Majority Age Group - in this Forum

[Sprue]

With the Forum aproaching its 10k member, I was just wondering about the average age of this group. So, lets see what the majority age group is in this great Hobby & Forum.

[Dennis Eugene]

cool I'm still two classes away from dead. Dennis

[9.3X62AL]

I'm so old that archery tackle was state-of-the-art when I got my first hunting license.

[Frank46]

I think I just might qualify for the big rock class. Frank

[sundog]

I beta tested dirt for fox holes for the Army...

[codgerville@zianet.com]

My Social Security card has Roman numerals.

[waksupi]

<<<<<<<Invented rocks.

[Throwback]

I've only just been developing a patina

[mainiac]

Im 3 from dead! HA!

[sundog]

I guess this tread has kinda deteriorated, eh?

[MT Gianni]

I am in the middle of the majority of us per the poll with 89 voters. I remember when wood was iron and dirt was new. Colors have been around as long as I have though.

[montana_charlie]

I was born in what is now Texas, but that was when the Gulf Of Mexico was still full of 'Africa'.

As a young man, I was a hide hunter.
I was responsible for the extinction of.............................


..................the dinosaurs.
CM

[EDK]

"In '65 I was 17 and called the world my own...." but "they sent us off to Viet Nam for our senior trip." Jackson Browne and the Bellamy Brothers.

How many of you guys remember hearing "Homeward Bound" about 4 times a day?


:drinks::cbpour::redneck::Fire:

[briang]

Really? I'm the only one 20 or under? Huh

[Dean D.]

I fudged a bit, I turn 51 in a couple months so chose that option.

[waksupi]

Really? I'm the only one 20 or under? Huh

Brian, do you realize the majority of the board has underwear older than you?

:drinks:

[NVcurmudgeon]

I was born when the 1934 Firearms law was nearly new, during the first term of the ORIGINAL Socialist president.

[briang]

Brian, do you realize the majority of the board has underwear older than you?

:drinks:

LOL yes I do and I am sure glad to have such a such a large group of people FAR wiser (or at least experienced) than me to learn from.

[Slow Elk 45/70]

Age and Treachery will overcome Youth and Exuberance[smilie=1:

Good post, glad there is still one step left for me before the grave:mrgreen:

[Tuttle8]

"First off, I'm 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river"-Matt Foley

This describes me to a 'T'....except I'm not divorced...and I don't live in a van down by the river...but I am 35.:-D

[Mumblypeg]

Really? I'm the only one 20 or under? Huh

Just think how much you will(or should) know by the time you get our age.

[Three44s]

Well, fifty something qualifies me to:

...... be old enough to know better .........

.......... but be TOO old to do anything about it!!!

Three 44s

[briang]

Just think how much you will(or should) know by the time you get our age.

Whoa :holysheep

[hammerhead357]

Old enough to know better but to young to resist.....Wes

[j20owner]

I picked the 31-40 group, but I'm not turning 31 until June.

[Psycho0124]

Just turned 26 a couple months ago. Been married for 5 years to the best woman on earth and have 2 wonderful little boys to boot. I guess I'm just old enough to realize how damned lucky I am. :-D

[cattleskinner]

I'm the same as psycho, except haven't been married as long and have a boy and a girl.....well I guess it's not the same but I am 26. [smilie=1:

~Amos

[lead Foot]

Remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty?:mrgreen:
lead Foot;

[gon2shoot]

I remember when the only "gun control" we talked about was, breath and squeeze. :roll:

[Calamity Jake]

39 and holding with 20 years experience

[blackthorn]

Three score and ten (Jan/39)---guess its all borowed time from here!

[dpaultx]

I don't feel all that old, but I've got a, just slightly older, friend who claims that his ears are still ringing from the BIG BANG.

All good . . . Doug

[runfiverun]

i couldn't read the poll without standing 3 feet from the monitor.
it also didn't state age i am stuck with, or the one i behave as.

[James Wisner]

I started casting when I was 12 years old. My Father had cast from the early 1950's and we never shot any factory ammo when I was growning up.
The only factory ammo I shoot now is shotgun, and any pistol ammo that I carry for SD.

I will turn 50 in late October of this year.

One thing I have done is with all the nephews, and neices, was to make a rifle up for them, normally a 308 or 30-06. And I have them help me load cast bullet ammo for them to start hunting with.
So far I know two of the four that I have done this for are still using reloads, now jacketed bullets. The oldest is 23 year old and the next two in line will be 12 and 11. So will be working on their rilfes in the next year or so.


James Wisner
Custom Metalsmith

[shotman]

jim would have guessed older. But glad to see you will be around to make the parts It is good to get the kids into shooting and away from the city problems. I am 55 and had a gun in my hands from 6 yrs old My dad was a hard raised farm boy and and we got meat if we shot it. Didnt have autos so 1 shot was a kill or you chase it down. keep up the GOOD work rick
If you all dont know JIM he is the MAN for win 70 parts and some others rick

[HORNET]

briang, you're not the youngest. IIRC, RUN FIVE'S LITTLE GIRL (AKA Dawn) is about 16 and visits sometimes. Of course, there are also the Bullshop Boys (assorted ages).

[Lloyd Smale]

way older then i ever thought id make it to.

[Depreacher]

My name in The Book Of Life is written only 3 names down from my dad Noah. It was hard getting wheelweights even back then. Japeth

[hollow-point]

61 and moving to northern territory of australia. wild buffalo, pigs galore and crocodiles upto 18 feet. have had 2 people taken by crocs in last month, one a young girl, early teens. never lay down. you may never get back up. grab life and go for it!

