Armed in 1994

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Жыл бұрын

Exploring one possible three-gun battery a person might have chosen back in 1994: Glock 23 .45 S&W, Benelli M1 Super 90 12 gauge, and Russian SKS in 7.62X39.
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@hickok45 Жыл бұрын

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@hardtop5656 Жыл бұрын

The moving pumpkin was good

@TheDrewcifur Жыл бұрын

Love the armed in series. If me grandpa were still alive he would too.

@tonyblack4833 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of armed in 2001

@kway745 Жыл бұрын

SKS finally getting some respect all these years later. Bought my norinco in ‘95 for $85. I was 18, the gun was brand new in the cosmoline. Really glad I never “accessorized” it like I wanted to back then. And glad I never sold it.

@j.robertsergertson4513 Жыл бұрын

Bet you scraped about a gallon of cosmoline off it too.

@Strigon01 Жыл бұрын

I saw a Norinco SKS at my local gun range the other day in the used section along with a Yugo SkS. Both were going for $849.99

@randybird9979 Жыл бұрын

I got one (SKS China model) from the Roses department store line last of the 70's or early 80's haha can't remember for sure, it cost 50 dollars, best gun I ever owned, I think Roses is out of business now, it also had to have the cosmoline removed, those were the good old days

@grantodamax Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCarinae Solid point. but for some its the collector value.

@grantodamax Жыл бұрын

@@j.robertsergertson4513 Best thing I have found to combat cosmoline is gasoline. Even @ $4 a gallon its still waaay cheaper than anything else I can find. Works great too.

@j.robertsergertson4513 Жыл бұрын

Norinco SKS spike bayonet, chest bandolier, sling and a spam can of ammo $55 dollars. A spam can of 7.62X39 was $2 dollars more than s brick of 22lr , and that's why we say the good old days

@jessetembo1979 Жыл бұрын

This video speaks to me. Growing up in the 1980s and 90s and going to the gun shows of that time with my Dad and Granddad was something special. Most of the firearms they purchased over the years came from that era, many of which are still in the family. I remember seeing a lot of SKS rifles at the time, they were cheap and so was the ammo so for the poor folks, it was a common hunting rifle. But dang if it wasn't a good one. Put a lot of wild game in the freezer with the SKS. Still have it, too.

@CyborgZeta Жыл бұрын

1994 was a good year. I turned 5 that year.

@fullsendabeerforme2988 Жыл бұрын

Old man

@H.Green83 Жыл бұрын

Was 11 wish i knew to jump on the ak parts kits that would be coming up not to far down the road.

@stroudrollyat3708 Жыл бұрын

Me too bro

@Cobrakyle88 Жыл бұрын

I was the ripe ole age of 6. Rugrats, rockos modern life, and Doug were peak performance

@shaiq-nbaiq1826 Жыл бұрын

@@Cobrakyle88 damn right it was

@TheDankCat127 Жыл бұрын

My dad still has his Gen 2 Glock 22 & Glock 27 he bought in the 90s. The Glock 22 was his police service pistol from 1999 to 2010, and that’s what I grew up shooting. The .40 S&W hype was real. The 9mm was considered a “girly round,” and you didn’t shoot a semi auto caliber that didn’t start with a “4.” My dad and I have since switched to 9mm carry guns, lol. Good times.

@stevesmith756 Жыл бұрын

Our duty went to .40 cal but I kept my .45 so much better to shoot. The .40 was just too snappy. 9 mm and .45 much smoother and linear recoil

@cyberpunanie Жыл бұрын

Still have a G22C and a RTF with fish gills and the best texture. 9mm and .40 are both healthy handgun calibers. Not much difference unless you want to argue.

@mhmt1453 Жыл бұрын

I was like 28 at the time. I took the test for the fire department that (I’m retired now). I bought a brand new Olds Achieva; I had a Ruger P85, a Mossberg shotgun, a Colt Combat Commander, and that year I bought an AK with the funky stock for $200. It really was a good year. The Steelers we’re going back to the Super Bowl, the Pirates we’re still good, I had money to burn, things were fun and i was young and had money to burn!

