Any cool Christmas presents?

TrueBlue711 · January 3, 2019, 12:38 PM

Anybody get anything gun related that they wanted for Christmas?

Nothing bank breaking for me. I got a new Sig Romeo red dot. I'm really impressed by it though! It's my new optic for my primary AR.

Kvon2 · January 3, 2019, 12:57 PM

I got a personalized 50 cal ammo can with my last name on it over an American flag. Certainly didn't need it but it looks nice on top of my cabinet.

TailGator · January 3, 2019, 02:06 PM

My daughter got me a UFO light for my reloading press. Very impressive product.

2ndsojourn · January 3, 2019, 03:53 PM

I gave my son in law some 10 round mags so he wouldn't be a felon. ( But he hasn't done anything with his standard capacity mags yet so he's still a felon.)

Sharkbite · January 3, 2019, 04:06 PM

Surefire stiletto EDC light. Rechargeable, nice beam pattern, low med and high constant on and a momentary only tail switch.

Nice piece of kit

FrankenMauser · January 3, 2019, 04:11 PM

Ammo.

My wife tried to get me a 77/22 magazine, but didn't realize it was more of an online order item until it was too late and she had wasted time running all over town looking for one.
(I offer small bits of advice when requesting certain items, since some of the things that I want require inside knowledge to locate. But I failed to indicate that that one was likely not going to be found locally...)

zeke · January 3, 2019, 04:32 PM

A adjustable gas valve for mpx. Got a direct line through to Santa, and plied him with alcohol and internet access.

jmhyer · January 3, 2019, 07:44 PM

Ruger PC Carbine with Sig Romeo 5 and some ammo!

lamarw · January 3, 2019, 08:17 PM

I was truly blessed:

1. A like new unfired S&W Model 29 no dash. It came in a presentation case with coke grips/stocks. It has a 6 & 1/2" barrel and was manufactured in 1960. The SN is about a 1,000 units off from one of those used in Dirty Harry and currently in the NRA Museum.

2. Remington Rand M1911A1 almost like new manufactured close to production end in 1945. It also came with a rather valuable two tone WWI magazine. I have some WWII era magazines and a like new Catherine holster to go with it. The magazine will become attached to its new Brother which is a Colt Model M1911 manufactured in 1918.

3. S&W K-38 (Pre-Model 14) Target Masterpiece in excellent condition. It is a 5 screw with a 6" barrel and was manufactured in 1950. It is now a Sister to my K-38 (Pre-Model 15) Combat Masterpiece with a 4" barrel. It is also a 5 screw and was manufactured in 1952.

I am a short guy at about 5' 9", but currently the tip of my head is about 8' in the air.

Longhorn1986 · January 3, 2019, 10:24 PM

Wife bought me a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon in 12 ga & I bought her a Benelli Montefeltro Compact in 20 ga.

Oliver Sudden · January 4, 2019, 12:09 AM

Santa brought me my most desired new shooter! A “bug a salt gun II” now the long wait for summer.

Targa · January 4, 2019, 08:35 AM

A nice flannel shirt and a Lee Classic Turret press....

Bubbau · January 4, 2019, 09:42 AM

The wife got me a Labradar and another Dillon 550, no complaints at all.

ChasHam · January 4, 2019, 10:58 AM

My son gave me a gift certificate for range time at a large local gun store.

zeke · January 4, 2019, 01:04 PM

lamarw-Did you behave yourself this year, or bribe him? Have a 4 screw k38 (thik it is 1956) that was bought cheaply years ago. The previous owner had power stenciled his name on it, and bought it for shooter. The case hardening on trigger and hammer are like works of art, as is the trigger action. Am using bright yellow duct tape on the sights.

lamarw · January 4, 2019, 03:18 PM

Thank you zeke, I kinda got lucky and was helped greatly by my Wife. I attended a major auction specifically to look at and bid on the Remington Rand. I put an application into the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) for their sell of M1911A1's. CMP used a random number generator to assign numbers to the applications. They can only sell approximately 4,000 pistols the first year. They had over 19,000 applications. Thus far, I have not done well or received my numbers. Those lucky people with low numbers are reporting most of the pistol are arsenal rebuilds with mix-matched slides to frames and/or generic slides to specific brand pistols. That had me seeking a M1911A1 at this auction for a more original pistol. I carried a Remington Rand in Nam and wanted one of my own.

