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Is Jeff Goldstein ever coming back?
I hope so. I’m getting tired of Collins’s lame jokes.
I’m guessing we’ll be taking the M4 because we’re a bit hazy on where the pistol is.
I think the gun you use depends on whether the eggs will by flying or sneaking. Against a flying target of course you need a shotgun.
Or an anti-aircraft missile, but I’m guessing these aren’t Godzilla eggs.
Also, HOMOPHOBE!!!!!1!!!!!one!
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Easter eggs hunts are fun. They bridge the divide I think. A lot though that’s cause usually there’s cake after. Everyone likes cake.
Potatoe gun.
I heard today about an Australian Easter tradition. After everyone has at least one egg, they pair off and each pair taps their eggs together until one egg cracks. THen those with uncracked eggs pair off and repeat this until only one uncracked egg remians.
I didn’t hear if the winner gets any kind of prize or anything, but I do know that while he was in the Navy my brother did somehting similar with the Australian Royal Marines in a bar in the Philippines, but that involved head butting instead of egg tapping. The winner there was supposed to drink free the rest of the night.
Come to think of it, the egg thing probably has the same prize.
this explains so much. really.
What sort of gun should I bring?
I don’t think the sort really matters, as long as it is an eggs caliber.
*groan*
No caseless ammo. You have to have shells for eggs.
You have to have shells for eggs.
Don’t get nishi started.
I thought she was all for a little eggs-termination.
Potato cannon. Obviously.
Whatever you do, take along a sidearm, you may have to fight off egg poachers.
Sawed-off shotgun, maximize the spread. Them little buggers can move.
Remington 1100 Semi-auto 12 gauge. Full choke.
mmmmmmm….rabbit
I suppose it depends on the size of the shells, doesn’t it?
Our family tradition: Easter egg hunt for the kids; Easter Egg baseball for the rest of us. Dual use, and it gets rid of the eggs…
A laser-gun so you can boil the eggs in the shell?
What kind of gun? Paint.
It really depends on what sort of gathering it is.
For an informal hunt with close friends it really isn’t important, of course. But these are Easter eggs, which neither sneak, snarl, nor snap, and anything fully automatic is just being pretentious, which isn’t really very friendly, is it? As for shotguns, <sneer>tres gauche</sneer>.
At a semi-formal event (perhaps civic in nature) medium-caliber revolvers and semiautomatics are entirely suitable, unless you know for sure that there will be substantial attendance by others of the AK-and-Barrett set, in which case you’ll need to fit in. An AR15 powdercoated in pale pink and white (I’m sure you’ve seen the picture) is entirely suitable for the game, and you get extra kindness-points for leaving the easier shots for the kiddies with their .22s and .38s.
For a formal event you will need the firearm equivalent of the tux or LBD: an M1911 variant in polished stainless, which is always correct in any company. Ladies may prefer a small-frame Glock, as better suited for carry in a formal purse. Of course, if you are the sort of person who wears an electric-blue tux with white lapel facings, a large-frame H&K in a clamshell holster might be ::snif:: just your speed.
Regards,
Ric
Thanks, Ric. That actually helps quite a lot.
I really feel that on Easter Sunday one should carry one’s “church gun”–really, the gun you wore to your wedding. It will probably be the smallest caliber you own–other than your .22 target pistol, that is. I would suggest a .380, or maybe a .32.
A Seecamp would be an excellent choice, as would a Ruger Tomcat.
I prefer a semi-auto target rifle in a smaller caliber (let’s face it, .223 – while the old .22 rimfire obviously has enough power for eggs at close range, it doesn’t have the legs of a centerfire rifle).
The way I see it, if I can get eggs out past 100 yards, I have a pretty significant advantage over all the other kids with their handguns.
Carry a handgun as a backup, of course, again something with a little legs.
There was that one year I brought the 40mm launcher with shot-grenades… that was a hoot, but to no one’s surprise, destructive devices were banned thereafter.
