buddy, my best friend, the man who gave me a passion for the shooting sports.
i'll never pick up a gun again without thinking of my dad, im sitting here typing this, i cant sleep, and i cant stop crying, thanks for reading this ingo and hug a loved one cause you dont know what tomorrow brings!
the last time we went out i drove us to the range, we were only there for about a 1/2 hour, he said he was tired so we left, on the way home he said "you know its my birthday" i said yes i know (of course i'd forgot) so i said where you want to eat, we (he) ate all you can eat fiddlers and i had a bacon cheesburger (im not a big fish eater), i tried to get him to go shooting after that (many times), but he was always to tired.
on sunday he went to the hospital, he' was week and had fallen, i went to see him, and he couldnt stay awake, so left to let him rest, i went back on monday, and he slept most of the time, i went today, and stayed for awhile, and the neurologist came in and said it was thyroid related and he should pull out of it, and be ok, i came home in a good mood.
about 12.30 i got the call, his heart gave out, and he had passed, i drove to the hospital, met my sister and said goodbye to my dad, my shooting buddy, my best friend, the man who gave me a passion for the shooting sports.
i'll never pick up a gun again without thinking of my dad, im sitting here typing this, i cant sleep, and i cant stop crying, thanks for reading this ingo and hug a loved one cause you dont know what tomorrow brings!
