My name is Alan Somers and I'm just now getting into firearms in my 58th year of life. I purchased a Sig P365 pistol about a month ago, took a beginner how-to-shoot class a week later, completed my LTC training and qualification a week after that, and just ordered a S&W M&P 15-22 on Tuesday as a cheap way to have some fun. I had previously fired a single-shot .22 rifle during one afternoon when I was in my late teens, but a semi-auto will be a new experience.
Greetings from Texas
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Welcome to then forum from Va.
Alan, we are certainly glad you decided to join us.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
OLDSTER
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Hi from North Dakota 
HJBM&P22Custom
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I'm a pretty new shooter from Texas. I started shooting with the Citizens Police Academy a couple of years ago for the first time when I was 69.
Enjoyed it so I bought a Glock 19 9mm Gen 5. Wanted to get my wife to start shooting to so I bought a S&W M&P 22 compact to do some inexpensive shooting too. She and I shoot weekly and she shoots the .22 and the 9mm both now and has become a pretty darn good shot.
Only problem I have experienced is with the .22 and some of the available ammo. Have had problems with some of the Federal including terrible problems with Federal Automax. 100% FTE and filthy dirty garbage ammo. Federal actually took it back and refunded my money.
Best I find is CCI mini mag with 100% reliability but a little more expensive. Now I mostly am firing Blazer Brass 40 grain and I get about 98% or 99% reliability with the occasional stovepipe and I can live with that.
You can buy that stuff pretty cheap on some of the discount sites.
Look forward to having discussions with you on here and welcome.
Enjoyed it so I bought a Glock 19 9mm Gen 5. Wanted to get my wife to start shooting to so I bought a S&W M&P 22 compact to do some inexpensive shooting too. She and I shoot weekly and she shoots the .22 and the 9mm both now and has become a pretty darn good shot.
Only problem I have experienced is with the .22 and some of the available ammo. Have had problems with some of the Federal including terrible problems with Federal Automax. 100% FTE and filthy dirty garbage ammo. Federal actually took it back and refunded my money.
Best I find is CCI mini mag with 100% reliability but a little more expensive. Now I mostly am firing Blazer Brass 40 grain and I get about 98% or 99% reliability with the occasional stovepipe and I can live with that.
You can buy that stuff pretty cheap on some of the discount sites.
Look forward to having discussions with you on here and welcome.
Welcome from NW PA and keep shooting.
Welcome from Tampa.
Hello and welcome from Richmond, Va
Another welcome from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Welcome from the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
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Welcome from Pennsylvania!
C Islander
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Welcome from Ohio!
Welcome from Illinois! It's never too late. Go slow,get training/advice and enjoy the ride...Be safe
soonerbb
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Welcome to the forum...
And a...
And a Hound Dawg Howdy to you from SC!
And a Hound Dawg Howdy to you from SC!
usmc2427765
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Welcome aboard from south Texas.
MCorps0311
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