@leadhead3966 Жыл бұрын

That SKS is a nice looking rifle.

@saigawesnovember Жыл бұрын

About 10 or 12 years ago, I got a Yugoslavian 59/66 with a few boxes of ammo,all sealed up in a cardboard box. Excellent condition. I traded a Nirvana cd/dvd box set for it. A couple years later I had to let it go,had to put food on the table and pay bills. Have a Norinco SKS now. It ain’t going anywhere .

@love2chiefs Жыл бұрын

The most 90s comment on here! Lol

@davidneal6920 Жыл бұрын

I do like the Benelli. Took a few years before I could afford one. In 1994 I owned the good ole fashioned Mossberg 500, a Toz .22 and a Winchester Model 70 308. Eventually traded up to a Benelli M2 in ….2008. I saw a guy ‘Wild Tiga’ shooting game birds in Siberia with an open sited SKS. Incredible marksmanship. Thanks for sharing Dave 🇺🇸 🇳🇿

@jonvon2044 Жыл бұрын

That shotgun is a looker 👀

@paulheinrichdietrich9518 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Still, it looks better with the original pistol grim IMO.

@sleepingninjaquiettime Жыл бұрын

This setup sums up the mid 90's perfectly. I'm sure the ATF has quite the collection by now.

@juuxy7635 Жыл бұрын

hickok 45 my uncle recently passed i remember how much he loved you u watched you all the time 24/7 me and him watched u all the time he loved guns just like you had so so so many guns he had a shooting range he blew up 2 liters all the time towards the end of his life he didn’t watch he as much but ik he still loved you and your videos he laughed so hard watching your videos man imma miss him so much

@listener523 Жыл бұрын

Oh man I remember the crates of SKS. You'd have to pick through with a barel light to find one that wasn't too beat up. Got a decent one, just had an alignment issue on the rear sight. Spent a lot of that cheap Norinco straightening it out with a leatherman on the range.

@Osprey78 Жыл бұрын

Armed In is the best series. I'd like to see lots more. Do 1978 please!

@jamesbell8496 Жыл бұрын

Always look forward to the Hickok45 notification! Thank you for all of the knowledge and entertainment.

@showtime2629 Жыл бұрын

Back then we called the Glock 40 The Problem Solver, ain't no joke.

@stuartowens3506 Жыл бұрын

In 1994, the ENTIRETY of my arsenal was a total of four firearms. A Marlin 336-.30-30, a Marlin Model 60 .22, a Ruger P89, and a NORINCO SKS that I bought that year for $88.00

@twoguncorcoran4733 Жыл бұрын

I had an FFL back in those days and would often bring used SKS rifles out to the farm to shoot around a bit before I'd resell them. My Dad, who was never really into firearms other than ones he considered essential, took a liking to the old SKS for some reason. After I'd made a few dollars as a dealer I bought a couple AK variant rifles for myself and brought them out to shoot around. My Dad looked over an Akm, recognizing it from popular movies from the day, like say, Rambo, Red dawn or anything similar. He asked how it operated, what caliber it was, how the magazine was inserted into the receiver, where the safety was, and finally he asked, was it ready to shoot? I had already fired off a few round in it so I reloaded the mag back to it's 30 round capacity and handed the AKM to him. He in turn, charged it, dropped the safety and dumped the entire magazine faster than anything I had ever seen in my life. He's nearing 79 years old now and still laughs about breaking in my 'new' Akm rifle back in 1994...

@joshrichards8399 Жыл бұрын

I've been watching Hickok45 since 2010 at least, and it's been awesome to watch the channel expand and the content always delivers, especially with the "Armed in X". Segments

@pbeardy Жыл бұрын

My 1994 battery was a S&W 5906, Remington 870 and a Ruger mini-14. Good year to be a young man in my late 20’s.

@schroth8736 Жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful finish on that sks.

@JimmyJones206 Жыл бұрын

I remember married with children and Hyundai just came out with their little tiny cars !! Thanks again for sharing!!

@richardgonzales4815 Жыл бұрын

I had an SKS , a Stevens over/under 20gauge / .22 Magnum survival gun, and a set of twin S&W snub nosed .38 Special revolvers that I carried around everywhere … and a Mosin for deer hunting … I bought all those guns with ammo for under a thousand dollars … I miss the 90’s!

