So, why do you own this or that firearm?

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Oleg Volk

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Before I bought a Garand, I did not like the design. I was actually shopping for an M1 carbine when I saw the 30-06 and grabbed it. It has grown on me since.

The reason I bought it was mostly sentimental: http://dd-b.net/olegv/newphotos/lifesavers/why_garand.jpg

Have you ever got guns because of books, films, photos or paintings that influenced you?

Oleg

"Forewarned is forearmed -- unless you *choose* to be a dodo"
 
Have you ever got guns because of books, films, photos or paintings that influenced you?

Can't say I have. All of my guns were purchased with a specific function in mind, not because I saw it on _Ponderosa_ or in a Fredric Remington painting. ;)
 
When I was a kid watching "The Dukes of Hazzard", I knew that it would be totally cool to have my very own General Lee. Now that I'm all grown up, well... I still don't have my own General Lee. The same thing goes for K.I.T.T., the A-Team van, and the Bandit's Pontiac Trans Am.

I think some of my purchases have been influenced by my heros/villans from TV, Film, and more recently, video games. I may not shoot as good as Tom Berenger in SNIPER, but at least I have a rifle that looks halfway similar to his. I might not be able to own a M14 like seen in Full Metal Jacket, but I can at least own a semi-auto M1A.

At least I don't jump my current car over creekbeds like Bo and Luke, and I haven't pulled a Gomer Pyle at my bathroom at home. For things like that: "Don't try this at home."

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No, I have not.

I also resisted buying a Garand until this recently, but now I have two, one in .30-06 and the other in .308. Merely outstanding!

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"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
Confucius
 
I saw Rambo and had to have that m-60 so when I get mad and go to work and can shoot up some computers :D

On a serious note, my dad owned glocks so they kinda grew on me, my rifles, my two evil high cap semi-auto's were a better get now before its to late. The others that I have I would look for a decent rifle and if the price was right I would get it.
 
Short story "Act of Faith" by Irwin Shaw. I had made very different conclusions from the story than the author intended though...
You can find 50 year collection of Shaw's short stories in most used stores for $4 soft or $8-9 hard cover...worth getting, IMO. I'd also recommend "Young Lions" (novel about WW2) even though it does have an error in it about Garands firing 2oz. projectiles...
 
Well, yes and no. When I saw Point of No Return and saw the Hämmerli 280 I was impressed with how well it fit the hand with that wrap around grip. I then started looking it up to get a better understanding of its purpose and design and decided I would like it in my collection. Did I buy it because BF used it and it was blowing away bad guys? Heck no. It did (and does), though, look pretty kickass and prompted me to research and eventually purchase. (Plus, I was in the process of building a small SIG/Hämmerli collection. It's too bad about the 208s, it was still on the list to get.)

Oh, come to think of it, I think I did purchased a SPAS-12 due to the Terminator. I'm pretty sure the movie influenced me but can't be 100% definite as it was a long time ago.

I do, on the other hand, occasionally watch movies, shows, etc. because they do use a particular firearm that I have or want.

- Ron V.
 
Varied reasons for owning each and every one of them. I love shooting the HK91 and all the ARs that I have, while the pre-ban Polytech Legend was more of an investment (not much of a shooter anyway).
They're all just tools to me, each has it's own best use.
 
Oleg, I tried to guess the author of the text and could not, yet I have Shaw's collections. Guess I needed my "lifeline", if I wanted to be a millionaire.

I do think the question you pose and this specific image is important. It implies a lineage and a historical connection to a particular gun that served a "specific function". No offense Coin :).

As a fellow artist, perhaps let the text lead the eye to the cartridges-for effect. Currently they hide too much.

Finally, the "Act of Faith" is no accident. If it is your work, it must include your "faith". How about an image of the Torah and the cartridges? How about a series of all "faiths"? You are definitely getting better. :)
 
As s kid, I loved watching Superman and reading Superman comics. Thank god I don't run around with blue tights, red speedos and a cape. To answer your question Oleg, no.
 
Yep -- I bought some NIW PMI 30 round magazines for the Mini-14 back when they were like $10 apiece. I wanted a Ruger AC556 like the A-Team used.

I have two Bushmaster AR15 type rifles so it's not that I want a Ruger Mini-14 for a general purpose 5.56 NATO rifle -- already got two of them. :)

Here I am, still with the magazines and no Ruger, after the fiasco with Bill Ruger supporting the high-cap magazine ban. Gotta find me a used pre-ban Mini-14, some woodland camouflage BDUs, parachute pants and gold -- a lot of gold.

Justin

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Justin T. Huang, Esq.
late of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
 
Oleg, The only reason that I own firearms was infulenced by this photograph of my brother inlaw. I have been trying to catch up! I wish that still had the picture of the fellow sitting on to of a large rhino with the FA 454! Hank
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The cute ones are my wife and mother inlaw.
No, he was never in the NAVY he was a tanker.
 
Mostly, I own firearms because I can! And I fear if I did't, there might come a time where getting more becomes very difficult.

Have you ever got guns because of books, films, photos or paintings that influenced you?

I really wanted a Garand after reading the W.E.B Griffin U.S. Army series where the protagonist becomes a crack shot with a Garand fighting Communists in Greece post-WWII. Never got around to buying that Garand. I really ought to do the DCM thing and get an M1A or whatever you get these days.
 
As a child of about 10, I remember seeing a picture of a broomhandle wielding soldier urging his buddies on. After that, I had to have a broomhandle and it took about ten years before I finally got one (a large ring slabside made in 1899 no less).
 
So my family will never suffer an empty belly.

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For the joy of the sport, so I or my family may never have an empty belly in our house, and so I may stand and defend what God has given me as he has commanded!

Also because my Granddad once told me that REAL MEN ONLY CARRY .45's!

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I thought I'd seen it all, until a 22WMR spun a bunny 2 1/4 times in the air!

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When I was 10, I wanted a Thompson because Sgt. Rock (DC comics) carried one. When I was 16 I shot one, I decided an 11lb .45 was too much. I became a 1911 guy on the spot! :)

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Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.
 
The picture of the books and clip is a snapshot in the purest sense...my hands weren't even steady enough to compose it w/o the bullets overlapping the text too much...
 
Ever see "Joe Kidd"? When I was young I had to have a Broomhandle, but never got around to finding one. That's okay though. Most of the guns I bought to have a collection, one in common calibers, and hopefully one or more from different manufacturers. Slowy but surely it has become a small decent collection, although I will never own another HK, their customer treatment really turned my off. Plus, being a history buff, some of the guns have historical significance, however small.
 
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