Carl Levitian
member
Okay, I'm an old fart, and enjoying my retirement with the better half who is also retired. We both have been life long shooters, and we even met on a pistol range. Being married for 40 years this year, we've taught our children and grandchildren to shoot.
But.
I had a startling conversation with my wife, and we both agreed that we seem to be having less enthusiasm for shooting than we used to have. We have a great deal of stuff we like to do, but it's a little bit of a shock to admit that shooting has fallen down the list. Karen and I had a little game, we each take a piece of paper in the morning, and write down three things we'd like to do that day, and compare lists to see what is something both of us want to do. Of late, shooting has not made the list. We'd rather go canoing or woods walking, or other things. We still enjoy going plinking with our .22's, but not as often as we used to. Interest in center fire has totally gone. We'd rather do our archery. But last weekend the grandkids were over, and our grandson brought his Crosman air rifle over, and we had a ball plinking in the woods in back of the house. Karen and I dug out the old Sheridan's that we taught our kids on and plinked away. It was nice to walk down through the woods to the creek, toss a little stick in and shoot. Go figure.
The post that was made here on what would you do if you had no guns made both of us think about it. Today is usually our range day, but we're going fishing this afternoon instead. It's quieter. We don't miss the guns we gave to the kids or sold off some years ago in a big downsize of our life. In the end, guns are just things. We kept only our old .22's that we had when we met, and I have my old .38 revolver beside my bed. But that's it. The fetish I had about having all those guns when I was young, seems to have vanished. I seem to care more now about re-varnishing the old hand made wood canoe than guns. Or tying some new flies.
I wonder if anyone else has had their gun love fade as they got older?
Carl.
But.
I had a startling conversation with my wife, and we both agreed that we seem to be having less enthusiasm for shooting than we used to have. We have a great deal of stuff we like to do, but it's a little bit of a shock to admit that shooting has fallen down the list. Karen and I had a little game, we each take a piece of paper in the morning, and write down three things we'd like to do that day, and compare lists to see what is something both of us want to do. Of late, shooting has not made the list. We'd rather go canoing or woods walking, or other things. We still enjoy going plinking with our .22's, but not as often as we used to. Interest in center fire has totally gone. We'd rather do our archery. But last weekend the grandkids were over, and our grandson brought his Crosman air rifle over, and we had a ball plinking in the woods in back of the house. Karen and I dug out the old Sheridan's that we taught our kids on and plinked away. It was nice to walk down through the woods to the creek, toss a little stick in and shoot. Go figure.
The post that was made here on what would you do if you had no guns made both of us think about it. Today is usually our range day, but we're going fishing this afternoon instead. It's quieter. We don't miss the guns we gave to the kids or sold off some years ago in a big downsize of our life. In the end, guns are just things. We kept only our old .22's that we had when we met, and I have my old .38 revolver beside my bed. But that's it. The fetish I had about having all those guns when I was young, seems to have vanished. I seem to care more now about re-varnishing the old hand made wood canoe than guns. Or tying some new flies.
I wonder if anyone else has had their gun love fade as they got older?
Carl.
