Easy access to great firearms for young people on a tight budget.

[MineralMan]

When you're young and just getting started in life, it's difficult to provide yourself with access to modern firearms. Other needs come first, and the firearms you're excited about are very expensive. You read the magazines and visit firearms forums on the Internet, but the terrific weapons everyone's talking about are completely out of reach for you. What's the solution? Well, you could get a good job and wait until you can afford to get your hands on those dream weapons. That could take years, though, in today's economy. But, there's an alternative solution that will not only give you access to state-of-the art firearms but even to firearms that are unavailable on the normal firearms market. Interested?

Join the Army or the Marine Corps. There is a recruiter near you. Request Infantry training to avoid being put into a specialty field that will keep you away from the real weapons of war. If you can make the grade, you'll be trained in handling all sorts of firearms and, with any luck at all, you'll be sent to a country outside the United States where you'll actually be able to use them for the purpose for which they were designed.

Don't pine for access to great firearms. Act now!

[newfie11]

1. I think I read there is now a waiting list for the military

So anyone wanting a dream weapon may have to wait longer.

[MineralMan]

2. All the more reason to act right away. The longer you delay,

the longer you'll have to wait.

[leveymg]

3. That was actually pretty funny. Add paid medical, and it's a deal!

Sign me up!

[MineralMan]

4. You're right. I forgot that, along with free housing and meals.

It's a terrific opportunity. You can quit eating Cheetos and Ramen in your mom's basement and get some quarters of your own, along with great mess hall chow. I don't see how an enterprising young firearms enthusiast could pass on this opportunity. That's why I wanted to remind people.

[MineralMan]

9. That photo would be really funny, except for who is in it.

Too bad he didn't take my advice, I think.

[east texas lib]

5. Why screw around on the ground when you can join the AF...

And drop JDAMs, FAEs, HEs and the good stuff? Aim high!

[MineralMan]

6. There just aren't that many combat flight positions available, so you'd

likely be doing some sort of support work and wouldn't have access to cool firearms. I was in the USAF, and the only time in four years I got to fire an M-16 was in Basic Training. Most Air Force personnel never handle firearms after Basic Training. Nope. The Marines and Army are the way to go.

[east texas lib]

12. Not quite...

The SPs (not LEs) that guard the WSAs, flight lines and alert pads routinely train with all the Round Robin favorites. So do the FOs and Combat Controllers. You can still get there if you're willing.

[leveymg]

7. Marine or Army aviation is the way to go - close enough to see the results of your work

http://vimeo.com/22286749

[slackmaster]

8. I wasn't physically qualified for active duty service

So I went to a public university instead of the US Naval Academy.

[MineralMan]

10. Sorry to hear that. Sadly, not everyone can make the grade.

Good luck with your aspirations.

[slackmaster]

14. I've done just fine. I studied psychology, became a tech writer, and evolved into a techie

I've been doing systems administration since the early 1980s, and have been deploying and operating commercial Web application since 1998.

My brother is now a Captain in the USN.

[ileus]

11. I bought my 7yo son a 7mm-08 yesterday...his dream deer gun.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. I'm aghast!

A straw purchase... ;) :rofl:

[ileus]

15. er....uh....I meant I bought a gun for my son to borrow.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. Only the deliberately ignorant...

...wouldn't automatically infer that meaning from what you said. :)

[ileus]

21. There's a lot of McGruff the crime dogs out there...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

23. Many would be well served...

...with the admonition, "Get a life."

[Hoopla Phil]

19. I hope that was a tongue in check comment. Otherwise you may want to research what a straw purchase

really is.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

22. I suppose this...

...highlights the need for a <tongue-in-cheek> smilie thing. ;)

Yes it was.

[-..__...]

16. I would have liked to have attended sniper training.

Unfortunately, due to my MOS (16R - Short Range Air Defense Artillery Crewman), I would have been placed low on the list for a limited number of slots.:-(

[tularetom]

18. Or, you could join SASS

and have a lot of fun firing smelly, smoky, low velocity rounds from low tech antique firearms at a variety of targets.

Plus you get to wear a cowboy suit if that is your thing.

http://www.sassnet.com/

[gejohnston]

24. wait, can I use my Ruger Blackhawk?

or other modern single actions? At least it will give me a taste of home, away from Rick Scott.

[oneshooter]

26. Yes you can. There are several classes of weapons.

Modern repops
Originals
Cap and ball

All with their own shooting style.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[tularetom]

27. I've seen many Vaqueros and Blackhawks

You are limited to ammunition which will produce a muzzle velocity of 1000 fps or less.

And there are certain modifications to the revolvers which they frown on.

You can download their shooters handbook at their website.

[Hoopla Phil]

20. I don't think the military lets you keep your issued firearm. Hell, they don't even

let you keep any "trophies" any more.

[hack89]

25. They are extremely selective right now

since many won't get in, can you suggest a plan B?