@getlost3346 Жыл бұрын

I went to San Francisco and San Jose Gun Shows back than. Saw bunch of SKS in barrels for $99 each.

@jacobveryberry Жыл бұрын

A barrel of Sks in that area of California nowadays would be considered borderline terrorism by leftist morons😂

@stevelyautey7339 Жыл бұрын

Can you even imagine that happening today?

@SuckerFreeGear Жыл бұрын

I bought my first SKS a Tula from Eddy's gun store in Mountain View in 1995. By the way some kids I grew up with ended up robbing as in burglarizing Eddys a few years later.

@getlost3346 Жыл бұрын

@@SuckerFreeGear yes, Eddy's has great selection especially off roster guns.

@abelm7974 Жыл бұрын

as a young guy hearing stuff like this always amazes me, my first gun was an sks but i bought it in 2019, if they were $100 each id have bought 5 of em 😂z

@DankBurrito420 Жыл бұрын

I'm 25 years old and I carry a Gen 5 Glock 23 as my EDC. Like a lot of others from my generation, I started shooting handguns mostly in 9mm. But as I branched out and got more experience, I fell in love with the .40 cal. I've been carrying it for over a year now and won't be switching back to the 9mm anytime soon.

@hickok45 Жыл бұрын

It's a great caliber, and I find myself packing it sometimes when I'm wearing a belt holster that fits a G23 or a G19.

@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr Жыл бұрын

My edc is a sweat rusted beat up gen 2 19, the first gun I bought when I moved to America from the uk!. Maga.

@robertyoungman9551 Жыл бұрын

I bought a Chinese SKS in 1994 for $49.00. None of the numbers matched. Spike bayonet. The stock was pretty rough. It didn't like soft point ammunition. However, with surplus steel cased full metal jacket rounds I never had a failure to fire. It was fired until the barrel was too hot to touch. It always worked. A fun rifle to fire and I could put 10 rounds in a teacup at 30 yards. Sold it in 2017 for $200.00. Regretted doing so ever since.

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

If you only took that $200 & bought stock in Amazon or Apple!

@robertyoungman9551 Жыл бұрын

I took the $200 and bought ammunition. You can never have enough "boolets".

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

@@robertyoungman9551 absolutely! Brass & lead are Precious Metals!

@scottkeeton956 Жыл бұрын

I was twenty years old, yes was a great year, i met the love of my life!!

@Kamal_AL-Hinai Жыл бұрын

Nice!! I met her this year and I'm 22

@gianluciano Жыл бұрын

me too. Met february, engaged 6 oct

@chucks_88 Жыл бұрын

OMG, A pistol chambered in something besides a 9MM lol But I do have 2 out of 3 of those. My shotgun in 1994 was a 12 gauge Remington Express Magnum.

@tntanto Жыл бұрын

I’m so old, I still think “.40 S&W” when talking about the 40. And hey, you mentioned buying your shotgun around Oak Ridge or Kingston. Did you buy it at Frontier Arms just off I-40? It’s still in operation and a good little shop.

@justinriley8651 Жыл бұрын

😆 🤣 your not old 40 s&w came out in 1990 I remember it really well every gun magazine and there weren't that many had a picture of em on the covers seemed like every issue.

@MausTanker Жыл бұрын

That Tula is immaculate

@g54b95 Жыл бұрын

Talk smack about an SKS if you want to, but when you shoulder one, it just feels amazing. Doesn't get enough respect.

@J.sh_CDN Жыл бұрын

National gun up here in Canada, especially with so few semi auto options here. Personally love my old Russian one, absolutely fun to load em with stripper clips

@MrLongshot762 Жыл бұрын

$59 SKS was the cheapest I remember. It was at a local gun show and they had crates full of them.

