Are you a gun snob?
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Lately I am more consciously telling myself not to be a snob. I hate snobs and unfortunaly fall into that category many times. Unless theyre close friends 
if they don't ask I will keep my mouth shut. I keep reminding myself...
IF THEY'RE HAPPY, BE HAPPY WITH THEM
btw that group is not that great.
Jk!
if they don't ask I will keep my mouth shut. I keep reminding myself...IF THEY'RE HAPPY, BE HAPPY WITH THEM
btw that group is not that great.
Jk!
Microgunner
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I'm a mid level gun snob. I'd like to move up to elitist gun snob but just can't afford to.
Kreyzhorse
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I prefer guns that have a good reputation of being well made and long lasting. With that, Ruger, S&W, Springfield, Glock, Mossberg and Savage make up most of my collection. I don't consider myself a gun snob although I'm sure a few others might. I just prefer to buy guns that are actually worth what I pay for them.
Now beer on the other hand, of that I am certainly a snob.
Now beer on the other hand, of that I am certainly a snob.
chadstrickland
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yes i am a gun snob 
. I like good guns. but i dont go around trashing other peoples stuff unless they are my friends and we talk trash all the time. or when someon is shooting with me and wondering why there pump action deer rifle is holding a group like a shotgun with buckshot and mine is holding 1 inch to 1/2 moa i get to tell them why i spend the money i do on my rifles
. I like good guns. but i dont go around trashing other peoples stuff unless they are my friends and we talk trash all the time. or when someon is shooting with me and wondering why there pump action deer rifle is holding a group like a shotgun with buckshot and mine is holding 1 inch to 1/2 moa i get to tell them why i spend the money i do on my rifles Single Six
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For the most part, yes, I'm a gun snob. I will admit a fondness for 3rd Gen Smith autos, and also the Remington 870. Otherwise, I tend to look at guns thus: If it ain't a Ruger, I'm most likely not interested.
"but it breaks birds to the tune of a drawer full of 25 patches and a few 50's."
Haven't you ever wondered how many you might have won with a well fitted, well regulated, fancy, expensive gun with nice engraving? You never know.
I wish I had the money to be a gun snob and buy a wall full of $100k shotguns.
Haven't you ever wondered how many you might have won with a well fitted, well regulated, fancy, expensive gun with nice engraving? You never know.
I wish I had the money to be a gun snob and buy a wall full of $100k shotguns.
I can tell you one thing that separates me from half the folks posting in this thread...
You guys make a point of saying very clearly that you "don't care what other people are shooting."
Not me, man, I care about it a heap! IMO, that's one of the single most things fun about a range day. I mean, I also love the range days on a private range (and I get my share of those, and more coming in the near future, if my plans go well) but when I'm at a publicly accessed range, I absolutely love seeing what shows up anywhere within eyesight.
On indoor ranges, I get annoyed that the shooting booths block my view of what goodies other folks might have brought. On outdoor ranges where it's quite open, I will often take a break from the trigger to load mags, police brass or see what else is going on around me, and usually with a very keen eye on any hardware I can spot.
I mean, it's like a gun show going on all around you. I know damn well what I brought, I know every one of 'em like the back of my hand. So a lot of my interest is in what else happens to be on the range that day.
And chatting with other shooters is every bit as enjoyable to me as shooting.
Last time I was at a state range, an asian guy with a really thick accent set up next to me with a decent sized bag and he kept pulling target rimfire after target rimfire out of this bag, and I was intrigued. He had two different Mark IIs, two different Buck Marks and a S&W Model 41. We chatted for quite a while and swapped shots. He like my Witness Match and I was happy to not embarrass myself with his very sweet two-tone heavy barrel Mark II. (I'd rather have tried that 41, but that wasn't what he offered!
Some of you guys might be missing a bit at the range? Or do you get all your gun fix here at TFL? Me... I like gun guys, especially handgun guys. And I love guns -- especially handguns. Get me on a public range and I'm not there to seriously work on my skills. I do that when I'm shooting at a private range.
