I do have guns that I take brush hunting where I know the weapon and myself will be in the brambles. But most of those have cheap optics, synthetic stocks, and when I come back if I want them to look new again I just hit them with a can of high temp spray paint. Matches perfect on many of the com block weapons. Like many mine are just tools but I like them clean and pleasing to my eye.
Dings, scratches, and scrapes.
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sugarmaker
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Safe queens i handle with kit gloves
Target guns get used but I'm careful.
Hunting guns are tools to get me out into the woods and they get marked up - I care for them but I'll bust wet brush is that's where I want to go, i don't care about water / snow damage, blue wear, a little surface rust, or scratches.
Target guns get used but I'm careful.
Hunting guns are tools to get me out into the woods and they get marked up - I care for them but I'll bust wet brush is that's where I want to go, i don't care about water / snow damage, blue wear, a little surface rust, or scratches.
stonecutter2
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I use them, but try not to abuse them.
They're for shooting, not just for lookin at - though i do enjoy looking at them here and there
They're for shooting, not just for lookin at - though i do enjoy looking at them here and there
pockets
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No big deal.
Unless you (A) leave them in their boxes, (B) hermetically seal them under glass, (C) never touch them at all, or (D) all of the above; guns will get scratched and dinged. Doesn't mean you have to drag them behind a Jeep for 10 miles to add 'character', it just means that 'real life happens'. No point in getting bent over minor things.
BTW: I once had thousands of paperback books myself.....now I have one Kindle.
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Unless you (A) leave them in their boxes, (B) hermetically seal them under glass, (C) never touch them at all, or (D) all of the above; guns will get scratched and dinged. Doesn't mean you have to drag them behind a Jeep for 10 miles to add 'character', it just means that 'real life happens'. No point in getting bent over minor things.
BTW: I once had thousands of paperback books myself.....now I have one Kindle.
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I still cringe when I thump my black rifle on a barricade, just not as much as I used to.
Stainless and plastic are designed for abuse, wood and blued steel can be sturdy but show their scars more easily.
Stainless and plastic are designed for abuse, wood and blued steel can be sturdy but show their scars more easily.
Gotta have my books. I like the feel, I like the smell, I like to look at them on my book shelves.
ohioshooter
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buy a plastic gun like a glock....no one cares if it's scratched, dinged or whatever else...
nofishbob
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To the OP-
Most people take a small rug or a towel to the range to set their guns on to keep them from being scratched by the tables, which are sometimes made of rough steel or even concrete.
With no pad available, try to pick up and set the guns straight up and down to eliminate sliding the gun on the table: the cause of most of these scratches.
I like honest wear on guns, but the scratches you describe were avoidable, and do not need to be repeated if you are so inclined.
Good luck!
Bob
Most people take a small rug or a towel to the range to set their guns on to keep them from being scratched by the tables, which are sometimes made of rough steel or even concrete.
With no pad available, try to pick up and set the guns straight up and down to eliminate sliding the gun on the table: the cause of most of these scratches.
I like honest wear on guns, but the scratches you describe were avoidable, and do not need to be repeated if you are so inclined.
Good luck!
Bob
woad_yurt
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I do like to shoot without worry so I usually prefer guns that are somewhat blemished. If they are mechanically up to spec, I'm good. Just so long as it works properly, I'm good with "finish issues."
K-frame .38s are my all-time favorite. I reload and shoot 'em quite a bit. I have a near-perfect nickel-plated, 5" Model 10-5 that was soooo cheap I couldn't afford to pass it up. I don't want to scratch the stupid thing so I don't shoot it much even though I've wanted a 5" gun with a tapered barrel forever. The same goes for my K98k. It usually stays in the safe. I found a really beat up, sporterized-with-a-hacksaw V24 Mauser which shoots just as well so that's what I use when I want to do some 8MM.
I've been getting into stainless K-frames lately just for this reason. I like to shoot a lot and can barely afford that; I just don't have the funds to buy safe queens these days. I do appreciate keeping a pristine collector-value item pristine (I collect coins,too.) Thus, I tend to leave the perfect specimens for those who'll keep them so.
K-frame .38s are my all-time favorite. I reload and shoot 'em quite a bit. I have a near-perfect nickel-plated, 5" Model 10-5 that was soooo cheap I couldn't afford to pass it up. I don't want to scratch the stupid thing so I don't shoot it much even though I've wanted a 5" gun with a tapered barrel forever. The same goes for my K98k. It usually stays in the safe. I found a really beat up, sporterized-with-a-hacksaw V24 Mauser which shoots just as well so that's what I use when I want to do some 8MM.
I've been getting into stainless K-frames lately just for this reason. I like to shoot a lot and can barely afford that; I just don't have the funds to buy safe queens these days. I do appreciate keeping a pristine collector-value item pristine (I collect coins,too.) Thus, I tend to leave the perfect specimens for those who'll keep them so.
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They ain't dings, scratches, and scrapes.
Instead character.
Instead character.
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NMGonzo
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Stainless.
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