You might be considered a gun nut if you...
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kernal_panic
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your beloved watch of 11 years finally dies. you and another gun nut freind go to wal-mart. you aren he are looking at watches. he shows you a nifty remington pocket watch. wow now if i could get one as a wrist watch i'd buy it right now. he spinds display around and you procceed to to pick out a reminigton brand wrist watch.
i did this about a month ago.
i did this about a month ago.
GigaBuist
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I've seen this a couple of times and I'm trying to figure it out.
Buy Ammo, Use, Use, Repeat?
I've seen this a couple of times and I'm trying to figure it out.
Buy Ammo, Use, Use, Repeat?
Warren
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if you disdain the front door at WalMart and instead enter through the garden section which is right next to the sporting goods section just to save a little time.
twoblink
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Hey, sometimes you wanna go, where everybody knows your name! And that would be the local sporting goods..
When you walk into the sporting goods store, and the manager goes, "Great, our resident expert just walked in.. hey, we have a customer with a question..."
When your rec room looks like a gun shop.
I was re-organizing (read unpacking a bunch of stuff my dad and I have bought over the years... decided I'd load up the shelves by caliber/guage.
Let's see... 22 bullets go here... loaded .22's go there both in ascending order. Empty hulls there... Dillon heads here, reloading books get a shelf of their own, damn need a place for all these spare magazines, clays, rifle rest, chronograph, etc etc.
Kind of scary to see how much an investment you've made over the years.
I was re-organizing (read unpacking a bunch of stuff my dad and I have bought over the years... decided I'd load up the shelves by caliber/guage.
Let's see... 22 bullets go here... loaded .22's go there both in ascending order. Empty hulls there... Dillon heads here, reloading books get a shelf of their own, damn need a place for all these spare magazines, clays, rifle rest, chronograph, etc etc.
Kind of scary to see how much an investment you've made over the years.
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Buy Ammo / Use Up / Repeat
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Dr. Rob, it is scary.
I think there is truth in stuff breeding while in boxes...
Buy Ammo / Use Up / Repeat
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Dr. Rob, it is scary.
I think there is truth in stuff breeding while in boxes...
Len_in_Phoenix
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- in addition to knowing you by name, the counter guys at your local shop pull a stool out from behind the counter for you when you come in (happens only if the other Len isn't there....no kidding, there are two of us that hang out at the same shop and the other guy has seniority 
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- if you keep a firearm in your hands for more than 45 seconds the counter guy simply puts a 4473 and a pen on the counter and walks away (had it happen several times....and never gave the form back empty)
- more guns than pants? done it
- more $$ in guns than your car? done it
- ran out of room in the safe, bought a 2nd safe, and now out of room again? done it
- picked up brass for guns you don't have? done it
- bought a gun simply because you had a bunch of brass for it? done it
- can't park you car in the garage because of all the shooting related stuff? done it
- have a credit card the wife doesn't know about that has never had a non-gun related charge on it? uhhh........no comment
- leave for the range at 7 am and the wife doesn't expect you home until after dark? at least twice a month
- cleaned your car and found magazines for 3 different firearms? done it - one 20 round AR mag, two 1911 mags, one 30 round 10/22 mag
- at any given time you have empty brass in at least three calibers rolling around in the trunk of your car (creates lots of interest at airport vehicle inspection stations)
- have to stop and think when asked how many guns you have
- own more reloading presses than neck ties
- when asked "How many do you want?" by the guy selling bullets/powder/cases/primers/etc you've replied "All of them"
- considered getting a table at a gunshow just so you'd have an excuse to be there all weekend
- have a personalized license plate that reads "LAMR" (not mine...one of our network techs at work)
I'm sure I can think of more.........all I have to do is look around the house a bit.
Len in PHoenix
)- if you keep a firearm in your hands for more than 45 seconds the counter guy simply puts a 4473 and a pen on the counter and walks away (had it happen several times....and never gave the form back empty
)- more guns than pants? done it
- more $$ in guns than your car? done it
- ran out of room in the safe, bought a 2nd safe, and now out of room again? done it
- picked up brass for guns you don't have? done it
- bought a gun simply because you had a bunch of brass for it? done it
- can't park you car in the garage because of all the shooting related stuff? done it
- have a credit card the wife doesn't know about that has never had a non-gun related charge on it? uhhh........no comment
- leave for the range at 7 am and the wife doesn't expect you home until after dark? at least twice a month
- cleaned your car and found magazines for 3 different firearms? done it - one 20 round AR mag, two 1911 mags, one 30 round 10/22 mag
- at any given time you have empty brass in at least three calibers rolling around in the trunk of your car (creates lots of interest at airport vehicle inspection stations)
- have to stop and think when asked how many guns you have
- own more reloading presses than neck ties
- when asked "How many do you want?" by the guy selling bullets/powder/cases/primers/etc you've replied "All of them"
- considered getting a table at a gunshow just so you'd have an excuse to be there all weekend
- have a personalized license plate that reads "LAMR" (not mine...one of our network techs at work)
I'm sure I can think of more.........all I have to do is look around the house a bit.
Len in PHoenix
Amish_Bill
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I had a relative "help" put stuff out once. I walked into my bathroom and saw a funny 'thing' on the sink stuffed full of Q-Tips. I swear, my first thought was "What are my gun cleaning supplies doing up here on the sink?"
Wolfy
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Twoblink
My cats name is Colt and everyone asks me when am I getting 2 more so I can name one Smith and the other Wesson.
You might be a gun nut when your nickname is Bert Gummer. I will let you gun nuts figure out that reference. More people call me Bert than my real name
PS Qtips can be used for personal hygeine ???
