Latest Purchase Thread

[Olly]

Took advantage of Rig Em Right's cyber Monday sale and bought one of their layout blinds. I'm new to field hunting and can't wait to get out there with the new blind and take a nap...er, I mean...shoot some birds.

Love layout hunting! It's a shame that where I live now I can't do it as much as I used to be able to.

[Olly]

Bought that Chuff Huff sneak boat.

Now someone buy my gator trax!

[Bad17]

Bought that Chuff Huff sneak boat.

Now someone buy my gator trax!

Good deal Olly

[R. Chapman]

Happy early birthday to me.

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[aunt betty]

Got one of them Samsung S5 phones. It really is waterproof. Done fell outa my waders already. My arm was froze by the time I found it. Added a starter to my boat motor. My hand hurts like a mofo if the engine kicks and yanks the rope out of my hand.
That had to stop.

[Olly]

Yamaha 15hp short shaft. The sneak boat is really going to move now!

[Weston81]

Glock 43 on the bottom

[Olly]

Glock 43 on the bottom

I've really been wanting one of those. Tell me how you like it after a little while.

[Weston81]

Will do. I've run 150 rounds through it so far and have enjoyed it. Shoots well and recoil is very manageable. I've ordered my IWB holster so I haven't got to CC with it yet.I am debating putting some kind of "grip tape" on the handle as there isn't much there to begin with, and drawing the gun may be a little difficult from the IWB holster unless I seat the shell up higher than what I would like.

[Olly]

Will do. I've run 150 rounds through it so far and have enjoyed it. Shoots well and recoil is very manageable. I've ordered my IWB holster so I haven't got to CC with it yet.I am debating putting some kind of "grip tape" on the handle as there is much there to begin with, and drawing the gun may be a little difficult from the IWB holster unless I seat the shell up higher than what I would like.

I wear a glock 26 in an IWB holster pretty much everyday and my suggestion would be to incorporate using the IWB in your regular range time.

Also the grip tape will get covered in lint and body sweat will ruin it. I'm not a fat guy at all but the grip of the pistol still presses against my skin and just regular wear and sweat made the tape a horrible mess. Not worth it IMO.

[Tomkat]

A hop up kit for my 212 Predator LT motor. Pipe and muffler, air filter and carb jet.

[R. Chapman]

McMillan Tooley MBR stock for the .308 and a .257 10 twist McGowen Barrel.

[Throbbin Rods]

9' 10-12 weight fly rod and a Pflueger Medalist reel. Hoping to use it on stripers on the salt. Traded some tires I couldn't use any more even for it. I flyfish some for trout but have never tried for bigger fish.

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[The Duck Hammer]

9' 10-12 weight fly rod and a Pflueger Medalist reel. Hoping to use it on stripers on the salt. Traded some tires I couldn't use any more even for it. I flyfish some for trout but have never tried for bigger fish.

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Always wanted to learn to use a Spey rod. Haven't fly fished much since I messed up my shoulder. Shute would have made fishing for bass easier but the 4 wt held it's own for awhile.

[The Duck Hammer]

Anderson Manufacturing stripped lower, CMMG lower parts kit, and a palmetto state armory upper.

[R. Chapman]

Picked up this bad bitch out of lay away today. Tikka M55 in .222. That's 3-.222s I have now.

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[The Duck Hammer]

Yeah a trio of worthlessness but I recon you are just cutting paper with them anyway.

[R. Chapman]

Yeah a trio of worthlessness but I recon you are just cutting paper with them anyway.

And smashing dogs.

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[SpinnerMan]

And smashing dogs.

But how do you fire 3 guns at a time

You really didn't have anything better to do with that money than buy not a 2nd, but a 3rd .222

Maybe you got a lot more money than me or something, but to an outside observer it seems odd.

Awesome photos BTW.

[The Duck Hammer]

Great pictures Rex. Lol. One of these days I need to get out west to shoot some of those.

[R. Chapman]

And smashing dogs.

But how do you fire 3 guns at a time

You really didn't have anything better to do with that money than buy not a 2nd, but a 3rd .222

Maybe you got a lot more money than me or something, but to an outside observer it seems odd.

Awesome photos BTW.

For some people, fast cars is their addiction, others its drugs, me its those oddballs like this that you just don't see often with a steal of a price on the consignment rack.

I ain't complaining at $550. Fun is worth $3-400 more than that.

[R. Chapman]

And as far as I'm concerned I have a machining job lined up for the Monday after graduation up in Kalispell. Money in the bank for two years at FV Community College and enough money saved up to pay rent for a year.

[SpinnerMan]

And smashing dogs.

But how do you fire 3 guns at a time

You really didn't have anything better to do with that money than buy not a 2nd, but a 3rd .222

Maybe you got a lot more money than me or something, but to an outside observer it seems odd.

Awesome photos BTW.

For some people, fast cars is their addiction, others its drugs, me its those oddballs like this that you just don't see often with a steal of a price on the consignment rack.

I ain't complaining at $550. Fun is worth $3-400 more than that.

3 are more fun than 2, that is what strikes me as odd. I get a spare, but the 3rd is what gets my head scratching. That's all that struck me as odd.

