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Handgun gets me to my rifle or shotgun 
How do you describe yourself as a shooter?
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oldfool
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handgunner, but pert-near equal opportunity
(do wish there was a better place for casual scattergun fun hereabouts, my smoothbores see way too little sunshine)
(do wish there was a better place for casual scattergun fun hereabouts, my smoothbores see way too little sunshine)
GBExpat
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Voted: Rifleman
I used to be very good with Irons ... until O.L.D. caught up with my eyesight ... I held it at bay for a many years with Aperture Sights, but ... <sigh>
I have never trained myself with any handgun (of which I have many) beyond a level that I considered to be adequate for my SD situation & needs.
I used to be very good with Irons ... until O.L.D. caught up with my eyesight ... I held it at bay for a many years with Aperture Sights, but ... <sigh>
I have never trained myself with any handgun (of which I have many) beyond a level that I considered to be adequate for my SD situation & needs.
RE-15
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There seem to more fudds (guns for hunting skeet use only) in the shotgun crowd. I enjoy rifle the most, but shoot all of it.
oldfool
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now, now RE-15, don't be too hasty
I have busted a few birds and bunnies, but don't be knockin' them clay birdies, it's a heckuvalot of fun
just because guns can be deadly don't mean they can't also be fun
"the right tool for the right job" as I so oft told milady
and she started believing me, which is why we both have so many different guns, long and short
it's all good
I have busted a few birds and bunnies, but don't be knockin' them clay birdies, it's a heckuvalot of fun
just because guns can be deadly don't mean they can't also be fun
"the right tool for the right job" as I so oft told milady
and she started believing me, which is why we both have so many different guns, long and short
it's all good
RE-15
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I work with a lot of bird hunters. Although they have their shotguns, they are defently not into guns or "gun nuts" as they classify me. When the Salesmen offer pheasant trips I counter with, sure! I'll blast coyotes or take advantage of the long range rifle shooting why you guys put on your shooting/smoking jackets and yell at your misbehaving dogs all day. I avoid the shotgun quail/pheasant/ducks unlimited folks along with golfers. I relise this is a ridiculous generalization, but its often how I feel.
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Purgatory
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Interesting to see the majority of Handgunners. I attribute that to the modern convenience of Handgunning.
I thoroughly enjoy my handguns, but if there were more places to shoot rifles and shotguns, I'm certain that I, personally, would get much more use out of mine.
The ranges around me that actually have rifle-distance ranges (100 yards+), not to mention an area for shotgunning, are very few and far between and even those are picky these days about ammo types, etc.
If it were still like the turn of the 20th century with countless miles of vast rolling hills, prairies and valleys as far as the eye could see of open public lands, I would 'definitely' do a whole lot more rifle and shotgun shooting.
Man I hate to think that those days will 'never' return.
I thoroughly enjoy my handguns, but if there were more places to shoot rifles and shotguns, I'm certain that I, personally, would get much more use out of mine.
The ranges around me that actually have rifle-distance ranges (100 yards+), not to mention an area for shotgunning, are very few and far between and even those are picky these days about ammo types, etc.
If it were still like the turn of the 20th century with countless miles of vast rolling hills, prairies and valleys as far as the eye could see of open public lands, I would 'definitely' do a whole lot more rifle and shotgun shooting.
Man I hate to think that those days will 'never' return.
GBExpat
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That's an interesting take, Purgatory ... and think that you are probably right.
I learned to shoot on this farm (originally belonged to my Mom's parents) and almost everywhere else that I have lived over the years I have been able to find someone with some open land that did not mind me doing some shooting periodically ...
... so I started with rifles and tended to stick with them.
I learned to shoot on this farm (originally belonged to my Mom's parents) and almost everywhere else that I have lived over the years I have been able to find someone with some open land that did not mind me doing some shooting periodically ...
... so I started with rifles and tended to stick with them.
Purgatory
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You're right, GBE. These days I would give my left.....kidney for a nice deer lease or home with lots of land just for the sheer joy of shooting as often as my heart desires and my wallet allows.
Getting harder and harder to come by and more and more expensive every year it seems.
