I recall spending much time on "firearmstalk" or "shooterstalk" "shootersforum" or some such title in the 1990's.
I recall spending much time on "firearmstalk" or "shooterstalk" "shootersforum" or some such title in the 1990's.
When I first got into guns I was on The HighRoad forum. I think it had been doing for a while
Just looked and it started in 2002.
Light fighter is also pretty old I think
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Gunhub has gone through multiple names over the years, but its nucleus was the old Prodigy Shooting Sports BBS and then several other threads including BattleRifles wove into the tapestry.
Quiet place but a VERY high Signal-to-Noise Ratio when its members speak, and a treasure trove in the archives, particularly on the M1 Carbine and M14. Pat Sweeney is an alum over there, quite a few retired or approaching-retirement LEOs and military over there too.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>YOU IDIOTS! I WROTE 1984 AS A WARNING, NOT A HOW-TO MANUAL!--Orwell's ghost
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Not specifically gun talk forums, but I started on the Military.com weapons sub forum back when I was a teen in the early 2000s . I didn't know dick, and neither did any of them.
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<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>YOU IDIOTS! I WROTE 1984 AS A WARNING, NOT A HOW-TO MANUAL!--Orwell's ghost
Psalms 109:8, 43:1
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What is 'old' pre2000? Pre-1995? Before there were pictures and a 1200 baud modem was the envy of 300 baud buddies?
The High Road and 1911forum and of course ARF were some of the oldest I remember. Brian Enos seems like it may have started out of a list serv.
I wasn't early, but I was surprised at how many places I could get FromMyColdDeadHand as a name.
Is Sigforum still alive? Google finds it, but it won't open.
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The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
FalFiles traces its history back to the 90s BBS days
The number of folks on my Full Of Shit list grows everyday
I am American
Long before forums was usenet... talk.politics.guns, rec.guns, etc. Mid 80s
24hourcampfire is from 2000.
I know Calguns started just after THR.
But yeah, THR has been around long enough to have had to fight it out being taken over using registry shenanigans.
For some reason I think that Brian Enos forums go back a ways.
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In 1995 I was a junior in high school and was on the Vollmer’s forum and Subguns forum. Machinegun News had a forum that was gone by about 1996. Biggerhammer and Sturmgewehr popped up shortly thereafter, maybe around 96/97. Then HK Pro. Then ARFCOM.
I was first interested in reading about, discussing, and following prices of transferable machineguns in high school and college. Really, it’s still what interests me the most.
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