Confessions of a Gun Snob

A Springfield 1911 is not high end. A Les Baer 1911 is high end
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I'd say a Springfield TRP is a high-end gun for mere mortals. A Les Baer/Wilson Combat is on another planet. :eek: I've just never seen what the extra $2000 gets you for a true snob-riffic gun, but they sure are nice to play with. But the only thing I'd drop more than $3k for is a machine-gun and that barely gets you a MAC-10 nowadays.

One of the men I hunt with has a Hi-Point 45 and swears by it
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I've shot Hi-Points too and though they're ugly as hell and the ergonomics are terrible, I've actually found them reliable and having good practical accuracy. But to me Hi-Points are the equivilant of Boones Farm wine to continue our wine analogy and that's a line I just won't cross. ;)
 
I understand YMMV and there's always going to be turds out there produced by Taurus, Charles Daley and lower end manufacturers,
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I'm not a gun snob and I can't afford turds so I avoid the low end stuff, Ruger is as cheap as I'll go with Browning and pre-64 Winchester and pre-70 Colt what I favor most.

I know nothing of cigars but instead I smoke in a civilized way with Dunhill and Ashton as my favorites .
 
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I got onto the Ruger "P" series pistols....P85, P89, P95 and the S&W Sigmas in 9mm and .40 cal. I have 4 of the Sigmas and use them for my house guns. I love to read how they are crap because that keeps the prices down! I've never had a malfunction in any of the pistols listed above and have had several copies of each.

I look for accuracy, features, reliability and quality. When I find that, I buy the item and don't give a flip about what anyone else says.

Flash
 
Just because you like a Cuban Cohiba Siglo VI as I do...
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I have no idea what this means. I assume it's an expensive cigar and we're all supposed to be impressed with your fine taste in smoking materials and/or it's price? Since you have nothing left once the cigar is gone, as far as I'm concerned, it's about as impressive as taking a $100 bill, rolling it up, and burning it. A novelty act for sure...

My comment on inexpensive guns - if you like them and cheapness is important to you - fine by me.

All of my guns, including rifles and shotguns, are custom guns. To me they're tools that have to work to my liking, and I don't mind paying for it.

As for Springfield 1911's, the only ones I'd be interested in owning would be the Professional, or a TGO1.

I don't drink, don't smoke, take my lunch to work, rarely go out to eat at a restaurant - and prefer to spend my money on guns that work exactly the way I want them to work.

Investing additional money into an inexpensive gun to make it work the way I want makes no sense to me - as all you have is a customized inexpensive gun - that is worth the price of a used inexpensive gun.

The least expensive gun I own in a Ruger MarkIII Hunter - and I haven't gotten around to putting the Volquartsen parts into it yet.
 
I assume it's an expensive cigar and we're all supposed to be impressed with your fine taste in smoking materials and/or it's price? Since you have nothing left once the cigar is gone, as far as I'm concerned, it's about as impressive as taking a $100 bill, rolling it up, and burning it. A novelty act for sure...
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Indeed, it's a spectacularly efficient waste of $$$ to smoke cigars. But even if you're into a $400 an-hour dominatrix, I wouldn’t look down on you, as your preferences are your own business.

It’s great that you like custom guns, taking your lunch to work, not drinking or smoking (I got your share covered on those) but they’re not everyone’s cup-of-tea. I don’t expect anyone to like what I like just because I like it.
 
I do get a little snobbish around people that show up with a Taurus or Hi-Point and think there gun is awesome and feel free to let me know. LOL

Then I show them just a few of my truly (to me) awesome gun's including my new modified $1500 ($600+$900) Glock.
 
Planning a trip to the Crescent City, will I have to sell my half dozen Korth revolvers and my Perazzi's & Krieghoff's to get into one of them houses for the weekend? Just wonderin' ?
 
I handled a PT1911 and a Remmy enhanced 1911 today. The Taurus felt gritty, the frame looked like it was chiseled out of an old car rim, and the fit and finish was abysmal. The Remmy looked brick solid and the slide was smooth.

Both were about 750.

You don't need to spend a lot to get good quality, but cheap isn't always good.
 
Taurus stands behind a pretty good warranty for the life of the gun... I think that says a lot about a company.

I own a Taurus Tracker .17 HMR 6.5" barrel.
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I like it a lot, I wish more companies made revolvers chambered in .17 HMR. The ribber grips that came on it needed to be replaced, Burris fastfire III is on it.

Its a lot of fun to shoot and feels very solid. The little rounds it shoots have a tremendous amount of punch for what they are.
 
I've been shooting for 52 years and the only gun that has broken on me was my STI Ranger II. It's a $1200 gun and the barrel link broke. My RIA match and two Taurus PT 1911s worked flawlessly. Just because something cost a lot doesn't ALWAYS mean it's better. There are some real high value guns for bargain prices if you look for them.
 
Beretta686,

I approached this thread with extreme trepidation when I came across your post :eek: thinking that I was going to be quite annoyed (which given my extreme melancholy since Tuesday evening, I simply did not need).

However, I was pleasantly surprised by its content and enjoyed reading the post--Kudos my friend ;).

-Cheers
 
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