Then go buy yourself a Bryco and call it good.It's the carpenter, not the tools.
You can't quote me then edit parts out. It's disingenuous to frame my post as recommending low quality gear. In the context of this post, members have alluded to 'pick a gun and stick with it for life'. I'm an example; I had become very proficient with a Glock over the course of 25 years or so, I've recently switched to a Walther and my shooting has improved greatly. Can I get the Glock out and still shoot well? Of course. Do I enjoy shooting my Walther at a higher level? Also of course.Then go buy yourself a Bryco and call it good.
When I was young my father, who actually was a carpenter, told me "You make your living with your tools. Buy the best tools you can afford and never sell them."
I never saw my father carry cheap tools at work.
I didn't frame your post as recommending low quality gear. I took it to its logical conclusion.You can't quote me then edit parts out. It's disingenuous to frame my post as recommending low quality gear.
I'm one of those members. I picked 9mm Glocks Glocks work for me. I don't see any reason to piss away any more of my disposable income looking for the next best thing.the context of this post, members have alluded to 'pick a gun and stick with it for life'.
Happy for you.I'm an example; I had become very proficient with a Glock over the course of 25 years or so, I've recently switched to a Walther and my shooting has improved greatly. Can I get the Glock out and still shoot well? Of course.
Again, happy for you.Do I enjoy shooting my Walther at a higher level? Also of course.
It's the carpenter, not the tools.
You can't buy proficiency, but you can do yourself a disservice by stubbornly being tied to one gun while another brand or model may fit your needs much better.
Then go buy yourself a Bryco and call it good.
When I was young my father, who actually was a carpenter, told me "You make your living with your tools. Buy the best tools you can afford and never sell them."
I never saw my father carry cheap tools at work.
If it truly is the Carpenter not the tools or even the Indian and not the arrow than a Bryco should be enough.Your first statement is disingenuous in that concerning self defense firearms, reliability is paramount, and while no brand can guarantee 100% reliability, we all know Bryco is a brand that is much closer to 100% unreliability.
It's the carpenter, not the tools.
Your statement contradicts your metaphor. A more correct version we use in Trap shooting is "It's the Indian, not the arrow."
It means a good trapshooter can pick up any shotgun out of the rack and shoot a 20 or above.
You are correct in that you can't buy proficiency, but then you state right after that you CAN buy performance by buying something else. While ideally, it's best to start with the best equipment, one can achieve legendary status with pedestrian tools. Don't believe me? Research Daro Handy, and Rudy Etchen, two Trapshooters that shot thier ways in the ATA Hall of Fame with bone stock Remington 870's.
If it truly is the Carpenter not the tools or even the Indian and not the arrow than a Bryco should be enough.
You keep using that word.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."youtu.be
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- not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
"he was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical"
I will concede that you believe that.I was implying that knowing the conversation was about carry guns, your recommendation of a Bryco is tantamount to recommending Lady Gaga's meat suit to wear as shark protection.
last summer I carried a combination of an old CZ-70, a S&W 10-7, and an NAA mini revolver. I replaced them all with a Taurus 856 UL, .38 Special with a 3" barrel in a sticky holster.It's the carpenter, not the tools.
You can't buy proficiency, but you can do yourself a disservice by stubbornly being tied to one gun while another brand or model may fit your needs much better.