Nawww.... I call BS.
Again, how much time and rounds does someone need to invest in order to have a valid opinion?
What ever your answer is IS YOUR OPINION.
I don't need to shake 200 sweaty hands to know I don't like it. I don't need to drive 10k miles in order for me know the Smart car isn't right for me and the ride stinks and the seats feel like cardboard. I don't need to date someone for 6 months to know she isn't right for me.
I don't need to use a hammer for a year framing houses in order to justify to someone else that for me, the swing doesn't feel right and the grip is too small.
All of those things are my opinion and are subjective things that I can figure out in very short order.
You may not be able to, but believe it or not, some ppl can.
So I'll ask again to those that share yours and Gunnys opinion, what is the magic amount of time or # rounds does it take for someone to have a valid opinion in your mind?
And is your opinion based on facts you can share or just anecdotes?
Ive owned and shot a lot of different gun types over the years, and had a lot of "uninformed" opinions about some things myself, that kept me from embracing them at first blush. Its a lot easier to bitch about something you dont now, than it is to learn it.
I was a die hard 1911 guy, and the first couple of times I had a chance to fondle and then shoot a Glock, I swore they were junk (the proper 1911 fanboy response
) and everything about them was wrong.
Finally got one of my own, and put some time in with it and shot it a good bit, and learned the gun, and these days, the 1911's are the range toys, just to keep up on them, and a couple of Glocks ride in my holsters.
And since I shoot them both (as well as a number of others), I can easily switch back and forth now, without any problem too.
Same thing went on with my AK's when I first started fooling aroud with them . AR's are the only way to go, until you actually learn to run an AK, and find thay are easy to work and shoot, equally as accurate (when shot realistically), and all the negitive things I was convinced were there, seemed to magically disapper, when I got a little experience with the gun.
Same thing went on with pretty much every new or different gun I came across. And I quickly figured out, not to believe what Im told about things, unless it proves out in living with, and shooting them. And very few of those supposed deficenies or problems, actually ever played out too.
So, no, its not BS. Its simply a lack of education and experience with something you dont know, up until you do.
People generally dont like to admit that they might not know somethng, or be wrong, so its easier to put the heat on the object, than it is to admit that they are the likely sorce of the problem.
To play devil's advocate, a lot of us simply don't have the time or resources to do this as it is much more expedient to try a pistol for one range session and go with whatever feels and performs best from the get go.
Another factor in this discussion is personal investment. You naturally want to defend what you have resources into.
My brother-in-law bought a new CZ p10c and I had just bought my Glock G19 Gen 5 MOS. He had been hearing on the internet how the CZ was the new "Glock beater" and so had I. He had never shot a Glock. We took them to the range and shot them side by side. Glock had the better trigger, was more accurate, was more compact, and felt better in the hand for both of us. He even mentioned that the texture on the CZ irritated his shooting hand.
But he kept the CZ and insists it's a superior gun to the Glock, mostly because it was $200 cheaper than mine. Whatever. I saw him shoot the Glock better heard his remarks, yet he paid for the CZ out of his own pocket and had done tons of internet research on it, so to him, it was superior to the Glock.
Most people tend to have what they have, and because of that, its got to be the best choice. You hear it all the time.
Nothing wrong with that, as long as what you have, is something of reasonable quality and reputation, and you do take the time and make the effort, to get good with it.
Someone who does that, regardless of what it is thay have, will likely be a lot better off, than someone who tries to buy thier skill, with a high dollar, fancy super gun, and a lot of add on crutches, that are supposed to make up for their lack of skill.
The majority of firearms out there are pretty simple, if you bother to take the time to learn them. There really are only a couple of basic types you need to learn, and once you have that down, you can shoot pretty much anything, without too much trouble.
Personally, I think if you learn to shoot a DA revolver , DAO, youre going to find everything else is pretty easy. And shooting DAO is easy, but you do need to put in a little time and effort to learn.
But, as we see all the time, people dont seem to want to put in that effort, even with what they have, let alone, broaden their horizons, and learn as much as they can with as many as they can.
And its those people, who are usually the ones, who tell you that the things they arent familar with, are junk, or not shootable.
"You dont know, what you dont know", is very much the truth.
Im a firm beliver, that if you can't shoot something well, barring something actually being mechanically wrong with the gun, its not the guns fault.
But you know the usual response there.
