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Old August 31, 2014, 02:49 PM   #101
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The Germans understand

My posting name comes from the fact that I live in Arizona. Opa is the German word for grandfather. Since I teach my grandchildren German, the name came naturally.
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Old September 1, 2014, 02:34 AM   #102
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Dang, Ed. And all this time I thought your name was Ed Frompa. Latvian, or something...

You are not the first person to think that. Yours is the best one so far.
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Old September 1, 2014, 12:11 PM   #103
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Mine just kind of fell together on its own.
My name is Bill, I live near Buffalo NY, and an early interest in the Wild West and some of the characters it produced is what got me interested in firearms.
Definitely firearms related
But not much of a good story
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Old September 4, 2014, 10:17 AM   #104
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My buddies call me Dirty Harry so it stuck.

I am Dirty_Harry or Dirty_H on most forums I frequent.
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Old September 5, 2014, 12:58 PM   #105
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"Alliant Powder - BE-86 - Which provides superior lot-to-lot consistency, improved flow; contains flash suppressant; high energy"...

"Following World War II, there were a great number of warships being decommissioned, sold, scrapped, or deactivated and placed in reserve {commonly referred to as 'mothballed'}. During this process, labor workers would bring spare parts up from the storerooms and the lead supply clerk would inform them what the disposition of their parts were by part number.

Anything referred to as AT-6 {or by similar phonetic, eighty-six} was to be disposed of in the dumpster. This is where the term became synonymous with throwing something away."

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"Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me --- they have no regard for you."

My middle name is --- Ernst {name of a famous World War II German Tiger Tank battalion commander} --- my nickname is Erno.
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Old September 5, 2014, 01:32 PM   #106
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The "j" is the first letter of my first name, the remaining letters are from my last name. The numbers were my employee number. The combination was used as a security code to enter my former place of employment (happily retired now). It's stuck in my head so I used it on numerous forums.
Not gun related but I've been involved with firearms since I could walk.
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Old September 19, 2014, 12:26 AM   #107
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Well, I have a Ruger 9mm and am a diehard 49er fan. Combining one new passion with an old one.
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Old September 20, 2014, 09:21 PM   #108
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My middle name is --- Ernst {name of a famous World War II German Tiger Tank battalion commander}
Along with a very famous WWI German Ace.
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Old September 21, 2014, 03:04 AM   #109
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The thread is running a bit long, but what the heck...

My nickname in the Marines was "MoGas" because its the term we use to refer to 'unleaded gasoline' = Motor Gasoline, vice JP-8 (or JP-5) is a jet fuel that doubles as diesel fuel. When I was a boot, (new guy) I was interested in hot-rods and muscle cars and such and drove an '86 442. My last name is Mo----, so they called me Mo-Gas because I was more interested in gasoline engines than the heavy diesels we worked on... The 1341 was my MOS designator in the Marines (Engineer Equipment Mechanic)

Though not entirely 'gun-related' I wanted an 'inside' reference to the military and a reference to my job field... I would have also picked a name along the lines of "Big Mo" or "Mo-M70" in reference to the USS Missouri (my favorite battleship that lines up with my nickname) or the latter in reference to the Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock's rifle, which is the exact Winchester M-70, 30-06 Model rifle I carry for my 'go to gun' for hunting and such.
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Old September 21, 2014, 06:38 AM   #110
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G'day

Its a user name I could use on several Chat rooms.
Its also cryptic for my personality and name, also refers to a significant year in my life

Pirates have guns!!!
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Old September 22, 2014, 08:09 PM   #111
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I have a 71 chevelle SS and everybody thinks it stands for a big block Chevy. What it actually means is 45 for me since I carry a 45 for self defense.
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Old September 23, 2014, 11:59 PM   #112
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Figured I could likely remember my ID (badge) number and my agency's name from day to day........
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Old September 24, 2014, 09:29 PM   #113
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My names based off Dragline from Cool Hand Luke, my favorite movie of all time. In an attempt to keep it gun related, I guess it could apply to the drag line on a revolver cylinder, but that's utterly boring.
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Old September 24, 2014, 10:02 PM   #114
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Well, because I love my S&W Model 1006.
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Old September 25, 2014, 09:20 AM   #115
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Mine is absolutely not gun related and a long story.......
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Old September 25, 2014, 09:30 AM   #116
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Mine is my name. No imagination I guess.
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Old September 25, 2014, 10:06 PM   #117
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Obviously not gun related for me. Seldom do I turn cranks anymore now I just train people to if need be, but it is how my machining career began, which lead to the paychecks that allowed me to buy some guns.
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Old September 26, 2014, 12:05 AM   #118
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Mine is the variant I got in an online gaming site back in 1998 when I tried to go with Ridge Runner III, a P-51D Mustang that had 8 .50 caliber machine guns in the wings
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Old October 9, 2014, 09:50 PM   #119
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Old October 10, 2014, 05:28 AM   #120
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Thin fella who is often seen with a smoothbore.
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