@RubenRodriguezSotelo Жыл бұрын

I was 6 in 1994, awesome times back in the 90s

@stuartowens3506 Жыл бұрын

Most folks probably know this already, but I didn’t realize it until a few years ago…: if you have an SKS that occasionally slam fires a few rounds at a time…clean the firing pin and the channel it sets in. My first SKS did this and I never realized that there was cosmoline caked in that kept the pin from floating inside the bolt. So when the bolt slammed closed after firing, the pin stayed protruded and acted like an open bolt MG 😂😂 Take that bolt apart and thoroughly clean those parts. Better to have that pin and channel clean and dry than to oil it.

@65stang98 Жыл бұрын

sounds like you made the gun less fun hahahaha

@stuartowens3506 Жыл бұрын

@@65stang98 haha…so true!

@imhardscope7965 Жыл бұрын

ill now be sure to never clean it... thank you lol

@imhardscope7965 Жыл бұрын

call it the "fun gunk"

@stuartowens3506 Жыл бұрын

@@imhardscope7965 yes! It was always a pleasant little surprise when it popped off a few rounds, machine gun style 😂😂

@dylansmith1622 Жыл бұрын

Sir, if you have not read the Forrest Gump book, you're definitely missing out. It's worth the read, I promise you. The movie left SO many good things out, but I do still love that movie.

@johndoyle1969 Жыл бұрын

Wish we had 1994 prices still today.

@thatkajunguy8029 Жыл бұрын

I was there, it was a very good year. Mine were the G22 and G27, a Mossburg 500 and the SKS, paid $ 60 for it........ I still have all but the SKS and .40 is still my preference for carry although I have built G17 and G26 slides for practice and general plinking due to the cost of ammo these days..

@TheGeneral75746 Жыл бұрын

A good year until November...

@jeremysmith4726 Жыл бұрын

Thanks old man

@dundonrl Жыл бұрын

1994, I was sitting off the coast of Somalia on the USS Essex LHD-2 and was 22.

@thefrogking481 Жыл бұрын

I was running the Mogadishu mile in 91. The Marine Corps sent us to such beautiful places......

@teotwawki00 Жыл бұрын

I remember those days well. Great video. Thanks.

@82lowe36id Жыл бұрын

First started getting guns in 2000 when I got out of the Army. I was armed with a Gen 3 Glock 22, 23 and 27. 40SW is not my primary round these days, but still a great round. I was freshman in high school in 1994.

@MORiverFishing Жыл бұрын

In 1994 I was 11 and armed with a Pumpmaster 760 BB gun 😂

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

In 1964 I had a Daisy one pump bb gun. The spring was so stiff my dad had to cock it for me!

@dieselwrench3621 Жыл бұрын

I was 21 great times great memories of shooting some great firearms including the Glock 22 and a Tula SKS which I still own 👍

@blackhillsrider2626 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Hickock, nice looking SKS! Happy New Year! May you have a happy,healthy, and prosperous year!

@TheDudez1313 Жыл бұрын

I like your sense of humour Hickok.

@tommyallen2504 Жыл бұрын

Still one off the best channels on youtube ! And I like the darker color on your sks. Wish I still had mine !

@gregoneill1495 Жыл бұрын

September 1994, AWB went into effect, price gouging on standard capacity magazines and AR’s. !

@NotYourAverageLiberal Жыл бұрын

Im just going to say it. You're my favorite gun teacher :)

@haunter_1845 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy looking through old gun magazines to see what was being advertised at different points in time. That's what this video reminds me of and it's refreshing.

@mitchell3042 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos hickok. They are always a pleasure to watch. Hope you and the family are doing well. I actually just got a Russian SKS at the Tulsa gun show a few months ago. I sure wish they were still 99 dollars.

@JBleeZy6969 Жыл бұрын

I hate it when I find out the shotgun I want isn't backwards compatible...

@ThemantleofElijah Жыл бұрын

Hickok45 one of the best teachers in our country life lessons and gun and shooting lessons.

@ScarletRebel96 Жыл бұрын

1994 was definitely one of my favorite years Mostly cause I wasn't born yet

@chaimlevin125 Жыл бұрын

Same!

@CREEPINGIRON Жыл бұрын

Same! 🦓💚

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

Ya but, you missed the 60's. They were groovy. I think. Sock it to me baby!

