Luxury or necessity? Put another way, “need to have” vs. “nice to have.”

[Diamondback]

How did you get a picture of my storage shed?

Why does YOUR storage shed look so much like MY old storage bunker from my wargaming days? LOL

[vicious_cb]

[Firefly]

All I need is my slutty Colt. Old popo 692o with a KAC FF RIS. I have fed it Soviet ammo that would choke any AK and am still on same barrel after 15 years or so. It may need rebarreling but it has been through the ringer.

By far my favorite gun ever

[Outlander Systems]

This thread will age poorly in 2020...

[Buncheong]

That's where I ended up years ago. Do I really need another gun, or should I use the money for a class? I started taking classes and shooting more.

I haven’t had an training per se; my experiences trying to get sound instruction have been poor. For example:

Tactical trainer A: very well-known US SpecOps military veteran and high profile YouTube personality. E-mailed him directly about his class requirements as he encourages folks to do on his website. Never heard back, despite multiple attempts at contact.


Tactical trainer B - a conversation which went as follows:

Tactical trainer: “do you have any military experience?”

Me: “8 years US Air Force.”

Tactical Trainer: (laughing aloud) “the CHAIR force!? Oh I’m sorry, forgive me - did you mean the Air Farce? I’ll ask you again - do you have any military experience?”


Tactical trainer C (a millennial “regular guy”) - conversation went as follows:

Tactical trainer: “how old are you?”

Me: “I remember Richard Nixon pretty well.”

Tactical trainer: “well look, this is a go-fast class, ok? This is a class for warriors. I think you’d do better in a class more geared toward elderly. Sorry.”

_______

So, I’ve given up on “training,” you could say. Those experiences were enough for me to drop the notion.

These days I practice, but I don’t train.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I haven’t had an training per se; my experiences trying to get sound instruction have been poor. For example:

Tactical trainer A: very well-known US SpecOps military veteran and high profile YouTube personality. E-mailed him directly about his class requirements as he encourages folks to do on his website. Never heard back, despite multiple attempts at contact.


Tactical trainer B - a conversation which went as follows:

Tactical trainer: “do you have any military experience?”

Me: “8 years US Air Force.”

Tactical Trainer: (laughing aloud) “the CHAIR force!? Oh I’m sorry, forgive me - did you mean the Air Farce? I’ll ask you again - do you have any military experience?”


Tactical trainer C (a millennial “regular guy”) - conversation went as follows:

Tactical trainer: “how old are you?”

Me: “I remember Richard Nixon pretty well.”

Tactical trainer: “well look, this is a go-fast class, ok? This is a class for warriors. I think you’d do better in a class more geared toward elderly. Sorry.”

_______

So, I’ve given up on “training,” you could say. Three bad experiences were enough for me.

These days I practice, but I don’t train.

So you can't hang it in a class FOR warriors, but need it to be taught BY warriors? Which is it?

Maybe just SIGN UP for a class then....

https://www.aztectrainingservices.co...es-by-location
https://www.sigsaueracademy.com/cour...anced-training
https://www.gunsite.com/
https://thunderranchinc.com/

To name a few easy few.

[OH58D]

I'm somewhere north of 250+, possibly 300 firearms with more than 20 AR variants.

There are ones I still need.

And I thought I was cock of the walk with my 64 firearms and three safes. My AR collection is a paltry 9, including two SBR's. Lot's of pre 1989 AK's and an assortment of hunting and lever action rifles (Some 19th century) and a fine collection of all kinds of handguns, including my oldest made in 1877. Family heirlooms in the old west are nice, especially the shooting kind.

Now we should talk about my stash of ammunition.......

[SteyrAUG]

And I thought I was cock of the walk with my 64 firearms and three safes. My AR collection is a paltry 9, including two SBR's. Lot's of pre 1989 AK's and an assortment of hunting and lever action rifles (Some 19th century) and a fine collection of all kinds of handguns, including my oldest made in 1877. Family heirlooms in the old west are nice, especially the shooting kind.

Now we should talk about my stash of ammunition.......

So on TOS I invented a game called Gun High Card, a person posts a picture of a firearm they actually own, then somebody tries to top it with something cooler, rarer or otherwise more collectible. Some people had some seriously nice stuff but I don't recall losing very much. I do remember some people with some serious guns such as gyrojets (with ammo), complete Luger collections with Borchardts and vintage Baby Lugers and all of the Swiss Lugers.

I still need to rebuild my ammo inventory. At one time I was maintaining 10,000 rounds of each major caliber as a reserve. Course ammo used to be a lot cheaper.

[The_War_Wagon]

Every time I hear air whistle through a democraps head...




I think - Hmmmm... MIGHT oughta consider getting another....

[Firefly]

This thread will age poorly in 2020...

You say that but no. Really of what I have the only guns I shoot are:

-my utter whore of a Colt 6920
-my SR25
-my 22 crap
-my Glock and beretta

Everything else is gravy. I have put more than my fair share of state ammo down range on state time and as I get into my middle age I just don’t care as much. Do I want a ban? No. If one happens it won’t really affect me.

Really I just get mags and barrels now.

Per “training” a lot of it is on par with fantasy camps. On my own personal time, if I cannot do it with what I am carrying or what sits by my bedside then it is very much someone else’s problem.

I would hate to be some gun hoarder. At times I have more respect for people who stockpile naked Chinese cartoon figures and love pillows because at times they seem like they have more of a life.


There comes a point where proof markings and castle nut staking becomes aggravating to listen to and now I think I actually despise FALs more than AKs due to the whole autism over the subject matter.

There are many many many days I think all I really need is my 686 and my Garand because nobody is gonna actually bother me on my own time.