Hello from Alaska

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Hello from Alaska

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I've been a member here for a few months now and just now noticed the intro section, so I figured better late than never. Currently residing in Anchorage, Alaska. I pretty much grew up at the local shooting range, love to shoot just about anything that goes BANG.

I have a fair amount of firearms but I am now enrolled in a 12 step program and haven't bought one in close to a week, unless you count shotguns. Out of all my guns, nothing feels quite as natural as shouldering a lever action. I currently have two Rossi's and one BLR and I have had Marlins in the past.

My fiancee and I are planning on relocating to Cochise County AZ in two years. Given her love for horseback riding(I'm just learning) and my interest in Cowboy Action shooting, southern Arizona seems like a perfect fit, especially since we have both had enough of cold and wet climate.
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Thanks for telling us a bit about yourself. That will be quite a move but I too don't do well in the cold. I like your description of the addiction! I'm awful! Looking at another as I type this!
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lol..... I'm certain that the addiction has a genetic component and it was passed on to me from my dad, who actually has more guns than I do. In my family we refer to this condition as "the sickness".
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Howdy from South Carolina, and welcome to the forum.

Went camping in AK from Sept. to Nov. 1980 and loved it. The state and it's people are unique.
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thanks for the Welcome zippy! I spent a few months in South Carolina back in 1982. Paris Island is a place you never forget .
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Welcome +guns :D
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You're wanting to leave Alaska, and I'd love to live in Alaska. I guess it is the "grass is greener" kind of thing. My buddy and I spent a few days in Anchorage - loved it.
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Welcome from KY. We did a cruise and land tour to Denali last summer. I loved it. Had I visited Alaska as a younger man, I would have spent a few years there, or at least through the first winter of no daylight. haha
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