However, given where you are, time to think longer than the next year. You start saving for retirement yet? Small amounts when you are young are large amounts later in life. Ask the old people working at McDonald's what their addiction was? What age do you want to be able to retire and how much do you need to do that? If you are planning on a pension for that, you have to worry about all your eggs in one basket. I hate pensions because my fate is in some other idiot's hands. I hunt with a guy whose pension got wiped out TWICE Fortunately his wife does well, so he's in great shape financially. The younger you are when you start planning for retirement, the easier it is to retire the way you want when the time comes. The sooner you get there, the sooner you can do whatever you want or walk away from a job or use it as leverage at your job or whatever. Once it is a normal part of your budget, you won't even miss it. I really suggest you set a goal and figure out what you need to achieve that goal and when you start your job, put the retirement money away from the first check and then you will never miss it because you will only be living off what you can afford.

[R. Chapman]

And smashing dogs.

But how do you fire 3 guns at a time

You really didn't have anything better to do with that money than buy not a 2nd, but a 3rd .222

Maybe you got a lot more money than me or something, but to an outside observer it seems odd.

Awesome photos BTW.

For some people, fast cars is their addiction, others its drugs, me its those oddballs like this that you just don't see often with a steal of a price on the consignment rack.

I ain't complaining at $550. Fun is worth $3-400 more than that.

3 are more fun than 2, that is what strikes me as odd. I get a spare, but the 3rd is what gets my head scratching. That's all that struck me as odd.

However, given where you are, time to think longer than the next year. You start saving for retirement yet? Small amounts when you are young are large amounts later in life. Ask the old people working at McDonald's what their addiction was? What age do you want to be able to retire and how much do you need to do that? If you are planning on a pension for that, you have to worry about all your eggs in one basket. I hate pensions because my fate is in some other idiot's hands. I hunt with a guy whose pension got wiped out TWICE Fortunately his wife does well, so he's in great shape financially. The younger you are when you start planning for retirement, the easier it is to retire the way you want when the time comes. The sooner you get there, the sooner you can do whatever you want or walk away from a job or use it as leverage at your job or whatever. Once it is a normal part of your budget, you won't even miss it. I really suggest you set a goal and figure out what you need to achieve that goal and when you start your job, put the retirement money away from the first check and then you will never miss it because you will only be living off what you can afford.

Being as I take from my dad and Grandfather, I doubt I won't retire till I'm around 70-80. if I live that long mind you. My grandfather is 76 years old and still bouncing around in a bull dozed doing road construction and finishing work with D10 CATs. Even right now making $4k/month, I put away about $300-$500, depending on bills and what not.

My plan really for retirement is still undecided but if possible I'd like to put away about $5k-$10k a year into a retirement fund depending on income of course and how much I can live off of. Not to brag or anything but I think I'm ready for the work force, ready to be done with school. Being I'm a senior in high school, I still attend full time and work 50+ hours a week in a shop. I think I'm more prepared than most kids at 18 anyways.

[SpinnerMan]

Being as I take from my dad and Grandfather, I doubt I won't retire till I'm around 70-80.

That's fine, but DO NOT PLAN FOR THAT! My Dad got disabled at 45. Shit happens. Best to be prepared for it. Get your nest egg and then you are free to do whatever you want. Working into your 70's is very different than having to work into your 70's.

My plan really for retirement is still undecided but if possible I'd like to put away about $5k-$10k a year into a retirement fund depending on income of course and how much I can live off of.

Work backwards. For me, I've always targeted being able to retire at 55, not that I plan to, but simply that I would be able to if ... Then what do you need in income? You need roughly 20 to 25x that. $50k per year means you need 1 to 1.25 million. The other thing that I did is I plan to live on double what I think I would actually need to live on. So my target is 40x my minimum comfortable income at age 55. Then I worked back from that.

I don't know what your expectations are or any other sources of wealth that you are sure you have, that is probably good if you do it every year until your in your mid 50's. However, it's good to decide when you want to be able to retire, what you want to live on when you do retire, and working backwards to see if that puts you on track. Nothing says you can't ramp up as you go. That's what I did since your income will hopefully grow and your obligations (house, family, ...) will grow for awhile and then decline, etc. Then just keep track of your progress over time, and it's good to assess decisions on what you buy and how it impacts your plans.

I'm currently planning for a significant life change that I had not planned on or even contemplated before earlier this spring. It's probably going to cause me to miss my 55 target, but you got to do what you got to do, plus if it works out, I'll be happy to have to work a few more years beyond. I can assess this quickly. Anybody know about the duck hunting in the Tampa area

Not to brag or anything but I think I'm ready for the work force, ready to be done with school. Being I'm a senior in high school, I still attend full time and work 50+ hours a week in a shop. I think I'm more prepared than most kids at 18 anyways.

The only thing I will say is life probably costs a lot more than you are thinking. Plan on making significantly more than you think you need. It's always easy to make less money because you have too much. It's nearly always very difficult to make more money because you don't have enough.

[aunt betty]

I bought a double cheeseburger, onion rings, and sweet tea at Sonic but it's didn't last very long.

[Woody]

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[The Duck Hammer]

Palmetto State upper
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Magpul bad lever