You guys make a point of saying very clearly that you "don't care what other people are shooting."
Not me, man, I care about it a heap! IMO, that's one of the single most things fun about a range day. I mean, I also love the range days on a private range (and I get my share of those, and more coming in the near future, if my plans go well) but when I'm at a publicly accessed range, I absolutely love seeing what shows up anywhere within eyesight.
On indoor ranges, I get annoyed that the shooting booths block my view of what goodies other folks might have brought. On outdoor ranges where it's quite open, I will often take a break from the trigger to load mags, police brass or see what else is going on around me, and usually with a very keen eye on any hardware I can spot.
I mean, it's like a gun show going on all around you. I know damn well what I brought, I know every one of 'em like the back of my hand. So a lot of my interest is in what else happens to be on the range that day.
And chatting with other shooters is every bit as enjoyable to me as shooting.
Last time I was at a state range, an asian guy with a really thick accent set up next to me with a decent sized bag and he kept pulling target rimfire after target rimfire out of this bag, and I was intrigued. He had two different Mark IIs, two different Buck Marks and a S&W Model 41. We chatted for quite a while and swapped shots. He like my Witness Match and I was happy to not embarrass myself with his very sweet two-tone heavy barrel Mark II. (I'd rather have tried that 41, but that wasn't what he offered!
Some of you guys might be missing a bit at the range? Or do you get all your gun fix here at TFL? Me... I like gun guys, especially handgun guys. And I love guns -- especially handguns. Get me on a public range and I'm not there to seriously work on my skills. I do that when I'm shooting at a private range.
My wife told me I'm a gun snob . A few weeks ago we were looking at the used gun rack, and I pointed at a revolver and asked the usual..."what's that?" When the GBC (guy behind counter) told me it was a Taurus, I replied "Not interested." So my wife called me a "gun snob."
She's right. I don't think there is anything wrong with a Taurus revolver. The ones I've owned in the past worked just fine. But these days I've got a minor collection of Smith & Wesson, Colt, and a few Rugers. I'm not interested in a Taurus anymore. If that makes me a snob, so be it.
We won't even talk about those soulless, cold, impresonal, ugly, but fully functional Glo...Gl...gaaa...gaaaa....arrrrrrr....I can't say it.
. A few weeks ago we were looking at the used gun rack, and I pointed at a revolver and asked the usual..."what's that?" When the GBC (guy behind counter) told me it was a Taurus, I replied "Not interested." So my wife called me a "gun snob."She's right. I don't think there is anything wrong with a Taurus revolver. The ones I've owned in the past worked just fine. But these days I've got a minor collection of Smith & Wesson, Colt, and a few Rugers. I'm not interested in a Taurus anymore. If that makes me a snob, so be it.
We won't even talk about those soulless, cold, impresonal, ugly, but fully functional Glo...Gl...gaaa...gaaaa....arrrrrrr....I can't say it.
riggins_83
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I don't know about that.. the 590A1 has proven itself to be one of the toughest shotguns on the market.
Uncle Buck
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A gun snob? Why yes I am. I refuse to shoot with people who run their mouths about guns they have never owned or shot.
You know that Hi-point? Yes, the ugly one that only cost $185.00? The one that has never malfunctioned in the ten years in which I have owned it? Regardless of what you say, it functions well, shoots accurately and did not cost me an arm and a leg to purchase.
That old nasty Taurus revolver? Yes, the one that still shoots the bulls-eye out of my targets. Never had a single problem with it and it has never let me own.
I am such a snob I built my own firing range, just so I would not have to listen to these types of people.
You want to know what a pistol feels like before you buy it? If I own it, come shoot and decide for yourself.
There are some guns that I do not like, plastic ones being the most disfavored by me, but if you want it, buy it.
I am glad that everyone does not have to like the gun of the month to have a good time. Just don't ruin it for everyone else by spouting nonsense, because you read in some magazine that brand XX is better.
