10-15 cheap rifles?!?!?!? Some of us can only afford 1 or 2 "cheap" rifles, let alone double handfuls. We don't all have the same financial pot to pay for toys with, we make due with what we have.
I've never been more angry at a post on CGN.
FYI,I am a Professional Engineer and a partner in my firm. My spouse is a teacher. We are educated and we make more than an average income. Not rich but comfortable, more so than many and damned appreciative of the position we are in and the lifestyle we can afford.
I don't shoot gucci teir 1 firearms cause I have other more important things to spend my money on. Little piddly things like a mortgage, retirement savings, utilties, taxes, food, clothing, education savings etc. I can only direct so much of my after tax dollars to my shooting hobby because I have other priorities.
I shoot a Norc and a DPMS. Not top teir by any stretch. In fact by many accounts on-line both are crap. But they work and I can afford them. I am in the game because they are available to me. I have to shell out thousands to even start I have to say screw it cause I can deprive my family of those funds that are needed for other things.
Am I a liability to the shooting sports because I shoot crap name firearms? Am I the low income societal scum you are afraid of meeting on the range? Pull your head out of your orifice.
I shoot to compete and try damn hard at it. Where I shoot I can tell you that nobody is awarded points based on the name brand on the side of the receiver, scope, or parts. Nor is a shooters CV or bank balance consulted. All are made equal on the score sheet because how you and your kit performs is what counts......not how good you look doing it.
I'm really glad I don't shoot with a bunch of jerks with attitudes like yours. There are a lot of nice, high $$$ rigs at our matches......and those shooters are mature and smart enough not to be snobs about it. Their focus is on performance and enjoying the sport....not looking down on and ridiculing others based on what kit they shoot with.
Again another person off base...like the others that have insulted me thinking I'm referring to everyone that owns a DPMs or Norc as low life is not my point at all, but whatever..Being name brand means nothing it is the quality of the firearm that is what I'm getting at.
Since we are not talking about facts here and I only seem to be reading peoples feeling in there responses, i suggest some of you guys grow thicker skin and re-read my post to what I'm getting at.
Great Story:
Example I was at the range 1 month ago, who do I see a few guys I knew a decade back or so, never knew them personally, but I knew the crowd they were...
First thing they were doing was talking to everyone that owned whatever AR(specifically interested) brand or firearm on the range...They asked me a few questions, I answered them a little on difference between various AR's. At this point I didn't remember them(keep that in mind). One of the individuals asked me the differences between Ar's he was thinking of buying, which were Norcs,Bushmaster,LMT etc etc
After explaining a little he came to usual conclusion off... all just buy a Bushmaster it is the same as a Colt, typical misnomer that is out there, he went for the cheaper AR, his buddy insisted on getting Norcs. I finished my shooting with my AR(an upgraded Bushmaster)and proceeded to shooting my pistols as they were leaving I herd them talking about getting pistols and picking up Norc M4 because that is all they can afford or really because it was cheaper and easier. I can tell you right now those guys are involved in criminal activity. If you look in TO a lot of the gangs there are buying whatever is cheap and affordable or convenient, or whatever they can get their paws on(this comes from my cop buddies as well)
Guys all we are is one school shooting away that is so disastrous from the ban hammer coming down in my opinion, even the CPC might bend. I don't want to see that so some low end gang banger can afford a Black-rifle.
The advantage of the Norc is it gets AR's in more peoples hands but there is a dark side or a negative that I have seen lately that is coming out too.
I prefer the guy to use an SKS and not bring any negative attention to the black rifle crowd.........period.......I would prefer no shootings period as well.
