Zaydok Allen
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I am trying to declutter all aspects of my life at home and at work. A lot of my possessions that I have accumulated over the years just feel burdensome. I mean if it's sitting in a box for 20 years, and I take it out and look at it and have no real pleasant memory associated with it, why do I still have it?
That brings me to my shooting habits. I recently looked around at my guns, reloading equipment, and supplies of magazines and holsters. I used to always feel variety was the spice of life, but now I feel like I've thrown a lot of conflicting spices all into the same pot, and the ensuing meal is coming out mediocre. I also feel like the sauce pan has turned into a cauldron.
I've got DA/SA revolvers, DA/SA semiautos, DAO semiautos, striker fired guns, SAO semiautos, and mixed in are decocker only guns, guns with safeties, and some with only passive safety mechanisms.
That's kind of a lot of different guns to shoot, and I am starting to feel a little like I'm a jack of all trades, but a master of nothing.
I've also been buying some nicer guns the last two years or so, as in nonstandard offerings, and honestly I feel like some of the older guns I used to care about and really enjoy having just lost their luster, and I have better tools to accomplish the same ends.
Yesterday I went to the range and put 100 rounds through my XDs-45, 150 rounds through my HK 45, and 175 rounds through my Dan Wesson Classic Commander.
I've been toying with ditching the XDs-45 for over a year now, but yesterday really solidified that I DON'T want to get rid of it. It serves a solid purpose as a hiking and biking beater gun, and I still shoot it accurately and quickly enough to fend off an attacker. So if I'll used it, it stays, and in that role, if it gets beat to crap, I don't care. It's a common, dime a dozen polymer gun, and not worth very much.
My Dan Wesson was a pleasure to shoot, and that's really all there is to it. I tried a couple magazines of Gold Dots and HSTs also to ensure function, and it didn't disappoint. I did have one feed hiccup on a reloaded round. So I'll keep an eye on it.
The HK45 though...…………. It shoots softer than a 1911 with the same ammo, but here's the thing. Last time I shot it I was riding the safety a little too hard, and I decocked it in a string of fire.
I've just been shooting too many SAO guns lately and I went into that grip right away. So yesterday I made a conscious effort to keep my thumb off the safety lever. I guess at this point, I kind of feel like if it takes that much thought, maybe this isn't a gun I need to keep around any more. It should be instinctive. And yet again I ended up with a blister on my trigger finger due to the trigger trough. I know I could sand it down, but I'd rather not, as the previously mentioned issue just has me sort of realizing this is no longer a gun I need around. I've thought about converting it to LEM, but why? After delving into a CZ Shadow 2 last year, I find I greatly prefer CZ's and I'm more interested in a CZ 97B in the future. I can also get 8=1 rounds in my Dan Wesson, and use that as a HD gun if need be.
I've got a Ruger No 1 in S&W 460 Magnum also that I'm wondering why I own. I haven't shot it in a few years as I really don't have a lot of use for rifles. And honestly it's not much fun to shoot due to the recoil.
I only own 18 handguns I believe and 4 rifles, but I sometimes think about the vast collections some people have, and I realize I think I'm better off with fewer nice handguns that I really like and shoot often, and not gobs of guns. I don't need a safe full of plastic I need a small safe with the guns I actually shoot. I need a few guns I shoot well, not three different ones on the range at all times. I guess I'd like to focus on accessories also, like nice leather holsters for the ones I really want to keep.
Are you downsizing and trading things in at all? Do you try to limit your inventory? Is refining your collection something you are doing?
That brings me to my shooting habits. I recently looked around at my guns, reloading equipment, and supplies of magazines and holsters. I used to always feel variety was the spice of life, but now I feel like I've thrown a lot of conflicting spices all into the same pot, and the ensuing meal is coming out mediocre. I also feel like the sauce pan has turned into a cauldron.
I've got DA/SA revolvers, DA/SA semiautos, DAO semiautos, striker fired guns, SAO semiautos, and mixed in are decocker only guns, guns with safeties, and some with only passive safety mechanisms.
That's kind of a lot of different guns to shoot, and I am starting to feel a little like I'm a jack of all trades, but a master of nothing.
I've also been buying some nicer guns the last two years or so, as in nonstandard offerings, and honestly I feel like some of the older guns I used to care about and really enjoy having just lost their luster, and I have better tools to accomplish the same ends.
Yesterday I went to the range and put 100 rounds through my XDs-45, 150 rounds through my HK 45, and 175 rounds through my Dan Wesson Classic Commander.
I've been toying with ditching the XDs-45 for over a year now, but yesterday really solidified that I DON'T want to get rid of it. It serves a solid purpose as a hiking and biking beater gun, and I still shoot it accurately and quickly enough to fend off an attacker. So if I'll used it, it stays, and in that role, if it gets beat to crap, I don't care. It's a common, dime a dozen polymer gun, and not worth very much.
My Dan Wesson was a pleasure to shoot, and that's really all there is to it. I tried a couple magazines of Gold Dots and HSTs also to ensure function, and it didn't disappoint. I did have one feed hiccup on a reloaded round. So I'll keep an eye on it.
The HK45 though...…………. It shoots softer than a 1911 with the same ammo, but here's the thing. Last time I shot it I was riding the safety a little too hard, and I decocked it in a string of fire.
I've just been shooting too many SAO guns lately and I went into that grip right away. So yesterday I made a conscious effort to keep my thumb off the safety lever. I guess at this point, I kind of feel like if it takes that much thought, maybe this isn't a gun I need to keep around any more. It should be instinctive. And yet again I ended up with a blister on my trigger finger due to the trigger trough. I know I could sand it down, but I'd rather not, as the previously mentioned issue just has me sort of realizing this is no longer a gun I need around. I've thought about converting it to LEM, but why? After delving into a CZ Shadow 2 last year, I find I greatly prefer CZ's and I'm more interested in a CZ 97B in the future. I can also get 8=1 rounds in my Dan Wesson, and use that as a HD gun if need be. I've got a Ruger No 1 in S&W 460 Magnum also that I'm wondering why I own. I haven't shot it in a few years as I really don't have a lot of use for rifles. And honestly it's not much fun to shoot due to the recoil.
I only own 18 handguns I believe and 4 rifles, but I sometimes think about the vast collections some people have, and I realize I think I'm better off with fewer nice handguns that I really like and shoot often, and not gobs of guns. I don't need a safe full of plastic I need a small safe with the guns I actually shoot. I need a few guns I shoot well, not three different ones on the range at all times. I guess I'd like to focus on accessories also, like nice leather holsters for the ones I really want to keep.
Are you downsizing and trading things in at all? Do you try to limit your inventory? Is refining your collection something you are doing?
