You know you are a GUN NUT if...

[kayak-man]

You name your children after guns you own. You get really excited when you're wife starts yelling Kalishnikov, then get all disappointed when you realize she is talking to your son.

You bailed on senior prom when you realized that what you were paying for your tux rental could go towards ammo.

You mentally convert how many hours you work a week into how many boxes of ammo you can buy. Bonus points if you use the tips for a different caliber.

 

[Dnaltrop]

You can refer to your 3 kids as Full-Size, Compact, and Sub-compact and your friends don't blink an eye.

 

[Claude Clay]

for the ammo and brass that falls out of her husband's and daughter's clothing, the wife has a bowl on top of the dryer.

 

[tehweej]

When you pick which brand shotgun shells you shoot by which powder smell you like best.

And you hang on to a couple hulls and smell them every once in a while when you feel bad, and then get sad when the smell fades after a week. Ask me how I know...

 

[DasFriek]

When the handle on your .22lr ammo box keeps falling off due to excess weight and you only keep the Match grade stuff in that one.

Sunday and Monday are your most hated days of the week because all the gun shops are closed as well as the range.

You get scared at doctor visits wondering if he will ask you to take your shirt off, And its not your fat hairy gut your embarresed to expose.

People in your home get nervous as they dont understand a new holster needs worn and broken in just like shoes.

 

[Dulvarian]

You get every firearm related question at your base/station, and your job has nothing to do with firearms. I get an average of one per day, sometimes from people that I don't even know.

 

[Equestrian]

You have read this entire 300 plus post thread more than three times, still laugh and will probably continue read it every other time it floats back to the top

 

[Victor1Echo]

You have children just to make sure your guns will have a home when you leave.

 

[rtpzwms]

When your bifocals look like targets!
When your dogs have names like Moose and Squirrel!
When you own the trivial pursuit "Guns and Ammo" edition
When you buy a new gun to go with the ammo you already have at home
When you go to pick up your hunting license and start with "I have a reservation"
When you tell the LEO I don't have the sale receipt but I do have there "Birth Certificates" and the discussion is about handguns
When you go to your local gun shop and they have a stool in front of the display case with your name and a reserved sign on it
When you can tell the powder used in a round just by sniffing the air when its fired
When you offer to clean guns for free right after a police involved shooting
When ATF publishes you as a resource
When you start to think deer hunting with a cannon is a good idea
If you put on extra pounds so you can put another gun on your belt
When someone is talking about shooting his wad and all you can think of is black powder
When you go to the store and realize that 5 pounds of flour is 35000 grains
When you give ammunition as a birthday gift to a friend who doesn't own a gun (hoping he'll re-gift it to you)
If the doctor revives you with Hoppes #9
If your web browser favorites has nothing but gun related sites
When your gun safe combo is 3 5 7
If TSA knows that your just forgetful
When family planning includes your gunsmith
If UPS keeps a record of your FFL in case the the gun dealer didn't have a copy
If your toilet paper dispenser looks like a pair of 1911's mounted to the wall
When your wife wants to go shopping for art in a room and you tell her to check the Remington web site
If you go to the range to pick up a date
When Civil Defense post your address as the armory
BATF forms now come in pads with your information already filled in
If just before your son's wedding you take the whole family to the range to spend some quality time

 

[303Jeff]

When you pick which brand shotgun shells you shoot by which powder smell you like best.

I shoot Federal #8 or #7-1/2 target shells instead of the equivalent Winchester shells for just this reason.

Got one better on you though. I throw the empties in a box next to my bed as a sort of macho-potpourri. For that matter on some days my whole room smells like gunpowder with wafts of the sulfur smell of clay pigeons.

 

[Cmiller21b]

you stop by two or more walmarts on your way home from work to check for ammo. More than once in the same week.

guilty!!!!!!

 

[saenzrich]

When your first sons name is Hunter. And his first words are bang,bang.

 

[jhansman]

You reply to this thread.

 

[Palehorseman]

Call me a gun nut again, I'll blow your head off.

 

[AGrayEngineering]

Your Fiance buys you an M1 Garand as a wedding present. She's a keeper

 

[VegasAR15]

When you get married, and this is your wedding cake topper.

 

[CajunBass]

if you bought a gun for a child who cannot yet speak, walk, or crawl.

This is from a reply about two years ago. BUT...How about for a child who hasn't been born YET? Would that qualify?

I've got a gun already with my yet to be born grandson's name on it. He's due in November.

 

[stchman]

You refuse to go to a state that does not allow conceal carry.

 

[CoRoMo]

CajunBass:

Yep, same thing!

Here's another one about babies:

...you're right-handed, but you have close to a dozen left-hand guns, in addition to all of your RH guns. Shotguns, revolvers, rifles, pistols, you name it. The reason you acquired all these southpaws is because, slightly more than half the time, your little baby will grab at things with his left hand.

 

[hiyatran]

-If members of your National Guard unit say that they are coming to your house in the event of an emergency.

and they said I was crazy in investing in all those guns

-If you have named your guns after the models in the Victoria Secret catalog.

I thought I was the only one doing this...

-If the local gun shop nominates you as employee of the month and you don't work there.

that's very funny!!

 

[Quoheleth]

You name your children and/or dogs after guns you do NOT have, just so when someone says "Do you have [insert name of gun you do not have]?" you can answer in the affirmative and not feel inadequate --- while praying they don't ask to see said firearm so you don't have to reveal just how pathetic you are.

Q

 

[LeontheProfessional]

You refuse to go to a state that does not allow conceal carry.

Not only that but you refuse to move to States with stricter gun laws than your own.

 

[tooltech]

When the father of the bride takes the groom, the groom's father, the preacher, the best man and the rest of the groom's party shooting the morning of the wedding.

That was me 1 year ago today.

We were almost late

 

[mustang_steve]

....you've ever had an IWB CC holster, which will never be seen by anyone provided all goes well, made with ornate hides (ostrich, etc) or tooling.

 

[washambala]

You name your children after guns you own. You get really excited when you're wife starts yelling Kalishnikov, then get all disappointed when you realize she is talking to your son.

I actually know a guy who named his daughter Winchester. Everyone calls her Chessy.