Buying NRA raffle tickets pays off...

[PavePusher]

I was just notified that I have won a Rock River Arms LAR-15 w/ Eotech sight. About a $1200-1500 package, depending on model. I pick it up tomorrow or Sunday. Wow.

Coincidentally, my birthday is very soon. And yes, I'm running around the house doing a happy-dance right now.

[Skittles]

1. .

[X_Digger]

2. Basta :P n/t

[PavePusher]

13. Now, now...

Jealousy ill-becomes you, my good man... :evilgrin:

[X_Digger]

19. I expect pictures :) n/t

[PavePusher]

33. Probably sometime tomorrow...

Just got back from a moderately brutal Mt. bike ride and am tired as heck.

Sandwich, beer, nap. Shower later.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Sweet, you can sell it and buy a really nice stack of hentai! nt

[PavePusher]

5. Already got that.

It's why I can't afford to buy an AR-15 for cash... :evilgrin:

[ZombieHorde]

8. Awesome. nt

[onehandle]

6. Ok. That was funny...

:rofl:

[doc03]

4. I have bought a gazillon raffle tickets in my lifetime and

haven't ever won anything. Have fun.

[PavePusher]

7. Now if only the ACLU would raffle off $1500 worth of bookstore vouchers...

my life would be complete. :-)

[villager]

9. I wonder if Palin, Gingrich and Beck's tickets paid off!?

n/t

[rrneck]

10. Not likely.

They helped arm a liberal.

[Name removed]

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[proteus_lives]

11. Sweet!

Sometimes the universe decides to give you a hug!

Congrats!

[rpannier]

14. Congrats

Not personally a gun person, but I'm always happy to see people get things they want

Enjoy your prize

[jazzhound]

15. Good for you, PP Congrats!! n/t

[Nailzberg]

16. Congrats, those are really nice.

[shadowrider]

17. Dang, the only thing I've ever won in my life was the draft lottery back in '69

Congrats and if you ever get tired of it, keep me in mind

[Scuba]

18. I also won that lottery. Not always nice to be #1.

[cowman]

20. I enlisted in the Navy

before I could be drafted, to stay out of Vietnam but as luck would have it, I joined the Seabees and got sent to the wonderful paradise of Dong Ha. What a hell of a way to avoid the draft.

[Scuba]

21. I ran for the cover of the USAF....

...did six years, two tours of Nam.

[cowman]

22. I did 1 tour

in Nam but then did a year at Gitmo, back then it was really tense.

[Scuba]

25. But we're not Patriots according to...

lesseee.... Fox News, Joe Lieberman, Rush Limbaugh.... probably draft dodging Dick Cheney and his AWOL buddy.

[cowman]

26. They all got one thing

in common, they are chickenhawks who found a way to avoid serving their country.
When I got home in 70 my own younger brother, who was vehemently anti war, asked me how it felt to have murdered innocent women and children for an unjust war, after I knocked him on his ass, we didn't talk again for years and years but he finally came to me and apologized and now we are back to being brothers again.

[Scuba]

27. Glad you've mended that fence...

...I understand your reaction.

Hate the war.

Hate the politicians who caused the war.

But don't hate the poor serviceman or woman who got stuck fighting the war. It's not their fault.

[oneshooter]

38. 2 tours and 8yrs in the Corps. n/t

[shadowrider]

28. I said I won the lottery, but I too joined the Navy before I got my draft notice

[slackmaster]

23. I won a set of bronze Mr. President coins from Shell Oil in 1969

But the best thing I ever won was an edged weapons class at Front Sight. It was the grand prize in a gun club picnic raffle.

[cowman]

24. Front Sight is a hell

of a facility. I took their shooting course and was very satisfied with the professionalism of the instructors. I live only about a 1/2 hour away from the facility if I drive fast down SR 160 to the Shoshone turnoff.

[aikoaiko]

29. very nice.

My RRA w/EOtech is my favorite AR shooter.

[TheWraith]

30. Always nice to hear about somebody winning!

My big win was summer 2008, a Ducks Unlimited raffle got me a 12 gauge semi-auto.

[shadowrider]

31. By the way, if you ever get tired of it, I'll send you my address, ok?

[PavePusher]

32. Please don't hold your breath...

Hypoxia is not a pleasant thing. :evilgrin:

[shadowrider]

34. I won't. Just tryin to look after my own self-interest..:)

[Bold Lib]

35. Congratulations!

[east texas lib]

36. I hate it when that happens!

Lucky puke!:D

[Xela]

37. Sweeeet. Congratulations.

I've always wondered if those raffles are for real. Seen them all the time over at the gun rags.

Xela

[PavePusher]

39. Pick-up report and Pictures!!

I got it!!!!

Appears to be a very lightly (if at all) used RRA LAR-15 CAR A4, with generic 4-position stock, an unknown but comfy contoured grip with thumb-rest, and a flip-up rear sight I haven't identified yet. EOTech sight. Came with 2 30-rd. Thermold mags by D. & D. Inc., Plano case and USMC Technical Manual TM 05538C-23&P/2.

I rounded up 4 US Milspec 30-rd. metal mags by O-Kay Ind. ($52), an armourers wrench and single-point sling ($70), bore brush/muzzle cap/25 stripper clips ($9), 500-rd. case of Federal American Eagle 55gr. FMJ & 3 stripper guides ($200) at various vendors. Just need to get a sling adapter to go under the stock.

Bore and chamber are sparkley bright and clean, all parts are spotless. If this thing has as many as 50 rds through it, if any, I'd be shocked. If it was fired at all, it was well cleaned afterwards.

Absolutely no slop between upper and lower, pins are tight, but can be pushed/pulled with fingers. Trigger pull seems heavy but very crisp. Mags all lock in snuggly, but drop out under their own weight when released. It is the Awesome sauce. Pictures follow...

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Edit: Or not, can't seem to figure out how to embed a photo on this board. Help?