The wife does the bidding for me since I am hard of hearing at auctions. She really wanted me to also have the beautiful like new Model 29 .44 Magnum. She thought it was the cat's meow. I had told her the K-38 was a back-up in case we did not do well on the other auction bids. She misunderstood me and won it to. Who am I to complain. We did well on all three as far as final price (combination of bid price, buyer's premium, sales tax, shipping cost and FFL cost).

zeke · January 4, 2019, 07:27 PM

lamarw-Congrats! Always was hoping for my fathers 45, which was his fathers. His father made it up from 1911 parts available to him in the armory. It's a 1911. It was given to my older brother, was thinking on looking at a original WWI holster for him.

M88 · January 5, 2019, 12:04 PM

Many here are blessed with people that know enough about guns to even know what to get you gun-related. Other than my Bro-in-Law a thousand miles away and a nephew hours away, nobody in my family owns a gun. In my small circle of friends, I'm the only gun owner. They wouldn't know the difference between my 10GA shoulder busting shotgun and my 22, let alone what ammo or accessories to get me. Those that do have family/ friends that are gun savvy, consider yourselves fortunate.

Don P · January 5, 2019, 01:20 PM

3 pieces of coal and a small hammer. Bet no one else got that for Xmass

jugornot · January 6, 2019, 01:11 PM

Area 419 trickler base and weatherflow precision shooting weather meter.

Eazyeach · January 6, 2019, 04:13 PM

Bought myself a Colt AR15A4 after taking the family to NYC for Christmas with my sister. I earned it!

Schlitz 45 · January 6, 2019, 05:56 PM

Mrs Schlitz gifted me an Olight PL-2 Valkyrie weapon light.

Prof Young · January 10, 2019, 12:46 AM

Got an NAA Black Widow with two inch barrel and cylinders for 22 mag and 22 LR. Range report to come.

Life is good.
Prof Young

January 3, 2019, 12:38 PM	#1
TrueBlue711 Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2011 Posts: 489	Any cool Christmas presents? Anybody get anything gun related that they wanted for Christmas? Nothing bank breaking for me. I got a new Sig Romeo red dot. I'm really impressed by it though! It's my new optic for my primary AR.

January 3, 2019, 04:11 PM	#6
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Ammo. My wife tried to get me a 77/22 magazine, but didn't realize it was more of an online order item until it was too late and she had wasted time running all over town looking for one. (I offer small bits of advice when requesting certain items, since some of the things that I want require inside knowledge to locate. But I failed to indicate that that one was likely not going to be found locally...) __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

January 3, 2019, 10:24 PM	#10
Longhorn1986 Senior Member Join Date: July 12, 2016 Location: Fort Bend County, Texas Posts: 173	Wife bought me a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon in 12 ga & I bought her a Benelli Montefeltro Compact in 20 ga. __________________ 9 mm may expand, but .45 ACP doesn't shrink!

January 5, 2019, 12:04 PM	#18
M88 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2018 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 278	Many here are blessed with people that know enough about guns to even know what to get you gun-related. Other than my Bro-in-Law a thousand miles away and a nephew hours away, nobody in my family owns a gun. In my small circle of friends, I'm the only gun owner. They wouldn't know the difference between my 10GA shoulder busting shotgun and my 22, let alone what ammo or accessories to get me. Those that do have family/ friends that are gun savvy, consider yourselves fortunate. __________________ NRA life member. Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless!

January 5, 2019, 01:20 PM	#19
Don P Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2005 Location: Swamp dweller Posts: 6,187	3 pieces of coal and a small hammer. Bet no one else got that for Xmass __________________ *NRA Life Member, NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, NRA Certified Pistol Instructor,, USPSA & Steel Challange NROI Range Officer, ICORE Range Officer, ,MAG 40 Graduate* *As you are, I once was, As I am, You will be.*

January 3, 2019, 12:57 PM	#2
Kvon2 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2016 Posts: 757	I got a personalized 50 cal ammo can with my last name on it over an American flag. Certainly didn't need it but it looks nice on top of my cabinet.

January 3, 2019, 02:06 PM	#3
TailGator Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,787	My daughter got me a UFO light for my reloading press. Very impressive product.

January 3, 2019, 03:53 PM	#4
2ndsojourn Senior Member Join Date: January 15, 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,416	I gave my son in law some 10 round mags so he wouldn't be a felon. ( But he hasn't done anything with his standard capacity mags yet so he's still a felon.)

January 3, 2019, 04:06 PM	#5
Sharkbite Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2013 Location: Western slope of Colorado Posts: 3,679	Surefire stiletto EDC light. Rechargeable, nice beam pattern, low med and high constant on and a momentary only tail switch. Nice piece of kit

January 3, 2019, 04:32 PM	#7
zeke Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 1999 Location: NW Wi Posts: 1,671	A adjustable gas valve for mpx. Got a direct line through to Santa, and plied him with alcohol and internet access.

