new member says hi

ernest haycox · Post by **ernest haycox** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:18 pm

My first post ever but a lurker for years.i love this forum,the nicest gun lovers on the net.i got introduced to Paco Kelly as a writer when i stumbled on his book "Leverguns,An American Heritage"What a fine book!I have read the book fifty times at least until the book is in rough shape.But i always learn something new.my user name,Ernest Haycox,was a fine western writer from the old school:moral main characters who fought for good principals.I love all guns but the old ones make my knees weak.My wife understands my addiction but insists i pay the bills first.Drat!Anyway God bless you all and if you are ever in West Virginia stop om by for supper.

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:21 pm

Welcome to the fire.

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:21 pm

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:59 pm

Welcome, know what you mean about Paco's book, you can just pick it up and start reading anywhere. I have the new one.

Jeeps · Post by **Jeeps** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:04 pm

Welcome Ernest

95fan · Post by **95fan** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:07 pm

welcome

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:33 pm

Welcome dude!

We have lots of fun here, and sometimes the fisticuffs come out. We exchange plenty of knowledge, both in firearms and life.------------Sixgun

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:48 pm

Welcome aboard!

ernest haycox · Post by **ernest haycox** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:26 pm

many thanks,guys!I have a meager "arsenal"right now.A Charter Arms 44,a Armaalite ar15,a Marlin308express and aMarlin 30-30 with no stock and in need of a barrel I paid 80 bucks for.I think I will send this to Marlin to be rebarreled.Oh and a 1943 Walther in mint condition.A world war 2 vet sold this to me.said he was one of the first to cross the Remagen bridge and got it from a dead german officer.I never much cared for Nazi guns so someday I might get rid of this one.The many guns I got rid of for lack of funds I hate to think about,young fellers-do not make this mistake!If I could buy 3 guns today it would be a Finn Mosin Nagant,a Winchester Model 92 and a M1 carbine.Course that is just todays list! Thanks again for the kind words.

WinM71 · Post by **WinM71** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:38 pm

Welcome to the fire, there's lots of good company to enjoy here.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:08 pm

Welcome and enjoy.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:10 pm

Welcome from the great white north.

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:23 pm

Welcome and good to see you signed up. All those books and articles by Paco and others are really good reading.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:29 pm

Welcome Earnest,glad you thought enough of us to come out in the open.

Duff L Bagg · Post by **Duff L Bagg** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:34 pm

Glad to have you along, make yourself at home.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:47 pm

Welcome to the fire! If you don't mind sharing about where in WV? I've lived in Elkins, Durbin, Bartow, Richwood, Marlinton, Huntersville and of course visited many of the places in between and around and east over the mountain to here in Staunton, VA. WV is a wonderful state with a lot of wonderful people. Glad to have you join us.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:59 pm

Welcome aboard ernest haycox!

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:06 pm

Welcome, I'm from WV too. I used to live in McDowell county, and later moved to Pocahontas county where I graduated high school. I work and live in Raleigh county now about 20mins outside of Beckley.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:02 pm

Welcome aboard!!! Always happy to hear when someone who has been lurking takes the plunge and posts!

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:11 pm

Welcome aboard. There is only one rule when talking about your guns it is expected that you post pics.

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:15 am

Welcome!

Shawn

ernest haycox · Post by **ernest haycox** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:30 am

Hobie,I live near Romney,wv.,a place that changed hands 60 some times during the civil war,up north 40 miles south of Cumberland,Md.I"m originally from Harford County,Md.,a place where you could still feel the past from 200 years ago when I was growing up and a kid could carry a gun walking down the road without anybody thinking it was strange.Now it is a surburban,liberal hellhole.What a crime!And they are supposed to be the enviromentalists.i"ll post pictures next weekend when I figure it out,i"m a one fingered typist and my computer skills not much better.Again,many thanks!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:56 pm

Well Earnest,
I sent you a Private message asking you yer whereabouts I see Hobie got right to it. My wife had a cousin that was raised in Romney. I only met her one time, she was sent there to live at the school for the deaf when she was young so she could get training and ended up never leaving.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:43 pm

Welcome, pull yourself up to the fire and grab a cup of joe.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:59 pm

welcome to the fire

LeverBob · Post by **LeverBob** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:18 am

Glad you could make it pard...now that your out of the closet (badabum) share some pics if'n you can.

LeverBob