Hmmmm.........I guess I susbscribe to an entirely different school of thought. I can see I will have to start a new thread called, the practical man's answer to the gun snob. I'll do that now.
Ahh...the heck with it, I'll post it here.
You're not a gun snob due to the Glock being in your collection, however you also do not view weapons as tools or a means to an end. Neither do you own weapons just to put lead down range. You own weapons kind of as a status symbol or a measurement of accomplishment. You may even let someone such as "Guns & Ammo" dictate what is in and what isn't.
Of course I am making assumtion.
I view guns as a means to an end. I refuse to compromise on quality and reliability in a defensive arm, which is why I cannot carry a 1911 in confidence at all. Face it, it ain't and never will have the absolute no nonsense reliability out of the box and accuracy of some of the Sigs, and plastic fantastics.
Everytime I buy a gun like say a nickel plated whatnot, I sell it. I hate owning anything that does not have a utility. I guess I am spartan but to me, guns are for mud, blood, grit and grime. I sweat on them, carry them in hot, cold, wet, dry conditions. Have fought with them on my side, have had them hit by a car (yes I was wearing it at the time) slammed into doors, (cops who wear duty holsters on a Sam Brown know what I'm talking about) I've landed on the conrete on them and I've even dropped a couple. At no time did I do a fancy pants dance because I nicked my custom finish on a $1500.00 thingy jig.
I won't buy a $200.00 hammer and I won't buy a hammer that won't work when I need it. I also won't own a hammer I have to clean and polish once a week. I want it to sit idly by and wait until I need it, work like I expect it to, and boom, back into the tool kit.
I guess I am the opposite of you, yet I still own Sigs and have the upmost respect for them. I do not own cheap pistols because they do not perform as the better ones and I HATE when things break. So.....I shoot CZ, Sig, Glock and an XD....why? I haven't found anything that is as accurate and dead reliable as those. Am I a snob? nope, do I wear a Rolex? No, I wear a Timex, jeans, sneakers and Don Hume leather.
If I do own a FEG or a cheapie, it isn't for defense....if I do use it for that purpose, it is because it has proven itself time and time again, though I haven't found one yet that has. (for those interested I haven't tried a FEG yet)
Anything failing on me, has to go. No exceptions. I hate cheap crap, I hate useless crap. If it doesn't have a utility, it's gotta go. I guess I have a "work truck" mentality.