[45shootr]

Thank heaven this poll was taken now. I only have 2 months til' the next age group. God bless smokeless powder and ******!

[Junior1942]

At 66, I'm old enough to know better but young enough to want to do it anyway. I just wish sexually attractive women wouldn't call me "sir."

[JW6108]

Thank heaven this poll was taken now. I only have 2 months til' the next age group. God bless smokeless powder and ******!

+1 and in about that order.:mrgreen:

[shotman]

I will be first to say to the younger guys Thanks for the way you choose your hobby. Too many dont do that. You have heard the storys . I am 55 In 7th 8th 9th grade we took guns to school and put in lockers so we could hunt after school. No one cared. A fight was over a girl and it was a fist fight, the loser got the girl. I was bursed alot but happy. Stay on the same path and watch for the snakes rick

[BD]

I did a fair bit of shooting in my youth, bricks of .22s and cases of surplus .303 were cheap and my grandfather had left me enough 16 guage shells to get me well into adulthood.

Then came college, a move to the boonies, marriage, a daughter and so on and there was just no $$ for "recreational" shooting. It was one bullet= one deer. Maybe two shells = a pheasant or rabbit. Definately no money to get set up to reload.

I was in my 40's before I could again afford to take up shooting for the pleasure of it, and it was the cost of cartridges in .270 Wby that got me reloading, and the cost of .45s for action pistol that got me casting boolits. My plan is to leave my stuff to my grandkids so they can start off a little earlier if they're so inclined.

Hopefully they'll come along before I'm too old to teach them.

BD

[Navahojoe]

I am old enough to sleep by myself, but not so old that I want to. Turned 62, Jan this year. I started hunting at about 6 years of age with a .410 single shot, still have that shotgun. Got into reloading shotgun shells when I started bird hunting, quail, dove, ect, about 30 years ago. Started reloading for .44 mag when I suffered sticker shock at the local gun shop about 5 years ago. Things went downhill from there. I got boolit molds for guns that I don't own, YET! i have been known to pick up wheelweights in the Wally World parking lot if they are on the pavement, and have thought about helping those wheelweights to get off tires and onto the pavement.
regards,
NavahoJoe

[Tom Schafer]

I am over the age of consent, I spent a whole lot of time in the service, Flew trash for eons then flew rescue. Loved what I did. Now I do what the body allows, and what I declare I want to do.
I remember 1965, getting my Draft notice for the Army when I was in USAF boot camp. I remember good politics, not what is now. I still revere the 10 commandments, and believe in the all mighty. I am glad to be above ground.

[Vegas Vince]

Unfortunately at 63 I can now buy cheap tools & they will probably out last me! 50 years of shooting & 40 years of reloading. :castmine:

[briang]

355 and counting and I'm still the only one in twenty and under. I feel like I should start calling everyone sir.

[waco]

i love all you "old fellas"
you have all been there and done that
your advice saves me from a lot of headache because you have already been there
i would much rather talk "shop" with someone twice my age (im 34) than someone who thinks they have a handle on casting and reloading
PRAISE THE OLDER GENERATION!
thank you all for all your insite and you service to this wonderful country
God bless all of you:drinks:
WACO

[waco]

i love all you "old fellas"
you have all been there and done that
your advice saves me from a lot of headache because you have already been there
i would much rather talk "shop" with someone twice my age (im 34) than someone who thinks they have a handle on casting and reloading who is in their 20s

PRAISE THE OLDER GENERATION!
thank you all for all your insite and you service to this wonderful country
God bless all of you:drinks:
WACO

[jhrosier]

.... you have already been there....

Some of us been there twice.

It's a lot easier to learn this stuff the second time around. You aren't distracted by fast cars and faster wimmen.[smilie=l:

Jack

[TDC]

I'm the original amoeba... I floated around this plant for eons. Then along came the Chinese and they invented gun powder. It was all down hill from there...... I still haven't found the "perfect" boolit lube...

[sleeper1428]

With my 71st birthday coming up in just a few days, I elected to check the 71 and over box. At least that's what my wife said I had done just before she dragged me away from the computer and took me back to my 'room' at the Nursing Home!!

[alamogunr]

I'll be 67 in July so there is no question where I fall (literally). I'm still trying to make up for lost time. When I was younger I didn't have the money or the time to indulge. Now that I have the time, I can't see the sights.

John
W.TN

[bgokk]

alamogunr,

I'll be 69 in july. and keep several pair of glasses handy.:???: Various power it depends on how far the front sight is as to which to use.:-D[smilie=1:

But we cannot let that stop us.:Fire:

[Coastie]

Hello Blackthorn - hang in there - '39 was a great year! I remember when the teachers and the students used to admire each others rifles and swap hunting stories in the parking lot. I had the opportunity to attend a 1 room school complete with a potbellied stove, a couple of trails out back and pitcher pump in the front yard. Why, when I got to high school - we had a gym, sports and FFA. It was a great experience :) Long family line of hunters and reloaders.

Proud member of "Mad Mac's Raiders". NRA Life Member

[qajaq59]

Heck, I'm so old that I remember when people used to say,

"Why not? It's a free country.........

[TAWILDCATT]

I remember going to school and being in the school rifle club,they supplied the rifles[52 win] and ammo.but you could bring your own.buying mossberg 42b at hardwear store and walking out getting on bus and going home.started reloading in 37 with win 73 and win tool and mold.still have the win tools.bought my second
win 73 32/20 in Burmingham al in 45 on way home.now mat3 I will be 85.got to get mold for my swiss and 71/84 mauser.my two boys shoot learned from me and the gov in vietnam,both in navy like me.:coffee:[smilie=1: