What is your Biggest Pet Peeve

Originally Posted by Thesandstonefiles

Speaking of 50 yard range.

The farking Fudd's that crowd the range before hunting season. They come in with tons of gear. Set up spotting scopes. Take forever. Bullshit with each other over how big of a buck they are going to bag, shoot five rounds, and then take forever to leave.

I don't have anything against hunting but these guys kill me. Lol

So are all hunters "Fudds"? Are they supposed to blast 100s of rounds just to appease you when it may only take less than five rounds to confirm zero? This also may be a rifle they only shoot once a year for a particular season and some calibers are over $6/round.
Keep in mind, there are plenty of sportsmen out there that have zero interest in dirt shooting with ARs.

Originally Posted by CCK

In this comment:" I'm a communist who hates sellers and BUYERS arriving at a price I personally consider to be too high"

Yep, that's me... durn commnist!! BTW, how's that wal-mart .22 ammo flipping gig working for you? :-)

I'm a big believer in the "Fair Market Value" definition... and the right for vendors to set their own price/profit.

But that free market thing is tricky... there is a line that is crossed and I'll just write them off, for a very long time. As will many, many others. CTD crossed that, as did one Mega LGS.

I support the smaller, local guy who said he'll keep selling items (P-mags, in this case) at the same price until his wholesale price goes up.

Originally Posted by Ryno12

So are all hunters "Fudds"? Are they supposed to blast 100s of rounds just to appease you when it may only take less than five rounds to confirm zero? This also may be a rifle they only shoot once a year for a particular season and some calibers are over $6/round.
Keep in mind, there are plenty of sportsmen out there that have zero interest in dirt shooting with ARs.

Nevermind they might be letting their lightweight barrel cool between shots when dialing final zero. Often at 200-300 yards, etc.

Just wait till the muzzle loading guys show up! :-)

Originally Posted by pinzgauer

Yep, that's me... durn commnist!! BTW, how's that wal-mart .22 ammo flipping gig working for you? :-)

I'm a big believer in the "Fair Market Value" definition... and the right for vendors to set their own price/profit.

But that free market thing is tricky... there is a line that is crossed and I'll just write them off, for a very long time. As will many, many others. CTD crossed that, as did one Mega LGS.

I support the smaller, local guy who said he'll keep selling items (P-mags, in this case) at the same price until his wholesale price goes up.

I get it, you don't understand economics. No need to explain further.

Originally Posted by pinzgauer

Nevermind they might be letting their lightweight barrel cool between shots when dialing final zero. Often at 200-300 yards, etc.

Just wait till the muzzle loading guys show up! :-)

Well no kidding. I mean, it could be anything from a guy patterning his shotgun at 40 yards for turkey hunting, to a muzzle loader hunter, to a guy confirming zero on his bolt gun for elk hunting.
I have specific guns for hunting & some of those may shoot less than 3 rounds a year. I've got AR mags that have a higher capacity than some of my guns will ever shoot in a lifetime.

Originally Posted by CCK

I get it, you don't understand economics. No need to explain further.

Yep, that's me. I'll just go use my invisible hand as a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured buyer to determine whether the advantages of a particular action are likely to outweigh its drawbacks and if I could achieve the desired ends with less means, or that the means employed could produce more of the ends desired....

Gouging, Flipping, and associated backlash is microeconomics in action. :-) But since it's a peeve thread you can be peeved at my peeve.

To clarify: Using "platform" to describe a firearm annoys me. Using it to describe aircraft, tanks, ships, vehicles, stands and so on is the proper use of the term "platform". Platforms carry or support something. Aircraft, tanks, ships and vehicle carry wraps and troops into battle.

As far as insisting on the correct nomenclature goes, clear and precise communications is important

Lightweight crowd - The M16/M4 FOW is already a lightweight PLATFORM (lol had to) Im not against lightening my rifle when it makes sense. My BCM middy with the 13" KMR rail and ELW barrel feels much lighter than my older BCM middy with DD Omega rail and BFH barrel, but its not that heavy and Im not changing out the rail. However using polymer lower receivers, drilling "speed holes" and agonizing over weight savings of 1oz is dumb in my opinion. If an extra 1oz feels like an extra 50lbs to you then seriously its time to lift some dumbbells. Speaking of fitness...

Fat ****s - America is embarrassing in many ways these days. One reason is the fact there is so many fat, out of shape Americans and the shooting community is no exception. Its especially bad when I see cops, active duty Marines, Soldiers, people in professions where fitness should be a high priority that can barely even fit in their uniforms. What good is being able to hit a 6x6 plate from 1000m when you can't shoot, move, and communicate without getting winded? Stop eating so much junk, stop listening to fat-acceptance PC propaganda, start going to the gym and work out more!

Nosy assholes at the range - As long as another shooter is safe, doesn't act like a bro douche or dressed like a douche or thug, isn't bothering me and doesn't give off shady vibes then I could give a **** less if he's wearing Multicam or what brand his AR is. People should worry about themselves and improving their own skills before they start worrying about other shooters. I also don't give a shit if someone in a communist police state is violating unconstitutional state laws. On some state forums there are faggots with high post counts that seemingly love to go out of their way to find shooters violating said laws and "enforce" them, if not ratting them out to the cops if they had the chance. Those laws won't be effective if shooters in those states collectively grow some nuts and start flouting said laws.

Irrational hate of insert brand/taking sides/fanboyism/blindly believing myths - I own Glocks and 1911s and can switch between them no problem. I also own a Mossberg 590 SPX and a Nighthawk customized Remington 870. I don't own an AK at this time but I love them but love the AR-15 more. Do shooters have to be such insufferable fanboys of one PLATFORM or brand and have an irrational hatred of the other? AKs are way more accurate than they're given credit for, me and my buddy consistently hit steel at 400m with his Arsenal AK with iron sights. ARs are very reliable despite what the internet says, only failures I've had with both issued and personal rifles is with bad USGI mags, lack of lube and bad ammo. Instead of taking a myth at face value, go actually shoot and most of the time, myth busted!

The word "tactical". God I hate that word.

For a long time I refused to buy anything with "tactical" in the description. I had a really hard time buying an fnx45 tactical as a suppressor host because it has "TACTICAL" engraved on its slide. I only take it out of its bag at the range if I'm alone. I haven't even told a single friend that I own this gun. I was even tempted to buy the standard model and buy a threaded barrel and suppressor sights just so I wouldn't have to look at the glaring "TACTICAL" on the slide. They may as well have engraved a douche bag instead of the word...

Originally Posted by Outlander Systems

As much as I hate Kryptek, I sincerely hate cheap optics even more.

So what about a barska optic, in tapco mount, ceracoated in kryptek typhoon, mounted on an ar type platform, that's hydrodiped in kryptek mandrake, with a sling in kryptek yeti, with a a 44 mag side arm in a kryptek highlander nylon holster that has a hydro dipped BSA red dot in navy marpat?

How does that fit into the matrix, for this platform?