GUN NUT
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Christopher
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It's simple to determine, really...
Was everyone you know at your house on the eve of y2k?
Was everyone you know at your house on the eve of y2k?
Art Eatman
Staff in Memoriam
You don't have nearly as many long guns as most shooters I know.
It is legitimate to claim that as to your handguns, you have yet to decide which are "keepers".
Also, explain to her that different guns have different purposes. There are target rifles and there are hunting rifles and there are general plinkers.
A shotgun for geese or trap is not necessarily one's choice for dove or quail.
There are target pistols, carry-guns, and bedside-table critters, as well as plinkers and competition revolvers and pistols. One or two of each is not all unusual. You may quote me; I'm not being facetious.
Now, if they're NIB in the floor of the closet, that's different. You're gonna have to do some creative interpretation of reality.
As an example of the good old days when "gun bug" and "gun nut" were honorable terms, Capt. Phil Sharpe's personal collection of long guns was somewhere over 300. All "users". He was a professional shooter, reloader, tester, writer, and involved in the administration of major matches such as Wimbledon and Camp Perry.
If one regards guns in the sense of "tools as art", uses them lawfully, and is not spending too much grocery money upon them, a large inventory is not unusual.
Have fun, Art
It is legitimate to claim that as to your handguns, you have yet to decide which are "keepers".
Also, explain to her that different guns have different purposes. There are target rifles and there are hunting rifles and there are general plinkers.
A shotgun for geese or trap is not necessarily one's choice for dove or quail.
There are target pistols, carry-guns, and bedside-table critters, as well as plinkers and competition revolvers and pistols. One or two of each is not all unusual. You may quote me; I'm not being facetious.
Now, if they're NIB in the floor of the closet, that's different. You're gonna have to do some creative interpretation of reality.
As an example of the good old days when "gun bug" and "gun nut" were honorable terms, Capt. Phil Sharpe's personal collection of long guns was somewhere over 300. All "users". He was a professional shooter, reloader, tester, writer, and involved in the administration of major matches such as Wimbledon and Camp Perry.
If one regards guns in the sense of "tools as art", uses them lawfully, and is not spending too much grocery money upon them, a large inventory is not unusual.
Have fun, Art
Castle, you are a very, very disturbed person to own so many guns.
I can help you with your problems.
You can send them to me and I will have all those problems instead of you!
In all seriousness, that's a fine start to a practical collection. The AR or SL8 for fun, the Ruger revolvers are both practical and tough, the Sig is my choice of carry, the Savage for reaching out. You're doing fine. Take girlfriend shooting and let her have a try with the AR. When she learns how easy it is to hit something with it (especially if benched and with a scope), she'll catch on - then you'll have to buy another to keep her happy!
In all seriousness, that's a fine start to a practical collection. The AR or SL8 for fun, the Ruger revolvers are both practical and tough, the Sig is my choice of carry, the Savage for reaching out. You're doing fine. Take girlfriend shooting and let her have a try with the AR. When she learns how easy it is to hit something with it (especially if benched and with a scope), she'll catch on - then you'll have to buy another to keep her happy!
George Hill
Staff Alumnus
No - you have no problems... I would say your progressing nicely.
But I will have to give you a subscription:
Aquire two Brownings, and post here in the morning...
But I will have to give you a subscription:
Aquire two Brownings, and post here in the morning...
Need More Glocks!!!
Need More AR-15s!!!
You ain't gotta collection 'til you have multiple variants of the same model.
Shoot, I've gotten rid of 9 or 10 guns in the last couple of months, and it's barely put a dent in my collection (Maybe if I'd actually sell instead of trade, I'd end up getting the dinero for that new truck I've been wanting...)
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Need More AR-15s!!!
You ain't gotta collection 'til you have multiple variants of the same model.
Shoot, I've gotten rid of 9 or 10 guns in the last couple of months, and it's barely put a dent in my collection (Maybe if I'd actually sell instead of trade, I'd end up getting the dinero for that new truck I've been wanting...)
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Bulldawg: NRA, GOA, TSRA, Shiner Bock Connoisseur.
Bulldawg's Firearms Page
[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited March 31, 2000).]
Miss Demeanors
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I don't own any guns yet and I am labeled by a few people as a gun nut. Why? Because I have gun magazines all over the house? Because I have a mini plastic arsenal on my computer? Because I watch any show that has something to do with guns? I wonder what they are going to call me when I own a few guns? I guess I will make my way to cult member then
. Either way who cares, I take it as a compliment
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I saw a post somewhere that turned the tables on the "gun nut" epithet.
Call the antis that as they are obsessed with firearms, seeing boogeymen in every corner, thinking guns have minds of their own, etc.
The next time someone calls you a gun nut, act surprised and say, "'Gun Nut'? No, I'm not afraid of guns. I don't think they are evil and spread violence like a disease. I'm not afriad of law-abiding citizens owning firearms or carrying concealed handguns. Where did you get the idea I was a 'Gun Nut'?".
Watch 'em scramble.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
Call the antis that as they are obsessed with firearms, seeing boogeymen in every corner, thinking guns have minds of their own, etc.
The next time someone calls you a gun nut, act surprised and say, "'Gun Nut'? No, I'm not afraid of guns. I don't think they are evil and spread violence like a disease. I'm not afriad of law-abiding citizens owning firearms or carrying concealed handguns. Where did you get the idea I was a 'Gun Nut'?".
Watch 'em scramble.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
You know you're a gun nut when...
You've used all your fingers and toes and still can't count up your guns.
Sounds to me like your arsenal is more than a few guns short. Looks especially thin on small caliber guns and target shooters. Only one AR and one shotgun? What's up with that? I think you need to go out and buy more guns. Today!
You've used all your fingers and toes and still can't count up your guns.
Sounds to me like your arsenal is more than a few guns short. Looks especially thin on small caliber guns and target shooters. Only one AR and one shotgun? What's up with that? I think you need to go out and buy more guns. Today!
missmanytoes
New member
If you cultivate this right, she could be a good source of ammo and other equipment. Us wimmen just love to give perfect gifts, so whenever a birthday, anniversary, valentines day or other gift-giving event comes up, tell her all you want is some ammo or that new holster you've been drooling over. After a while you can up this to whatever gun you've been drooling over. Of course, if that scares her off, she probably wasn't the right gal for you anyway.
My husband thinks I'm the gun nut in this family because he knew that buying me a Glock for Christmas would make me very happy, but while he was busy thinking THAT, I went out and got him a Kel-Tec P32. OK, so I made out better than he did.
He sure must love me.
-sarah
My husband thinks I'm the gun nut in this family because he knew that buying me a Glock for Christmas would make me very happy, but while he was busy thinking THAT, I went out and got him a Kel-Tec P32. OK, so I made out better than he did.
He sure must love me.-sarah
TEXAS LAWMAN
New member
If you guys know how many guns you own, you don't own enough guns!!!!!!! Saw in today's paper that we are a havin' a gun show tomorrow & Sunday. Reckin I'd better git myself to it and buy anuthern one of them fararms. Then I'll a have " a one more than I don't know how a many I a have."
Colduglandon
New member
I recall an incident two years ago. A bunch of guys from my post planned to go shooting. We talked one member into coming along for the first time. Later in the afternoon I asked him how it felt to be a fellow "gun nut". He of course denied it and said it was the first time he had been shooting since he left the service. I said yeh, but you are standing out here in the rain with the rest of us.