Damn Lupara!

Okay so one of my buddy's granddads has a sawed-off shotgun from way, way, waaaay back. He had it tucked away forever, and said nothing was better for home defense. After a lot of coaxing few of us finally convinced him to lend it to us so we can fire it. We drove out into the middle of nowhere (after praying to every known god that there were no cops about) so we all decided to fire it once, just at some cans so we can feel like billy bad asses and brag to people.

Fuck, I'll never fire one again.

The kick from that damn thing was insane, and I almost dropped it. With an aching wrist I have no idea how the hell anyone would reload this clumsy thing in a fire fight. When we got back, I asked the gramps whens the last time he actually went out and fired it. He informed us that he kept it cleaned and oiled, but hadn't fired it in nearly three decades. We all offered him suggestions on new guns for home defense, because the recoil might shatter his brittle bones.

So now I have gotta ask, have any of you guys fired unconventional firearms and if so, what have been your favorites?

Ive shot a .45-70 Pistol.

Worse than a sawed off, trust me.

Tell him to get rid of that for home defense. If he uses it, they will know he has it. That is calssified as a Class 3 weapon. The same as machine guns. 10 years minimum IIRC.

Ha ha that would have been nice to know before we went off and fired the damn thing. Class 3? Insane. But this guy is pushing eighty and got this when he was in his twenties and isn't there some amendment that if you own a particular tool/weapon before a band or discontinuation is put on it you are allowed to keep the one you own? If so, wouldn't he still be entitled to keep it if he had the weapon before the band?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, because I have no idea if this it true or not.

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Ha ha that would have been nice to know before we went off and fired the damn thing. Class 3? Insane. But this guy is pushing eighty and got this when he was in his twenties and isn't there some amendment that if you own a particular tool/weapon before a band or discontinuation is put on it you are allowed to keep the one you own? If so, wouldn't he still be entitled to keep it if he had the weapon before the band?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, because I have no idea if this it true or not.

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Well, the NFA that put restrictions on "sawed off shotguns" and those type of things, was enacted in 1934.

Seriously, if you would've gotten caught with that things, you would've gone away for a while.


Is this the same gramps that says "if you can't do it with one bullet, you shouldn't do it at all?"

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Is this the same gramps that says "if you can't do it with one bullet, you shouldn't do it at all?"

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What if theres more than one target? lol

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Ha ha no. The guy with the sawed-off is my buddy's granmps and the one shot, one kill is my granddad. I think it's just an ego trip for him because he's an insanely good shot. When getting his concealed weapons permit he didn't miss a single mark which the instructor said was a first, even for the cops that came through. Also, and this is my fav, is at a family renunion my gramps shot a cross into a tree trunk with a glock. It was pretty bad ass in my opinion.

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Ha ha no. The guy with the sawed-off is my buddy's granmps and the one shot, one kill is my granddad. I think it's just an ego trip for him because he's an insanely good shot. When getting his concealed weapons permit he didn't miss a single mark which the instructor said was a first, even for the cops that came through. Also, and this is my fav, is at a family renunion my gramps shot a cross into a tree trunk with a glock. It was pretty bad ass in my opinion.

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What state was this in? Texas' qual is cake

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What state was this in? Texas' qual is cake

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Arizona, and he only really got it because now in Utah and AZ a holstered weapon is considered a concealed weapon, which is really weak in my opinion. I guess the course was pretty simple but they had to go through three live (duh) shooting courses. One was the normal range with a bullseye, one was a "Home Invasion" simulation (a range with a freaking chair and cardboard cutouts of people on it) and one other one that I can't remember. I think it might have been a skeet-shooting kind of deal, but I honestly can't remember.