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Utility of guns
ElMuertoMonkey
Member Posts: 12,898
Would you buy a gun that you could not practice with on a regular basis? Do you buy guns more as a collector or do you buy each firearm with more emphasis placed upon its utility or possible utility to you?
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get out and shoot like I want.
I have a few, that have not been shot.
but I really buy them to shoot.
One of my recent buys was a gun so pretty I could not pass it up. I doubt I will ever shoot is as I have 6 other 10/22's that I do shot. I am building a .300 Whisper AR that I do plan on shooting a lot as well. I just picked up a nice 1903 that I have and will shoot but do not plan on blasting thousands of rounds through it either. The suppressed 9mm AR that I just got in July probably has over 750 rounds thought it now and since we are shooting on Tuesday will get about another 400.
I have several AR's as well. I shoot my Varminiter all the time but I have an SP1 that probably wont get shot much but it goes with my AR collection (AR, A1, A2, M4, ect). Same for WW2 stuff I have a M1 Carbine, M1 Garand, Thompson, now a 1903 (I know it is not an 06 but close enough for me).
I do not have any plans on buying really expensive guns just to collect. I buy guns because they are ones I want to shoot. I am doing really good though. I keep looking at the stainless PT1911's as I really want one. I keep talking myself out of it as I know I will not shoot it much so I should not buy it.
Beretta Storm
.38 revolver for the Mrs. (havent settled on which one)
Bushmaster ACR (even though they arent out yet)
Socom of some configuration (M1,M14, just want one really really bad)
Something for some long range stuff
1911 of course
oh and I don't currently own any shotguns, need a few of those...
I don't have the time, $$ or any good reason to collect guns. I can't afford it in any sense. the ones I have bought were for defense of the house or hunting once in a while.
although I have gone through several different popular models of mil-type long guns trying to figure out which one I wanted to settle on.
one thing I noticed was the $$ I spent buying/trying/selling, by the time I settled on a low grade AR15, I could have bought a hell of a nice AR15 if I would have just done that in the first dang place. I wasted maybe 1000$.
would I buy a gun that I could not practice with on a regular basis? sure would (and did), because my neccesity of having it there ready is more important than anything else. practice is secondary. of course I would practice if I could. if you give me the $$ to buy ammo, cleaning supplies, range time and time off from work.
keep in mind that legitimate "practice" can include everything from target shooting to something like Thunder Ranch to joining some kind of practical/tactical shooting club with ongoing training- going through lots and lots of ammo. that can get very expensive.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
They all shoot though,if the need arises.[;)]
BW
Too old to live...too young to die...
I'll only need to live for another 360 years for that happen, if my calculations are correct.
For example I hunt with a 1956 vintage Winchester Model 70, two 1940's vintage Winchester Model 12's, and a 1950's vintage Winchester Model 75. The down side is they are pretty much fair weather guns, so hunting on a rainy day is pretty much not going to happen. I have other Winchesters and Colts that because of their value and age I no longer shoot.
So, I only own guns that I really appreciate and have a strong affinity towards. If I can't shoot it, but I can drool over it; then I consider it a keeper. Heck, I've even shot unfired collector grade guns, it wasn't smart, but oh well, I was much younger then, I'm older than that now!
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
I have and use both.
But one of the things I enjoy is the techinical side of 'guns' and reloading. Working up accurate loads. Taking a 'problem' gun and working out the problems.
What I enjoy most is hunting with guns. But this only happens a few times a year, if I am lucky.[8D]
Right now I'm looking for California transferable S&W 49/649 (not the 649 with that ugly built in lock.