User:Cozmo

Hiya.

Cozmo here. I'm 38, from Minneapolis, and been a long-time firearms aficionado. I worked in a gun shop when I was in my early 20s. Joined the Army when I was 17, and spent 9 years in the Army Reserve and National Guard as an armorer, so I serviced every weapon from the M9 pistol to the big 25mm Bushmaster guns on Bradley IFVs. I've owned a number of firearms, but right now I just have a shotgun. Hoping to pick up a handgun or two at some point before I die.

Favourites

Here's a short list:

Movies

• Star Wars (all of 'em...there are even some cool things about the prequels)
• Lord of the Rings
• James Bond Series (especially the ones with Daniel Craig, whom I feel is the best and most believable Bond)
• Django Unchained
• The Mexican
• The Sting
• The Big Lebowski
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Unforgiven
• Rio Bravo
• The Outlaw Josey Wales
• The X-Men trilogy
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Thin Red Line
• Lethal Weapon series
• Die Hard series
• The Matrix series
• Star Trek (Reboots and some of the originals)

TV

Lost Arrested Development The IT Crowd Stranger Things Band of Brothers The Walking Dead The Office (UK) Extras Ken Burns' "The War" Archer Firefly Long Way Round/Long Way Down

Video Games

Red Dead Redemption Halo franchise Mafia II Mass Effect franchise Assassin's Creed Fallout Red Orchestra Farcry GTA: Vice City GTA: San Andreas Just Cause Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (yeah, it was buggy, but I liked the story and characters, and the weapons were well done)

I'm not really a fan of the Call of Duty games. I'm sure the multiplayer is awesome, but I never liked the campaigns. They're just too over-the-top.

Firearms

I've owned a 9mm Beretta M92FS Police Special (same as a regular M92FS, but with a special "PS/shield" stamp on the slide), an old pinned-barrel Smith & Wesson Model 10 in chrome, a Czech CZ-50 in 7.65mm, an M1 Garand, and the sawn-off Marlin Goose Gun that I have now. Eventually I'd like to acquire a few more, but funds are the thing holding me back from that. My wishlist includes a Colt Detective Special, HK Mk23, PPK, M1911A1 (old-school...Kimbers are fine, but not for me), and a S&W M19 or M66.

Other

I'm big into motorcycles. I have three 70s Kawasakis, a Kz200, a Kz400, and a Kz650. My first bike was a Honda CX500, and on my dream list are a BMW R65, a Royal Enfield, and an Allstate Puch 250.

I also play music. I currently have a Fender Jazzmaster, an Ovation Viper solid body, a Framus bass, and an old Decca hollow body guitar. My amps are a Peavey Classic 50 and a Vox Pathfinder 15R.

I'm just getting into cosplay. My teenagers are into it, and they invited me to attend a local anime/sci-fi convention, so I went as Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead. My daughter went as Carl. It was pretty cool.

That's all for now. I'll update this periodically as things change.