Great Mysteries of the Sporting Arms World

[Ardent]

I use a Browning coffee cup because it's big enough. Biggest mystery is why anybody cares what anybody else likes or does.

I'd agree as I'm with you on "Why care?", but there's genuine reason to question it if you spend thirty seconds thinking about it. The problem is branding. Browning has quite ingeniously developed a logo and brand people are willing to pay to brandish. That's the new age, buying into a brand even if you may not practice it, and a good few take a step back and look at any brand with the same incredulity. It seems preposterous to myself and others folks will buy someone's advertising, then sport it on their own volition on their personal property. It's a mad, mad world, from Harley Davidson edition F150s to camo Browning stickers.

 

[Ardent]

To be fair, it's the best stuff post-vasectomy. A bag of peas and Under Armour gotch and you're off to the races.

A surprising amount of information!

 

[blasted_saber]

Why is there such thing as a tactical 30-30 lever action (mossberg)? I just can't get my head around that gun or the people that buy them.

I read an article in one of the larger gun mags (can't remember which at the moment) extolling the virtues of a pistol calibre lever action carbine as a home defense gun. This predated the Mossbergs existence, too.

 

[Gunslinger]

i would love a ruger no.1-rsi in .45/70 and an m77 rsi in .358 win... Fat chance.

this!!!!!

 

[Hitzy]

Why can't people shoot irons these days? Everything has to have a scope on it....or is that just a CGN phenomenon?

 

[Ardent]

True too Hitzy. Exploring that, why are irons almost impossible to find on a decent hunting rifle?!

 

[SuperCub]

I'd agree as I'm with you on "Why care?", but there's genuine reason to question it if you spend thirty seconds thinking about it. The problem is branding. Browning has quite ingeniously developed a logo and brand people are willing to pay to brandish. That's the new age, buying into a brand even if you may not practice it, and a good few take a step back and look at any brand with the same incredulity. It seems preposterous to myself and others folks will buy someone's advertising, then sport it on their own volition on their personal property. It's a mad, mad world, from Harley Davidson edition F150s to camo Browning stickers.

BINGO! ..... Nailed it!

 

[Corntonio]

Guns are like children. Not all of them are bad. Some of them just don't get the proper love and attention and , due to the lack of hugs and positive reinforcement, they turn bad. If you catch it early enough, there are statistics that show intervention can turn a gun's life around and prevent it from hurting people. Some guns are just racially profiled and that's just wrong.

Why do so many gun owners buy into the some guns are good/some guns are bad narrative?

Why is it so hard for some to understand that the design features incorporated into modern semi-automatic rifles are advantageous to hunters and recreational shooters?

Why didn't I jump onto the bear defense opening provided by blasted_saber?

 

[SuperCub]

To be fair, it's the best stuff post-vasectomy. A bag of peas and Under Armour gotch and you're off to the races.

Gotcha ...... I was referring to the UA logo infestation not the actual underwear product.

 

[jaycee]

Why does Sako put a POS flimsy cast(?) side safety on a rifle that's gonna cost you 2 grand by the time the smoke clears? It just screams "cheeze". Put either a 3-position Mod 70 type, or a tang safety. The current one does not belong on a rifle that costly.

 

[freddyfour]

To be fair, it's the best stuff post-vasectomy. A bag of peas and Under Armour gotch and you're off to the races.

Good to know, I have mine booked for June 11th!!!!!!

 

[hoytcanon]

Why can't people shoot irons these days? Everything has to have a scope on it....or is that just a CGN phenomenon?

I miss irons terribly, but my eyesight has deteriorated over the past decade and now everything wears a scope... even nice iron sighted full stock rifles.... yetch...

 

[SuperCub]

Good to know, I have mine booked for June 11th!!!!!!

..... and when they say "take it easy" for a few days after, LISTEN to them.

During mine the surgeon asks the assistant if he's been golfing.
Assistant says "Yes".
Surgeon then asks if he lost any balls.

 

[hoytcanon]

..... and when they say "take it easy" for a few days after, LISTEN to them.

I went straight from the hospital and shovelled and wheelbarrowed three tri-axle loads of gravel onto the weeping tile of our new home I was constructing... paid for that for a week.

 

[freddyfour]

..... and when they say "take it easy" for a few days after, LISTEN to them.

During mine the surgeon asks the assistant if he's been golfing.
Assistant says "Yes".
Surgeon then asks if he lost any balls.

I went straight from the hospital and shovelled and wheelbarrowed three tri-axle loads of gravel onto the weeping tile of our new home I was constructing... paid for that for a week.

Haha good to know, I'm taking a 4 day weekend so hopefully that will be enough!

 

[Nonna Yo]

Guns are like children. Not all of them are bad. Some of them just don't get the proper love and attention and , due to the lack of hugs and positive reinforcement, they turn bad. If you catch it early enough, there are statistics that show intervention can turn a gun's life around and prevent it from hurting people. Some guns are just racially profiled and that's just wrong.

I think this might be sig line worthy....

 

[nowarningshot]

How does a thread about the mysteries of shooting sports morph into a advice forum for vasectomies?

 

[Bowie]

Why did Ruger cease production of the 10/22 Magnum?

They had a design problem where the bolt would break.

 

[kamlooky]

How does a thread about the mysteries of shooting sports morph into a advice forum for vasectomies?

..............jeeeeesh...........bouys always tawk'n bout their bouys.............. oh my.......

 

[snoopycda]

Good to know, I have mine booked for June 11th!!!!!!

You mean the wife has yours booked. I've been down that road, took it like a man and went back to work on Monday............or she would have killed me!
She let's me wear the pants when she's not home.