What does a rifle say about its owner?

[bjjzak]

I've been a gun nut for many years, tastes have run from many a mauser, winchester 88's & 100's & 92'as & 94's plus shotguns & rimfires, many savages, some mil-surps, norc's, nearly everything made in the last 50 years by remington, with the exception of 710 & 770, several rugers, several marlins, some cz's, a couple of weatherby's, and brownings old & new. All had their good points, some had style, some should never have left the factory.

At the end of the day, I don't give a darn what you brought to the field, as long as you can shoot the thing and are out enjoying the sport. Like guns, snobs & jerks come in all shapes & sizes. Personally, I love fine wood and good optics, but I hunt with whatever tickles the fancy. Sometimes that can be a bit unique, but who cares? Get out and shoot, and save the bellyaching for something practical, like motivating your kids!

 

[regulate34]

I'm a plinker & hunter ... the only "stereotype" I have found within myself is that towards the "tacti-cool" crowd ... I have nothing against an all black semi 22 with every gadget available lock-tited onto it, but it seems that in my experience those owners tend to be in the "wanna be ___ (cop/military/zombie control/etc..)" group ... once you get past that, a gun owner is a gun owner.
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totaly.

also i feel alot of people like to blame their gear then them self. my hunting rifle is a 40+ yr old parkerhale 30-06 with a weaver K6. i take it out about once a month on the off season to keep in good pratice. everytime it dose what it needs to. i got it from a hunter (free) that got rid of it beacuse he missed on a few shots. thinking its a POS. infact thats what the gun got called at camp. same gun diffrent hands. same hunting camp. they say that POS wont make that shot. 300yrd doubble lung on a buck. they make fun of the old owner now.

all i am getting at is have faith in your stuff. it makes you a humble person.

 

[rem338win]

If my guns say something about me it's this:

I am promiscuous.


For the SKS, Savage, Stevens and Mossberg crowd, that means I'm a whore.

 

[Calum]

Sks owner operator? I'd rather hit caps with a hammer to make some thing go bang

^^^ IMHO a gun snob is just an anti gun bigot in another form.

I have lost count of the number of new shooters/gun owners myself and others have brought into this hobby/lifestyle over the years by putting an SKS in their hands at the range.

My wife included... Her favourite SKS target at the range is hitting the 200 and 300 yard gongs using only its iron sights. She started out as someone afraid of guns now she has a non rest' and rest' firearms licence as well as a hunting licence and her own guns. And she wants all five of our kids to grow up to be responsible gun owners.

Tell me again how the SKS is a bad thing.

 

[Calum]

What my guns say about me is I'm rugged, dependable, utilitarian, polyamorus and like to handle curves.

 

[The Giant]

i hate all sks's in any form, i hate stepping on the steel cases, i hate the bamg bang bang and i hate the spray and pray mentality. if your an sks shooter i will look down on you when im at the range.

other than sks shooters i dont really look up or down as long as the shooter can operate them.

People like you sicken me. I don't hate you though, like you hate your fellow gun owners. I feel sorry for you that other peoples enjoyment fills you with hate. Get a new hobby if this one fills you with rage.

I can't understand this mentality for the life of me. I am happy as #### to see anybody shooting no matter what they are shooting.

 

[Gatehouse]

Anybody that uses something that I don't approve of is an idiot or simply ignorant. That's what their guns say about them.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Sks owner operator? I'd rather hit caps with a hammer to make some thing go bang

I think that the general consensus is that you're talking out of you backside. What do you care what someone is shooting so long as they're being safe and responsible? Your attitude is pretty brazen as you don't have the foggiest idea what the SKS shooter at the range has at home in the safe. As other have stated, the SKS serves a great purpose as an introductory tool for new shooters. It's cheap, fun and easy to operate. Look down your nose all you want, but I know which of my rifles I'd use to introduce a new shooter to the sport. Even if you think that your better than me because I own an SKS and you own something nicer, just remember that, someone always has something nicer in their safe than you do.

 

[track]

A Swarovski on a Cooper..............accurate and reliable.

 

[Dogleg]

I told my guns straight out; what happens at the range stays at the range and if they can't say something good not to say anything at all.


Them crickets, they sure are loud.

 

[Dogleg]

A Swarovski on a Cooper..............accurate and reliable.

Yeah, but what does it say?

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

^^^ IMHO a gun snob is just an anti gun bigot in another form.

I have lost count of the number of new shooters/gun owners myself and others have brought into this hobby/lifestyle over the years by putting an SKS in their hands at the range.

My wife included... Her favourite SKS target at the range is hitting the 200 and 300 yard gongs using only its iron sights. She started out as someone afraid of guns now she has a non rest' and rest' firearms licence as well as a hunting licence and her own guns. And she wants all five of our kids to grow up to be responsible gun owners.

