and what's in the red box...
 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1129706422.jpg

'89 p226 in 9mm CPO. Looks like it was a safe queen. Not for long...

NICE. SOOOOOOOOOO jealous.

220, 226, 229.....such nice guns. Not the prettiest girls at the dance, but man are they accurate.

For sale cheap. Only used on Sundays by a little old lady...to rob gas stations.

Looks like I'm gona have to show U what a REAL SIG looks like....

what's up with all the gun fascination around here?

You guys are getting me interested now :)

Congratulations!

Edit:

That certainly is a purposeful-looking gun.

Be sure to post target pics. I'd be interested in seeing a comparison of offhand groups with benchrest groups.

Also get some ammo that is hard to feed, and see how it does.

Nice Sig. What did that p226 run you?

Tell me there's not really a phrase "safe queen."

never shot a handgun before, all this talk/pics and I'm now intrigued.

Awsome gun! you'll love it.

It is really fun, Shaun. I just do paper targets. Hanging out at the range, chit-chatting with other shooters, punching paper and doing the zen thing - makes for a very pleasant afternoon. You can do it really cheap with a basic .22. Start out focused on gun safety training, there have been some threads here about it.

Todd, you are definitely going through a serious mid-life crisis.

Background article.

http://remtek.com/arms/sig/model/226/226.htm

Hmmmmm dunno, oppressed by his wife for years, now living alone, then 'downsized' (?) by his work...the stress mounting, and this new interest in handguns.

I think we need to start a pool on what date we'll be seeing Todd on the evening news...

Todd, let me know where you go shooting. I'll bring my 9mm, .357, .40 and 45 ACP. Maybe we can have a group shoot!

Thanks John, I'll look into it. I definitely need a refresher on gun safety and training. when we lived in MN, we'd go hunting quite a bit, I've got a little 410 and a very old Winchester 30-30... very cool gun! But that was ages ago.

Do you guys know what Sigmund Freud would say about your fascination with shooting guns?

And Porsches . . .

and pre-teen girls activewear

and spending way too much time on Pelican...

and Catholicism...

...and cross dressing?

You guys are going to get me a pool? Can it have a jacuzzi too?

Not really downsized...we got a new executive director in Sept. I'm #2, and you know how a boss likes to "change" things. So I've got a couple irons in the fire, and he still wants me around to work on a few research projects. Tomorrow I interview at Disney for a VP position, but don't know that I want to go corporate yet.

Corporate? Hmm...maybe a nice civil service job is the way to go :eek:

I shoot at LAX range, which is on Manchester near LAX (oddly enough). Fairly cheap and you get an interesting group of people there.

http://www.laxrange.com

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity"

-Sigmund Freud , "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"

I lovingly embraced my midlife crises a bit over 4 years ago (admitting so publically on Pelican). It would appear to be going strong, so instead of a crisis, maybe its just me doing things that are more "me" than somebody else's imprint on me.

And besides, classic mid-life crises are punctuated by red sports cars. Mine is silver, so I'm safe :p

5 track days scheduled for November, 2 of them instructing, all of them as an ongoing "student". Its going to be a good month...

no ponytail...just a short razor cut (home job). no piercings...never will go there. No tats either. Just isn't me.

I am nothing if not efficient and committed.