1st Time Firearm Owner - Happy to See a Hoosier Community

[Lushamania]

Hello, fellow Hoosiers! I acquired my first firearm on Wednesday and stumbled upon this forum while doing some internet searches for firearm stores in my area. I‘ve fired a few guns in the past, but never owned one... until now.

And boy did I pick a bad time to pick one up. Haha!

I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can. Now, more than ever, I‘m trying to lay a solid foundation of safety and discipline and, along the way, I’ve already found there’s way more to these tools than I thought!

To close, my primary intent for my firearm is sport, with defense a very very distance second.

Most of the State tends to ignore the Northwest corner, but I hope you’ll welcome this Region Rat.

 

[foszoe]

IN the words of Minnie Pearl....Hoooowwwwdie!

Good Forum for sport shooting here and some good instructors. Also some fine region folks on here. Check out the NWI sub thread. They like to meet each other although I think they have the newest member pay for drinks.

 

[CampingJosh]

Welcome to the new and improved site. We have a healthy Lake Region crew, so I'm sure you'll fit in fine.

So... what did you get?

 

[Snapdragon]

Hey, welcome from Crown Point. Always glad to have another Region Rat in the group.

Some of the NW IN members hang out in the NW IN thread. Feel free to jump in and introduce yourself. https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...art-18-legal-now.482375/page-251#post-8575591

 

[Thor]

Howdy! Have some fun around

 

[marvin02]

Welcome.

 

[SEIndSAM]

 

[jwamplerusa]

to from Boone County!

 

[Ballstater98]

Hey, welcome from Crown Point. Always glad to have another Region Rat in the group.

Some of the NW IN members hang out in the NW IN thread. Feel free to jump in and introduce yourself. https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...art-18-legal-now.482375/page-251#post-8575591

What she said^

from Porter!

 

[flatlander]

Congrats and WELCOME from a former Region Rat!

Bob

 

[BlackGun]

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[Lushamania]

IN the words of Minnie Pearl....Hoooowwwwdie!

Good Forum for sport shooting here and some good instructors. Also some fine region folks on here. Check out the NWI sub thread. They like to meet each other although I think they have the newest member pay for drinks.

As a teetotaler, I hope everyone will be happy with pop and the like!

Hey, welcome from Crown Point. Always glad to have another Region Rat in the group.

Some of the NW IN members hang out in the NW IN thread. Feel free to jump in and introduce yourself. https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...art-18-legal-now.482375/page-251#post-8575591

Thanks for linking that; I'd surely not have stumbled upon that thread until much much later.

Welcome to the new and improved site. We have a healthy Lake Region crew, so I'm sure you'll fit in fine.

So... what did you get?

A Ruger American Compact 9mm. I was more in the market for something with a longer barrel (ideally it'd have been a Beretta 92fs), but I had a very fixed budget. Of the models that were in stock and within my price range, I did like this one. The safety features won me over, in the end. And, after taking it to the range on Saturday for its inauguration, I am very happy with my purchase!

What she said^

from Porter!

Uh-oh, someone from the wrong side of the tracks! :P (Why is there no "tongue-in-cheek" smiley here?)

 

[Snapdragon]

Uh-oh, someone from the wrong side of the tracks! :P (Why is there no "tongue-in-cheek" smiley here?)

For sarcasm or tongue-in-cheek, we use purple text.

 

[2A_Tom]

Hey, welcome from Crown Point. Always glad to have another Region Rat in the group.

Some of the NW IN members hang out in the NW IN thread. Feel free to jump in and introduce yourself. https://www.indianagunowners.com/th...art-18-legal-now.482375/page-251#post-8575591

2 from NWI

Just go to the end. There is no point to it.

 

[marvin02]

A Ruger American Compact 9mm. I was more in the market for something with a longer barrel (ideally it'd have been a Beretta 92fs), but I had a very fixed budget. Of the models that were in stock and within my price range, I did like this one. The safety features won me over, in the end. And, after taking it to the range on Saturday for its inauguration, I am very happy with my purchase!

Rugers are generally solid guns with a solid company behind them. I own a few.

 

[d.kaufman]

Welcome from Hobart

 

[actaeon277]

 

[Hoosier Cowboy]

Welcome from Clay County!

 

[Twangbanger]

Hello, fellow Hoosiers! I acquired my first firearm on Wednesday and stumbled upon this forum while doing some internet searches for firearm stores in my area. I‘ve fired a few guns in the past, but never owned one... until now.

And boy did I pick a bad time to pick one up. Haha!

I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can. Now, more than ever, I‘m trying to lay a solid foundation of safety and discipline and, along the way, I’ve already found there’s way more to these tools than I thought!

To close, my primary intent for my firearm is sport, with defense a very very distance second.

Most of the State tends to ignore the Northwest corner, but I hope you’ll welcome this Region Rat.

Howdy and welcome. Good plan on sport first, defense later. Shooting is like a musical instrument, fun before business is the right way, because if it's not fun, you won't stay with it anyhow.

What did ya get?

 

[GregD]