INGO AR-15 Open House -> After Action Reports

[Gillclaypot]

I want to make one of those bases for display of my rifles.

 

[Clay]

had a great time today. Only stayed for 2.5 hours or so, but I got to talk with a lot of people, meet some new guys, and fondle a lot of ARs.......... oh, and eat my weight in AWESOME chocolate chip cookies (Thanks lovemywoods! those cookies rivle my grandma's, which to me says a LOT )

Thanks to the club for letting us do this, and thanks to everyone for putting it together. Thanks to the guys who brought all the cool hardware as well. Im still up in the air about that new Magpul grip......

 

[lovemywoods]

.......... oh, and eat my weight in AWESOME chocolate chip cookies (Thanks lovemywoods! those cookies rivle my grandma's, which to me says a LOT )

Let's not tell granny about that. I don't want to have to be watching my back for some honked-off geriatric terrorist from Toad Hop! As long as she thinks she’s the best cook, she’ll continue to feed you.

And don't tell Thumper either....I think you ate his share of the cookies....!

 

[Cwood]

Great Event, it was nice to see such a good turn out.

Met a lot on INGOers today.

Thanks everyone that stopped by!

 

[OneBadV8]

Found out CWood has B.A.D. Levers!

In case anyone needs one.

 

[grunt soldier]

sweet i made the highlights


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/shooter521/INGO AR Open House 1_31_10/DSCN0107.jpg




it was awesome meeting everyone today and talking with most of you guys. it was a great event and great ppl.

 

[infidel]

sweet i made the highlights


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/shooter521/INGO AR Open House 1_31_10/DSCN0107.jpg

Well, yeah! That is one sweet gun you have there.

I better stop, I could say that to nearly everyone there.

 

[theweakerbrother]

Wow! I showed up later than I wanted and I thought I was going to be left with slim pickin's. Boy was I wrong. I poked around and played with all sorts of optics... just want I wanted to do. I think I've decided on the Aimpoint Micro. Now I need to save up for several months to save up for it... doh. Then the mount.

Man, this black rifle stuff never ends.

Thanks to everyone for bringing their rifles, shaking my hand, asking me how my surgery went, making cookies (did anyone notice I spent most of my time within an arms reach of them? HA!), and letting me get my dirty hands on your firearms.

 

[KA9NTZ]

Now I'm pissed that I didn't make it. Truck was giving me fits and not wanting to run. Looks like a great turnout on both sides.

 

[langb29]

I was there for about an hour, and got to meet some INGOers. Thanks to all for putting this on, and Cwood for answering some questions. I was hoping to talk to some more AR experts about my new CMMG, but I didn't want to interupt anyone. I'm sure I'll get a chance at the next one!
BTW, I just got my bargain bin CMMG Saturday, put on the quad rail, stock, panels, and sights just in time for the show, but I didn't put it out b/c I was only going to be there for a little while. I'm going to post a thread about my new AR soon.

 

[Andyccw]

I had a great time... it was nice to see/meet people and to get to fondle some accessories that I've been thinking about buying. I even made my first NFA purchase!
Thanks for putting this together.
-Andy

 

[techres]

Hawkhavn and I rolled in early in order to get setup which is good since we took a wrong turn at Albequerque and were glad to have the time cushion. On the other hand, when we walked in the door VUPD had the fire going and the building was warming up:

Vendors were setting up tables and Hawkhavn and I got our spot up and running with our new flyers and the steel I had tested that morning. There was INGO schwag, and most importantly there was a never ending pile of Lovemywood's cookies:

The system for the AR's was for everyone to layout their AR's in no particular order, and filled out cards with the critical information of that rifle:

Soon the tables were full:

Then the room was full:

There were a ton of different AR's on display. AR15 plain jane to tacticooled out, .223 to .308 with a 6.5 in between, some where tiny with itty bitty barrels that could not even make it out of their handguards and some were too long for the table to hold well:

Vendors kept busy with the room full of INGO members:

And it was a great time. A thanks to everyone who put this together, the vendors who made a point to come and present, and those attendees who came to show of &/or ask questions. It was a great time.

Oh, and a special thanks to the Lovemywoods family, both for the great example AR's they brought, but also for the cookies!

 

[shooter521]

I was hoping to talk to some more AR experts about my new CMMG, but I didn't want to interupt anyone.

I've noticed this to be a recurring theme; I wish folks new to the platform who had questions would've butted in more. I spent the majority of my time chatting with Cwood, bigcraig, curraheeguns, VUPDblue, Tinman and akaindy; only had 2-3 guys ask me about my guns specifically, and talked with maybe that many more about their guns, or general AR-related stuff.

Perhaps next time we need an easier way for folks to associate guns with their owners so they don't have to try to track them down, or designate a couple SME's to field general questions from new folks? While this was by all accounts an excellent event, there is always room for improvement, and I'd love to hear suggestions from the membership on how to make the next Open House even better.

 

[groovatron]

Alright....who was in charge of storing the banner last time?

 

[shooter521]

Alright....who was in charge of storing the banner last time?

Fenway, to me: "Man, we really need to iron that thing!"

 

[Scutter01]

Fenway, to me: "Man, we really need to iron that thing!"

Hey, when I had it last, it was nicely rolled around the banner stand. I even gave him some velcro straps to bind them up.

 

[GarandMD]

Great event. I had a great time and learned a few things. Everyone was so willing to talk about their gear, answer questions and educate us relative newbies on the "black rifle" and sound suppressors (especially shooter521 and Corey). I don't know how I missed that 6.5 Grendel!
A special thanks to the organizers.

 

[nighthawk80]

I couldn't get there till about 4:00, and I was thinking that it would be pretty dead. Boy I was wrong, that room was packed! I didn't bring in my rifle, since there was a ton of them in there. It was definately cool to see all the different set-ups.
I too had questions, but didn't want to interupt conservations. Guess next time I need to be a little more outgoing.
But I ended up getting a bug to build another one after looking at all the quad raill goodness! And need to look up more info on charging handles, as I was mainly looking at who had what on their guns.

Over all, it was an awesome event. One in which we should hold again, let alone with different gun types (like the previously mentioned AK's).

 

[Charlie2]

I had a great time looking at everyone's AR's. Now I have a better idea what I will be doing to mine.. Thanks to everyone..!!! Nice talking to all..!!!

 

[yankeetownboy]

Well, I like others was blown away by the turnout and hardware. I also did not ask enough questions, but nobodys fault but mine. "BUT" I did catch the fever and purchased a Sundevil matched set from SSNFA AKA Corey, and now I'll have a **** load of questions, Surfed the net till 2am looking at all the Bling for these things!!! My wallet has no idea what is about to hit it!... My only real mistake was I got excited and forgot to get my INGO hat..

Jeff