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Tell you what what my dad told me... When we had this discussion over wheel gun vs semi or polymer...

Wheel guns are for guys who never grew up from wanting to play cowboy.

Semi Autos are for guys who never grew up from wanting to play Army.

Pretty well explains it to me.
 
timn8er said:
Without getting into the Freudian aspects of it, What else would you consider it if not a gun.
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Ok. Let me rephrase. I don't see any emotional value to them. Nothing awe inspiring, no searching for a soul. I have 5 of their revolvers, nice guns, shoot great still just tools. No deeper meaning then an object that sends lead downrange really really fast
 
Here we go again! There are steel revolvers because there are people who like them, buy them and use them. There are semi-autos because there are people who like them, buy them and use them. There are military style long guns because there are people who like them, buy them and use them. There are polymer framed guns because there are people who like them, buy them and use them. The same can be said for cars, trucks, tools, etc. There are different materials and grades of materials to make almost every thing.

You don't like a particular type, style gun or the material from which it's made? Don't buy it! Lament there aren't more of them or that only a few share your particular interest but don't bad mouth those who don't. The only gun material I haven't owned is titanium. I don't and won't take anyone to task for their choice of material for their gun purchase. That is their decision not mine. Lament the lack of your favorite guns. You don't see them ask for and buy what you want that will get a dealers attention and get him to find that type of gun. Ranting on a gun forum won't.

My rant over.
 
Was at Wal Mart this evening. Picked up a plastic container of pimento cheese. added some Lea & Perrins and tabasco to it. toasted some bread and made a pretty good pimento cheese sandwich. I like pimento cheese sandwiches but I DON'T like Glocks.
They also had some gourds that were the size and color of pumpkins. I bought one cause it looks like a pumpkin with small pox. Should prove to be an interesting halloween carve.
 
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GatorFarmer said:
For hard use, I will take big, mean and ugly. And let the reader speculate whether I refer to guns or women, or both.
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Hopefully my friend you like big mean and ugly....guns:eek:. But if ya carry a gun for personal protection...a big mean ugly woman might work too!! Don't really care for plastic guns but never even thought they didn't have utility. People do have different ideas about things like guns cars and other things we have always desired. I've had and have pretty guns. I have had pretty cars and oh hell I had a Studebaker and maybe even worse an early Ford Falcon. They did the job they were made for. We had VW diesels with over 300M miles. Good cars. But I always had some neat cars too Vettes, XKEs, FI 57 Chev Convertible GTOs 69 Z-28 and others. They were both good for their uses..but if you didn't enjoy driving a neat car..there was something missing somewhere. Never really ran around with big ugly women...But I WAS married to a MEAN one..took me 5 months to realize there was a difference tween love...and lust. Some guns were the same way.
 
went into a little shop here in the Pittsburgh area to pick up a pkece i won in a GB auction. the place is about the size of my living room. owner told me he did 2200 transfers so far this year. That's like 60 per week.
 
I've been collecting for 30 years . many wheel guns of the famous makers; colts , smiths and a few others not living now-a-days. my ears fit good and what is between them still functions as it should. I'm not as quick to draw as i once was nor am i as good a shot ; but, when i leave the house I'm carrying my glock 42 ....certainly this doesn't make me less of a craftsman. a tool is a tool and it continues to serve a fine directed purpose. plastic has a place ; look around at what you drive , what u sit, what ur teeth are, what ur glasses are and what ur pace maker is made from. young or old we are what we are ; be it what may it'll be okay. i still like some plastic; certainly hope its okay with u?
 
raljr1 said:
went into a little shop here in the Pittsburgh area to pick up a pkece i won in a GB auction. the place is about the size of my living room. owner told me he did 2200 transfers so far this year. That's like 60 per week.
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Even before I went out of business I did about 150 tranfers a year. Wasn't a lot of money at 20 bucks per but it helped to pay the lights and heat. Reloading was my main business but I helped move many high grade guns per year by putting two people together and I took a small percentage ....usually 10% or so up to 5 grand and 5% over that. But I did have a lot of connections LOL. Some of those guns were beautiful. Some were just hard to find collectibles. I wanted some but my beer pocketbook couldn't afford those champagne guns. Maybe one day guys..one of those Grocks will be a real collectible. Don't get yer tighty whities in a wad. That was a Joke Heck my 49 Studebaker is worth a whole lotta money today..maybe a thousand dollars. That is a heckuva lot more than the 50 bucks I paid
 
They also had some gourds that were the size and color of pumpkins. I bought one cause it looks like a pumpkin with small pox. Should prove to be an interesting halloween carve.
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Cagun, after your last 'book adventure" you are on thin ice as it is. For God sake DON"T DO IT!!!
 
I always find these discussions intriguing. The banter is always the same. Plastic guns have no soul, quality is the same regardless of price, young kids vs old geezers. The mantra never changes.

Two things that are never brought up, ability to shoot and gun enthusiasm.

Let's face it, in this day, any new gun owner is a good thing. If it takes a plastic wonder nine to get them in the door, I see it as a good thing. Don't you?

The other thing is shoot-ability. I have a friend who's done a lot for me, but can't afford a handgun. So, I thought I'd buy him one. I was willing to spend some serious cash to get him the right gun. However, it wasn't about price. It was about getting him the right gun for him. He didn't know I was going to pay for it, but I dragged him to several stores over a few weekends. I also had him shoot several models. All this just to find the right gun for him.

He really liked the Sig Sauer line, but was finding it difficult to operate all the controls. He liked the trigger on 1911s, but didn't like the thumb safety. He liked the DA/SA function of the H&K USP, but it didn't fit his hand as well as the Sig. Just to get the full effect, I forced him to pick up a Glock. Sure enough, he liked the Glock the best. It had the best combination of trigger feel, ease of use and fit for him. So we bought it.

This is his first 20 shots with the new Glock:
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We've added a new shooter to the gun enthusiast ranks, who can shoot his gun reasonably well. Now I ask you, does it matter what material it is made of or the brand name on the slide?
 
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