bodybuilding/weight training require a lot more time, money, and dedication from me than firearms, and actually firearms are basically just a means to an end for me at the moment. Which isn't to say I don't vote second amendment, etc. But I wouldn't really consider them a hobby.
Is Your Favorite Hobby Firearms?
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browningguy
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I do a lot of woodworking, just got this bad boy last month. A 12" Jointer/Planer combo machine, 500 pounds of cast iron and sharp steel blades.
And I probably spend the most money on my coin collecting. Here are some of my Swiss Shooting Talers:
And I probably spend the most money on my coin collecting. Here are some of my Swiss Shooting Talers:
It's my favorite hobby. However I seldom have time or money that can solely be devoted to weapons. I have a 2 and 4 year old and I'm finishing up a Finance degree so money and time are scarce. Once finished with the degree, having a job and being completely set up for a few years, my wife will probably be saying " honey, did you just bring home another one???"
CoRoMo
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Hunting is the only vacation that I ever get, or ever really want. I'd like to go back to Puerto Vallarta someday, but hiking into the backcountry and taking a nice bull elk will do just fine.
jim in Anchorage
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Flying kills me. I don't own a plane so I have to rent them at $135 a hour. Strangely enough to leave Anchorage to the north I fly directly over a great public range and will look down and think what a great day it would have been to do some shooting.
The Bushmaster
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I'm an outdoorsman, fisherman, horseman, hunter, camper and hiker. Guns just seem to fit in somewhere...
Gunfighter123
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50/50 = Guns/hunting/reloading and fishing .
BHP FAN
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Leon Carr beat me to it:
''Shooting first, handloading a very close second...''
''Shooting first, handloading a very close second...''
ohioshooter
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Golf is my favorite with shooting being second....but I'd choose buying a gun over buying a new set of golf clubs.
I voted shooting as number one but I kind of run through hobby stuff in cycles. I also have a garage full of woodworking tools, a motorcycle, a DIY home theater, a mountain bike, inline skates, and a bunch of other stuff I hardly ever even look at. I haven't come close to spending as much on guns as I did on woodworking equipment.
My Suzuki Hayabusa will be paid off in a couple months so I'm trying to decide if I want to get another/different bike or spend that money on more gun stuff.
I used to really enjoy building computers ( first one I built was a 286 when they were state of the art ) but I don't find computer stuff nearly as enjoyable now that I write software for a living.
I'm also finding that I like working on my guns to some degree. I put and aftermarket sear and hammer in my Ruger MKIII about a year ago. I started installing a Springer Precision trigger kit in my XDm Saturday and I'm getting a Brazos trigger group kit for my STI Trojan for Christmas.
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My Suzuki Hayabusa will be paid off in a couple months so I'm trying to decide if I want to get another/different bike or spend that money on more gun stuff.
I used to really enjoy building computers ( first one I built was a 286 when they were state of the art ) but I don't find computer stuff nearly as enjoyable now that I write software for a living.
I'm also finding that I like working on my guns to some degree. I put and aftermarket sear and hammer in my Ruger MKIII about a year ago. I started installing a Springer Precision trigger kit in my XDm Saturday and I'm getting a Brazos trigger group kit for my STI Trojan for Christmas.
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huntsman
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Not a hobby but a lifestyle. I used to hunt more in years past but now it's more shooting. I have no other passions to spend money on but ammo and guns.
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Firearms, camping and hunting are my favorite hobbies. I dabbled in coin collecting when I was younger, but no monstrous collection. As a hobby, the firearms and camping are my top priorities. Any leftover cash (which admittedly isn't much, or I'd have a PSL or AK by now...) goes into my insurance or gas... God I wish I had a good job...
TimboKhan
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I basically like doing three things other than spending time with my friends: Guns, Guitars and video games.
All three of those things I can do on my own, but I have entire long-term friendships based around those three things. I also have friends that don't do any of those things.
Also, I read a lot, but I don't consider that a hobby. That is just a way of life for me.
All three of those things I can do on my own, but I have entire long-term friendships based around those three things. I also have friends that don't do any of those things.
Also, I read a lot, but I don't consider that a hobby. That is just a way of life for me.
Autolycus
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I enjoy girls more. However I sometimes wonder what is more expensive, girls or guns?
I also enjoy reading and debating.
I also enjoy reading and debating.
DammitBoy
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My most expensive hobby is getting married, but guns and hunting run a close second...
Zoidberg523
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I divide my time almost evenly between shooting/hunting and playing music (guitar, bass guitar). 
WoofersInc
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My other big thing is ATV's and motorcycles. Basically everything I own for fun runs on either gas or bullets.
Tim the student
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I guess guns and shooting are my first, but fishing is a relatively close second.
There is a park near me that we like to go camping at. It's definitely a good day when we can take a little hike, set a trot line, go shoot some rifles, go shoot some trap, come back, check the trot line, clean some cats up, then catch some walleye for dinner, put the trot line back out, and then wash it down with a couple beers. We hunt in there during season too. I think I could live there.
There is a park near me that we like to go camping at. It's definitely a good day when we can take a little hike, set a trot line, go shoot some rifles, go shoot some trap, come back, check the trot line, clean some cats up, then catch some walleye for dinner, put the trot line back out, and then wash it down with a couple beers. We hunt in there during season too. I think I could live there.
w1smc
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This will give you an idea of my hobbies and things I love to do .....
Spending a day on a boat (with an all girl crew of course) off the coast of Cape Canaveral doing the following:
1. Fishing
2. Shooting my guns
3. Talking on my Ham Radios about ......
4. Riding my Ducati ....
There's nothing like heading out to a great fishing hole, watching the sun come up, drinking a beer and eating a baloney sandwich all at 0400 hours.... God I love life!
Spending a day on a boat (with an all girl crew of course) off the coast of Cape Canaveral doing the following:
1. Fishing
2. Shooting my guns
3. Talking on my Ham Radios about ......
4. Riding my Ducati ....
There's nothing like heading out to a great fishing hole, watching the sun come up, drinking a beer and eating a baloney sandwich all at 0400 hours.... God I love life!
Ryder
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Hobbies come and go. They are things I can live without. At some point I get hobbied out and lose interest in them moving on to other things with which to occupy my time. They serve no functional purpose in my life. Collecting things like frisbees, knives, buttons, coins. Learning how to throw edged weapons, use nunchuks, freestyle skateboard, surf, downhill ski. Or keeping a pet for example. These things are optional to my life... Hobbies.
Guns, cars, trucks, and motorcycles are more of a lifestyle feature to me. They are forever activities that serve a definite useful purpose. I won't live without them. They enable me to accomplish specific goals. I focus on one more than another at times but they are a permanent feature of my life. Like reading which is what I spend most of time doing these days. I do not feel these things are mere hobbies.
For an example most of you may be able to relate to... Do you consider your family to be a hobby?
Hobbies come and go. They are things I can live without. At some point I get hobbied out and lose interest in them moving on to other things with which to occupy my time. They serve no functional purpose in my life. Collecting things like frisbees, knives, buttons, coins. Learning how to throw edged weapons, use nunchuks, freestyle skateboard, surf, downhill ski. Or keeping a pet for example. These things are optional to my life... Hobbies.
Guns, cars, trucks, and motorcycles are more of a lifestyle feature to me. They are forever activities that serve a definite useful purpose. I won't live without them. They enable me to accomplish specific goals. I focus on one more than another at times but they are a permanent feature of my life. Like reading which is what I spend most of time doing these days. I do not feel these things are mere hobbies.
For an example most of you may be able to relate to... Do you consider your family to be a hobby?
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