You know that Hi-point? Yes, the ugly one that only cost $185.00? The one that has never malfunctioned in the ten years in which I have owned it? Regardless of what you say, it functions well, shoots accurately and did not cost me an arm and a leg to purchase.
That old nasty Taurus revolver? Yes, the one that still shoots the bulls-eye out of my targets. Never had a single problem with it and it has never let me own.
I am such a snob I built my own firing range, just so I would not have to listen to these types of people.
You want to know what a pistol feels like before you buy it? If I own it, come shoot and decide for yourself.
There are some guns that I do not like, plastic ones being the most disfavored by me, but if you want it, buy it.
I am glad that everyone does not have to like the gun of the month to have a good time. Just don't ruin it for everyone else by spouting nonsense, because you read in some magazine that brand XX is better.
Sevens said:
Same here, I enjoy observing just as much as I enjoy shooting! I often wander from bay to bay just to watch folks shoot. At these larger shooting ranges folks kinda just mind their own business and sometimes wonder what I am doing pacing around.
But being a snob imho does not mean that you don't have personal preference just means you wont force it on others and appreciate what they like.
Just curious, would you guys be willing to let strangers at the range try out your guns?
603Country
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I just don't think you guys are really gun snobs. I think of a gun snob as some rich guy (and I met a few on customer hunts) that wouldn't dream of hunting with anything as plain as my Rugers or my Sako, but talks constantly about his "super duper custom made something or other" that cost $8,000. And he'll want to tell me about the custom barrel and the hand carved select Walnut stock that was hand checkered by some guy in Romania (where he hunted recently), and let's not forget the Swarovski scope. And after all of this, he misses the big buck that I put him on (because the sun was in his eyes). That's my version of a gun snob.
Mesquito Whitey
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Not unless being partial to .45 Long Colt is snobbish. (Yes, I know Long Colt is wrong). I just like to say it.
Long Colt
Long Colt.
JEEZ; I'm a SNOB!
Long Colt
Long Colt.
JEEZ; I'm a SNOB!
edward5759
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I had a friend who carried a cast iron .38 I thought the thing would blow up if he shot it.
One night he saw some guy harassing some woman wo were leaving the bank He produced a knife, was going to rob them and was threatening deadly force. He stopped and pulled that cast iron bomb, held the guy until police arrived. Then he became a cop as well . One of those ladies became my wife for the last 47 years.
So what ever you want to shoot or carry is fine with me.
One night he saw some guy harassing some woman wo were leaving the bank He produced a knife, was going to rob them and was threatening deadly force. He stopped and pulled that cast iron bomb, held the guy until police arrived. Then he became a cop as well . One of those ladies became my wife for the last 47 years.
So what ever you want to shoot or carry is fine with me.
My definition of a gun snob...
When someone refers to a specific gun or type of gun negatively when it is obvious that their bias is the only foundation for their opinion.
For example, someone who shoots a Glock and didnt like it, then declares all plastic guns to be junk. Even worse, is someone who has never shot a polymer pistol and yet insists that they are all junk. I see both on these forums all the time.
That's just one example. Drives me nuts.
When someone refers to a specific gun or type of gun negatively when it is obvious that their bias is the only foundation for their opinion.
For example, someone who shoots a Glock and didnt like it, then declares all plastic guns to be junk. Even worse, is someone who has never shot a polymer pistol and yet insists that they are all junk. I see both on these forums all the time.
That's just one example. Drives me nuts.
Beretta, Browning, SIG Sauer, LMT, Marlin, FN Herstal. These are the brands I own and operate, with disregard to anyone else's opinion of them. They work fine for me.
It is up to you to decide if I'm a gun snob - I like my choice of arms.... and I take pride in the fact that I don't discredit anyone else's choice.
It is up to you to decide if I'm a gun snob - I like my choice of arms.... and I take pride in the fact that I don't discredit anyone else's choice.