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#1 CH47gunner

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 06:08 PM

Happy New year and Hello from Santa Cruz (on the Monterey Bay), California.

I'm originally from Montana and moved to Cali in 1972 after serving 3 years in the military (U.S. Army).
I'm not a "Brand" fanatic - I love most types of rimfires and own both longguns and handguns including Rugers, CZ's, S&W's, Savages, & others.

Thanks,

Bruce

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 06:45 PM

Welcome Bruce !! Pull up a chair . kirby
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Posted 01 January 2011 - 08:09 PM

Welcome to RFS Bruce.

Some warm California sunshine would be really nice right about now.  Where I live it warmed into the 50's yesterday, rained and melted all the snow, and then the temp dropped like rock over night.  I woke up this morning to 15 deg temps and the stomach flu.  Hooray!

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 09:06 PM

Welcome to RFS Bruce. Sounds like you will fit right in here at our friendly little forum. I am not a brand fanatic either. As long as it says CZ on it I don't care what model it is. :D  Ok I just may be a little tiny bit partial to the CZ brand, but I do own a couple other brands also. Welcome to the site.

Happy Shooting!!!  Chance...

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 10:53 PM

Welcome CH....,
Love the Montery Bay area... always thought if I won the lottery I'd like a winter place on the other end of the bay in Carmel Posted Image . Wife has a brother a few miles north of you in Saratoga.

I miss Ike....hell, I even miss Harry!!

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Posted 01 January 2011 - 11:23 PM

Welcome to RFS Bruce , great to have you here with us. From your screen name I take it you spent some time in "skids" ?

I am a brand fanatic...........................22LR Brand Posted Image


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PS today I built a neat squirrel trap involving a 1 inch manila rope, peanut butter, goobers and a CZ American....story later Posted Image
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 12:30 AM

Hey, welcome aboard!  Pull up a stool and join the party!
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 01:44 AM

Thanks all,

It's raining & in the mid forties - no sunshine 'til April here.

Yep, spent some time "on the skids", crewed Chinooks & Hueys for Uncle Sam.

And just so you know, I purchased my first CZ (452 Special) a couple of years ago. Now I have three of their rifles & one of their handguns.

Bruce

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 07:52 AM

Hey Bruce, welcome to the forum, lots of good people and good information.
Sure hope you all get a good governor thats a little more gun friendly. B)

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 09:52 AM

Welcome, there are not many from the Left side of the country, they dont treat us any different, even though we have to live the with strange laws we do.

This forum does like their CZ's, I should say We like our CZ's, but I only have 2 :D

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 10:40 AM

Hi Bruce and welcome to the RFS forum....kinda wet today in "sunny" California, but any day you can get out and do some shooting is always a great day :).
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Posted 02 January 2011 - 10:45 AM

View PostCH47gunner, on 02 January 2011 - 01:44 AM, said:

It's raining & in the mid forties - no sunshine 'til April here.

Bruce


Maybe I don't want a "winter home" there after all? I've only been there in the spring or summer. I remember stopping down the coast at Pismo Beach one time... cold, cloudy and rainy, asked the guy at a convenience store how long the weather had been like this... got a funny look on his face and said, "I've been here 3 years and it's been like this most of the time.".

I miss Ike....hell, I even miss Harry!!

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Posted 02 January 2011 - 02:19 PM

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