old fashioned shooting irons

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It looks now days like most everyone is into the taticool stuff . Most folks have to have quad rails with a lazer ,holosight ,a flashlight and who knows what mounted to a "Platform" that will take 30 round magizines. and I admit it is fun to blast through rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger , But more and more lately I find that I enjoy the blued steel,and walnut , and the slower shooting that the old style rifles,and the old revolving pistols afford . A more social, and laid back day at the range . I find with the old shooting irons there is a little more time to chat and enjoy shooting. I find myself into the SAA type revolvers lately and I have liked lever actions for ever how do you people feel?
 
I've always been a fan of the older stuff. I like my rifles wood and blue. I like my handguns with cylinders, not magazines.

I'm just now building my first AR15, mostly because of the political climate we're in. I'm just building one so I'll have it in case I'm not able to later.

For everyday use, I'll take the "outdated" stuff.
 
I tend towards older style stuff, though newer has its place as well.

Ive heard it described as the soulless black plastic guns for work(LE and defense) and blued steel and walnut for the passion of fine craftsmanship and beauty of classic firearms that are enjoyable to simply handle and shoot for their own sake.
 
I agree. Bolt actions, lever guns, single shots, revolvers, and occasionally a semiauto...a classic semiauto. I'm torn up over a Walther PP 7.65 these days.
 
I like the older classics as well. And I for one don't think it's that fun to do mag dumps. I'd rather make every shot count, especially since I don't reload.
 
I enjoy a good dump....never use my reloads for it.

I much prefer "sporter" styled long guns to those with pistol grips, i also much prefer wood and steel.
I do enjoy my ar, but i rarely shoot it, I really like my abolt with its euro stock, but rarely shoot it for fun either.
Most shot guns are my sporteized 7.7, my RA in 300aac, and my .22s....so function over style?

Highest round counts probably my mini-14, when i have it out i shoot it alot.
 
Someday our grandkids will still be enjoying their classic and outdated EBRs and grip-mounted laser handguns, while their kids are jumping on the Newest and Baddest bandwagon, whatever that may be. I for one have put the love of revolvers, SxSs and levers into my own kids, in hopes that their kids someday will enjoy their Great-great grandpa's guns as much as I did.
 
Hi...
I have quite a few firearms but I shoot considerably more rounds out of my revolvers, bolt action rifles and 1911s than I do out of any autoloading handgun or semi-automatic rifle.
I get bored shooting 20 or 30 round magazines out of ARs or SKS rifles or emptying multiple magazines out of hi-cap autoloading handguns.
I much prefer shooting SA and DA revolvers or 1911s...old school, I guess.
 
I like a little bit of everything (haven't gotten into revolvers yet, but I appreciate them). Case in point: I usually hunt with a Remington 700 in .30-06. This year, new hunting area, max range will be 50 yards. I was pulling my 6.8 upper out of the cabinet to mount on my lower. I had to move my 30-year-old Marlin 336 .30/30 out of the way. Hefting the old lever gun, I put the upper back, pulled the scope and mounts off the 336 (I never liked them, anyway), and hit the range to re-zero the stock open sights. I can't remember the last time I was this excited to hit the woods. I love variety in firearms, and believe every type has a purpose. But, the older ones have their own kind of character.
 
Arkansas Paul said:
I've always been a fan of the older stuff. I like my rifles wood and blue. I like my handguns with cylinders, not magazines.

I'm just now building my first AR15, mostly because of the political climate we're in. I'm just building one so I'll have it in case I'm not able to later.

For everyday use, I'll take the "outdated" stuff.
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Im kind of feeling the same. Although I prefer wood and blued steel , Im seriously thinking about making my next purchase some kind of an AR 15 , there are no gaurantees that those will be available forever .
 
While not old, my favorite woods guns for rambling around my farm are a 94 44 mag and a new flat top 44 special.
 
I'm a transition-baby of the old world, but like plastic DAO autos nowadays. Well-figured wood and glossy bluing are OK, but I do tend to keep up with the times. Got an M4gery a couple of years ago just to see what all the fuss was about.

By the way, it's "chutin arn," not "shooting iron," as in "I won't go no where no how without my chutin arn."
 
Oh yeah, I prefer revolvers, bolt action rifles and SxS shotguns. I have some semi-autos (mostly older designs like Ruger Mk IIs, Garand and a CZ75) but they get less use. I like the slower pace of the older styles, the looks of wood and blue steel, and I'm in no hurry to blow through ammo. Might explain why so much of my range time is with traditional black powder guns.
 
I'm not sure what an old shootin iron is, is it the age of the gun itself or the age of design? While my oldest guns date to the mid-fifties most of the "platforms" are pre-war designed.
 
Went to the range yesterday. Brought two rifles from different eras, a WWII M-1 Carbine, and the original assault rifle, a 127 year old 14 shot Winchester '73 in .38-40.

Can't say which I liked better, enjoyed them both immensely. Last week I brought a relatively new AR, my first, which I also enjoyed. Would have been fun to have mixed all three quasi military rifles, wood and plastic, on one range day.
 
A fan of both, old fashioned shootin' irons and new fangled semi-autos, though not to the full extent that tactical technology is concerned. Even have several polymer frame pistols as I like the new stuff along with the old school guns and want to keep my collection up to date with current designs and manufacturing methods.
 
I'm equal opportunity, of course, and like firearms of all stripes.

But I think I only have two or three firearms made in the last twenty years.

Everything else was made prior to 1955.

They are still good quality tools that will outlast me. I love that.
 
Took my 21 year old son to the range last week and took my AR and my Uberti 1860 Henry. Without a doubt the Henry was the hands down favorite. There's something awesome about blasting away with black powder 44-40 cartridges. We went through 100 rounds of my reloads.
 
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