Has fanboy behavior ever turned you off a gun or accessory?

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I can sorta turn this around a bit. I bought a gun by a company that gets bashed a lot. I bought it to "see for my self. This manufacturer sells a lot of guns, but gets a lot of hate. FWIW I have bought 2 guns with no problems
 
Turn the dial to your analog radio between stations sometime...hear that white noise? Thats the analog equivalent to the internet babblings of the fanboy. Just as irrelevant, just as prevalent, just as ignorable.
 
If I like something, I will get it. With that said, I despise fanboys and come in contact with them all the time when I compete. Just this passed Saturday I had a guy tell me that my AR was a POS because it wasn't a MegaArms. He then told me my RIA Match 1911 is a POS because its not reliable as a glock. Kind of funny my gun ran perfect and his glock had a malfunction. Then his $2700 Benelli 3-gun shotgun malfunctioned and my $450 Stoeger 2000 ran perfectly. That was just icing on the cake.

He's an idiot and holds no credibility with me and many other people. Which sucks for him since he does have a manufacturers license and will never get 1 cent from me.
 
I've seen people become instant experts after asking complete newbie questions a week earlier. When people like that start telling me what I should buy first I laugh and I probably do try to stay away from the stuff they push because I don't want people thinking I'm one of those idiots that think their gun is the only gun that was ever made well.

As for the gun itself, I will evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as I see fit and if I see a genuine big advantage I will buy one of those guns anyway. But the fanboys are a factor. It's something I weigh in my decision. I guess I don't want to have some fanboy come up to me at the range and expect me to go along with the idea that one gun is the be all and end all of firearms. I don't want to go along with that for sure and I don't want to confront some fanboy either. So it is a factor in my decisions. It just isn't "the" factor.

I've seen people jump from group to group on other boards where the groups are setup to talk about specific guns and they will prop up their favorites no matter what in the other groups and every conversation has to be hijacked to talk about their gun and if you dare say a bad word about their favorite piece of hardware it's like a pack of wolves coming after you. I really, really dislike it when people act that way especially when they insult other people while doing it.

I've never seen a perfect firearm yet and I sure as heck know that most of the fanboy favorites have flaws. I won't mention any models or brands but we all know who they are. I'll just put it this way. When I hear a certain semi-auto .22 is the best rifle ever made I don't know whether to laugh or just shake my head. It's so silly it's beyond belief but I see it all the time. It's almost always some dumb kid saying that stuff though. I try to let it go and hope those people grow up. But then I see adults standing in line to get the latest game system or phone and I think it's no wonder we have a bunch of junk when it comes to a lot of things. People will buy it anyway so why do they have to build things right?
 
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That reminds me of a time at the range when I had my RIA 1911 GI 45 and this dude (aka 1911 snob) walks in sits down in the next stall in with his 1911 that looked more like a 2011 piece of jewerly. I'll not mention the brand but I know it easily cost three times+ what my Rock costs. He kind of gives my Rock the evil eye/POS look.
After about 50 or so round down range I hear this :cuss: come from the dude/snob. It was at that time I decided to do a little rapid fire. With my POS rock.
It was one of the best times I've ever had at the range.
 
If someone asks about DA/SA 9mm's to take a look at, let me ask you, which post is more useful?

"I like my Beretta 92FS, the DA is long and heavy but the SA is real nice. It is a big gun but for HD and range use, it is a soft shooter, quite accurate, and smooth, the slide feels like it rides on lubed ice. Some people don't like the safety/decock so that is something you have to learn and get comfortable with, but overall I think it is a great gun!"

-- OR --

"Glock. 'nuff said."

I think that is the type of behavior that turns people off.
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My thoughts exactly. It's the reason I do not own a Glock; however, if the person explained why they thought the Glock was better and admitted that the gun has flaws, I would take them a lot more seriously.
 