@john4K47 Жыл бұрын

Same. I was born in 1998

@wcw2793 Жыл бұрын

I was 1 lol

@bobchronister3429 Жыл бұрын

My shotgun of choice in 1994 was my SPAS-12.

@richardstyron5716 Жыл бұрын

1994 was a good year in every way. Enjoyed all the surplus arms!!!

@hoppinggnomethe4154 Жыл бұрын

The shotgun's receiver just looks so nice!

@saigawesnovember Жыл бұрын

Yes,it is. Kinda looks like mine but shinier.

@joshbenalcazar12367 Жыл бұрын

I love these decade gun videos

@jimmytittle4848 Жыл бұрын

Hickok, I can't tell you how much I appreciated this video. Mostly I guess because of the Glock 23 and the 40 cal discussion and defense. It was your early videos that put me onto Glocks and 40. I still love these guns. I have a g27 and g22. I love the 9mm also I have a couple of those also. But I'm really getting bored only seeing videos about 9mm. I have been in my best local gun store and they not have a single gun in 40. Nearly everything is 9mm. Anyways, thank you for this video. There are more calibers than 9mm... all of them excellent. More shotguns than a mossberg.... that benelli is sweet!

@chancetempleton3829 Жыл бұрын

Look for the older Glocks and Sigs. With a simple barrel swap out, you can go back and forth between .40 and 357 sig...though you'll have to get 9mm mags if you want to add a 9mm barrel into the mix.

@jimmytittle4848 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean? I already have 40 cal glocks. I'm not wanting to turn them into anything else, 40 is my favorite caliber.

@brianhersey9745 Жыл бұрын

you laugh but I purchased my first rifle (an SKS straight out of a crate packed in cosmoline grease for $89) in 1994 at a gun show. That rounded out my 3 gun with a Mossberg and a berretta, once I converted the SK with a detach well and six 50 round mags. there is no telling how many rounds I put down range with that thing. And I delt with a few guys at my range looking down their nose at it, till we shot a round or 2 with open sites at 300 yards. Had on guy with a M1 got down right mad and packed his gear and left when I hammered him in two 5 round shoots. Good times.

@qasimw.4502 Жыл бұрын

Your outdoor range set up is to die😱 for! The best ever! I will set mine up close as possible like yours!

@tomkumagaimusic Жыл бұрын

Backward shells in the HK stamped Benelli M1 Super 90, thanks for that!

@hickok45 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, pretty lame that it won't feed them when you stick them in backwards! :-)

@tomkumagaimusic Жыл бұрын

@@hickok45 mandatory backward bullets, for HK Reddit post. 2004 shot show catalog homage

@cbroz7492 Жыл бұрын

...that's about the sane time as the H&K catalog with the rounds loaded bass ackwards in the magazine...those catalogs are serious collector's items now...

@camwinston5248 Жыл бұрын

I remember a short stretch in 94 when gas went to 70cents a Gal.

@worf7680 Жыл бұрын

Imagine breaking into this guys house at 3am, planning on stealing a tv or something, and you just hear "Hickock 45 here." Game over.

@Zachareee Жыл бұрын

Born in 1996, funnily enough one of my favorite guns to shoot is my cheap /26\ SKS. I have my moms Marlin Model 60 from 1994 and it will one day go to my son, I can't wait to teach them to shoot. Spent a lot of time watching your videos while they slept on my chest as babies. Thanks for the videos!

@logicoverlawyers1945 Жыл бұрын

I have the G22, G23 and P226 in .40 and love them all!

@neiljohnson6815 Жыл бұрын

In 1994 my choice was Colt Lightweight Commander in .45 acp, Remington 870 and AR 15.

@papovka Жыл бұрын

The year the assault weapons ban passed

@halfcirclehranch6877 Жыл бұрын

1994... I had just gotten my first decent paying job in August of 1993... and I'm still there, almost 30 years. The only guns I had were a Marksman pellet rifle and a Crosman CO2 BB pistol. I was trying to live for a change, since I finally had money and a car of my own (a 1989 Chevy Beretta). I think it was in 1995 that I bought my first actual firearm, a Smith & Wesson Sigma 9V. Bought it at a store that was eliminating their firearms section, got a really good deal on it.

