what type of gun owner are you?

i am strictly utilitarian. if a need for a certain gun doesnt present itself, then i dont own it. i dont even own a rifle (except for an old hand-me-down bolt action single shot 22, and it hasnt left the case since i inherited it) because i have never needed one for the animals i hunt. deer are the only big game around here and i use a shotgun or a bow for them. as a result of my attitude, my knowledge of guns is pretty limited. i know there are a bunch of hobbyists on here that could talk till they died about firearms. and thats great. some folks really enjoy target shooting and all the variations of calibers and firearms. the only time my guns come out are when they are going to the field. so what type of gun owner are you? the kind of guy who cant get enough? or the kind of guy who gets just enough to do what he needs to do with it.

i dont mean this in a bad way, but do you consider guns to be toys or tools?

2011-01-19T22:23:51Z

tahoeguy: i get that. i can admire good crafstmanship and engineering. kinda like lowriders. definitely not my thing, but i still admire a well done machine. and the effort that goes in to making everything right.

2011-01-19T22:39:19Z

ink: i wasnt making light of them by calling them toys. i just meant, do you like to play with your guns or do you only use them to harvest game. mine are like a hammer. if i dont need to drive a nail, then i dont get it out and drive nails for the fun of it. im not saying its bad, and im not saying you are irresponsible with them, but it sounds like they are more often a toy than a tool to you.

2011-01-19T23:18:25Z

Brandon: until recently, i went hunting often enough to stay in practice. but i agree with you. practice and playing are not the same thing.

2011-01-19T23:29:34Z

Newell: but do you take them out and shoot them for fun? or only for hunting and CC

super612011-01-20T05:33:46Z

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I'm a practical firearm owner. 3 rifles one for deer, one for fox and one for rabbit/plinking. Shotguns for game, and a fowl/pigeon. My shotgun collect includes a few side x sides as a shotgun is much easier to obtain in the UK.

My WW2 pistol collection got handed in to the Police in the late 1990's when the lame government of the day shat on us.

Colton2011-01-20T13:35:12Z

I work as a gunsmith building AK47s. I'm just now really getting into collecting guns (I'm only 19). If I see a good deal on a gun, I buy it. I also think about things that other people may not, such as an end of the world situation. What would I want to have? No matter what you're doing with guns, they are an investment and most will only increase in value. I have a Romanian AK47 with quad rail, front grip, and a Tapco T6 collapsible stock. I have a 1943 Mosin Nagant 91/30, ex sniper, with a bent bolt and a monte carlo stock. I have been wanting a Ruger 10/22 for a while but I cheaped out and bought a Mossberg 702 Plinkster (almost identical). I also have a DSA FAL on the way.

I only have a picture of my AK...I can't find my camera anywhere.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3897/sak47.jpg

?2011-01-20T12:26:48Z

Can't get enough.

I hunt, target shoot, and do amateur gun smithing. When I have the money I go to the range either the indoor 25 yard or 100 yard outdoor range. When I have the time and money I'll tinker: trigger jobs, refinishing, metal work, smoothing up the action, sight re-alignment. I do it all. Rarely will I encounter a problem where I have to take it to a gun smith.

I have a stack of gun magazine that I read each one at least three times. I have about eight or nine Shooter's Bibles from the 60s/70s I've read a few times.

I'm an opportunity hunter too. I hunt what ever is legal with my gun or a gun I can borrow. I've hunted with scoped rifles, iron sight rifles, shotguns, pistols, bows, muzzle loader.

Hell, Sometimes I just get the urge to take a gun off the rack just to hold it.

?2011-01-20T06:31:00Z

I am a hobbyist that changes guns like I change my cloths. being raise in a gun friendly home and taught to shoot an hunt at an early age, I have built a great hobby out of it in the last couple years. I own about 12 guns at the moment but you can't expect me to have those same guns or that same number next month. I am always searching for something new so I broaden my knowledge of specific guns and how they perform. I hunt about once a year but I go shooting on average 3-5 times a month. as much as I handle and study my guns they would appear as toys but guns are all business and meant to be used so I would say they are tools is the correct term.

MJ2011-01-20T12:01:26Z

I've been around guns my whole life, and will be the rest of my life fellow Citizens and Government willing.

I own guns for hunting, varminting, and self-defense, but what I really like are WWI vintage and newer military surplus rifles. Mostly, I just like to target shoot with a rifle. I've been doing more target shooting and less hunting over the past few years.

I mainly go for surplus rifles chambered in common rounds such as 30-06, 8x57, 7.62x54R, etc. A mil-surp doesn't have to be a numbers matching, perfect collectible for me. I just want a good shooter that's in it's original configuration. I do minor restoration on some, others are left as is.

A few short years ago my "collection" had become smaller in size as I sold off what I didn't shoot often or like enough. Lately I've been building my collection back up with a vengeance.

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