Ahhh, memories.
Seecamp, Attila? Is this an indoor thing where you’re from? :) Silvertips at least, I hope.
Even if I were going for something I could hide in a teacup, I’d prefer something heftier. It’s not just caliber, it’s axial movement on a 1″ barrel… unless you’re bench-rested, which really isn’t sporting.
Although now that I think of it, having some kind of range control would probably cut down on those troublesome and unpopular accidents – the other reason I prefer long-range work.
Geeze, it’s Saturday morning already. I need to start loading mags. Thanks for the holiday reminder, PW!
Silvertips always, for .38 and below. My larger sidearms all use different defensive loads, of course.
(Actually, I don’t have a Seecamp. I do, however, own that Ruger Tomcat.)
Walther PPK, with .32 Silvertips. Unpretentious, especially when wearing your Easter Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, but effective enough for those dastardly eggs.
M700 APR with .375 ultra mag loads. If you cannot hit them from a half mile away, it just isn’t as much fun. Plus, it gives you a great advantage, with the right scope. A Barrett .50 cal would work quite nicely too, should you be able to get your hands on one.
Well, it is Australia, after all…
Nuke ’em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure
Little Miss Attila has the right idea, although “…smallest caliber you own…” gives me a not entirely favorable idea of the sort of church she attends. Our church ladies tend to feel that it’s all good if the purse comes out under seven pounds, all up.
And guys, it’s an Easter egg hunt, not a safari for tiger. It’s supposed to be lighthearted and fun with maximum participation, not a mine’s-bigger’n-your’n range session. .375s, Weatherbys, and Barretts are just showing off. If you can’t bag your limit with your carry piece, what good is it anyway?
Regards,
Ric
–really, the gun you wore to your wedding.
If I’d a had a gun there wouldn’t’a been no wedding.
Ric – While you guys run around trying to get inside 25 yards and taking multiple shots to hit those damn elusive eggs, I will sit still, and take them out one and done, without ever having to move from my position. Eggs. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Comment by Techie on 3/21 @ 8:17 pm #
Remington 1100 Semi-auto 12 gauge. Full choke
I have to disagree. This is a perfect situation for a .410 or 28 gauge trap gun. A 12 would definatly be too much gun even with #9 shot. Target loads only, you don’t want to destroy the protien. As to choke I would think you’d want to use improved or modified depending on if they’re duck or chicken eggs, or if regulations require, steel shot.
Oh definitely steel shot, for the environment.
I’m a big fan of the Benelli Super Black Eagle in this type of situation. Although, it does tend to cause a concussion headache with the 3.5inch shells; and lots of shooting. So, stick with the 3’s
I’m thinking of taking the CZ 452 and my cross-country skis, just to be sporting. What do you think?
Fifteen years ago we got finished with the morning Easter Egg hunt and I got ready to blast off to Rush Valley for the Central Utah Memorial Rabbit Blasting Outing.
I carried an M-1 Garand loaded with 125gr TNT varmint bullets. The other couple of dozen guys carried evertything from .22’s to shotguns to an RPK- weight AK variant (scoped, with a drum mag). The RPK anchored the side of the wedge opposite me; we two were the cleaning crew. Back then Utah Jack’s would break and run out on an arc to the right, then freeze near the first cover they came to. If you missed them on the break, or on the first freeze, they would run out again, sometimes hundreds of yards, before stopping again.
My four year old goddess saw me carrying all the stuff out to the Landcruiser. She put her basket aside, tilted back her Easter hat and asked, “Going shooting, dad?”.
“Yep, with Steve and Andy and Lee and the boys…”.
“Where?”
“Oh, out past Eureka, probably”.
“What will you be shooting at?”
I’ve killed one rabbit in the last fifteen years. And I never go shooting on Easter weekend.
Well, my 5.56×45 Kel-tec PLR-16 does, at 100 yards, very well. Egg-sized groups, as a matter of fact…
;D