My cats name is Colt and everyone asks me when am I getting 2 more so I can name one Smith and the other Wesson.
You might be a gun nut when your nickname is Bert Gummer. I will let you gun nuts figure out that reference. More people call me Bert than my real name
PS Qtips can be used for personal hygeine
???FullClip
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A little Hoppe's No. 9 daubbed behind your better halfs ears has more effect on you than Viagra.
Shoot more watermelons than you eat.
Empty brass in almost every drawer in the house.
Back of the toilet does double duty as library for American Rifleman collection.
Shoot more watermelons than you eat.
Empty brass in almost every drawer in the house.
Back of the toilet does double duty as library for American Rifleman collection.
Roc_Kor
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I feel so defeated.
Keep posting them, guys, they are hilarious. And if they're true, then you guys need help. I think we should start a Firearms Anonymous club for those who are addicted like us. Of course meetings would probably end up in a trip to the range.
Group Therapy.
Keep posting them, guys, they are hilarious. And if they're true, then you guys need help. I think we should start a Firearms Anonymous club for those who are addicted like us. Of course meetings would probably end up in a trip to the range.
Group Therapy.
Roc_Kor
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Keep posting!
twoblink
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When you have a new born baby, and you know his/her weight in grains
Black Snowman
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You offer to reload for other people just for the fun of it.
You know that there are 7000 grains to a lb and you can always convert metric to english length because you remember that 12.7 mm is almost exactly a half inch.
You spend more time reading gun forums than any other activity on the computer . . . and you have an IT job.
You do all of your own gunsmithing.
You have guns that have never had a factory round shot through them.
You don't own a gun safe because that would mean you would have less money for guns.
You keep at least one longgun and one pistol loaded within reach when you sleep.
You own more reloading manuals than novels.
You've seriously considered moving your reloading bench into the living room. You know, the one that the front door opens into.
You actually take an active role in politics.
You have an FFL of some type.
Your list of guns you NEED to get includes ones that have never exisited.
Other gun nuts come to you for advice.
Your arguments are getting so good can make an anti think. Well, at least some of them.
You have so much gunpowder you've had to consult the local fire-ordances and found out you weren't compliant.
Of those already listed I'm guilty of the following (and probably missing a few):
'At gun ranges, you scrounge up and save empty brass for calibers you yourself do not own yet "just in case........."'
I finally got that 9mm I've been eyeing and now that I have my C&R that CZ 52 is right around the corner!
'When asked "How many do you want?" by the guy selling bullets/powder/cases/primers/etc you've replied "All of them" '
Hey, good deals on .500 325 gr Gold Dots are few and far between. Besides, it was only 4 boxes.
You know that there are 7000 grains to a lb and you can always convert metric to english length because you remember that 12.7 mm is almost exactly a half inch.
You spend more time reading gun forums than any other activity on the computer . . . and you have an IT job.
You do all of your own gunsmithing.
You have guns that have never had a factory round shot through them.
You don't own a gun safe because that would mean you would have less money for guns.
You keep at least one longgun and one pistol loaded within reach when you sleep.
You own more reloading manuals than novels.
You've seriously considered moving your reloading bench into the living room. You know, the one that the front door opens into.
You actually take an active role in politics.
You have an FFL of some type.
Your list of guns you NEED to get includes ones that have never exisited.
Other gun nuts come to you for advice.
Your arguments are getting so good can make an anti think. Well, at least some of them.
You have so much gunpowder you've had to consult the local fire-ordances and found out you weren't compliant.
Of those already listed I'm guilty of the following (and probably missing a few):
'At gun ranges, you scrounge up and save empty brass for calibers you yourself do not own yet "just in case........."'
I finally got that 9mm I've been eyeing and now that I have my C&R that CZ 52 is right around the corner!
'When asked "How many do you want?" by the guy selling bullets/powder/cases/primers/etc you've replied "All of them" '
Hey, good deals on .500 325 gr Gold Dots are few and far between. Besides, it was only 4 boxes.
TallPine
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Guilty on that one
Lupine
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Mikul
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You seriously consider buying a house because the house number is 308 (or 1911 or 357, etc).
You prioritize everyone at the deli by their threat probability.
You have pocket knives for different occasions.
When your sister asks where you put her magazine, it takes a second before you realize she's talking about Cosmo.
You prioritize everyone at the deli by their threat probability.
You have pocket knives for different occasions.
When your sister asks where you put her magazine, it takes a second before you realize she's talking about Cosmo.
NoHarmNoFAL
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I'm running 95% here.
How's about,
You rate movies on their gun handling/accuracy.
Your wife goes to the gun shop with you and says don't you have most of these.
Your wife just gives up and shakes her head when you walk in with more guns. (I married and angel for sure)
When you are organizing your collection and find a gun you forgot you had.
When your parents come to visit, they go to the range with you just so they can spend more time with you.
When you can't wait for presidential elections so you can scab all the political "target holders".
When this thread reads like an autobiography and at first you laugh the you get that warm feeling like you are with good friends.
How's about,
You rate movies on their gun handling/accuracy.
Your wife goes to the gun shop with you and says don't you have most of these.
Your wife just gives up and shakes her head when you walk in with more guns. (I married and angel for sure)
When you are organizing your collection and find a gun you forgot you had.
When your parents come to visit, they go to the range with you just so they can spend more time with you.
When you can't wait for presidential elections so you can scab all the political "target holders".
When this thread reads like an autobiography and at first you laugh the you get that warm feeling like you are with good friends.
twoblink
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That's just too much
twoblink
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Your number of posts on THR is more than your tax return.
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