@claytonandry Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for a 90s one. I was born in ‘92.

@smileygladhands Жыл бұрын

'82 here. You're just a youngin!

@JBleeZy6969 Жыл бұрын

@@smileygladhands haha my brother is an '82, I'm '93 we were very close when I was growing up and I always hung out with him and his friends over mine every chance I got. All that to say I feel much older than I am. 🤣

@CYOA03 Жыл бұрын

im surprised of all the guns we keep making like the AKM, m4, m14 and whatnot but the sks is not remade. I really feel with todays ambition and knowhow we could easily have an sks chambered in popular calibers and be both box mag fed and detachable mag fed. A great semi auto, reliable, and accurate rifle with a traditional stock is lacking today.

@jamesrogers5783 Жыл бұрын

wouldn't a SKS in 6.5G or 6mm ARC be sweet!

@MrWestopher Жыл бұрын

This man has never posted a bad video

@fluffles9591 Жыл бұрын

His first unreleased is pretty bad quality i remember watching it 15 years ago when i would watch every single thing he posted

@billmellinger1134 Жыл бұрын

I was 23 going on 24 then. Got my SKS around that time from a buddy that had already put nylon stock and a factory scope mount and scope. Mini 14s were very popular around where I lived then as well.

@chancetempleton3829 Жыл бұрын

Mini-14s are still very popular. Lucky Gunner just did a video basically asking "Why Won't The Mini-14 Just Die?". LOL

@justinhodges200 Жыл бұрын

This is my 1st armed in video to watch and I love it because I love old firearms that are kindred to the times I had them. I also like run on sentences. I can't believ what P-series Rugers are worth now. Polymer is so much cheaper than alloy now. regardless. Life is Good!

@michaelblackwell3789 Жыл бұрын

Back in 1993., the Chinese SKS rifles were 69.95. You could go into a gun shop, walk over to a wooden crate, and pick out the one you wanted. They were packed in cosmaline and it took forever to clean them up, but they are a hoot to shoot. And you could buy a 20 round box of Wolf ammo for about 1.99

@furainrage Жыл бұрын

these are my favorite series

@fndrr42 Жыл бұрын

I still keep my Glock 23 in my bedside safe. I used to argue with people that 9mm had some real advantages back when everyone carried 40 - now feels like I’m still the only person using one 😂. Great gun, no desire to upgrade. I do use Glock 43 for my edc for what it’s worth.

@lardomcfarty9866 Жыл бұрын

Not a .40 guy, but .40 makes more sense than .45 acp

@thatsallfolks3115 Жыл бұрын

@@lardomcfarty9866 why do you say that ?

@jonvon2044 Жыл бұрын

Modern day 9mm ammo is just as comparable and you can carry more rounds. Either go 9mm or .45

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

Let's start a "which caliber is best" discussion here!

@rickhunter6513 Жыл бұрын

@@jonvon2044 modern day 9mm vs modern day .40 is not just as comparable. The .40 will always be the better performing round. The only advantages for 9mm are the couple round extra capacity and less felt recoil. A person can train through the snappiness and carrying a pistol with 14-17 rounds of .40 is solid. .45 however shouldn’t even be in the conversation. Way less capacity and less performance. .45 happens to be my favorite round but not for carry.

@mdub1955 Жыл бұрын

I paid $75 for a cosmoline packed SKS in 1994. I bought the bayonet cheap as well... forget how much I paid for that, but it wasn't much. Nice shooting rifle, and it is still in the family with my son.

@frankshewmake9753 Жыл бұрын

Mine was the Browning HI-Power, Remington 870, and Ruger Mini 14. The combination of weapons was becoming huge but no where as huge as it is now. I still have the Browning and the 870.

@theoriginalOSOK Жыл бұрын

I recognize those sights on that 23. I have a 17 Police trade-in (Gen 2) from the same time period that has them. I've replaced the guide rod and recoil spring and did a trigger upgrade on it and it is super accurate and so easy to shoot well. No rail but then, that's OK.

@mikehill4776 Жыл бұрын

Michael Jordan famous baseball player 😂😂😂

@DB-cu4hn Жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Hickok is getting dementia and thinks it really is 1994 and John is just rolling with it.

