Are you a collector or a shooter?

saiga308 said:

i like clones this one photo on line not mine but same feg pr9 350$ at pawn shop pickup is fun to shoot i got it because its looks like my 459 smith but with a 5 inch barrel i put nice hi power rubber grips on replacing the wood lame ones

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Had one years ago but never got to find out if S&W 59 mags work in it. Have you tried them?

Chuck R. said:

My back yard:
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So, I'm thinking that even though I've got a decent number of guns, I fall in the shooter category.

Chuck

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#Jelly.lol

Like others on here I am an accidental accumulator. I belonged to the gun of the month club for many years scooping up whatever I wanted and shooting the snot out of it thereafter. Then I got back into reloading, and more shooting of the new stuff, then buy a few more, eventually reload for those----rinse and repeat.......... I ain't no stinkin' collector by a long shot!

I'm a shooter who has a few collector's pieces.

DeadFlies said:

A little from column A, a little from column B. But mostly I’m a hunter. We can still hunt with guns, right?

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I tried quail hunting with a tennis racquet, it didn't work very well for me

Then I discovered a tennis racquet made by Browing, a superposed I think they called it, wow, much better

bikemutt said:

I tried quail hunting with a tennis racquet, it didn't work very well for me

Then I discovered a tennis racquet made by Browing, a superposed I think they called it, wow, much better

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Yeah for swatting birdies, i like brownings also...

Mostly i shoot, hunt, and tinker...not much for collecting yet.

I collect shooters

I,d like more guns, but my gun safe only holds room for 4.

Chuck R. said:

My back yard:

So, I'm thinking that even though I've got a decent number of guns, I fall in the shooter category.

Chuck

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You don't know me and I know you won't care, but for what it's worth that just got you several points in my Cool Book.

Both.

My wife and I both enjoy firearms...both shooting and as a hobby involving collecting. We shoot every gun we have so we don't worry about trying to maintain any kind of mint condition or anything.

Shooter and accumulator. The only gun I own I have never shot is a US Krag and I only bought it to have one of every US battle rifle of the 20th century. The stock is a laughable sporterized hack job.

Heck I may buy a box of factory ammo one day and fire off a couple just to say I have.

I’m a shooter, plain and simple. Every gun I have bought has been for a purpose. I enjoy shooting and reloading and one feeds the other, so I have to shoot more so I can reload more. It’s a never ending battle. I have a couple that I try to keep looking good for when I pass them down to my kids(with ammo),but they know they are shooters, and they sometimes shoot them with me. I have passed on a few guns over the years that were collectibles and I just couldn’t own a gun I wouldn’t shoot.

I’m a shooter who considers himself practical but in a moment of weakness I will buy a gun that I just like the looks of.

As for collecting I guess the closest I came is when I was buying SXS shotguns, 16 gauge American made pre-WWII. But I hunted with them so it was practical too.

Shooter with a cpl safes full.Mostly shoot one rig,which means all the others are "collecting".....dust.Have some beautiful old SxS shotguns,and rarely shoot them?When bird hunting or SC's,almost always just grab a beater 20g 870?I'd sell off a bunch of guns and honestly wouldn't miss them,but have 4 grown boys,I usually give them each a gun every cpl years.

The firearms I bought that came in their original boxes and hand tags are my collectors and are just displayed. While everything else is used. I had 2 Winchester Model 94 Centennials, the one in its original box and all tags was a collector while the other that was just the firearm that came in a beat up old box was used. It was a great shooter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Mine was similar to the one pictured.

I'm more of a collector now, only because I've been acquiring faster than shooting, though every gun I've acquired I've intended to shoot. I just don't get to shoot much.

I'm a hunter-gatherer of weapons of all sorts. And helmets. And armor. And tools and techniques to make and maintain all of the above

Shooter

Define 'collector'.

I don't own any guns that I don't shoot.
Maybe I won't own any guns that I won't shoot.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Had one years ago but never got to find out if S&W 59 mags work in it. Have you tried them?

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59s they wont but i took a cz 75mag and cut the spot with a dremel were the mag catch is at and it works fine sticks out a 1 inch out the bottom but who cares
feg 14 round cz 75

Seems any time I try to start a collection, I end up with modified or otherwise "non-collectible" guns... I'm not cut out to be a collector!

I collect guns to shoot and experience them. Im not drawn to a particular style, if its got a teigger i like it. I also am perpetually curious about shooting (and reloading) new calibers and configuations (such as i have a 44mag pistol but whats it like out of a bolt carbine, guess i need a 77/44 to find out).

Cooldill said:

Seems any time I try to start a collection, I end up with modified or otherwise "non-collectible" guns... I'm not cut out to be a collector!

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yeah i do trigger jobs on them and grips come off and modified for my hands..

Elkins45 said:

Shooter and accumulator. The only gun I own I have never shot is a US Krag and I only bought it to have one of every US battle rifle of the 20th century. The stock is a laughable sporterized hack job.

Heck I may buy a box of factory ammo one day and fire off a couple just to say I have.

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They are like bolt action butter on ball bearings. Lol. Seriously fun and accurate rifle with mild recoil. Enjoy!

I buy em to shoot em.