Hi all,
Pardon me while I go off for a few minutes in self-congratulatory glee...
I have reached my 1000th post on CGN (well, actually there were more, before the crash, but who's really counting!), and just wanted to make a point to say a few things...
In 1995, I owned two rifles, and was basically out of shooting all together. Then, with the looming new legislation, I figured I'd best get a new licence, and figure out if this old "U.S. Property" Enfield was worth anything. My toddler steps on this here new interweb doodad led me to the old Lee Enfield forum administered by Mark Bitting (rest his soul), and I was immediately welcomed with open arms by true gentlemen who were more than happy to share their seemingly boundless knowledge with a young pup, full of ignorance.
Years later, after the unfortunate death of the Britishguns forum (and administrator), I found CGN, and more importantly, THIS milsurp forum.
(I now am the proud owner of 5 Lee Enfields, my wife owns 2, and we have a small collection of more modern firearms, too!)
Of all the fora on the CGN collection, I am most at home here in milsurp land, where the prevailing attitude is still what brought me back from the brink of non-firearms' ownership before the internet. Always, here, there is acceptance, a sharing of knowledge, and harsh judgement only thrown out at those deserving bubbas who have desecrated our chosen items of historical collection.
You gentlemen (and the odd lady - and I mean "odd" as in uncommon, not as in unusual!) maintain what I see as the most welcoming of all attitudes to new shooters and collectors, and I just wanted to applaud you all for continuing to act in a manner which I see as most highly important in maintaining interest in historical arms, and in the legal shooting sports in Canada.
Thank you for reading on (and on, and on...), and truly, thank you for being here.
2 members of Britishguns made it to my wedding, and I hope to meet some of you in person over the years, and perhaps invite you to my next wedding... Oh, s&*t! I said that out loud again!
"Don't worry honey, I was just kidding!.... Honey?... Hello?"
Neal
Pardon me while I go off for a few minutes in self-congratulatory glee...
I have reached my 1000th post on CGN (well, actually there were more, before the crash, but who's really counting!), and just wanted to make a point to say a few things...
In 1995, I owned two rifles, and was basically out of shooting all together. Then, with the looming new legislation, I figured I'd best get a new licence, and figure out if this old "U.S. Property" Enfield was worth anything. My toddler steps on this here new interweb doodad led me to the old Lee Enfield forum administered by Mark Bitting (rest his soul), and I was immediately welcomed with open arms by true gentlemen who were more than happy to share their seemingly boundless knowledge with a young pup, full of ignorance.
Years later, after the unfortunate death of the Britishguns forum (and administrator), I found CGN, and more importantly, THIS milsurp forum.
(I now am the proud owner of 5 Lee Enfields, my wife owns 2, and we have a small collection of more modern firearms, too!)
Of all the fora on the CGN collection, I am most at home here in milsurp land, where the prevailing attitude is still what brought me back from the brink of non-firearms' ownership before the internet. Always, here, there is acceptance, a sharing of knowledge, and harsh judgement only thrown out at those deserving bubbas who have desecrated our chosen items of historical collection.
You gentlemen (and the odd lady - and I mean "odd" as in uncommon, not as in unusual!) maintain what I see as the most welcoming of all attitudes to new shooters and collectors, and I just wanted to applaud you all for continuing to act in a manner which I see as most highly important in maintaining interest in historical arms, and in the legal shooting sports in Canada.
Thank you for reading on (and on, and on...), and truly, thank you for being here.
2 members of Britishguns made it to my wedding, and I hope to meet some of you in person over the years, and perhaps invite you to my next wedding... Oh, s&*t! I said that out loud again!
"Don't worry honey, I was just kidding!.... Honey?... Hello?"
Neal