Mr. Blue, you're also correct about ammo pricing. The difference in handgun calibers, alone, really blows me away. I shoot 9mm in IDPA and have recently begun returning to my old fav .45 and I just can't believe how ammo is roughly TWICE as much as 9mm.
Shame. I really need to start reloading. Maybe in my soon-to-be future home I will make one side of the garage into my reloading/gunsmithing/mancave-activities parlor.
Getting harder and harder to come by and more and more expensive every year it seems.
Mr. Blue, you're also correct about ammo pricing. The difference in handgun calibers, alone, really blows me away. I shoot 9mm in IDPA and have recently begun returning to my old fav .45 and I just can't believe how ammo is roughly TWICE as much as 9mm.
Shame. I really need to start reloading. Maybe in my soon-to-be future home I will make one side of the garage into my reloading/gunsmithing/mancave-activities parlor.
RE-15
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I picked Rifle but I shoot more pistol. Lack of open range here. The cattle farmers get nervous and niebors don't like listning to it. I don't own the land so I have to be carefull not to offend.
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I ain't that old, just started too darn young is all.
I started as a wee brat with handguns, then competed with rifles, and then went nutzoid with shotguns.
Now...I have memories and miss the people now gone more than the guns and various firearm use I have experienced, including high risk work.
I now live on nearly 90 acres of farmland and enjoy being "retired" from some what I did.
I used to shoot up to 500 rounds a day of handgun ammo, or 200 rounds of shotgun ammo a day.
Today, I did not even bother with using a pellet rifle.
I ain't that old, just started too darn young is all.
I started as a wee brat with handguns, then competed with rifles, and then went nutzoid with shotguns.
Now...I have memories and miss the people now gone more than the guns and various firearm use I have experienced, including high risk work.
I now live on nearly 90 acres of farmland and enjoy being "retired" from some what I did.
I used to shoot up to 500 rounds a day of handgun ammo, or 200 rounds of shotgun ammo a day.
Today, I did not even bother with using a pellet rifle.
Inebriated
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I voted rifle, since I enjoy shooting them more than the others, but if I could only have one, I'd vote shotgun.
lucky-gunner
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At different times in my life I've been each. In my youth I shot only shotguns and just for hunting purposes. Joined the military and lived the rifle for 6 years in the infantry. After I got out I got interested in handguns and shot primarily handguns for 6 years.
Now I'm back to being a Rifleman. Finishing up an A2 build to take me back to the good old days.
Now I'm back to being a Rifleman. Finishing up an A2 build to take me back to the good old days.
I go in spurts. Currently I am obsessed with action pistol shooting. Before that it was long range rifle shooting, before that sporting clays with the boys.
I guess I find pistols the most fun. Shooting rifles off of sandbags can get boring. That said, I only use a biPod, which is more realistic for hunting.
I guess I find pistols the most fun. Shooting rifles off of sandbags can get boring. That said, I only use a biPod, which is more realistic for hunting.
Arkansas Paul
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I like rifles the best by far, with handguns next and shottys a distant third. I have nothing against shotguns, I just don't need one very often. I dabbled in trap shooting and dove hunting a little, but it didn't stick.
I started in handguns and shotguns....for years that was all I did.
Owned a few rifles, but never really cared much for them. Well, after selling those and buying some quality rifles, I've been hooked ever since.
These days, I shoot rifle most, with shotgun (skeet, and sporting clays) and pistol (USPSA) about even.
Owned a few rifles, but never really cared much for them. Well, after selling those and buying some quality rifles, I've been hooked ever since.
These days, I shoot rifle most, with shotgun (skeet, and sporting clays) and pistol (USPSA) about even.
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Dnaltrop
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Left arm only half works, does not lift or extend, I can keep a medium heavy rifle up one armed for about... 2 seconds on target. Even bench-rested the recoil does too much damage to my one good shoulder.
My blatant preference for handguns is evident in the continued possession of all 10 of my toes.
My blatant preference for handguns is evident in the continued possession of all 10 of my toes.
i voted as a rifleman predominately. even though if i went strictly by ammo count, pistol shooting would win out. with a rifle, i have the "one shot, one kill" mentality. with pistols, my mentality switches to how many hits can i get into center of mass. i will never be as good of a shot with handguns as i am with rifles. my older brother however, is exactly opposite.
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