I also have a good friend of mine that owns a Glock because that's the cool thing. He can't hit the broad side of a barn with it, but I'll see him post on other forums saying that glocks are better than anything else out there. It drives me bonkers. I've actually found myself distancing myself away from him because of it.

He also bought a Socom 2 not toovlong ago and it sits there because he can't afford to shoot it. But, he'll post about how awesome and reliable it is. He'll also recommend it over an AR. He kills me.
 
I buy what I want, like another poster said. Fanboys don't bother me really, whether it's guns, cars, or whatever.

To each his own.

You can find the type in any hobby. Whatever they have is the best, whatever you have is substandard. Must be human nature.
 
In the case that most "fanboys" tend to elevate their favored; gun, car, motorcycle, whatever - as much be beating up competitors offerings as they do by singing the praises of their preferred choice, I have more often been steered towards the source of a fanboy's hatin' than steered away from their supported product.

So, in one way of looking at it, excessive and especially emotional support of a fanboy can from time to time guide me away if not so much as "turn me off" an item.
 
I tend to shy away from anything that is super popular or faddish, roll my eyes at handguns with pretentious tacticool buzzwords emblazoned on them or possess the latest in useless tacticool features.

Fanbois are fun to mess with, though on another board I belong to there are some that are just so annoying I put them on ignore.
 
Fanboys are annoying, but I wouldn't let it sway my decision one way or the other. The "nuff said" guys kill me.
 
I shoot a Glock well enough but won't own one because I don't want to be "one of them", sooo I bought a Kimber then I found out I was a different kind of "one of them" because all the smart people that hate things hate Kimbers.

Crap.... now I am confused.
 
I don't have a problem with someone praising his brand to high heaven. What I don't care for is someone needlessly bashing something because it's the cool thing to do. I have seen it mostly with Glocks I guess because I only shoot pistols. I think Glocks are great...I just don't have one
 
No, they're just enthusiastic about the item. I try to look past the gushing praise and use that as my list of 'pros'. I'll try out the product and build my own list of 'cons'. Perhaps it's worthy of the praise, perhaps not.
 
I despise the behavior and as a result refuse to be "one of them". This applies to firearms, motorcycles, tats and a few other categories not High Road material. Many times I will buy something simply becuase it isn't popular. And for those thinking I actually read your flame laden retorts when you PM me, think again....Delete, Perfectly Deleted.
 
We are all fanboys, or snobs. It just dependson which gun we are talking about. Some won't admit to that and point to others. Some are reverse snobs, plenty examples of that in this thread.

The point of these forums is for people to ask questions and for others to share experiences. I have used others experiences to help me make decisions. I've found quite a few guns that get lots of praise on the internt have not lived up to my expectations, others have far exceeded my expectations.

I've decided that the internet is not a very accurate way to evaluate different guns. The guys who hangout in this and other forums are not typical gun owners and the opinions you see expressed here are not always typical of what you see in the real world.

After hanging around for a while I've learned to value the opinions of certain posters more than others. Some are quite opinionated and could be called fanboys, but being a fanboy does not make you wrong.

I certainly wouldn't choose an inferior gun just because I didn't want to be called a fanboy.
 
Maybe yes, maybe no. I think maybe it's been that way for me and Glocks. Lots of people like them and some are even obsessed with them. The fanboy (or fangirl?) aspect makes me sick of hearing about them. However, it also didn't stop me from shooting and trying several. After that, I came to the conclusion that I probably won't buy one, as they just aren't really for me.

Did the fan aspect influence my judgement? Possibly, as I kinda went into the tryout experience with an initial barf factor. However, my ultimate judgement came from actual handling, not from being sick of hearing about them.
 
Yes.

My experiences (and requests for help) with a Dan Wesson 1911 nearly got me banned from the 1911 forum.

I am a confirmed 1911 guy, and have been since I shot my first one (Dad's WWII Colt 1911 back when I was ~8 years old...around 1964).

But those few individuals (ach-shouells) have made it a certainty that I do not and will not return, nor will I refer anyone else there.
 
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