Hello to All

[CZHarry]

I found this forum quite by accident some time after the horror of Mumbai, which I watched via live feed
on the internet from some of the local Indian TV stations.
I think the IFG forum and its members are very interesting from my view, and gives me an insight into the
legal problems that are encountered by gun owners and those in the shooting sports. I have also seen photos
of some of the very beautiful rifles & pistols owned by the members here.

I am from the US, I live in Florida and am a long time gun enthusiast. Florida gun laws & regulations are
very friendly to law abiding citizens. I am also a Vietnam-era veteran, having served in the US Air Force in the
mid-to-late 1960s. As many here in the US, I am part of the workforce that was made redundant, but I wiil
be officially retired in one year. Still, no way to treat a loyal University employee of 24 years.
Even now, we here must be wary of the newly elected officials, as they are all known 'gun-grabbers',
always trying to enact new laws to make it easy to take away our guns and our right to self defense.
From the top on down, these socialists cannot be trusted, and as citizens, we must fight their efforts to enact
more so-called Gun Control legislation. We have been in a gun & ammo buying frenzy since before the elections,
stocking up before the expected bans start to take place, but we pray they don't.

I have some pistols and rifles. Three of my more modern hunting rifles were stolen a few years back, but I also
used to have a Curio & Relic license which I used to buy and collect some Enfields, French MAS and some Soviet
bloc rifles, mostly WWII vintage. I also have a few of the semi-auto Soviet SKS models, a Mossberg 500 pump,
and a Ruger Mini-14. Some are not pristine and bright, some are like new, but they all have a history to tell,
and are a lot of fun to shoot.
Of the pistols, they include CZ-52, CZ-50, CZ-75B, Tanfoglio Witness (.45 cal), Ruger & Tarus. By far though,
my most prized pistol is my Colt M1911, made in 1920 and still works like new.

[Prabhath]

Welcome aboard Harry. It would be great if you could post some pics of the firearms that you own.

[TenX]

Welcome to IFG Harry.. hope you have a great time around

...I am also a Vietnam-era veteran, having served in the US Air Force in the
mid-to-late 1960s. ...

The conflict of stories about Vietnam seems to be a bigger war that what ever happened. Maybe you have some excellent stories to share.

...I have some pistols and rifles. Three of my more modern hunting rifles were stolen a few years back, but I also
used to have a Curio & Relic license which I used to buy and collect some Enfields, French MAS and some Soviet
bloc rifles, mostly WWII vintage. I also have a few of the semi-auto Soviet SKS models, a Mossberg 500 pump,
and a Ruger Mini-14. Some are not pristine and bright, some are like new, but they all have a history to tell,
and are a lot of fun to shoot.
Of the pistols, they include CZ-52, CZ-50, CZ-75B, Tanfoglio Witness (.45 cal), Ruger & Tarus. By far though,
my most prized pistol is my Colt M1911, made in 1920 and still works like new.

Saw your other post with pics.. Great collection.. and sorry about the theft...

[lazybones]

Welcome to IFG Harry. That's a great collection you have there. The theft's a bummer.

Ashok

[Olly]

Welcome to the forum.

Your favourite Colt 1911 is also my favourite... having fired it a couple of times, belonging to our very own Administrator...

[CZHarry]

Welcome to IFG Harry.. hope you have a great time around

...I am also a Vietnam-era veteran, having served in the US Air Force in the
mid-to-late 1960s. ...

The conflict of stories about Vietnam seems to be a bigger war that what ever happened. Maybe you have some excellent stories to share.
..

Usually, the vets like to make a distinction as to who actually was "in-country" and who was not. I add the '-era' to tell that I did not go "in-country". My group worked on the flight lne and repaired & made ready all the equipment that was used to service the F4-Phantom fighters. Air Force personnal were not soldiers. We were technical support for every thing else (fighters, bombers, missiles, communications and radar. We were never issued arms, but had to qualify with the rifle during boot camp. I scored as Marksman, making a perfect score using an M-1 carbine, which happened to be the same rifle I used for deer hunting, before I joined up. I did my service at a Tactical Air Command base in Tampa, Florida.
We did, however, go on an alert for 'Immediate overseas deployment' in 1968 when a spy ship, USS Pueblo, was captured by the North Koreans. That would have expanded the war to attacking the N. Koreans, as well as our involvment in Vietnam. Our forces were stretched pretty thin at that time, so I don't see how we could have avoided nuking them.
As a 19 year old, I knew nothing about the politics involved with the war. We went where we were ordered and did what we were told. As it was, the alert was called off after a few weeks, and it was business as usual; go to work, go out at night, meet girls and drink a lot of beer.
Cheers.

[TenX]

Welcome to IFG Harry.. hope you have a great time around

...I am also a Vietnam-era veteran, having served in the US Air Force in the
mid-to-late 1960s. ...

The conflict of stories about Vietnam seems to be a bigger war that what ever happened. Maybe you have some excellent stories to share.
..

Usually, the vets like to make a distinction as to who actually was "in-country" and who was not. I add the '-era' to tell that I did not go "in-country". My group worked on the flight lne and repaired & made ready all the equipment that was used to service the F4-Phantom fighters. Air Force personnal were not soldiers. We were technical support for every thing else (fighters, bombers, missiles, communications and radar. We were never issued arms, but had to qualify with the rifle during boot camp. I scored as Marksman, making a perfect score using an M-1 carbine, which happened to be the same rifle I used for deer hunting, before I joined up. I did my service at a Tactical Air Command base in Tampa, Florida.
We did, however, go on an alert for 'Immediate overseas deployment' in 1968 when a spy ship, USS Peublo, was captured by the North Koreans. That would have expanded the war to attacking the N. Koreans, as well as our involvment in Vietnam. Our forces were stretched pretty thin at that time, so I don't see how we could have avoided nuking them.
As a 19 year old, I knew nothing about the politics involved with the war. We went where we were ordered and did what we were told. As it was, the alert was called off after a few weeks, and it was business as usual; go to work, go out at night, meet girls and drink a lot of beer.
Cheers.

Since the strength of the South Vietnamese was the superior Air Power, mainly backed by the US, I assumed you had plenty of action too
Its nice to hear first-hand information, apart from what one gets to see in general web news and movies

Also, I believe the USS Pueblo, which was hijacked, is still in foreign hands, turned into a tourist attraction...