Tell me again how the SKS is a bad thing.

Oh SKS's are a bad thing.....for gettin' the wife into me building up rifles
for her! I did her first one up on an SKS, then came the VZ 52/57, then
a Norinco RPK style AK(Back before they were prohib.) and then 10/22's.

All guns are fun if they're in good shape and shoot straight.
Collect lots, and reload for the centerfires. Spread the dough around
the shooting industry and enjoy the fast fading freedom we still have.

 

[track]

Yeah, but what does it say?

It says only one word........................Kapooooooooow!

 

[Ardent]

Lot of good thoughts in this thread, but I only read to page 3 perhaps it's gone downhill.

The stereotypes I can't avoid perceiving:

-Savage: Lower income, can range from lightly to heavily used, but more often than not more range used than game used.

-Weatherby: Attracted to show and marketing, often lightly used, but when there's an exception it's typically done a lot (referring to the stubborn types who prove us wrong and haul them to Africa over and over. Usually opinionated, but hey, so am I.)

-Winchester owners: We often get along.

-Ruger owners: We often get along even better.

-Tikka owners: We often don't get along.

-The custom, crazy high end $10,000+ per gun or makers such as Holland & Holland. Always rich, often have interesting stories of what they've done with their money, often tough to handle. Like the best, have the money to pay for it whether they use it for the right things like hunting or just material crap separates the good from the bad.

 

[Dogleg]

It says only one word........................Kapooooooooow!

Mine says bang-thud,. Its bilingual.


Kapoooooooooow sounds like a miss.

 

[track]

Mine says bang-thud,. Its bilingual.


Kapoooooooooow sounds like a miss.

It's a long shot...................it still hasn't hit it's target yet.

 

[martinbns]

I like nice stuff, I have owned a bunch of Sako rifles, winchester SuperGrades, a Kimber, Browning, but Sako's are my favourite. I still have two, an A1 Laminated 223 and a 75 Hunter in 30-06 my son uses.

I don't shoot or hunt as much as I used to and downsized my group. In that I ended up with a Tikka T3 Hunter in 6.5x55 I got that it turns out I love. I always looked down on those cheap plastic baby Sako's, but this one is pretty sweet.

So lets not bash the Tikka, it's hard not to like a rifle that shoots ten consecutive 5 shot groups with two different powders under an inch during a load workup range session.

 

[albayo]

I treat everyone equally, it wasn’t one kind of firearm owner that helped get the Long Gun Registry abolished. When most of us started out we bought whatever was cheap to shoot. Some of us got that out of our system and found our particular interests, mine is military. If you want fine classic hunting rifles, or everyday models, or history making rifles like Mausers, M1, or Lee-Enfield’s don’t look down or complain about the others.
I have owned most of the low, midrange and high-end guns over the past 45 years and sold or traded them off, because they didn’t fit.
The only ones I kept were the ones that fit, as I am vertically challenged. I have had some great guns but couldn’t bring myself to cut the stocks to fit so they went to new homes.
My hunting guns are a commercial Mauser action in 7X57, an old Remington 700 BDL with a SS barrel in 7-08, and a Sako A1 in 223. They fit so they stay, the rest are gone. The same goes for scopes, I kept the ones that are clear and have the proper eye relief.
I have a deeper love for quality military rifles, that were used to shape the world as we know it today.
I do regret selling my Sako L579 .243 years ago but I will find another one.

 

[powder burner]

the type of rifle would tell you how loud they are. browning with boss system = loudmouth.

 

[Island'r]

I'm a plinker & hunter ... the only "stereotype" I have found within myself is that towards the "tacti-cool" crowd ... I have nothing against an all black semi 22 with every gadget available lock-tited onto it, but it seems that in my experience those owners tend to be in the "wanna be ___ (cop/military/zombie control/etc..)" group ... once you get past that, a gun owner is a gun owner.

As for my own gun tastes ... I am guilty of choosing a Lever over a bolt because I prefer the looks of them, and find the lines of a Browning rifle to be boring at the best of times, coma inducing would be a better term.

Couldnt agree more... If tacti-cool is your thing, then enjoy! Personally, I would never want one... Does nothing for me.

But then again, I'm very much an old school type personality. I like classic things, and classic styles. I dont like fancy aerodynimic sleek sports cars... I like old trucks with a rumblin V8 under the hood, and classic muscle cars...

But to each their own... Thats what makes us all unique...

And, I also agree, I find Lever actions to be more appealing than most bolt actions... Dunno what it is. But something like a Marlin 336 really is beautiful. (to me at least!)