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Posted: 4/26/2024 8:57:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 18B30: 10K in the market. If you have 10K to throw at a graduation present... |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:11:58 PM EDT
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So many good ideas...I love getting things for my kids in the hopes it leaves a good memory.
Someone mentioned buying AR parts and building a rifle together. That is a great idea. If you have already done that, than yea a nice handgun, knife, watch, or something else he might be able to have and use for years to come. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:22:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Imzadi: Literally a suitcase. So he can pack his shit and get out. 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:31:52 PM EDT
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Gift for graduation of High School?
Damn, I got screwed at every turn. I was told to get a job and go to college OR get my own place to live. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:35:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By olivers_AR: Family trip, if you haven’t seen Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Mt Rushmore, etc go on a trip see America. We did a Boundary Waters trip. Fantastic time and memories for a lifetime. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:42:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RikWriter: If you have 10K to throw at a graduation present... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RikWriter: Originally Posted By 18B30: 10K in the market. If you have 10K to throw at a graduation present... Well I don't have 10k to just fuck with,and if I had it I wouldn't. We're talking about guns And a kid. Not much else. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:45:10 PM EDT
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A pack of condoms and a nice Buck knife.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 9:54:54 PM EDT
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Get him a nice swiss watch. Breitling. Tudor, Omega, etc..
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:05:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alwaysright: A pack of condoms and a nice Buck knife. We had that talk yesterday. He doesn't fully comprehend what kind of trouble his dick can get him into. Chip off the old block. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:06:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alwaysright: A pack of condoms and a nice Buck knife. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:07:47 PM EDT
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An heirloom that he can pass to his son like a nice over and under shotgun.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:10:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alwaysright: A pack of condoms and a nice Buck knife. He's like his old man. Too late. Did give him a buck 119 already. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:10:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ms_guns: A decent 1911 In all honest, 1911 is kind of a historic classic "traditional" graduation gun. Sort of ceremonial and timeless. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:21:36 PM EDT
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I gave my son a 12 gauge for his high school graduation.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:32:13 PM EDT
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I gave my 2 sons NIB M&P pistols. Something they didnt have and couldnt easily acquire on their own at 18 where we live.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:34:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 19Charlie278: Hookers and Blow. The answer is always Hookers and Blow.  Get him an AR. I don't know what my graduating son wants, maybe a car |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:34:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:35:23 PM EDT
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A ticket to Europe
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:36:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Red_Label: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32329/trequarti_basso_jpg-3198967.JPG
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:39:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeepnstein: My dad didnt give me a thing. I never noticed. He gave me everything he had up to that point so it just didnt matter. This is the answer. I don't understand GD's desire to give gifts for every occasion. And OP you have zero say in his deciding to join the Army. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:42:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: This is the answer. I don't understand GD's desire to give gifts for every occasion. And OP you have zero say in his deciding to join the Army. Yeah, you're right... giving gifts is for emo pussies.  |
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NE, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:42:17 PM EDT
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Me and my dad went out and got me my very first gun that was all mine before I left for Ft Benning. Still my main go to for the last 15 years.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:43:15 PM EDT
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Garand
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:46:47 PM EDT
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My dad gave me his IBM retirement Rolex when I hit 30 in 1993. I wore it for 25 yrs, had it serviced and gave it to my son for his high school graduation.
His smile was priceless. He cherishes it and wears it on special occasions. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:48:29 PM EDT
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Possessions are fleeting, give him the best possible advice a young man can receive, especially from a trusted older male, to wit:
If it flies, floats or fucks, it is always more satisfying and always much cheaper to rent. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:51:39 PM EDT
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Some good suggestions mentioned. Ill agree with a Colt 1911 , Colt SAA , Colt M4 . I like Colts . A nice Beretta pistol . I like Beretta’s . All the stuff mentioned has US Army heritage as well . A nice watch that doesn’t have a ridiculous price. I like Tudor . Look at a some of their dive/gmt stuff or the Ranger . A Georgia Precision rifle ? Good luck and congratulations to your boy .
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:52:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: This is the answer. I don't understand GD's desire to give gifts for every occasion. And OP you have zero say in his deciding to join the Army. You're not wrong. He asked me the other day for a photo of a tattoo I have. I dissuaded that but he wants the same tattoo. It's a blue and white striped tat and he ain't earned that. I am not going to tell him not to join the Army, but I will say i wouldn't recommend it. He's my son, and I am proud of him, but that tells me he ain't ready. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:53:00 PM EDT
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My youngest son likes revolvers so I got him a Blackhawk for his graduation.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:56:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bcw107: My youngest son likes revolvers so I got him a Blackhawk for his graduation. Great gift and a hell of a pistol. SA pistols just fuck. |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:59:33 PM EDT
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My kid graduated last year, I got him a Henry .357 lever action. He wanted a lever action and I already have ARs for the family. Sucks he can’t buy his own ammo for 3 more years.
