Are camo shotguns worth the extra cost?

1963beretta said:
I love this way of thinking and wish I could do the same. Unfortunately Im way too OCD to practice what you preach. I cant say I ever looked at a scratch or dent in one of my guns and remembered the good times I had hunting with it. I have thousands of fond memories while in the field or duck blind, and I cant say any of them had anything to do with the gun in hand, but rather the company I was with. My most cherished firearm is the Franchi i inherited after my dad passed. He bought that gun when he came to Canada and shot it until the day he passed away. In almost 50 years of shooting that gun, its remarkable how nice of shape its in. So much so, that I could not bear the thought of taking it out and marking it up. When I look at that gun and see the odd ding or scratch, all I can imagine is how infuriated my dad must have been when he got it. Apparently OCD is passed down from generation to generation
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I grew up with parents like that and lived that way for a good portion of my adult life until I realized how much enjoyment I was losing out on by worrying over nothing. Can’t take the stuff with you and to this day I watch my Dad with his hundreds of thousands of dollars worth off stuff he gets very little actual use from fretting over every little thing and I feel sorry for him. I’ll never live that way again.
 
the spank said:
I grew up with parents like that and lived that way for a good portion of my adult life until I realized how much enjoyment I was losing out on by worrying over nothing. Can’t take the stuff with you and to this day I watch my Dad with his hundreds of thousands of dollars worth off stuff he gets very little actual use from fretting over every little thing and I feel sorry for him. I’ll never live that way again.
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You must be Italian....your description of your parents sounds awfully familiar!!
 
I tried the vinyl stick-on camo for my BPS. I expected a season or two in the salt marshes would be about it. A decade or so on, most of it is still there, and it still keeps the salty mud off of the steel. Cheaper than the extra for the factory stuff; mileage may vary for some.
 
the spank said:
I grew up with parents like that and lived that way for a good portion of my adult life until I realized how much enjoyment I was losing out on by worrying over nothing. Can’t take the stuff with you and to this day I watch my Dad with his hundreds of thousands of dollars worth off stuff he gets very little actual use from fretting over every little thing and I feel sorry for him. I’ll never live that way again.
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Damn, you summed it up exactly as a mirror to my life....... Pops actually thinks I'm a royal dumbass for actually using the brand new stuff as God intended. I take it as a result of them growing up in the midst of The Big One in war torn Europe.

Dirk
 
1963beretta said:
You must be Italian....your description of your parents sounds awfully familiar!!
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dak47 said:
Damn, you summed it up exactly as a mirror to my life....... Pops actually thinks I'm a royal dumbass for actually using the brand new stuff as God intended. I take it as a result of them growing up in the midst of The Big One in war torn Europe.

Dirk
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Neither but my parents were the offspring of parents who lived through the depression however that being said my Grandfather was the complete opposite of my Father. I am more like my Grandfather than Father. To this day even though Gramp has been gone 8 years my Dad still rambles on and shakes his head wondering how his Dad could use things and not worry if they remained in pristine condition? I have no idea where my Father gets it from?
 
Camo guns are a marketing ploy geared towards those who think you can't get within 200 yards of anything without wearing the latest $1000 camo suit. I've seen game spook because of reflections and movement, but not from using a black gun instead of camo.


In the end, it simply comes down to personal preference. Only you can determine if the camo justifies the increased price.
 
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