what kind of guy are you?

85% old school...this comes from my early shooting days with Pops and his collection.
Love the Colt OMM series, the S&W K series.
Also I have a soft spot for Star pistols and other South American makers like Astra and Llama.
I think that comes from walking the gun shows with pops as a kid and seeing him contemplating Star 9mm pistols because they were "cheap"

What I really am not is a model 10 guy, I'd moan every time pops brought one home...again...and again...and again...
 
Generally, you will see me with a CZ pistol for home, range and carry...





But I have one non CZ handgun, as well...;)



I won't turn down good guns because of a brand preference, as I like shooting SiG, Ruger, Smith, and a few others...:D
 
As a Life member of SNM-Sons of Neanderthal Man-I am strictly a Steel and Walnut man. No aluminum, polymer or lightweight materials for me.
 
I don't drink, do drugs, gamble, or chase women.

But, when I find I have the time and the money, I do buy guns. I've found that firearms have a much better rate of return than the above mentioned do. ;)
 
1911 and SIG 220 in 45 acp and CZ75 and Beretta 92FS in 9mm. While there are others that have earned my respect through the years, nothing will trump those any time soon.
 
For handguns, I am a semi-auto guy. I do own a few revolvers, but I prefer a semi. I am not brand loyal as I have guns from Sig, Colt, Beretta, Remington, Ruger, Taurus, and even a Hi-Point.
 
Anything that shoots, even if it won't because I can't get or can't afford the ammo. Not much on air/CO2 guns, though, except for basement fun.

Jim
 
I like a bit of everything, as long as it is prioritizes function over form. The masterpieces of ingenuity and engineering, new and old, are what rev me up.

That, and pretty much anything that fires a .50BMG or larger. Muwahahahahahahahahahaha.
 
Looks like I prefer European pistols-mainly Glock, H&K and Sig. I don't think my feelings would ever get hurt if I never fire a revolver again.
 
I'm a few different kinda guys! :p
I'm a revolver guy a lot of the time, and though I have a Colt, a Taurus, a couple of Rugers and a couple Dan Wessons... I am without a doubt a Smith & Wesson guy. No clue what my next revolver will be, but if you wanna play the odds, there's a 95% chance or better it'll be a S&W. And if it's not obvious, I am a double action revolver guy. Single actions do almost nothing for me, and I hardly ever shoot any of my DA wheelguns that way, either.

I'm a semi-auto guy a lot of the time, and though I have a Ruger P-95 and my EDC is a Glock 29, I am a dyed--in-the-wool anti-tupperware guy. Never say never, of course, but I have no plans to buy any plastic guns. I'd buy one if I had to replace my Glock 29, but bleeccchhh. Tupperware stinks. :mad:

I truly enjoy a 1911 and I have a few of them and I shoot 'em well, but as -HUGE- as the 1911 phenomenon has become and is these days, I think it would awfully misleading to describe myself as a "1911 guy." I'm quite certain I'll buy more of these over the years, too.

I'm absolutely, without a doubt, a rimfire handgun guy. And though I would never, ever, EVER answer to anyone looking for a "Colt guy!", you could call me a Woodsman guy and I wouldn't argue a bit. ;)

As it turns out, I'm some kind of a Pachmayr guy. And I'm not sure why... but I like the way they look and I love the way (most of em!) feel in my hands. The percentage of my guns wearing a Pachmayr is probably hard to believe. :o

In calibers, I love the .38 & .357 and I have since day one. And in my formative years, I'd punch you in the nose if you -EVER- called me a 9mm guy. But somewhere in the last decade, I began having a heckuva lot of fun with 9mm, and I suppose I would answer to such a moniker these days.
But people who know me... know that I'm a 10mm guy. :cool:

And while it may be off-topic to state that which is obvious here in the General Handgun Forum, I am a handgun guy through and through and nobody would EVER accuse me of being a rifle guy and I am absolutely not a shotgun guy.

Now if I were to get yelled at for being so many guys... and the playground lady told me that I could be -ONE- guy and no more than that...
...well, I'd be a Handloader. And that one answer would really encapsulate me more than any of the ones I listed above. ;)
 
I'm a old school gun guy. Circassian and French Walnut and Birdseye maple stocks, maple whiteline with rosewood or ebony end & grip caps, Fine line hand cut checkering, high gloss blueing, bolt actions, hinged floor plates with my initials on them done in sterling silver.
Lever guns, Volcanic Henry, 1866, 1892, 1894, 1886 and pre-war 94's Winneys
S&W Revolvers, J, K and N frames, old Colt SA's. There are only 2 auto pistols worth owning and they are 22 cal. Colt Match Target and a Belgium Browning Challenger. Shotguns are all S X S. and a couple of with old Western Knives and 4 Barlow's.
65 years ago as a young lad in grade school, my dad had a hired man who liked guns and had a outdoor life subscription, he let me read them and there was articles in them about custom guns, with metal work by Beeson and stock work by Fischer, truly a sight to behold those rifles were. They were built for Jack O'connor. I fell in love with those guns and promised myself at a young age that I would own rifles like those one day. I kept my promise to myself and treated myself to several now and well worth the money. They aren't safe queens either, they may show some wear, but that is only a testimony to some special memories for me.
 
At 57, I'm old school. I like STEEL. Heavier the better. I want a hammer on my guns, I tend to like full sized guns over "compacts". DA over SA, but not DAO. Stainless over blued, but blued is ok. No 1911's, ever, no matter how pretty, unless I'm buying it to resell ASAP. In semiautos, I like S&W 3rd gen and CZ 75 and clones over anything else, and in revolvers, my favorites are Dan Wesson and S&W, pre lock.
 
well if i was to say that i was a "brand fanboy"it would be Ruger(see my sigline, :D) but i do like all kinds of different firearms, old ones, newer ones, bottom feeders, wheelguns. leverguns, boltguns, semi-auto rifles, shotguns.
 
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