Waiting on a medical waiver for him to enlist USAF… the M4A1 clone I built will be officially his when he graduates basic. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:59:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StealthGuy: Me and my dad went out and got me my very first gun that was all mine before I left for Ft Benning. Still my main go to for the last 15 years. https://i.imgur.com/jj8EdAX.jpg Very nice. My first purchase was a kabar for my dad and he didn't give a rats ass. There's a reason I asked about all this. I am fully committed to being a better father than I had. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:07:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MJ11B4P: My kid graduated last year, I got him a Henry .357 lever action. He wanted a lever action and I already have ARs for the family. Sucks he can’t buy his own ammo for 3 more years. Waiting on a medical waiver for him to enlist USAF… the M4A1 clone I built will be officially his when he graduates basic. If I had it to do over I'd go AF or coast guard. I had the bad habit of comparing myself to my grandfather (2nd wave at Normandy and battle of Bastogne.) What was the point in trying to be a badass? |
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:11:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: He's a lot like me, so it simplifies things. AR, handgun, shotgun? What would you give your kid upon graduation? Also he wants to join the Army, I was in the Army and I don't want that for him. Your kid should listen to the old man |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:23:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
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Quote HistoryI'm not gonna click on that. I joined the year he was born, 05. So kinda cool if you liked shooting the fuck outta anything that moved or getting blown up. I really can't recommend that he follow that. My own country hates me because of my skin color, he ain't gonna get a pass. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:31:02 PM EDT
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Think I got it figured out. Two 18" A1 stocked AR's . I don't how to make that special without some engraving but it would at least be a matching pair.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:33:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 19Charlie278: Hookers and Blow. The answer is always Hookers and Blow. And a shot of penicillin. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2024 11:56:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
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Oops.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:00:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: That's covered. He's going to Inherit 200 acres of the best irrigated farmland known to man. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:01:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: HKaltwasser]
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Originally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: He's a lot like me, so it simplifies things. AR, handgun, shotgun? What would you give your kid upon graduation? Also he wants to join the Army, I was in the Army and I don't want that for him. This is what I'm giving my son for college graduation next year. I'm still thinking of ways to put minimal personal engravings on it to make it his. 
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:07:55 AM EDT
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I like that. Is that a .45?
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:09:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: I like that. Is that a .45? It's a 9mm. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:10:38 AM EDT
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It looks good, hows it shoot?
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:18:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Hobs98]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: This is where I'm leaning. But 11.5", 16", 18" uncle Sam gave me my first and it was a 20" A4. If you can and have the tools, build a nice upper, larue, bcm, do. Whatever. Have the lower engraved with name and date of graduation. If he's really outdoorsy, a custom knife engraved. Lots of good makers on this site, I've bought from a few. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:19:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan: A watch ETA, what I got was an all expenses paid trip to college (I was very fortunate that pops did pretty well for himself, and that he valued a quality education. At the end of 6 years, the total cost for everything, tuition, room and board, was just north of $40k. And that was even out of state tuition), and a ride to campus, where I was promptly kicked out of the car. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47937884751_b02867bc03_h.jpgTurtle Behind The Wheel by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53141441124_ce68e85df9_b.jpgSeiko SNE573 by FredMan, on Flickr I would not give him that even if he was a gay. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:26:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Red_Label: Yeah, you're right... giving gifts is for emo pussies. No pussies here. We walked uphill 6 ways to get to school and back, fed dirt and belly button lint. The only clothes we had we stole from the homeless people. I wore a horse blanket I sewed into a suit till I was 30.
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:28:13 AM EDT
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:29:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JamPo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/146093/IMG_2031_jpeg-3198728.JPG  If the Dad gives his son a gun, can I get this instead of him? |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:30:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: I'm not gonna click on that. I joined the year he was born, 05. So kinda cool if you liked shooting the fuck outta anything that moved or getting blown up. I really can't recommend that he follow that. My own country hates me because of my skin color, he ain't gonna get a pass. This brought pause. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:32:45 AM EDT
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M1 garand
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Posted: 4/27/2024 12:35:03 AM EDT
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My Dad bought me a large Craftsman tool set (this was in the 90s). While I didn't fully appreciate it at the time, that same tool set is in my garage 30 years later and I use it all the time.
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