I think its completely normal. Ninja toys can keep a man warm for only so long. Now beauty, craftsmanship, etc., that is good for the long term.
Am I getting old and cranky?
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It was a joke, Mike. And NO! I didn't post that for my "edification"..
Besides, if you feel the need to call me a "puke", do you think that you could at least have the common courtesy to send it via a PM next time??!
Schuey!
What do you think this was supposed to mean --
It meant that I was posting my response a JOKE.
I recognized yours for what it was, and responded in turn.
What other response would a curmudgeon give?
What do you think this was supposed to mean --
It meant that I was posting my response a JOKE.
I recognized yours for what it was, and responded in turn.
What other response would a curmudgeon give?
Old and cranky is when you're looking at a few of your FBPP's and thinking "You know, I could buy a buttload of exotic, cool and funky old milsurps if I sold those things..." 
It's funny how you're apprecation for "mature" qualities increases as you get more mature yourself. My heart used to race at the site of tactical black Ninja toys- but now I look at a pre-64 Winchester bolts, or lever action cowboy .22's and get the same feeling. If I could put nice Walnut stocks, and a lusterous blue finish on my AR, I probably would. I think you gain a better appreciation of what life once was, and get more nostalgic, as you get older.
Ky Larry,
Speaking only for myself, it's not that I don't enjoy shooting both (I do) but that I collect guns and have just lost my enthusiasm for collecting Flat Black People Poppers. An old Mauser or Mannlicher-Schoenauer or Springfield is an honest-to-Wodan Piece Of History. It has a story, it may have been used in combat, it has decades of history soaked into its wood furniture along with the cosmoline. While I like my EBR's just fine, the fact remains that my Daewoo or Beretta are just commercial replicas of military service rifles. They shoot just fine, and I guess I like 'em okay, but they don't really fit in the mileu of my personal collection anymore. That Daewoo could be turned into three or four or five good Mausers or Enfields. The Beretta is worth enough that I could go hunting for Siamese or Persian Mausers, Ljungmanns or FN-49's, or pretty much any other milsurp I wanted if I cashed it in.
I've pretty much decided that I like and use my HK enough to keep it, my AK stays because every collection needs one, and I need to pick up an AR, but the funkier guns deserve to go to someone who collects and appreciates them, rather than sitting here gathering cobwebs.
Speaking only for myself, it's not that I don't enjoy shooting both (I do) but that I collect guns and have just lost my enthusiasm for collecting Flat Black People Poppers. An old Mauser or Mannlicher-Schoenauer or Springfield is an honest-to-Wodan Piece Of History. It has a story, it may have been used in combat, it has decades of history soaked into its wood furniture along with the cosmoline. While I like my EBR's just fine, the fact remains that my Daewoo or Beretta are just commercial replicas of military service rifles. They shoot just fine, and I guess I like 'em okay, but they don't really fit in the mileu of my personal collection anymore. That Daewoo could be turned into three or four or five good Mausers or Enfields. The Beretta is worth enough that I could go hunting for Siamese or Persian Mausers, Ljungmanns or FN-49's, or pretty much any other milsurp I wanted if I cashed it in.
I've pretty much decided that I like and use my HK enough to keep it, my AK stays because every collection needs one, and I need to pick up an AR, but the funkier guns deserve to go to someone who collects and appreciates them, rather than sitting here gathering cobwebs.
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