New Guy from Oklahoma

[lpcullen]

Greetings all. I can't believe I haven't run across this site before now. Looks like a nice one. Glad to be here. Lance

[Allen]

Hi, there's not as much gun experience here as there use to be but if you have any questions someone will more than likely reply. Due to the current crappy political atmosphere a good bit of talk goes on here as well in that regard. If you read much here you'll soon see who to follow and who not to follow as in any forum.

Welcome aboard.

[lpcullen]

Thanks for the welcome Allen. I've been a Gunboards member for over twenty years and have sadly seen the knowledge base decline there as well over the years. Poking around here I do see some familiar names. Political discussion doesn't bother me at all but I'd rather just talk about guns.

[Allen]

Good to know. Many of us old timers don't seem to shoot as much as before and the younger crowd doesn't seem to have as much interest in them. It may be partly because they don't have a place to shoot like we did.

It sounds like you've come to the right place, just bare with us.

[lpcullen]

I hear you. Even though I live on a farm I don't shoot nearly as much as I used to. I tried to post about a trapdoor carbine this morning but it said I needed moderator approval. The moderator listed (JeffL) looks like he hasn't been active since 2020? My post still hasn't shown up. PM'd Lyman so hopefully he can help me out. Not a good start so far but I'm hanging in there.

[Liam]

Welcome!

[lpcullen]

Thanks Liam.

[RED]

Welcome aboard. I am close to the OK-AR border and do not shoot much anymore. The range at Hobbs State Park has been closed for quite some time. The vandalism of the anti gun folks that are from the liberal University crowd was unimaginable.

[lpcullen]

Nice to meet you Red. I'm SW of OKC about 35 miles so quite a ways from the border. I like Arkansas though. I used to have relatives (now all deceased) in Mena which if memory serves is close to the OK border.

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My trapdoor carbine post finally appeared. Must have been some sort of glitch. All is well. I'm up and running now.

[PWC]

Welcome from a displaced Okie from OKC, Yukon and El Reno. Remember them as they were 63 yrs ago, only updated from infrequent trips back.

[lpcullen]

Nice to meet you PWC. I'm from Minco. About 15 miles south of El Reno.

[PWC]

Nice to meet you PWC. I'm from Minco. About 15 miles south of El Reno.

My GG Parents were OK pioneers; as Sooners they lost their home on the land rush but did settle in the Yukon area with the No. Canadian River as the north border pf their land. My G'ma was born in a covered wagon in 1886 on Ok Indian Terr. near Apache Ok.

[JohnMOhio]

Welcome aboard LP. I believe you will find the most knowledgeable people here concerning specific firearms as you see the listing of forums. We have the fortune to have some experts lurking here and they pop up when the discussion gets really serious. You will find the Political forum the most active in the discussions and the viewpoint being argumentative. That viewpoint centers often on personality traits often brought to print by another persons viewpoint that is the opposite. There is also occasional "name calling" which I believe to be an affectionate nick name they give one another. So be prepared in your endeavors here. Good Luck. Above all, have fun.

By the way, I had a TDY assignment for a Tech School at a place called Altus OK. that was in the early 60's. Never could drink the water there. Drank a Pepsi most of the time. Stopped in town in one of the Mom and Pop stores was looking for a bargain in any firearms they might have had. Mentioned it to the Older Lady that was running the store that day. Asked if that was always like that or something recent. Her answer, it has been like that a long time. She then said, the best way she could describe its taste was it tasted like a wet dog smells. by golly she described it perfectly.

[lpcullen]

I'm a ways north east of Altus. Drove through it a time or two but don't think I ever tried the water ;)

[JohnMOhio]

LP I believe you are lucky in that respect. Also in driving through you car did not need any water for the radiator.. Don't think I would have put it in my car. Might eat through the hoses or the radiator. Just wonder if there has been any change to the water supply.

[fguffey]

I am told my family got me out of Oklahoma as soon as possible. I started in Ardmore and finished in Altus. If not for my dad's mother, I would not know anything about Oklahoma or the family, After I left Oklahoma life got interesting.

My wife and I went to Norman Oklahoma to watch Alabama, play OU, one of our grandsons pitched for Alabama. What in the world could go wrong? Finally, I got into the stadium and seated, that left me to try to make sense of everything. An Oklahoma baseball booster walked up and ask me to tell him everything he needed to know about Alabama, I told him to forget Alabama, I wanted him to tell me about things I needed to know about Oklahoma. He agreed and then ask me about things that did not make sense to me. I pointed out the sign on the left field fence,
I said the sign says Oklahoma won the COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CHAMPONSHIP IN 1951, and then they won it again in about 1994, I suggested that was a long absence. I told him it was 21 tears before Oklahoma returned to Omaha to compete. He then asked me if I knew how many years the players waited for their champions ring, I told him if they waited for one year it would have been too long. He then informed me the players waited for 21 years for their rings.

He told me the players were told they were not good enough to go to Oamaha, they were told it was a waste of time and too expensive. That team would have hitchhiked, slept 6 to the bed and did what they would have to do to eat. they were going to Omaha. After they won, they were instructed to go straight to the busses and return to Oklahoma. And the booster asked me if I knew who was the Athletic Director at that time? And I said no. He said it was Bud Wilkerson.

I wanted to root for Oklahoma, problem, we have a granddaughter that attends Ol 'Miss. My son asked me if anyone had warned Tennessee about Notre Dame, I told him I could not support Tennesse, sure enough Notre Dame eliminated Tennessee.

Next year.

F. Guffey

One of my favorite people was Buddy Ryan, he was interesting.

Ohio had their problems; I attended a school that had a coach that liked to hit players, but he was to be feared. I looked up and there he was, I hit him, I was so proud of the coaches, trainers and players, they held their breath until the coach started to breath, it must have taken him at least 4 minutes to quit making those horrible sounds, a few players helped him back to the huddle.

F. Guffey

[lpcullen]

I used to know a guy that played for Bud Wilkerson at OU when they won the national championship in '55 and '56. He said he was a tough coach. Sadly he passed away a couple of years ago.