Carl N. Brown
Member
Are guns your passion?
Guns are not my passion.
They are my hobby.
Which could be more obsessive.
Guns are not my passion.
They are my hobby.
Which could be more obsessive.
Are guns your passion?
- Thread starter Bazoo
- Start date
- Status
Nasty Canasta
Member
I have several passions that take turns in the rotation cycle. They're all expensive as I let them be & keep me out of trouble for the most part.
Its not Glock, its carry*; it could be a 1911 (I have several) in place of the Glock.
*It could not be a 38 snub (revolver) or pocket 32/380 in place of that Glock because I said I'm enthusiastic about doing it right.
Firearms to me, well, I often say I love them, yet that in itself isn't true.
Like saying I love my car, and still my feeling toward firearms is more than that, but far short
of what love is. That belongs to my family and my country.
To me it is a representation of what America stands for along with the freedom of speech, first and second.
I thought I was a Gun Guy until I joined this group. Some of you guys are REALLY into guns, like way
out there, but not in a bad way. To me it is more like a hobby compared to many of the experts here, yet I have
a collection most people would really get into.
Some of you are so deep on reloading and gunsmithing and every aspect of firearms that
I feel like a rookie wishing I had learned all this a long time ago, but it is what it is.
Just feel lucky to be a member here, even if I rub some the wrong way sometimes.
But I see by the many threads that everyone has a lot of different opinions but all for the same goal.
Like saying I love my car, and still my feeling toward firearms is more than that, but far short
of what love is. That belongs to my family and my country.
To me it is a representation of what America stands for along with the freedom of speech, first and second.
I thought I was a Gun Guy until I joined this group. Some of you guys are REALLY into guns, like way
out there, but not in a bad way. To me it is more like a hobby compared to many of the experts here, yet I have
a collection most people would really get into.
Some of you are so deep on reloading and gunsmithing and every aspect of firearms that
I feel like a rookie wishing I had learned all this a long time ago, but it is what it is.
Just feel lucky to be a member here, even if I rub some the wrong way sometimes.
But I see by the many threads that everyone has a lot of different opinions but all for the same goal.
OP
OP
Bazoo
Member
I wouldn’t say that I actually love guns. But I will say this, I’m as close to my guns as I am my knives, and that’s about as close as a man gets to an inanimate object.
Passionate? You bet. My "passion" has grown and has taken over more space in my house than I planned; the garage too. Don't have enough room for all the reloading, but can't find reloading components so the growth has slowed. The passion accelerated when I retired 10 years ago; I have more time and that pesky profession is no longer a factor. I'm always puzzled by guys who say they don't know what to do since they retired. Retirement allows me to pursue my interests, right? And what is that? Guns, reloading, etc. I tried fishing, which I has liked as a young man, but rarely go any more. In the last few years I've been trying to reduce the number of guns I own. But, it has actually grown. My wife is a wonderfully supportive woman. At this point in my life (age 75) I suppose downsizing is in order, but how do you do that?
. My wife is a wonderfully supportive woman. At this point in my life (age 75) I suppose downsizing is in order, but how do you do that?
.308 Norma
Member
Quigley was shooting a .45-110, not a .45-120.
I have one just like it, only mine has my initials instead of Quigley's initials on it. My loving wife ordered my .45-110 Sharps for me from Shiloh Rifle Company for our 25th wedding anniversary - almost 26 years ago, BTW.
Mark_Mark
Member
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2021
- Messages
- 18,028
26 years ago! it’s time to pass it along to the next generation (me) can i at lease shoot a bucket with it, just ride it down the road and I’ll tell you when.Quigley was shooting a .45-110, not a .45-120.
I have one just like it, only mine has my initials instead of Quigley's initials on it. My loving wife ordered my .45-110 Sharps for me from Shiloh Rifle Company for our 25th wedding anniversary - almost 26 years ago, BTW.
.308 Norma
Member
Ha! Ha! Ha! Sorry, our youngest grandson, Aaron has already laid claim to my Shiloh-Sharps. As long as I'm around though, you'd sure be welcome to "shoot a bucket with it" if you ever get out this way.
Mark_Mark
Member
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2021
- Messages
- 18,028
your Grandson Aaron will do you proud!
As long as I'm around though, you'd sure be welcome to "shoot a bucket with it" if you ever get out this way.
OP
OP
Bazoo
Member
Shooting the bucket is a heap sight better than kicking it.
Rubone
Member
Guns are a distant second....
FIVETWOSEVEN
Member
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2009
- Messages
- 5,146
Firearms are my main hobby but are currently taking a backseat to me working on making a career change to commercial pilot.
Every time I retire (twice) I get so busy I just go back to work.
I think I need some lessons from you!!
OP
OP
Bazoo
Member
That’s what I’m talking about. Society sees that as completely normal. And not only Just normal, but also would champion it for the effort you put into it.
