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Edited by Bitty: 1/18/2013 10:28:15 PM
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I just fired an AK47 for the first time. Update: Henry 'Big Boy' video!

[b]Update:[/b] We took out our brand new Henry 'Big Boy' .45 Caliber Lever Action rifle today, and I filmed it! Holy crap, my ears are still ringing. [Editors note: I understand that I need to wear hearing protection. Normally I do but this time [i]this one single time[/i] I didn't. There is no need to inform me in your post.] So I heard gunshots coming from my neighbors house; he has a shotgun that he shoots every now and then but then I heard about five shots being fired extremely quickly and I had to check it out. [Sorry for the little story but it was the only way I felt I could appropriately describe shooting the rifle] I heard more gunshots echoing over the hill as I left my house. Once I started to get closer I called over to make sure they wouldn't fire as I approached. He handed me the rifle and I looked it over. It was an AK47; it had a fore-grip under the barrel, a rail system on top and a thirty round mag. I took off the safety and aimed at a hey-bale set up in his front yard. I looked down the sight and fired a single shot. [i]BANG![/i] I took a step back; stunned momentarily by the loud noise. My ears were ringing to the point I couldn't hear. (None of us were wearing ear protection, and this is the first time I've ever fired a rifle like this.) I looked over at my neighbor and laughed; the sheer power of the weapon completely took me by surprise. I planted my feet and took aim at the bale of hey once more. My hand held the fore-grip tightly as I prepared for the recoil I was now expecting. [i]BANG![/i] [i]BANG![/i] [i]BANG![/i] [i]BANG![/i] [i]click.[/i] The magazine was empty. Even though I was prepared for the massive noise of the rifle, it still nearly took me by surprise. Out of ammo we started to walk back to his house; picking up shell casings along the way. *** So yea that was cool. My dad just bought a Henry Lever Action .45 rifle and I can't wait to fire it! Any of you guys shoot guns regularly? Its really nice living in a place like I do where I can just walk out into my backyard if I want to do some target practice.

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  • I have a 12 gauge Mossberg Maverick 88 that I shoot regularly. My uncle owns a dozen rifles of different calibers, an AR-15, multiple handguns of different calipers and models and a few shotguns. My Sister's boyfriend also has a .22 Marlin and the same shotgun I have with a shorter barrel. We go shooting quite often, we are all getting pretty good at aiming at both still and moving targets. We are also preppers like you would see on the show "Doomsday Preppers", so that is the main reason we go shooting a lot.

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