Utah now has a state gun

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:51 pm

Why? To shoot their state bird? Which, by the way, is the California Seagull.

JK

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:55 pm

...wasn't John Browning living in Utah when he designed the 1911?

but I agree, a State Gun seems a little silly...

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:00 pm

I think the state gun is a Browning, in his honor http://www.browning.com/library/infonew ... asp?id=301

JK

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:10 pm

jkisha wrote:I think the state gun is a Browning, in his honor http://www.browning.com/library/infonew ... asp?id=301

JK

Yeap

"...Ogden, Utah â€“ the same town where John M. Browning lived and where the genius of all of his greatest firearms inventions began."

The Man was a genius when it comes to designing firearms. Probably a good thing there are not too many more like him.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:14 pm

I used to drive by their factory all the time on my way to WSU. Not much different than the Idaho Potato imo.

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:16 pm

Trishntek wrote:I used to drive by their factory all the time on my way to WSU. Not much different than the Idaho Potato imo.

Hah!

I also agree with that...

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:16 pm

jkisha wrote:Why? To shoot their state bird? Which, by the way, is the California Seagull.

JK

Which, if I'm correct, is illegal in California.

Geeez! And after seagulls helped the Mormons by eating the crickets

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lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:42 pm

Major Krash wrote:
Trishntek wrote:I used to drive by their factory all the time on my way to WSU. Not much different than the Idaho Potato imo.
Hah!

I also agree with that...

Idaho's state gun is a potato gun!

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:53 pm

more like;

SYSTEM: "THE IDAHO CAMP 50" - BARRETT M82A1 SEMI-AUTO .50 BMG with 30 mm Leupold 4.5-14x50 Mil-Dot external focus, ARD - Anti Reflection Device, Leupold Mark 4 Law Enforcement Rings, Canting Bubble, Butler Creek Scope caps, cheek pad, muzzle cover, sling, pintle soft vehicle mount, vehicle/ground tripod, bipod, rear monopod, lockable hard case. 1500 Yard Laser Range Finder. Custom Ballistic charts included to 1500 yards In stock! (Availability restrictions pending in US Congress bills)

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:34 pm

wouldn't have been my choise in scope.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:46 pm

But the Barrett is a Tennessee gun!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:22 am

Barrett .50 BMG = DROOL

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:19 am

I live in Ogden, the Union Station on 25th has a marvelous gun museum. Yes, Browning is heavily featured. Funny, if you drive up Weber Canyon to Morgan to the Browning Factory Outlet, they don't sell guns there.

The bill is proposed, not passed. There is some opposition, as the timing is tasteless.

It is illegal to shoot California Gulls here too. All migratory birds are federally protected unless there is a license involved. An employee at Burger Bar in Clearfield went to jail for poisoning the gulls.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:37 am

AntiM wrote:I live in Ogden, the Union Station on 25th has a marvelous gun museum. Yes, Browning is heavily featured. Funny, if you drive up Weber Canyon to Morgan to the Browning Factory Outlet, they don't sell guns there.

The bill is proposed, not passed. There is some opposition, as the timing is tasteless.

It is illegal to shoot California Gulls here too. All migratory birds are federally protected unless there is a license involved. An employee at Burger Bar in Clearfield went to jail for poisoning the gulls.

professor Tom Lehrer..........that's all I gotta say.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:42 am

Those were pigeons silly. Or are California Seagulls pigeons? I see them hanging around the local dump fairly regularly.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:42 am

Dr. Pyro wrote:Those were pigeons silly. Or are California Seagulls pigeons? I see them hanging around the local dump fairly regularly.

And why is the good Dr hanging around a dump?

Post by **Elderberry** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:45 am

Sail Man wrote:
Dr. Pyro wrote:Those were pigeons silly. Or are California Seagulls pigeons? I see them hanging around the local dump fairly regularly.
And why is the good Dr hanging around a dump?

Same reason he was riding a Geryhound?

JK

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:12 am

ygmir wrote:
AntiM wrote:I live in Ogden, the Union Station on 25th has a marvelous gun museum. Yes, Browning is heavily featured. Funny, if you drive up Weber Canyon to Morgan to the Browning Factory Outlet, they don't sell guns there.

