Gun snobs

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"Neither is reason to be impolite and rude. The OP stated in two posts he was not trying to strike up a conversation, just being polite and friendly. That's what normal folks do when they are new. Not wanting to get into a lengthy discussion with a stranger is one thing, range time is precious and focus on the task at hand is important......but not to acknowledge someone when they say hi in passing is being a butthole."

Best thing I've seen on a forum in a while. Kudos!!!;)
 
I'm a gun snob.....have nothing in common with Glock owners other than we might shoot the same ammo, nothing else to converse about.
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If that is not a joke what an idiotic line of thinking. Funny part is when your $3000 custom tuned 1911 is jammed for the umpteenth time my piece of crap trailer park Glock 17 will be humming right along, round after round, covered in mud or not. Good luck with that attitude dude.
 
I don't personally like Glocks but are they and their shooters supposed to be the subject of snobbery? I must have missed the memo and want to dis and dismiss those unwashed masses I'm supposed to.

I do know they tend to have narrower frames of reference, play on words intended, and are sometimes tacticool mall ninjas/cops or gangsta, but, should I ignore them completely?

Let me know ASAP please.
 
I think most folks who are just getting into shooting pistols lean towards Glock in an almost reflexive manner because these pistols have been around for so long and have been so heavily shown on tv and in movies that the word itself is now part of the common vernacular. It's like new coffee drinkers who immediately grab a Starbucks because it's been drummed into their mellons.

Case in point, I was at the range the other day and a class of new shooters was on the line. And guess what... they ALL had Glocks! Nothing wrong with that... I love my Gen 4 G23, and they were doing great on the 5 yard line. But could any of them hang with my HK USP-Tac 45 at 15-20 yards? Not likely, but I've been shooting a long time and my expectations and skill level are much higher. I've also shot enough pistols to know which ones cut the mustard and which don't depending on what I'm trying to accomplish.

If there was a $500 Glock that could out shoot my $1200 HK then I'd go for it. Have yet to find one, though.

Does that make me a snob?
 
THe further south you go the nicer the People are, where are you at?

It's just a screen name..lol I own more Sig's than Glocks..
 
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Keep It Within Reason

I try to acknowledge everyone whereever I go, especially the range. I usually ask about what they are shooting today to maybe open up a little conversation. Many people like to talk about their guns and I can maybe learn a little something. If they don't want to talk it is usually obvious so I drop it. I try to keep the conversations short though, so I won't be a pest and I want to get my shooting done and leave. I have other things I have to do also.

I went to the range a couple of days ago with a buddy. I set up on one end of a bench about 8 feet long and my buddy set up on the next small table. A man I see at the range came up and set up on the other end of the bench I was on (plenty of room, no problem there). We on the same bench made a couple of comments to each other and before I realized what was happening my buddy and another man were beside and in front of our bench yammering away telling all the stories they could think of. My bench partner and I listened and participated in the conversation for a few minutes, but soon tired of it and wanted to get on with our shooting. My buddy and the other man I had never met carried on with their conversation for 15 minutes or more in spite of many hints that we wanted them to clear away from our bench. Hints such as loading our pistols and putting on our hearing protection. This IMO is carrying friendliness too far and to the point of discourteousness. I have told my friend about this habit of his of wanting to talk too much to strangers but he continues to do so. We don't go shooting or even get together very often so I put up with it mostly without comment. We have been friends for 40 years.
 
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