Thank you Perro thread

[k98k792]

Perro,just wanted to thank you for my internet home away from home for so long.I learned alot from you about weapons,and what a pain it can be to run a forum.
I know sometimes we acted like high school kids,and frosted your shorts.You always forgave and forgot( while cussing some I am sure, we don't call you 30grit for nothing.)
You showed your good heart by extending yourself to help the members with weapons problems,sometimes finally just saying"send it to me I'll fix it" after explaining the solution over and over.

Made alot of friends here thanks to your forum.

Mike thank you man.

[KnobCreek]

I've lost track of the number of years I've been on this forum and would like to thank perro as well for providing us a home away from home. He sold me one of his FR8s and it's one of my pride and joys...mainly because it came from a great friend.

[cimmaronkid]

Mike, I am the first to admit that I will miss everything that you put on the original forum and lost as there was a wealth of knowledge. Without you and the other forum members, I would have been at the mercy of CAI and probably not gotten my Cetme fixed correctly without it costing me a large amount of $$. I also found a home that was a pleasant place to post without everything turning into a pissing match between a couple of trolls who probably hadn't ever pulled a trigger in their lives. I am always amazed at the wealth of knowledge among the members and how freely it is shared which is not done on a lot of forums. I feel this is because you set the tone for the members as one of friendship and learning being shared with each other. I also feel that this forum has an appreciation for ALL firearms and no one as far as I can tell has ever been snubbed because he shot this or that brand. Again, this is because of you. Please don't be a stranger to what you created as your knowledge will be missed.

[rep30cal]

+1 to what Cimmaronkid has said, I couldn't say it any better.
At Perro's site people just seemed to get along where as on
other site I frequent, the people seem to look for something to
nit-pick to start a squabble. Thanks for a great site and Best
Wishes to Tanker on this one.

[Optimus Prime]

I know I'm more than amazed at the thread job on the Hi-point barrel you did for me... I mean for just giving it a go on a lathe just to see if you could it turned out great.
Thanks for providing me something to keep my sanity durring all the slow hours at work and that long second half of a deployment after buying a Cetme on leave because it looked cool.

[SteelCore]

And M1, who stood by and did lotsa moderating at the old site as well. (I've nevr seen anyone ban a pr0n-link-posting at the old forum faster than he).

Anyhow, Perro, take a bow, man. You definately helped us all out a bunch with our "90% parts kits" (what I call a CAI-made CETME).

Hail das teufel hund!

We won't forget (unless asked to, in that mob-asking/threatening sorta way, or if it turns out you're building illegal machine guns...in that case, I'm like Per-who? :) :D )

Lessee who can be the first to get special banned! :o

[QuickDrawMcGraw]

Mike I also want to thank you for all the Knowledge and Help you shared with us all. I am now happy to say I cant even come close to getting all my collection into the safe I bought. When I got it I was sure it would be suffecient for what I would have . Then the wonderful fun of collecting Mil Surps bit me in the ass and I have the disease !! I hope your Happy ? LOL.

Thanks MIke !!

[Rampager]

Just wanted to thank you for running the classiest gun forum on the net...bar none. I wasn't at Cetmerifles as long as many of you but it really was my favorite place for the short time I knew it. Cetmerifles was a class act. Anyhow thank you Perro.

[XO3319]

A heart felt 3 cheers for Perro Del Diablo!

[random944]

I was going thou with draws..... I NEED MY CETME FIX!!!!! Thanks..... I realy didn't want quite cold turkey.

[okie shooter]

I agree, thanks Mike for all of the information and knowlage you gave to the CETME masses here. If it wasnt for your board, my collection and knowlage of firearms might be severely limited.

P.S. Well I think I still might have gotten into military firearms anyway though but thanks again.

[DaCapster]

What you did Perro, you did quite well! Thanks for the odles of information that got me into the monkey nightmare and through to the other side.....

Perhapes it was a good thing I didn't mention my "other" NG's Lol :)

[Perro]

thank you all, it means alot to know the old forum was appreciated.

tanker, this new forum looks awesome dude!!

[rustypirate]

Personally I blame Mike for my being BROKE!

but I also have to thank him for introducing me to soooooo many different and fun firearms.

Let us also remember those who have spent countless days and nights contributing to old forum too:

M1 Tanker,
Ransom,
Roche,
RobertRTG,
Shari71,
and too many more to list them all here.

snif snif

I love you guys! ;)

[Player]

Perro, tanker and everyone
you guys have my salute

[weasel_master]

Thanks to the site, my girlfriend thinks I care more about guns than I do her. For once she's right. In all honesty though, I've learned a lot from this site I wouldn't have learned anywhere else. I've made some friends that share a deep interest in one of my favorite hobbies. It's been a great stress reliever to sit down without all the flaming, just a place to shoot the bull.

[Perro]

congrats on your new promotion Mark!!
i wish i could have promoted ALOT of you at the old forum, but we had soooo many moderators/admin already.

[k98k792]

Thanks Mike! I will try to live up to the confidence Chris has shown in me.

[Jagman]

Thanks Perro for the cetmerifles.com forum, truly a first rate internet site as many others have already stated.
You have passed the torch and Tanker and his crew have got this new place looking great and feeling like an extension of the forerunner, big shoes to fill but im sure it will be a place we will all be proud to be members as we were at Cetmerifles.
I for one am looking forward to your contributions here as your posts are always full of great info and a touch of 40 grit sure livens things up!
once again, thankyou.
Rob aka Jagman.