January 3, 2019, 07:44 PM	#8
jmhyer Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2012 Location: MS - USA Posts: 899	Ruger PC Carbine with Sig Romeo 5 and some ammo!

January 3, 2019, 08:17 PM	#9
lamarw Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2010 Location: Lake Martin, AL Posts: 3,311	I was truly blessed: 1. A like new unfired S&W Model 29 no dash. It came in a presentation case with coke grips/stocks. It has a 6 & 1/2" barrel and was manufactured in 1960. The SN is about a 1,000 units off from one of those used in Dirty Harry and currently in the NRA Museum. 2. Remington Rand M1911A1 almost like new manufactured close to production end in 1945. It also came with a rather valuable two tone WWI magazine. I have some WWII era magazines and a like new Catherine holster to go with it. The magazine will become attached to its new Brother which is a Colt Model M1911 manufactured in 1918. 3. S&W K-38 (Pre-Model 14) Target Masterpiece in excellent condition. It is a 5 screw with a 6" barrel and was manufactured in 1950. It is now a Sister to my K-38 (Pre-Model 15) Combat Masterpiece with a 4" barrel. It is also a 5 screw and was manufactured in 1952. I am a short guy at about 5' 9", but currently the tip of my head is about 8' in the air.

January 4, 2019, 12:09 AM	#11
Oliver Sudden Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 272	Santa brought me my most desired new shooter! A “bug a salt gun II” now the long wait for summer.

January 4, 2019, 08:35 AM	#12
Targa Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Posts: 2,084	A nice flannel shirt and a Lee Classic Turret press....

January 4, 2019, 09:42 AM	#13
Bubbau Member Join Date: January 28, 2018 Location: Northeast Alabama Posts: 16	The wife got me a Labradar and another Dillon 550, no complaints at all.

January 4, 2019, 10:58 AM	#14
ChasHam Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 2018 Location: Deep South Posts: 130	My son gave me a gift certificate for range time at a large local gun store.

January 4, 2019, 01:04 PM	#15
zeke Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 1999 Location: NW Wi Posts: 1,671	lamarw-Did you behave yourself this year, or bribe him? Have a 4 screw k38 (thik it is 1956) that was bought cheaply years ago. The previous owner had power stenciled his name on it, and bought it for shooter. The case hardening on trigger and hammer are like works of art, as is the trigger action. Am using bright yellow duct tape on the sights.

January 4, 2019, 03:18 PM	#16
lamarw Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2010 Location: Lake Martin, AL Posts: 3,311	Thank you zeke, I kinda got lucky and was helped greatly by my Wife. I attended a major auction specifically to look at and bid on the Remington Rand. I put an application into the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) for their sell of M1911A1's. CMP used a random number generator to assign numbers to the applications. They can only sell approximately 4,000 pistols the first year. They had over 19,000 applications. Thus far, I have not done well or received my numbers. Those lucky people with low numbers are reporting most of the pistol are arsenal rebuilds with mix-matched slides to frames and/or generic slides to specific brand pistols. That had me seeking a M1911A1 at this auction for a more original pistol. I carried a Remington Rand in Nam and wanted one of my own. The wife does the bidding for me since I am hard of hearing at auctions. She really wanted me to also have the beautiful like new Model 29 .44 Magnum. She thought it was the cat's meow. I had told her the K-38 was a back-up in case we did not do well on the other auction bids. She misunderstood me and won it to. Who am I to complain. We did well on all three as far as final price (combination of bid price, buyer's premium, sales tax, shipping cost and FFL cost).

January 4, 2019, 07:27 PM	#17
zeke Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 1999 Location: NW Wi Posts: 1,671	lamarw-Congrats! Always was hoping for my fathers 45, which was his fathers. His father made it up from 1911 parts available to him in the armory. It's a 1911. It was given to my older brother, was thinking on looking at a original WWI holster for him.

January 6, 2019, 01:11 PM	#20
jugornot Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2017 Posts: 197	Area 419 trickler base and weatherflow precision shooting weather meter.

January 6, 2019, 04:13 PM	#21
Eazyeach Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2014 Posts: 706	Bought myself a Colt AR15A4 after taking the family to NYC for Christmas with my sister. I earned it!

January 6, 2019, 05:56 PM	#22
Schlitz 45 Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2018 Location: Colorado Posts: 385	Mrs Schlitz gifted me an Olight PL-2 Valkyrie weapon light.

January 10, 2019, 12:46 AM	#23
Prof Young Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2007 Location: Illinois - down state Posts: 2,404	Got an NAA . . . Got an NAA Black Widow with two inch barrel and cylinders for 22 mag and 22 LR. Range report to come. Life is good. Prof Young