Anyone, Besides Me, Wanting to De-Tacticalize?

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I am not a Mall Ninja by any stretch of the imagination. As far as that goes, I pretty much have the physique of 'Paul Blart - Mall Cop' and that's as close as it gets. I do, however, have a few evil black rifles and some combat tupperware. Add to that a few black-scaled knives and I could blend in at just about any shooting event going.

However, these things are not holding my interest very well these days. I enjoy shooting my XD9 on ocassion but it doesn't do anything for me on an aesthetic level like my wheelguns do. My Benchmade knives are the same way. They are great tools but I like my Case knives better. My evil black rifles hold even less power over me. I am to the point that I would much rather have some nice bolt guns - especially a CZ 452 LUX.

What it boils down to is this - I am a guy that is knocking on the door of 50 years old and finding myself more comfortable with a S&W snubbie in one pocket, a case Peanut in another pocket and a cane made out of some nice looking wood. Anyone else in the same boat?

Now, I am trying to come to terms with selling some of the more tactical stuff that I own. I really don't like the idea of selling any firearms, but I guess I need to get over that.
 
I flirt with doing up my 10/22 or my WASR-- but really these days I spend all my money on ammo--

My 10/22 is plain Jane with a black sythetic factory stock (or at least it is Ruger marked)-- and my WASR has little done to it aside from a buttstock wxtension/pad, and AK74 style brake, and a cleaned up wooden stock--

I have nothing against anyone who does what they will with their own guns, but I just don't get much out of it if I can't afford to shoot it-- thus all my "extra" goes into food for the little beasties!:)
 
In my case I wouldn't really call it 'de-tacticalizing'.

I've always collected just about every niche of firearm there is. Milsurp, classics, and evil-black-tactical weapons.

For me, I'm always bouncing between moods about that. A few weeks, I'll be snapping up cheap milsurps (whenever I can find them), then I'll be saving up for something like a Colt Python. Then the next I'll be adding rails to AK-47s.

It's never actually affected what I carry, but sometimes it does make me wish I practiced CCing a snubbie more often.
 
Now is the time. If you wait to long the run will be over and you may not be able to get your money out of them. You may as well take advantage of the current seller's market.

Or, you could just give them all to me. Bwah ha ha ha :evil:
 
tju1973

I too have flirted with attempting to make the most evil looking 10/22 on the planet, but just can't make myself spend the bucks.
 
i go thru all sorts of phases, and my collection grows w/ whatever phase i am in. a month ago my phase was beretta 92's. 2 months ago it was big bore wheel guns. 6 months ago it was ar-15's. today it is bolt guns...

so, i keep all my stuff, regardless what phase i am currently in because the phase that i am going out of will return in 3 months or a year or whatever, and i don't want to have to buy from scratch.

point is, i say don't sell for awhile - you may find yourself going back thru that phase, or teaching a younger shooter and wishing you had that collapsible stock ar-15 back, etc...

as far as sellers markets go, i think that bubble burst... whatever configuration ar-15 i want from whatever major manufacturer is available to me locally now. wasn't that way 3 months ago... so, if your area is a sellers market, i doubt it will be for much longer. powder and primers are still tight, though.
 
Stop thinking with your heart and use your noggin.

Keep your AR-15s in case of a ban. If you don't want them, someone will and you'll be able to sell them for a high price.

While revolvers are pretty neat, they're not easy to reload on the move and have less capacity. Bad guys are attacking in groups nowadays and stopping to reload means unanswered incoming rounds.
 
I did a major downsizing of stuff a few years ago, including guns. I got rid of alot of my guns to the kids, nephews, friends.

These days I'm not interested in having anything that won't look at home in a Tom Sellech western. Okay, maybe a film noir Bogy P.I. flick like the Maltese Falcon. That will cover my old model 10.
 
Never got into the black gun, or

For that matter, the Mall Ninja thing.

My state is

WTFII?

Which is, when something happens,

And you have the gun in the pickup,

But where in hell is the magazine?

Glovebox?

True life stories.............


ishtar
 
I have some nice "tacticool" stuff but I find myself shooting and carrying my old revolvers more than anything else.
About the only "tactical" thing I've ever done in my life is to position the TV remotes for easy reach by my recliner ....
 
You're too old to fight in the next revolution. Sell your tactical stuff to some young guy. FWIW, I'm 56. I'm keeping mine a little longer.........
 
