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Recently, one of my friends profoundly announced that there are two types of "gun nuts"..."gun slobs and gun snobs". I personally care only about a weapons performance, and don't appreciate fancy stuff at all. That makes me a slob.
Which are you?
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Personally, I'm not interested in newfangled technology that incrementally removes ever more shooter skill from the equation.
So that makes me a gun snob I suppose. I'm good with that.
Save an elk, shoot a cow.
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I'm both.
Kimbers and Glocks. Walnut and black plastic. I like them all.
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Slob.
I use the dust cover on my AR to keep the grime in, not out.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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In hindsight, I probably should have posted this on one of the forums where people actually shoot 'n stuff.
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Rifles beat schit and scratched, that shoot well, are much more interesting to me than walnut and blued pipe bombs that can't get wet.
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Slob.
I use the dust cover on my AR to keep the grime in, not out. I'm flattered, you must have wiped your rifle down to meet me.
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While I appreciate finely made even fancy firearms, in my hands they soon become shooters however 'cause I won't own one I don't shoot the hell out of.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Definite slob here. If they are pretty and don't shoot they are useless to me. Even if I do like looking at the pretty stuff I will never own any.
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Choose between polar opposites? Why?
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In hindsight, I probably should have posted this on one of the forums where people actually shoot 'n stuff. That would be a better idea, but then you don't go to those forums...
Save an elk, shoot a cow.
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knees are shot, been known to trip.....i dont have safe queens cause any gun i take hunting much wont stay nice for long....i appreciate artistry but rather hunt with a tool that works well....
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lol...see what I mean? You hang out with the tree huggers and I hang out with the tire burners.
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Choose between polar opposites? Why? No reason to choose. "Normal" people need not apply.
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"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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A little bit of both. I have what some a few might consider truck units, and some that get an "Oh wow!" response.
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Never cared what a gun looked like. Strictly a tool I used for hunting. However, if the tool won't shoot up to my minimum accuracy standards, it is out the door. Dependability and accuracy. Looks a distant third. Nice when the all come together in one old Sako.
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lol...see what I mean? You hang out with the tree huggers and I hang out with the tire burners. I've seen you get all sentimental and teary eyed about a pretty little model 42, so don't try to tell me you're a pure slob. Just mostly. and definitely a tire burner. I appreciate my nice ones, but don't have any that can't go out in the rain.
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I personally care only about a weapons performance, and don't appreciate fancy stuff at all. That makes me a slob.
That would be me as well. I've been criticized for suggesting to folks that you can buy two SKS/AK rifles and several cases of ammo for the same money that you'll pay for a single M4 clone and no ammo. They look at me like a heretic or something. Utility tops everything else in my opinion. I do possess an expensive rifle or two, but not anything a gun snob would find appealing. Mostly "plastic" long range guns and quality glass that enables me to hit things a ways off. A Purdy, H&H, or an Echols would be completely wasted on me.... Good thread!
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