357-RevolverGuy
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I wish I could take them all out at once but just too many to admire and my whole day would be gone.
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Do You Ever Just Sit and Hold, Admire Your Gun Collection?
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usmc2427765
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I do, especially if I hear a strange noise in my backyard at night. I might even fondle 2 or3!!!
Maintenance, tuning and repairs are part of the fun, as is admiring a really nice gun. Nothing wrong with that! 
rincar
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I enjoy looking and holding my guns. I am always planning on the next purchase. I almost always go gun shopping with a open mind. I usually purchase what every gun talks to me while shopping. I know this sounds silly. Just try it you might like it. Yes they will talk to you if you will just listen to them.
csurp34
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cmj8591
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I try not to fondle them too much. I don't want to go blind!
Hoosierville IRN
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!!
JohnHL
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When they are not undergoing maintenance or experimentation 
, I get the most pleasure out of looking at the front sight. 
John
, I get the most pleasure out of looking at the front sight. John
The Norseman
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I turn 71 in a short time. I'm single. Got to fondle something, why not my collection.
An interesting aside, I cleaned and waxed all my "oldies" with two+ coats of RenWax about 6 months ago. Pulled out my blue 36 two days ago, for the first time since, and it was shinier than ever, and basically rejected fingerprints as I handled it. Didn't believe the wax was that good before, now I do.
An interesting aside, I cleaned and waxed all my "oldies" with two+ coats of RenWax about 6 months ago. Pulled out my blue 36 two days ago, for the first time since, and it was shinier than ever, and basically rejected fingerprints as I handled it. Didn't believe the wax was that good before, now I do.
pantannojack
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Is that not what they are for? But I find it more convenience to cruise LGS's to fondle theirs rather than to dig mine out, re oil them, then hope I can cram them all back in the safe.
Memphis
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Mane what you talkin bout, a good cup of coffee (or an adult beverage) and a good ole Pre War N Frame (unloaded)... I bet I've rubbed off more finish than the previous owner did the whole time he carried the iron.
Roger
Roger
AJ
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That's why I coined the phrase "periodic maintenance inspection"... easier and safer to tell the wife where I'm off to in the house, than to say I need to get my "fondling fix", and it wasn't referring to her
Conrad,
Periodic Maintenance Inspection is a term that I have been hearing for 50 years. It is a term that is used in Naval Aviation. Had to laugh when I heard you use it in relation t firearms. Will try to remember to do a 7 Day inspection of each of my firearms.
AJ
Made an impression.
All the time! One of our favorite family stories is when my daughter brought her boyfriend, now my son in law, home from college for his first visit. When they came into our living room, there I sat in my recliner with my shotgun that I used for trapshooting laying on the floor beside me. Made quite an impression on my future son in law! Lol.
All the time! One of our favorite family stories is when my daughter brought her boyfriend, now my son in law, home from college for his first visit. When they came into our living room, there I sat in my recliner with my shotgun that I used for trapshooting laying on the floor beside me. Made quite an impression on my future son in law! Lol.
I go into my gun room occasionally and peek at my collection. My twin 8 year old grandkids were over yesterday and they asked me if they could go into the gunroom and look around. My grandson looked at a 9mm AR and said, OOOH, can I hold it? I told him sure but that we need to make sure it isn't loaded first, (nothing in my gunroom is loaded.) As I checked the chamber, he said is it unloaded Grandpa? I told him it was and handed it to him. He waved it around, in a safe direction, and said POW POW POW. When he gets a little older I'll let him actually shoot it.
Modified
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It's called a thinkin' gun. I prefer an old model beat to hell unconverted single six as it has the pleasing four click action but I can't harm it just working the action whilst thinkin'.
Glockman4
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There's people that don't do this?
I don't look at all of them at once, but I always keep one out and unloaded that I can fiddle around with
I don't look at all of them at once, but I always keep one out and unloaded that I can fiddle around with
To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.
To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.
Or I sell em.
For a while after I retired I chose a gun to
Carry and shoot at least 6 shots out of each
Day. My day started by cleaning yesterday's
Gun of the day and picking a new one.
I did not shoot the safe queens but all other
hand guns got shot. This is nice but a lot of cleaning so
Gun of the week was invented , wipe off each
day clean at end of week.
Carry and shoot at least 6 shots out of each
Day. My day started by cleaning yesterday's
Gun of the day and picking a new one.
I did not shoot the safe queens but all other
hand guns got shot. This is nice but a lot of cleaning so
Gun of the week was invented , wipe off each
day clean at end of week.
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