the spank
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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
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.