BullfrogKen
Moderator Emeritus
And I was specifically addressing the notion that you'd have a really good gun, and intentionally leave it at home for an inferior one.
It's not limited to guns.
I saw Marines buy Danner boots costing several hundred dollars, but only wear them in garrison because they were "too expensive" to wear in the field or on a 20 mile hump. So they'd wear crappy footwear on a march and have their feet look like a hunk of bloody swiss cheese. But those boots sure looked nice. They couldn't walk well for a week, but those boots . . . they stayed in perfect shape.
Cost doesn't even figure into it for me. I want what carries well, works well, and if it's the most expensive gun I have . . . and I got it for that purpose . . . I'd be silly not to carry it.
It's not limited to guns.
I saw Marines buy Danner boots costing several hundred dollars, but only wear them in garrison because they were "too expensive" to wear in the field or on a 20 mile hump. So they'd wear crappy footwear on a march and have their feet look like a hunk of bloody swiss cheese. But those boots sure looked nice. They couldn't walk well for a week, but those boots . . . they stayed in perfect shape.
Cost doesn't even figure into it for me. I want what carries well, works well, and if it's the most expensive gun I have . . . and I got it for that purpose . . . I'd be silly not to carry it.