@brianevans1946 Жыл бұрын

I have a 23c, bought it in '95 and love it to bits.. over 6000 rounds thru it now and if anybody wants to bash the .40, please go and stand in front of it...

@timkunkel5431 Жыл бұрын

God bless you, sir. You've done more for 2A than anyone I've ever heard of

@richardw.johnson2875 Жыл бұрын

Nice!! Was born in 1994. Good year. Happy new year, ‘45!!

@TheDrewcifur Жыл бұрын

I turnt 5 in 94 and that's also when I started to learn to shoot. I didn't have any of those guns til 97 when I got a SKS. Got my first shotgun at all in 98 (20ga single shot) and I got my first handguns (Ruger mark 3 and a 1911) in 99. My first gun was a Marlin model 25 in .22lr.

@daddysutter Жыл бұрын

My first firearm I bought for myself was a Yugo sks back in 2007 for 185 bucks. It's still one of my favorites.

@valeriabrach2470 8 ай бұрын

I think back to 1994 and it seems like a lifetime ago...makes me reminisce of the goodtimes with my grandparents...wish i go back to 1994...had alot less worries then

@The_Hi_Life Жыл бұрын

So true! I remember in the 90s my dad had the Glock 40cal, a Russian sks, and a mossberg pump.

@rolandvenne7419 Жыл бұрын

Can't believe you were able to shoot the .40 that quickly, since it's so snappy.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Gumby56 Жыл бұрын

I carried the 23 for 20 years as a sheriff's deputy and it never failed me.

@alexbanks7115 Жыл бұрын

Hey Hicok45, Love your content been watching for 10 years now. I was hoping you would do a video or at least give your opinion on the Manuhrin Mr73 revolver. I know you like revolvers and I just ordered Manuhrin MR73 sport. Should be getting it in about 6 months from the Barretta shop. The gun has a great history and I think it would make a good video. In any case thanks for all you do and happy new year!

@lionheart1995 Жыл бұрын

So much love you mr Hickok, God bless you. Biggest Respect

@therealhawkeyeii7888 Жыл бұрын

You're not going to believe this, but in 1994 I had a Glock 23, a Russian SKS (that I paid $100.00) for, and by early 2000s, I had a used Benelli Super 90 M1. Still have the Super 90 and the Russian SKS, but not the Glock 23 (sold it years ago). I do have a police trade in Glock 22, though.

@kevinbaker6168 Жыл бұрын

"Life is like a box of shotshells,,, you don't know what you'll hit, until you shoot." Nice choices, but I would have leaned towards a H&K G3. Many folks liked the SKS or the Ruger Mini 14, but the 7.62 NATO/308 Win is a more versatile round in my opinion.

@iowa_lot_to_travel9471 Жыл бұрын

7.62x51 is a great round. But not recommended for hone defense. Great application elsewhere. 👍👍

@J.sh_CDN Жыл бұрын

Personally, my 308 is for my bolt action, where 7.62 x39 I use for plinking and fun, though it could do more if needed

@timsmith9645 Жыл бұрын

Wow 1994 wasn't thinking about gun's then had a child came first remembered those cheap gas prices nice glock and shotgun and rifle thanks for sharing Hickok45

@Unchartedadventures94 Жыл бұрын

I was born in August of 94. It’s nice to know what was used and popular then.

@shaneschartel1593 Жыл бұрын

Been a while since I’ve your content, I missed ya!

@flaco5581 Жыл бұрын

Please do a video on what handguns you have carried? And your present rotation.

@justin764 Жыл бұрын

God, the era of $200 SKS and $100 Mosins.

@wreckagevic Жыл бұрын

The 90s. Take me back. That SKS sure is a beauty.

@michaelmartin9335 Жыл бұрын

In the late 90s I bought a 12 ga Benelli and two SKSs and a 44 mag S&W wheel pistol. They were good choices. The Ruskies did make a good cheap rifle. The Benelli had chrome plating in the barrel and action cost $1200. Best shot gun ever. Bought my first smi auto pistol in 08 Springfield 1911 SS very good gun.