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August 23, 2022, 06:07 PM
oddball
Years ago, I read this 2013 quote from Anderson, having read little snippets decades ago before about his love of certain shotguns. Took me a little while to find...
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We band guys enjoyed a morning at the F6 Labs range in Long Island where various government protectors of Homeland Security go to experience the latest in hi-tech defensive handgun techniques with their video screen hostage situations and desert warfare scenes. Navy Seals too, apparently, have trained there. None of the other musicians had ever touched a handgun before so were a little apprehensive but they soon got the hang of it with expert safety advice from the range master. We were using Glock 10mm pistols. Not my cup of tea, really. I am a single-action Colt/Browning guy although I have a soft spot for the Sig-Sauer 9mm P228 and 229. Best and safest of the double-action modern breed of defensive weapons. My Barstow-barrelled Browning Hi-Powers with the reworked triggers and Pachmayr grips were my favourites. But now, sadly, deactivated under UK law. Balls cut off and no working parts. I know how they feel. Pre 1997, pistol-shooting was my golf. My darts. My fishing. No more…
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
August 23, 2022, 06:35 PM
6guns
I read and also saw photos that he was an avid dirt biker.
I remember seeing another quote of him mentioning Barstow barrels.
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August 23, 2022, 06:52 PM
6guns
This is weird! I just got a spam call from Barstow, CA!
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August 23, 2022, 07:18 PM
PASig
IIRC he’s a big fisherman too
I recall been given a book years ago by him all about trout fishing and all kinds of things like that.
August 23, 2022, 07:38 PM
6guns
^^^ He owned a salmon processing factory in Scotland.
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August 23, 2022, 09:07 PM
Il Cattivo
Thanks, 6guns.
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Originally posted by 6guns: I read and also saw photos that he was an avid dirt biker.
I remember seeing another quote of him mentioning Barstow barrels.
Apparently Ian Anderson actually did a lot of writing for "Too Old To Rock And Roll, Too Young To Die" while recovering from a bad street bike incident.
