Prank on gun snob

question for you guys... if I shot you with a 1911 Para Hi-Cap .45 OEF X Edition @ $1,450.00 .. and a Taurus PT 145 @ $344.00 .. which one would make you the died-est ? Just asking.
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It would be the one without a FTF...just saying:D
 
Here's the funny thing - people for some reason like to say crap like, "If my Taurus/HiPoint/Lorcin is such a piece of crap, why don't you step in front of it when I pull the trigger?" That question, though popular, is asinine. Most of us don't want to step in front of a blowgun, even with un-poisoned darts.

The question really should be, do you really want to be standing behind that weapon when a BG is intent on hurting you?

There are some high-end guns where my answer would be, "No, I don't want to be behind that one in a confrontation." I can think of a SIG 1911 I used to own, that had FTRB issues; I can think of any number of guns people have tuned for competition, that can be cranky about FTF/FTRB.

However, money spent wisely on a defensive gun should get a pistol that is reasonably accurate and reasonably powerful, but most of all reliable. You don't read very often about SIG P2 series having feed issues; nor CZ75 series; nor Beretta 92 series. There are any number of examples of mid-price, extremely reliable weapons out there.

So, if you can find a gun that costs significantly less than those, that is accurate enough for SD and that is extremely reliable, more power to you.

Personally, I'd rather go with a used SIG/CZ/Beretta/S&W than most of the new guns that cost much less than a new SIG/CZ/Beretta/S&W.

Because, if push came to shove, I'd rather be standing behind one of those.
 
If you buy the cheapest crap you can find (and not just guns), then literally, its a crap shoot. You may get good value for your money, but often you don't. Or at least not as much as you get from something a bit better, even though it is more costly up front.
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Sounds similar to the sig line I use...............:cool:

It's the reverse-snobbery/wealth envy of "mine is just as good", blah, blah.......most of time, they aren't when you're talking Hipoints to Wilson's or similar.

You DO get what you pay for - if you choose to go one way, stop being jealous of someone who went another

and WildAlaska - if you're going to drink good scotch get the Macallan:
http://www.themacallan.com/the-single-malt.aspx - you'll like it
 
Why is a person who sets their standards higher than Hi-Point a snob? It's like saying a person who refuses to eat the cheapest drive through food available is a food snob. Some folks just don't want to pollute themselves with the "lowest quality" anything.
For those who do, go for it, I could care less. But I'm not a snob for appreciating and demanding something better.
 
I love posts like this!
If you don't like this practical joke... you might wanna... maybe... lighten up... just a little bit...
"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men!" - Willy Wonka
 
Snobbery. Snobbery. Snobbery has many faces.
Taurus men looking down their noses at Hi-Point men.
Ruger men looking down their noses at Taurus men.
S&W men looking down their noses at Ruger men.
Colt men looking down their noses at everyone.
Wilson Combat men looking down their noses at Colt men.
Freedom Arms men wondering why people are so stupid and stuck up.


I own a Taurus. I own a Browning.
I own a Mossberg. I own a Winchester.
I own a Ruger. I own a Ruger. Ok, I own a lot of Rugers.


If it works for you, that's great. Don't think all shooters are snobs, because one HK owner told you his firearm is better than yours (it probably is). Many of the posters in this thread are correct, though. You DO get what you pay for.

My Ruger pistols are not the quality of Wilson Combat.
My Ruger revolvers are not the quality of Freedom Arms.
My Mossberg is FAR from the quality of my Rugers or Winchester.
My Browning is of higher quality than any other pistol I own.
And the Taurus.... Well, it's just :barf:
 
I used to frequent a trap club. There were a few guys that would show up with super fancy shotguns, like Perazzi's. These are guns that cost more then my car. Funny thing is that some of those "facny" shotgun guys did not shoot any better then the guys with Remingtons.
 
I love it when I take a few guns out of the safe from dad's and take em to the range. I keep a lot of them in cases to keep from wearing on the finish, as most of them are heirlooms from my grampa, and vintige stuff. I then lay my ugly as sin (someones ugly kithcn table camo job) Glock 26, next to my KelTec P-11, my P-64, and my S&W M&P 45 on the bench next to the case.

I wait till one of the gun snobs ask what is in the case. I just say "oh some old junkers." While trying to keep a straight face. I then open the case. :D I love to see their jaws drop when they see a pair of gen 1 Colt SAAs, a 98% condition 4 inch Python with the Royal Blue finish, and a Wildey Magnum.:eek:
 
I really do play guitar. I play a lot. I have some expensive guitars and I some that are VERY expensive. I paid more for one instrument than I paid for my 1967 Corvette Stingray.

Sometimes I play the less expensive ones and sometimes I don't.

In terms of fit, function and sound, they all have their place.

If you are looking for a particular sound, you may have to spend a LOT more to get a LITTLE closer to what you want.

I see guys with guns that some would look down on. Seems to me they have just as much fun as I do.

I don't envy the guys with the really trick guns but I do appreciate what they have. Some of them shoot well and some don't.

