I thought my crew were the only armed riders in Washington, lol. Come to find out TONS of people are packing when riding. Talked to a really nice guy in the Rimrock parking lot. He had a 45 and a j frame on his ankle. Wife had a 380 and his older father had a 45 too. The 10 year old girl was unarmed though, that kinda worries me. Last spring in the Baker snopark a guy was sitting in a lounge chair with a Glock in a shoulder rig. No Don Johnson but he had his holster. So do you carry when riding? We actually shoot a lot in the snow when the conditions are marginal. BTW, pack out ALL of your targets. Trash looks trashy on the snow.
Is everybody packing while sledding in Washington?
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always got my 40, always.
I don't pack while riding but once one of my dad's buddies was firing his hand gun while they were eating lunch. They were parked on the edge of a large flat open spot. The snow was hard spring snow and when they started riding my dad noticed he could see where the slug had skipped on the snow. He kept following the skips until he could see where the slug came to a stop. It made a coiled track in the snow. He started looking around and he could see a few more spots where the slug had came to a stop. He always joked he ran down a bullet with his sled.
I like to pack when the snow is crummy. It's fun to be able to shoot a box of shells when the riding isn't so great, but the sun is out. If the snow is good, I usually am busy riding more, and don't want the extra weight of my 40cal and a box of ammo. The ammo is most of the weight. I would like to get a light 22cal to take, and would be able to save a ton of weight and $ on ammo.
Never ride without my survival gear. Helmet, beacon, pack pack and gun. If I could predict the future I wouldn't need any of them.
Well - no issue with that. Just hope A) like said above ALL trash is picked up and B) the same guys that are packing are not ALSO packing a half-rack or a fifth in their backpack !
Just one more thing to worry about - getting accidentally shot by a drunk!
Just one more thing to worry about - getting accidentally shot by a drunk!
Why is this being talked about? Next are you going to wear a sign if you are conceal carrying at the mall, or when you have a gun in your truck.
I absolutely advocate conceal carrying a firearm but running your mouth about it doesn't make your dick bigger.
I absolutely advocate conceal carrying a firearm but running your mouth about it doesn't make your dick bigger.
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I like to partake in the free gun range while in the mountains.. living in the city you have to pay to go fire some rounds off and practice your Zombie apocalypse head shots.. . i don't think this is a thread on co*k size... just a general question.. no reason to get all butt hurt over it.
"Armed riders" ya that sounds so cool! You monkeys think you are cool snowmobiling with a gun. You're so cool you need to start a thread about it. What a joke. Your very right to carry a firearm is extremely threatened right now. You have kids killing kids with there parents guns and ex cops killing hardworking cops and the kids of cops then bragging about how stupid our gunlaws are on facebook. If you are so oblivious to what is happening in this country right now and the potential results of current legislation then I hope your gun goes off in your butt and then you will really know what "butt hurt" feels like.
If you spent the time it took to start this thread writting our legislators instead of talking how cool it is to ride with guns then maybe we would know our children would have the same constitutional rights we take for granted. I have written all my legislators and the prez...what have all you "armed riders" done?
If you spent the time it took to start this thread writting our legislators instead of talking how cool it is to ride with guns then maybe we would know our children would have the same constitutional rights we take for granted. I have written all my legislators and the prez...what have all you "armed riders" done?
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I pack spare gas!
I support freedom. Carry a gun.
I personally think it is ridiculous unless you plan on plinking while in the mountains, which is fun, but who cares what I think. If you want to pack some heat when your shreddin-do it.
I just think it is weird to talk about it in a public forum.
BTW-I had a killer day in the mountains today.
What I carry on myself or my sled is my own damn business. As long as I am not hurting/harming anyone else.
From running out of oil to spending the night. I am fully equipped to take care of myself in the backcountry.
But I want to share a story with all of you that may change your opinions, it changed mine. Prior to this day I never thought about having to defend myself while sledding. I will try to condense it as best as I can:
Beautiful, mid-week, sunny day after a storm cycle, driving up canyon creek road. I'm riding shotgun in a brand new duramax with my buddy, just me and him. No tracks in front of us. Gonna be an epic day....
Going about 20mph around the big 90 degree corner in what is now the clearcut area, back then it was all trees and you couldn't see around it.
BLAM!!!! We get hit head on by a drunk indian doing about 40mph down the hill. Fawking violent collision...airbags deployed etc....
I was hurt by the seatbelt, back went out...my door wouldn't open either. Buddy was fine. I had to climb out his side in much pain...
Drivers front tire was stuffed in the fender, we were not going anywhere....No cell service, we are screwed now!!!
So then we are confronted by an angry, drunk, native american who is out hunting because he can. He is yelling, armed, highly drunk, and pissed off.
I know these things because I took notice of the 2 rifles in the front seat, the loaded .44 mag on the seat, the colt on the floor, and the assorted liter bottles both full and empty that were strewn about the vehicle.
So he and my buddy are in a heated discussion as to who was at fault, yelling at each other, etc...
I realized that here we were, miles from anywhere, with a guy who is drunk, angry at us, and who has all the guns. He could have shot us both and no one would have heard/saw a thing....
That is only a very small, condensed, part of the story. There is much more. But it changed how I think for sure.
Draw your own conclusions. Do with your life as you see fit.
I agree with WaBackcountry though. None of anyone's business.
Take care of yourselves and those you care about. Wherever you are and however you see fit to.
-See you on the mountain...
#1 it's still a free country (for now anyway) so if I want to pack, I will. #2 it's nobody's business. #3 it could save your life...I have been on several snowmobile rescues. Usually what happens is we spend hours and hours searching around for the lost/injured snowmobiler because most have no clue where they are, so having a sidearm, you could use it to signal would-be rescuers (safely of course).
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