I shot my recently purchased 1919 for the first time yesterday.
It had been postponed a couple of times so I was really wanting to see how it ran. It ran flawlessly.
The cool thing about this, other than that it being my very first time shooting any 1919, is as follows:
I asked a friend that I work with if he would like to come along. He excitedly accepted the offer. This fellow happens to be Japanese. He has worked in the US for the past 5 or so years and will be returning home in October. He loves to shoot anything and has LEGALLY purchased a rifle for use while he is over here. He commented that shooting a 1919 would be very rare for any Japanese person to do.
It really made me stop and think how lucky we are in this country to be able to do this.
Don't take it for granted, I think my view on the whole ownership / rights thing has become a little more clear as a result of just taking a friend shooting.
It had been postponed a couple of times so I was really wanting to see how it ran. It ran flawlessly.
The cool thing about this, other than that it being my very first time shooting any 1919, is as follows:
I asked a friend that I work with if he would like to come along. He excitedly accepted the offer. This fellow happens to be Japanese. He has worked in the US for the past 5 or so years and will be returning home in October. He loves to shoot anything and has LEGALLY purchased a rifle for use while he is over here. He commented that shooting a 1919 would be very rare for any Japanese person to do.
It really made me stop and think how lucky we are in this country to be able to do this.
Don't take it for granted, I think my view on the whole ownership / rights thing has become a little more clear as a result of just taking a friend shooting.