[Hoot]

Thanks Mike.

If it weren't for you, I'd just have a CETME in it's original configuration, save for adding a scope for deer hunting. Now, I also have an M14, .308 Ishapore, SA-85M, L1A1, Romy-G (hope to sell soon), FR-8 on the way and enough ammo that if they raided my house, I'd probably make the local newspaper the next day. Thanks Mike :(

J/K ;)

Hoot

[Smokehouse69]

Well, I found the old site while I was looking for something new to build. I'd built a couple of AK47s and an AMD65 and wanted something with a little more punch to put together. I've always like the CETME/G3 style of rifle ever since I first fired one nearly 35 years ago. When I found the kits from CFA, I couldn't pass it up. :D I certainly am glad that Perro decided to put it back up! I really like the new format too!

[pidaster]

Once again, I thank you.

[MID]

Hey perro you got any more clips for the cemte, for sale?

HAha

Thank you perro

Its still a detachable double stack box magazine.

[Perro]

once again

i appreciate everyones comments

my wish is to let tanker take this over and make it something far better than i ever did.

No appreciation posts are needed, everyone has said enough.

I would consider it a favor if everyone quit thanking me, and instead thanked tanker for taking on the responsibility of making this possible for everyone. Without Tanker, ill be honest, i would have shut the forum down, and that would have been that.

Thanks to everyone for there comments, and emails. Im still reading some i havent read yet. It means alot to me, but i dont want everyone to think im leaving, just handing the torch to tanker. Its his turn.



Mike

[-COK-]

do you see.
DO YOU SEE?

Perro is NOT dead!

people, we are in good hands here.
just look around the site.

Chris has it under control. and sharply, i should add.

stop talking about Mike like we are standing in front of his coffin,
in a funeral parlor. its creeping me out.

he aint going anywhere. hes just a tad busy right now.
am i right Mike?

CETMERIFLES.COM did NOT die. it evolved.

after you fix 95% of the CETME rifles ever built, its time to move on.
what else can you do for the 5% that wont listen?

its done.

its MILITARYFIREARM.COM now.

deal with it.

d

[Planning]

gota say thanks anyway to mike. he allowed me to sell off some guns i would not have sold if they would not have gone to good homes. this site has been my home site since i joined it.

thanks mike (perro)


capt ron ( planning)

[gunbunny]

Mike(Perro),
Thanks for all the knowledge, time and effort you shared with all of us. Enjoy relaxing in the Airstream for a bit.

Chris....BIG shoes to fill....no pressure

[Longhorn789]

You're the man, Mike!

[Woodman in MO]

Well, it was CETMERIFLES.com that helped me realize that this 308 rilfe I bought on the cheap wasn't a boat anchor and got me to take the time and effort to fix her up into a tack driver...

And I'm sad to say pulled me out of the bolt action funk I was going through into the world of semi-autos....

And K98 is an administrator? Well I ain't calling him sir...no way no how..:p

[Grasshopper]

Yaaaa, what they all said! Thanks to all, even you newbies, you make this sight interesting and keep it fresh!
Don't shoot ------ ----! (come on guys, INDIAN AMMO!):)

[franks71vw]

random your were going through was nothing i was ready to cut my veins lol.. I just hate that i wasn't able to read the entire forum befoe those a holes did what they did.. Anyways, I hope to play catchup here and hopefully build my two cetme kits.. Thanks for having such a great site

[IMBLITZVT]

Well After a few issues... I am back. My email was down and the site was not taking my password... but all it good now.

I see that Perro has abdicated his throne and M1 Tanker is the new Master.

Thanks Perro for such a nice website, it will be missed.

M1, The new site is looking very good and I am excited about it.

I suggest a raffle to start off the site... to pay for a back up drive! :)

I am a little pissed about loosing my rank just before I made 4 stars! I was like 100 posts away! That took me like two years! Damn hackers. :(

[brandyspaw]

Thanks Perro- for the old CETME forum and all the time and effort you put
into it. I learned a lot and really appreciated all you did.

[nevada]

Mike won't leave, he still hasn't talked me out of the other giant canteen for his machinegun:p

[MRCETME]

Thanks Perro for all you've done. The last couple of years the guys on cetmerifles helped me out big time in my search for el' chopo info.
This site sure looks great! :)

[Seattlefungus]

The passing of Cetme rifles is being felt across the Internet. there must be 40 sites that make reference to the site as the best reference to HK/CETME type rifle on the web. I started coming here after finding three other sites deferring to CETMERifles as the best site for roller block rifles. No where else is there such a sense of camaraderie or sharing... Reminds me of being in the Corps over 30 years ago and sitting around the squadbay shooting the breeze with the guys in the squad.

[g3shooter1]

Thanks for all you have done Perro!:)

[SteelCore]

Thanks M-1!

You rock.

[black sheep]

peace Perro, hello M-1...


b:thumbup:

[bataanboy]

Mike, thanks for giving us lonely gunnuts a place to chill. Chris, thanks for putting new wheels on the bus and keeping it on the road. I'm looking forward to this new opportunity to share and learn.

[Genocide]

Thanks a ton Perro, dont know what I would've done with out you and the forum. Probably would have sold my Cetme before even thinking of getting the quirks out of it.

[Cavalryman]

What can I say? I love ya, man! :wave: