Sniggly,
Thanks for your comments!
One thing I noticed fairly recently about rifle loonies (which probably also applies to many other belief systems) is quite a few settle on the "perfect" rifle, cartridge, scope, bullet, etc. around age 35-40. This occurs after they've had enough experience to try a few things, and maybe (or maybe not) get over their older relatives' opinions on the subject. Sometime in their 40s--and especially in their 50s--they start talking about all the useless new rifles, cartridges, scopes, bullets, etc.--and often started buying essentially the same rifle over and over again.
Of course, other rifle loonies continue to expand their interests throughout their lifetime. Which might be another essential definition of at least a certain subspecies of rifle loony!
