Home Defense handguns VS "fun" range guns

With the exception of my P3AT (BUG), all of my other guns are "fun" for me to shoot....

This includes my CZ Phantom (home gun in summer-to hot here to adequately conceal), SP 101 3" 357 (primary carry), P-22, S&W 422 and last but not least my Ruger Single Six (6.5" bbl).

Had fun with the Single Six and SP 101 today trying out new handloads.:D

Next week it will be the CZ and the 422, week after the P3AT and the P-22.

That way they don't get upset :eek:
 
I don't go to the range, any more. There's no point.


There's simply too many people at the range that cannot follow instructions (don't touch the guns while people are downrange. Yes, you. Hey: you! Don't touch the %$#ing guns!).
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At the range I frequent, if you touch a gun while people are downrange you are quickly escorted off the range, even moving toward "the line" will get you yelled at.
 
My guns do double duty. I shoot IDPA and USPSA matches almost every weekend, so any gun that's going to be shot more than once or twice a year has got to be legal for competition. I shoot my daily carry gun in two or three IDPA matches a year, and have carried the gun that I use for USPSA Single Stack. My shotgun sees occasional 3-gun action, as do my AR, Garand, and M1 Carbine. I generally won't trust a gun that hasn't seen match use, as I find out things about the gun that I wouldn't have if I'd shot it only without the pressure/urgency of competition.
 
My 92FS is my fun and my HD gun. I may replace it with the Ruger 94 when I get it if I like the Ruger enough as the Beretta really should be on display in my pistol drawer (being the best looking gun I have IMHO). Either that or I'll have to get another 92. :)

The rest are all fun guns.
 
I have a dedicated bedroom gun (SW Model 65 .357 magnum), some handguns that I rotate and carry, and some guns that typically only see the range. Can't carry them all.
 
Every gun I have has one purpose, to kill. The range is so I can hit the target I am aiming at allowing the gun to do its part. Only killed animals, do not wish to harm any humans but the guns will if needed and I am holding one. Guns are not play toys, ever.
 
Some of mine are play toys, or target guns and plinkers if you like those terms better. They're fun to shoot and mess with and I don't expect them to do any heavy lifting or hunting or anything else too serious.

I have enough of the other kind too.

John
 
I kinda feel sad for those that don't get any enjoyment from their guns. Even if you just view them as tools you can still enjoy them. :)
 
Some people are waay too serious about some things. Maybe they ought to consider decaf.:rolleyes:

Just because we call them "fun" guns and "toys" doesn't mean we fail to understand the deadly nature of guns and their use.

Sport is, after all, play. Play for grown ups, but still, play.

Most of my collection is for range "play" or sport, but many are suitable for defensive use as well. Those include S&W DAs and 1911A1s, a Browning BDA .45 and some shotguns.

My SA Rugers and magnum autopistols are for range and field use, but if needed, I'm sure they could be used to repel boaders as well.
 
I shoot all my guns with equal enthusiasm as often as I get the opportunity. The only exception is my .50 percussion ML. My primary HD gun is a 18.5" 12 gauge, my EDC is a sigma .40. I go to the range with as many as I feel like shooting on any particular occasion.
 
I guess I look at my guns as if they are women. Some are better for the bedroom & don't get taken out much (like my 21sf). Some are "out doorsy" & like to romp around in the woods (that would be my Judge Ultra-Lite). Some like to get dressed up in black and go out to a formal dinner (like my g27 in a Don Hume black leather holster).

Then there is the Hi-Point...not necessarily good in the bedroom, you don't really want to be seen out with her around town, so you just keep her hidden from view and hope your friends don't find out that you've been spending time with her. And as much as she would like you to, you just can't get yourself to spend a lot of money on her. A really cheap "stay in the garage" type of date thing.
 
Right now I don't have a gun (in shootable condition) that isn't fun to shoot.
Some are more fun to shoot than others and for some the expense takes some of the fun away, but all of them are fun.

While I'd prefer not to use one of the .22s for home defense, I suppose all of the guns fall into the other category as well.

I can understand why a small carry gun would be not fun to shoot. Aside from that I don't understand why anyone would own a gun that wasn't.
 
Of course most of us have 'Range Only' guns. That said I believe it's important to maintain your skills with your main carry or defense weapons. I try to shoot more with my protection guns than with any other toys.

Remember in a stressful situation your natural tendency will be to do what you have done before. Training your body to shoot a Beretta won't help when you are stressed and forget to drop the safety on your 1911. Master your working weapons first. Always give them the most time and thought. They will pay you back big time if you ever need them in a crises.
 
My HD gun is my GP100. It goes to the range 2-3 times a year, where I shoot it with one hand and a flashlight in the other. I shoot pretty close range <15 feet. There is nowhere in my twonhouse that I will need to fire any farther.

My other handguns (CZ75, Trailside, 1860 Army, and Buckmark) are mainly fun guns.
 
I'm planning on dividing my collection into two categories.

My weapons, that will be shot seriously, used for competition or SD.
I have my HK45, and I plan on getting a DSA FAL, and a Benelli semi-auto.
All of these will be purchased new, out the box, and dedicated specifically to their tasks.

then, My collection. These will be range guns for fun, plinking and what ever else my little heart desires. These will be Mil-surps, oddball guns, and what ever I get the urge to buy.

All of them will see range time, my purposeful one will see more, and the collectors ones will see less, and will more than likely be rotated through on trips to the range.
 
Even if you just view them as tools you can still enjoy them
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I enjoy using each and every tool I own. Nothing like taking a saw, hammer and some nails and turning it into a thing of beuty. Same with every tool, use it correctly and you will be rewarded. I would not think of playing with my table saw, wife did that and almost cut off her left thumb.......

No I treat each tool with respect and use each in as safe a manner as possible to reduce my level of injury to nothing. I was taught to never abuse or mis use any tool. Maybe treat it with respect is a better way to say it?
 
I have a dedicated self-defense (not home defense) gun, an S&W M60 .357 mag revolver, and a similar-sized fun gun, an S&W M317 .22 revolver. They go to the range together, though, and I'm mostly practicing "seriously" when I shoot either of them. I enjoy shooting moderately, but if it were not for wanting to be able to defend myself, I doubt I'd own a gun or shoot at all regularly. (Unlike some of the gun nuts here.) ;)
 
While many "range guns" are difficult, if impossible, to use for concealed carry, many still make excelent Home Defense guns. Heck, I'd have no problem with someone using a Desert Eagle .44 magnum as a HD gun, as long as they are good with it.

Larger guns...higher capacity guns are not only fun range toys but perfectly fine for Home Defense. That's my opinion, anyway.
 
I have a few guns. Both handguns, and long guns. I can defend myself with any of them. I enjoy shooting all of them. I shoot all of them so I can defend myself with any of them.
 
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