The bill is proposed, not passed. There is some opposition, as the timing is tasteless.

It is illegal to shoot California Gulls here too. All migratory birds are federally protected unless there is a license involved. An employee at Burger Bar in Clearfield went to jail for poisoning the gulls.
professor Tom Lehrer..........that's all I gotta say.

Yeah, and you're using the Game Wardens to say that shooting BLM Rangers is okay?

Post by **mdmf007** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:53 pm

ygmir wrote:Barrett .50 BMG = DROOL

BMG (BROWNING Machine Gun)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:44 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
ygmir wrote:
AntiM wrote:I live in Ogden, the Union Station on 25th has a marvelous gun museum. Yes, Browning is heavily featured. Funny, if you drive up Weber Canyon to Morgan to the Browning Factory Outlet, they don't sell guns there.

The bill is proposed, not passed. There is some opposition, as the timing is tasteless.

It is illegal to shoot California Gulls here too. All migratory birds are federally protected unless there is a license involved. An employee at Burger Bar in Clearfield went to jail for poisoning the gulls.
professor Tom Lehrer..........that's all I gotta say.
Yeah, and you're using the Game Wardens to say that shooting BLM Rangers is okay?

yer gonna have to help me with this one, Fishy.......
My reference was to poisoning gulls........The good Prof sung about pigeons.....but, I thought it close.

Montanarchist · Post by **Montanarchist** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:02 pm

goathead wrote:wouldn't have been my choise in scope.

A Mark 4...hell, you could sell it and pick up a good AR or decent M1.

I don't personally care much for the Barretts. 3MOA average.WTF

I get 1/2MOA with surplus M8api from my East Ridge.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:27 pm

ygmir wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:
ygmir wrote: professor Tom Lehrer..........that's all I gotta say.
Yeah, and you're using the Game Wardens to say that shooting BLM Rangers is okay?
yer gonna have to help me with this one, Fishy.......
My reference was to poisoning gulls........The good Prof sung about pigeons.....but, I thought it close.

I always will remember
Twas a year ago, November
I went to hunt some deer
On a morning bright and clear
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow
Two game wardens, seven hunters and a cow.

I was in no mood to trifle
I took down my trusty rifle
Went out to hunt some prey
What a haul I made that day
I tied them to my fender and I drove them home somehow
Two game wardens, seven hunters and a cow.

The law was very firm it
Took away my permit
The worst punishment I ever endured.
It turned out there was a reason
Cows were out of season
And one of the hunters wasn't insured

People ask me how I do it
I say there's nothing too it
You just stand there looking cute
And when something moves, you shoot

And I've forgotten the last verse but the grand finale is:
Two game wardens, seven hunters and a pure bred Guernsey cow.

My point being that I wouldn't take Leher as a moral authority on anything.
(And I can quote disgusting amounts of Maestro Tom at the drop of a fucking hat.)

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:32 pm

...sounds like the ballad of Claude Dallas...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:34 pm

So if you commit crimes in Utah with the state gun do you get five years off your prison sentence?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:38 pm

Major Krash wrote:...sounds like the ballad of Claude Dallas...

I saw, but did not meet him, in a bar, in Midas, Nevada.

Yeah, Fishy........Tom Lehrer, is one of my favs.........

who would take him for moral authority? no one.
Who thinks he hillarious?
me.

"masochism tango"

there ya go.

Post by **Elderberry** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:26 pm

My favorite is the Vatican Rag. Surprised there are so many Tom Lehrer fans here.

Jk

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:19 pm

It's probably part of the secret "dna" of a participant.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:31 pm

Sail Man wants to know why I would be hanging around a dump. Where the hell else do you expect me to stash the bodies? Sheesh.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:34 pm

Fishy, the last few lines of The Hunting Song are:

...You just stand there looking cute
And when something moves, you shoot.
And there's 10 stuffed heads in my trophy room right now
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure bred Gernsey cow.

I had Tom Lehrer himself autograph my Tom Lehrer songbooks when we met back in the '70s.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:28 pm

Dang, I was only a line and a half from the whole song.
*sulks*