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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.
Hey Jack! I want a 42...but not a "pretty one"! You know I like .410's. 
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This. I have some that are simply tools, some that have sentimental value, some made by true craftsman, some made with practices long-abandoned (viewed in today's world as too costly), and some that are collector grade. Only the last group doesn't get "shot", for what I hope are obvious reasons. For just plain well made fireams, pre WWI is where it's at. Hand fitted, hand polished, hand checkered, hand engraved - they are marvels. Unhappily, metallurgy, and components -- powders, primers, and bullets -- of the day, leave these firearms lacking, when compared to the ballistic capabilities of their contemporary counterparts. Can't imagine never enjoying the use of a firearm that was actually crafted. (there are a few modern exceptions - but normally, they are a custom firearm). Can't imagine never enjoying the use of a firearm that's utilitaian in design, but posesses marvelous capabilities.
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lol...see what I mean? You hang out with the tree huggers and I hang out with the tire burners. Not exactly. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Africa%202006/Warthog.jpg)
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.... Who said anything about safe queens? ![[Linked Image]](http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Antelope/Antelope%20doe%202%202010%20small.jpg)
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Never really cared what they look like just as long as the work properly.
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lol...see what I mean? You hang out with the tree huggers and I hang out with the tire burners. Not exactly. 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. So why the new fangled binoculars and why aren't you shooting a matchlock?  Looks like a new fangled cartridge sgooter to me. Oh by the way...nice use of taxpayers $$ using www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Africa%202006/Warthog.jpg to store your hunting pictures 
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I have both safe queens and hammered field pieces, some get treated kinder than others, I love them all.
I've been on numerous tire burning trips - what else you suppose to burn out in the middle of a treeless desert?
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
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Slob.
I use the dust cover on my AR to keep the grime in, not out. I'm stealing that Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
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Recently, one of my friends profoundly announced that there are two types of "gun nuts"..."gun slobs and gun snobs". I personally care only about a weapons performance, and don't appreciate fancy stuff at all. That makes me a slob.
Which are you? Probably not a good example of either. Picture tee shirt, shorts, birkenstocks, and a tied-down single action. Picture someone with a Larry the Cable Guy flannel shirt and a Sage fly rod. Picture a 1980 external frame Kelty pack and a Western Mountaineering sleeping bag. I dance to the beat of my own harmonica if'n I do gotta say so myself. Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
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So why the new fangled binoculars and why aren't you shooting a matchlock? Looks like a new fangled cartridge sgooter to me. Because I don't effing feel like it. Is that a problem for you? Oh by the way...nice use of taxpayers $$ using www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Africa%202006/Warthog.jpg to store your hunting pictures Glad that you approve. I don't suppose you work for free do you?
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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. This is me, too. Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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So why the new fangled binoculars and why aren't you shooting a matchlock? Looks like a new fangled cartridge sgooter to me. Because I don't effing feel like it. Is that a problem for you? Oh by the way...nice use of taxpayers $$ using www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/PPB/Africa%202006/Warthog.jpg to store your hunting pictures Glad that you approve. I don't suppose you work for free do you? just pointing out your hypocrisy liberal
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I'm all for modern technology, otherwise I'd not be able to see Brent's pics and he wouldn't be able to fly to far away places and pay money to kill critters.
Just like the old days.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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just pointing out your hypocrisy liberal More like your jealousy. But that's okay, I'll manage.
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I'm all for modern technology, otherwise I'd not be able to see Brent's pics and he wouldn't be able to fly to far away places and pay money to kill critters.. Technology does have it's advantages.
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I'm all for modern technology, otherwise I'd not be able to see Brent's pics and he wouldn't be able to fly to far away places and pay money to kill critters.
Just like the old days. You make it so very simple. LMFAO
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So long as you can use some of it to look down your nose and fit your agenda I guess it does.
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Pat, I don't like either of those terms since to me a gun slob is someone who doesn't hunt or shoot a lot and is not safe to be around when they are holding a gun. A gun snob is a self serving, self aggrandizing, smarter than thou David Petzal types, unlike John Wooters, jack OConner, and John Jobson.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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I would say the two types are gun haters ranging to gun lovers, of which I am in the better, latter, smarter camp. 
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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I prefer to look at it as I am part of the Chevrolet set, rather than jet set.
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