How to tell if you are a gun geek:

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#21. When moving from the dorms on base into town you buy a reloading press before buying a microwave, washer, or dryer.

#22. Thankful to be where you may now reload you have the above mentioned press set up before your internet & cable connections get moved to the new house.

#23. When someone in your squadron has a gun for sale they come to you and ask if you want to buy it, or if you know of anyone who might be interested.
 
It's really happened when...

When you try at least four times in a row to log into any other on-line account using your log in info from your favorite gun forum. :D
 
#16. Have guns you haven't had a chance to shoot yet.
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Or... you have bought a gun, ammo for it, every aftermarket accessory ever created for it, and then sold it for a different gun before you even shot it.

Have sat in a boring college class and wondered "if I hit the lottery and was able to start my own firearms company, what guns would I make?" Then made a complete list with full specs for your fantasy company's line of guns.

Always count how many rounds are shot when watching a movie, then comment when they should have run out but keep shooting.

Take more photos of your guns than of family members.

Just happen to have the customer service numbers of several manufacturers programmed in your cell phone, and have used it at least once to call the manufacturer from a gun store to get some extra info when the clerk did not know the answer.
 
You spend money on food, but lament doing so when you might have bought another gun, ammo, case, scope, NRA dues, Range fees, another gun, etc....
 
You spend money on food, but lament doing so when you might have bought another gun, ammo, case, scope, NRA dues, Range fees, another gun, etc....
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Why do you think I work as a chef? Free food at work, and I get to use my paycheck for the important stuff: guns and ammo. One of these days, I'll pick up another job so I can afford rent.
 
Your favorite part of the movie Forrest Gump is when he is breaking down and assembling his rifle in boot camp. "Yes, Drill Sargent!" Love that movie!
 
While doing a household project (OK, so actually I was working on my fishing boat, but I told my wife it was a household project), I slashed a 1 1'2" cut in my left hand with a razor knife.

Son-in-law looks at the gaping gash (you can see it spout blood with every heart-beat) and says "maybe you ought to go to the ER and get some stitches".

I says, "with the $400 they'd charge, I could buy a pistol or a lot of ammo". Washed it out (OK, so actually it bled out pretty well so it didn't need a lot of cleaning).

We found a clean shop rag and pulled it real tight. Left the shop rag there a couple of hours, then put on some bandages. Few weeks and I'm good as new, with kind of a scar, but no worse for wear.
 
9. the wife / girl friend does not worry about you stopping by the bar after work but calls the range instead.
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Puts me in mind of two geek, not gun geek jokes.

A physicist sneaks into his house at five in the morning to find his wife standing there.

"Well?" she says.

"I'm sorry honey. There was a group in for a conference and I got to talking to one of them. She and I went out for drinks and, I'm so ashamed, we went back to her hotel room and had sex."

"You lying son of a bitch! You were in the lab working!"

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Three NASA engineers were arguing about whether it was better to have a wife or a mistress.

The one from Houston said "It's proper procedure to have a wife. You must always follow SOP."

The one from Washington said "A mistress, definitely. They don't think they own you, so they're more understanding when you have to be out of town for a few weeks."

The one from JPL said "Both."

"Both?"

"Yep. You can tell your wife that you're with your mistress. And you can tell your mistress that you're with your wife, and you can go to the lab and work!"
 
You know you're a gunny if:

Your choice of new vehicle is dependant on it having a locking glove compartment (OH Especially!)

You have more holster choices than suit jackets.

You think of most purchases/expenditures in terms of Boxes of Ammo:
("I could get a value meal from McD's for lunch, but that's about a box of 9mm!")
("The Copay for the kid's medicine is a box of .45's!")

You own guns you bought, just because someone was selling them.

If your bed collapsed, it would not fall down because all the cases of MilSurp ammo are under there and would hold it up.

You need more than one safe.

You have to spend more time picking which gun to wear with your dinner clothes than your wife does deciding which skirt to wear.

You have, EVER, purchased a gun and hidden it in a part of your house your wife never goes into so she won't find out you bought "another one".

You have used targets displayed or saved anywhere.

You go somewhere with friends and stop off for drinks, and a friend asks if you would be allowed to enter with them before you all decide to go.

If you are already dreading the day when bulk milsurp 8mm/.308/7.62x54R/whatever caliber- is gone.
 
I've got one from personal experience.

- If you enjoy the company of your sister's future brother in law more than the company of your sister, because he's into shooting as well.

Actual experience. I like this guy more than my sister :neener:.

Or

- When someone asks you to break-down and clean their own firearms and show them how to do it.

Again, talking about my future brother and law. Nicest guy with a gorgeous Marlin 336. Glad he's going to be part of our family.
 
....you spend so much time on your computer scrounging warez/file trading sites in order to download videos of a really great guns in action or badguys being blown away ..that people suspect you have a (gun) porn addiction .:uhoh:
 
If you hide guns from your wife, not your kids.

If you lie to your wife about where youre going when heading to the range.

If it takes more than 10 minutes to decide what to take to the range today.
 
If you looked for a woman to marry who was also a gun geek so you wouldn't have to lie to her, you might be a gun geek!

My wife gets mad at me if I pass up a good gun deal...
 
When you've been ID'd at work as another "Gun guy" and now you sit at the "Gun guy" table in the lunch room w/ the only 2 other "Gun Guys" in the building :scrutiny: :rolleyes:
When you go to your favorite gun shop & the guys behind the counter ask you for assistance :rolleyes:
 
well YES.....

#18 Regular patrons of the local gun shop think you are an employee.
#23. When someone in your squadron has a gun for sale they come to you and ask if you want to buy it, or if you know of anyone who might be interested.
You need more than one safe.
You have, EVER, purchased a gun and hidden it in a part of your house your wife never goes into so she won't find out you bought "another one".

You have used targets displayed or saved anywhere.

You go somewhere with friends and stop off for drinks, and a friend asks if you would be allowed to enter with them before you all decide to go
When you go to your favorite gun shop & the guys behind the counter ask you for assistance

Aaron (guilty of all of the above!)
 
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