I had three Colt AR-15s at one time. I got rid of them because they were just too fun and expensive to shoot.
I've got a Marlin Camp 9 that will fit my needs should it hit the fan.
 
Huh?

This just sounds dumb. You want me to take the light off my home defense shotgun because it is too tactical? Take the optical sight off the AR-15 and put a carry handle back on?

Get rid of the 'tacticool'? HELL YES.

However, I see nothing wrong with having modern firearms and accessorizing them, provided you follow these rules

#1 realize each 'accessory' will negatively affect the balance, lightness, ease of use, and reliability of a weapon, and keep yourself down to a bare minium of 2 accessories. (for instance, shotgun gets sidesaddle and light...but no lasers, pistol grips, red dots, heat shields, special muzzle breaks for door breaching, etc etc)

#2 determine the purpose of the weapon and make sure your 1 or 2 accessories benfit that purpose and compliment eachother.

(this means for your close quarter AR-15 with a short barrel a 1X optic like a red dot and a vertical foregrip are great...or for a long range AR-15 with a longer bull barrel a 2-7x or 3-9x or even a nice fixed 4x or 6x variable is great, along with a bipod...HOWEVER a 3-9x scope plus a vertical foregrip is a waste, as would be a bipod on something mounting a red dot. As far as an SKS or AK, you probably bought them for reliability, so maybe improved iron sights, but that is it)
 
Just give your EBR's a new paint job, something outrageous. One idea I toyed with and passed up would be black and yellow diagonal stripes, like that caution tape they string up around construction sites.
 
You want me to take the light off my home defense shotgun because it is too tactical? Take the optical sight off the AR-15 and put a carry handle back on?
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I'm not a big fan of lights on a firearm. I'm not saying it doesn't work for some people, though. And, I'm not talking about taking the optical sight off of an AR-15, I'm talking about taking the AR-15 out my hand and putting a Marlin 1894c in its place.
 
"I'm talking about taking the AR-15 out my hand and putting a Marlin 1894c in its place."
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A Marln 1894 and a Ruger Blackhawk makes a very nice combo. :D
 
I've always had an affinity for the finer things in the firearm world, the elder I become the more I prefer the aesthetically pleasing glow of hand rubbed oil finished walnut, highly polished blueing and slick, tight action of a finely built firearm.

Don't get me wrong, I am function over form as with a finely built combat rifle, but a Holland and Holland makes my heart go pitter patter. :D
 
Depends on why one has guns.

It's difficult to assess the threat. So far, I have not had to fight a tyrannical government, home invaders or even a mugger.

So I look to history to see that for all these possible threats, it's better to have them and not need them ...

I decided to have at least one decent weapon for long, medium and close range.

I'll pass them on in case the next generation needs them.
 
I hear ya.

I'm getting rid of all my excess.

Keeping the basics and a few K of rounds.

Figure if the SHTF and after a few K rounds spent, I'm either dead, or I've managed to knock off enough bad guys to steal their ammo.
 
I have my XD's that I enjoy shooting, but I may get rid of the 2 XD9's. I just do like the 9mm round. I have 2 rifles I won't get rid of, my M1 Garand and my AR10B, I'm making a box frame for it and it's going to hang on the wall. The AR is what I shoot all the time. I love iron sight rifles. The only bolt gun I have is my CZ 527 and I'll be giving that to the future generation.
I really don't have anything in the way of "tactical" stuff. Everything is pretty much the way it came from the factory.
 
I have been thinking the same thing.

I'm gonna get rid of my Sabre Defence AR-15. It's a cool gun - but other than the fact that it looks cool - It doesn't do much for me. I end up shootin' 5 times more .22LR than .223

I shot a SKS last weekend and enjoyed it as much as anything I've shot.

I can get a M-1 Garand, SKS and a WASR-10 for what I have in this AR.

Your post has convinced me to get on that tomorrow.

Thanks.

jjs
 
Been going back in time with respect to firearm designs since I turned 35. About 15 years ago I was positively giddy about my Sig handguns, and how incredibly awesome they were.
Then, it was ARFs. Then, a while later, 1911s and HiPowers.
Now, I just love, LOVE, the feel of the .44 special in my hand, and hearing the heavy slugs ringing steel at 100M with a fixed-sight snubnosed .38 makes me "positively giddy".
I used to miss faster than anyone. Now I hit slow, but I HIT HARD.
 
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