mcb
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So in the thread https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/who-doesn’t-own-like-ar’s.926044/ we wandered on the notion that AR's do not have "soul" and conversely it was implied that a blue steel and wood guns (or similar) does.
In the resulting discussion I realized I don't think I understand what is commonly meant by that saying, "a gun has soul". At a high level it seems that older more traditional models made from older material and manufacturing process have more "soul" than modern designs made from more modern materials and modern methods? The engineer in me bristles at that definition if it's to be the right one. Though I am happy to be corrected.
What the gun is or what it is made from has very little to do with it in my personal interpretation of it having "soul" or not. To me when someone says a gun has soul, what I think of is its a well used gun that brings with it good memories or at least interesting tales of its use in the owners hands (and possibly those that used it before them). To me "soul" is not a measure of the quality or manufacturing process used to create the firearm but what that firearm has been used for and the resulting history it has been part of, told or not.
IMHO a cheap mass produced gun that has seen heavy use and been on many adventures with it's owner has far more "soul" than a finely crafted custom gun that has only ever sat in a gun cabinet and gone on the rare trip to the range.
Happy to hear what you think of when someone say a gun has "soul."
In the resulting discussion I realized I don't think I understand what is commonly meant by that saying, "a gun has soul". At a high level it seems that older more traditional models made from older material and manufacturing process have more "soul" than modern designs made from more modern materials and modern methods? The engineer in me bristles at that definition if it's to be the right one. Though I am happy to be corrected.
What the gun is or what it is made from has very little to do with it in my personal interpretation of it having "soul" or not. To me when someone says a gun has soul, what I think of is its a well used gun that brings with it good memories or at least interesting tales of its use in the owners hands (and possibly those that used it before them). To me "soul" is not a measure of the quality or manufacturing process used to create the firearm but what that firearm has been used for and the resulting history it has been part of, told or not.
IMHO a cheap mass produced gun that has seen heavy use and been on many adventures with it's owner has far more "soul" than a finely crafted custom gun that has only ever sat in a gun cabinet and gone on the rare trip to the range.
Happy to hear what you think of when someone say a gun has "soul."