But guns they’d say you are nuts and shouldn’t be allowed to have that many and so forth.
Did I see HD Hummer in that mix?
Idahou
Member
Hi, im Idahou and im.... gunoholic...
I do like guns so much, that i actually dislike how much i like tham
I was working in customer care (first day unemployed ) and im not technical or atletic type. So guns are something copletly out from my ussually area of focus. Yet, its comfortly challanging for me to look at technical side of this hobby (Forgotten weapons channel, homemade reapirs and upgrades of gun furniture and so...) and safety protocol makes it "head-cleaner" for me.
Saddly i dont have car or friends with same hobby, so im limited to indoor shooting range, which is expensive and just 25 m tunnel, which with costs limits fun.
So since im not shooting that much, its kinda loosing sence to get new guns + getting ammo is more and more challeging these days
In the end i spend a lot of time watching videos and reading about guns, while dreaming about new setup and also torturing myself with look at brownells carts which for few weeks now contains my latest dream setup and i dont have enough insanity to orfer it
I do like guns so much, that i actually dislike how much i like tham
I was working in customer care (first day unemployed
) and im not technical or atletic type. So guns are something copletly out from my ussually area of focus. Yet, its comfortly challanging for me to look at technical side of this hobby (Forgotten weapons channel, homemade reapirs and upgrades of gun furniture and so...) and safety protocol makes it "head-cleaner" for me.Saddly i dont have car or friends with same hobby, so im limited to indoor shooting range, which is expensive and just 25 m tunnel, which with costs limits fun.
So since im not shooting that much, its kinda loosing sence to get new guns + getting ammo is more and more challeging these days
In the end i spend a lot of time watching videos and reading about guns, while dreaming about new setup and also torturing myself with look at brownells carts which for few weeks now contains my latest dream setup and i dont have enough insanity to orfer it
Speedo66
Member
Nice well rounded collection!
GB500 in the first photo?
Rubone
Member
The GB and The VFR are my wife's.
Rubone
Member
Pre "Hummer", a 1950 125, the true "Hummer" didn't exist until '55 as a price point option. I have a '59 165 as well.
And then this in another room.. And now back to guns...
OP
OP
Bazoo
Member
Hi, im Idahou and im.... gunoholic...
I do like guns so much, that i actually dislike how much i like tham
I was working in customer care (first day unemployed
Saddly i dont have car or friends with same hobby, so im limited to indoor shooting range, which is expensive and just 25 m tunnel, which with costs limits fun.
So since im not shooting that much, its kinda loosing sence to get new guns + getting ammo is more and more challeging these days
In the end i spend a lot of time watching videos and reading about guns, while dreaming about new setup and also torturing myself with look at brownells carts which for few weeks now contains my latest dream setup and i dont have enough insanity to orfer it
It must be tough to be in the Czech Republic or other countries that guns aren’t as free as in the USA and have the passion for them. I feel for you. If you were close I’d offer you my range on the farm.
Speedo66
Member
Excellent, not only good taste in bikes, but in a wife as well.
My collection was only ever as large as five, now down to two. A Kaw W650 for the road, and a small Yamaha XT225 for on/off road riding.
To keep this gun related, I've learned through a bad experience not to carry when riding.
My passion with firearms started when I was 10 years old and shot my first .22 and has grown from there. I have always loved machinery and have been fascinated how it works. Guns are no different, and like car engines I went to school on how to properly and legally repair them. I have been gunsmithng, as a side gig for three decades and will do so into retirement.
Idahou
Member
Well, only real restriction here is market. In theory i can have even automatic weapon and even now i can just go to store and buy rifle without limitation in lenght or (smallarms) calibre.
The thing is... even that we have a lot cheap of surplus guns (Ak, Vz 58. DP-27, Mosins, SKS, SVD, PPsh, BM59, Garands, Beretta 38, Beretta M12, galil micro, M16, AUG A1 - to just name few from my local gun shop) and loads of new AR15, AR9, AR10 + some new AKs, guns are expensive (surplus not that much - about price of new iphone), ammo is expensive and we can shoot only on designated shooting range (but that makes sence over here due to population density) which are expensive (indoor, intown ones, outdoors are cheaper but for me out of hand). Things like Desert Tech MDRx are super expensive if they are on market at all. A lot of stuff just isnt here because its not worth it to import it - even accessories
Together with low violent criminality and high confidence in LE, guns are just niche thing here
Btw, if you are curious about surplus guns in czech you can check website of one of biggest supplier here
Handguns: http://www.zelenysport.cz/pistole/?Trideni=CenaZbozi_M1
Rifles: http://www.zelenysport.cz/pusky/?Trideni=CenaZbozi_M1
Its sorted from cheapest ones, 1 USD is about 24 Kč
- Status