You could give me a guitar owned by Chet Atkins and I could play it. I just would not sound like him. Chet Atkins could pick up ANY guitar and sound like. . .Chet Atkins.

Chet Atkins heard the Indian brothers, Los Indios Tabajaras play "Maria Elena" and just had to have one of those instruments. The sound was incredible.

The instruments were available in South America and cost just a few dollars.

Chet Atkins actually recorded with one of those instruments.

Said another way, many a fine tune has been played on an old fiddle.

Geetarman:D
 
One reads or scans thousands of post of ranting and bloviating about all the gun stuff....and then some post just comes alone and nails the subject...and this one has hit the proverbial nail right on the head, of course in my humble, but very accurate opinion.:D

However, where do the glock snobs fall in this hierarchy?

Snobbery. Snobbery. Snobbery has many faces.
Taurus men looking down their noses at Hi-Point men.
Ruger men looking down their noses at Taurus men.
S&W men looking down their noses at Ruger men.
Colt men looking down their noses at everyone.
Wilson Combat men looking down their noses at Colt men.
Freedom Arms men wondering why people are so stupid and stuck up.


I own a Taurus. I own a Browning.
I own a Mossberg. I own a Winchester.
I own a Ruger. I own a Ruger. Ok, I own a lot of Rugers.


If it works for you, that's great. Don't think all shooters are snobs, because one HK owner told you his firearm is better than yours (it probably is). Many of the posters in this thread are correct, though. You DO get what you pay for.

My Ruger pistols are not the quality of Wilson Combat.
My Ruger revolvers are not the quality of Freedom Arms.
My Mossberg is FAR from the quality of my Rugers or Winchester.
My Browning is of higher quality than any other pistol I own.
And the Taurus.... Well, it's just:barf:
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Not much of a 'gun snob' post, rather a prank while here in Afghanistan. I work with a very small team of guys so standing post isn't much of an option for us. However, somebody with the battalion we were supporting dropped our names to stand it anyway. That quicky got shotdown and we were good.

My buddy was on his way back from the pisstubes when he overheard the team leader and myself talking about the matter. He asked "don't you think it was some bs that they were going to have us stand post?!" Without missing a beat, the TL and I told him the 'Masterguns' came over and said we now have to. We said we had 4 hours each and that his was at 6PM-10PM. It was approximately 5pm at this time The Commanding General had visited that day and we also said he was very angry about something and that anyone who stands post has to have ALL of his serialized gear. Being a small self dependant team and him being a first time warzone deployer, we have quite the list of serialized gear. We kept this going until he left to stand post at 5:40ish, so he could be 15 minutes early.

Seeing him walk away with his flak/kevlar on, NVG's mounted up while still light out, his 249 SAW slung across his back, carrying his M4, and a Beretta strapped to his leg was a bit to much for us. He eventually realized we weren't laughing at the stupidity of the made up situation, rather that we were laughing that he didn't have to stand post much less carry all 3 of his weapons and other serialized gear. We wanted to give him the 240 also, but that was signed over to the TL. It was good because he's a very outspoken guy from western North Carolina, and he made it known that he wanted to give the MasterGuns an earfull. Not the greatest story, but sometimes that little laugh goes a long way when your sitting around in the desert :p
 
That is a Great story!!!

Let me be the first to salute you, for your courageous service and sacrifice.

It is because of men like you that we have freedom here in the USA. Thank you!!!!

Semper Fi
Vietnam 67-68
 
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I call them “gun experts”.
They read gun magazines and gun catalogs more than they shoot. They will buy whatever gun that has the most slick marketing campaign. They buy firearms more as a fashion statement than what is truly quality. They will spend most of there money getting yet one more gun leaving no money for ammunition.
They are most often terrible marksman.
They will argue at nauseam about how “this caliber is more effective than that one” yet cant understand that shot placement under stress is paramount, not caliber.
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They will argue at nauseam about how “this caliber is more effective than that one” yet cant understand that shot placement under stress is paramount, not caliber.
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Knee-capping some one with a .22 WMR NAA Mini is much more effective than a center-of-mass shot with a Wilson Combat .45 Auto. ;)
 
A high point launches a bullet just as well as a 2000 dollar pistol.

And this kind of comment from Hi point owners is where they are wrong.
There is more to putting bullets down range than just the bullet hitting paper.
Trigger pull alone makes this comment incorrect and you don’t have to go 2000$ to prove it wrong. There are a lot of guns under 500$ that are so much better.
Personally I feel that some,,, and I did say some people NOT ALL that own Hi points have an inferiority complex. I tire of the title that they put on people that don’t own them or feel that they are as not as good as a gun 4 times the price as "gun snobs".
A friend that doesn’t like your Glocks makes him a gun snob? So as a joke you purchased a Hi point.
To me you spent $100+ to make a point that didn’t need to be made.
I don’t like Glocks, but I do own them. Does that still make me a gun snob?
If it does I guess I will have to just live with that,,,,, and happily.
:D
 
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