What guns do you own or plan to own? - Page 8

On July 08 2011 13:17 zatic wrote:

It's 6am in Europe.

I don't have much hope for this thread 5 hours from now. But we'll see. TBH Iooking at the last one I would rather close it than spend hours moderating a flame war.

On July 08 2011 15:21 KaBoom300 wrote:
I don't have any guns but I just recently turned 18 and I would like to change that and i live in idaho the most gun friendly state ever so its pretty cool. that ar is sick. that mosin looks awesome, and for only a hundred bucks? you'd have to go to a pawn shop or something like that i would guess.

On July 08 2011 15:33 aeoliant wrote:
haha this thread is a list of people I WONT be robbing...

but on topic I've been really interested in target shooting recently... how hard is it to get a gun in canada?

On July 08 2011 15:30 brain_ wrote:



I got mine at a Big 5! Almost every sizable gun dealer has at least one, in my experience, and they usually come with the kit they were issued with (tools, bayonet, etc). You just have to know what traits to look for.

Good qualities are:
-Good muzzle crown
-Hexagonal receiver (as opposed to round)
-Pre-war construction (check the receiver)
-General lack of rust, pitting, etc

http://7.62x54r.net/ <--- Awesome website for Mosins.

On July 08 2011 15:48 Chibithor wrote:
I would be terrified to have a firearm in the house. A deactivated one might be pretty cool though, but they're pretty expensive to have as decoration or such-

On July 08 2011 11:15 Deja Thoris wrote:
I don't own any guns.

I don't plan to own any guns.

Also, when I was in the army we got shouted at for calling them guns. It's rifle / pistol / shotgun / whatever - collectively they are firearms. I dunno if its the same in gun culture but if you go to a ships captain and say "nice boat" you will not be smiled upon.

On July 08 2011 16:24 lithiumdeuteride wrote:
I aspire to own a gun which shoots out other guns as ammunition. However, none of those other guns will be loaded. I don't want to hurt anyone.

On July 08 2011 11:08 Kahuna. wrote:
Why do you own guns?

On July 08 2011 16:37 Dhalphir wrote:


I too am curious to hear this.

Not in a "omg you're so terrible for owning a gun you monster" kind of way...more power to you

but I'm genuinely curious as to the attraction of physically owning a gun, especially if you do not live somewhere where you can use it every day. I imagine a gun range is a reasonable place to go to fire a gun, but can you go to them quite often, is it a significant time investment?

Just curious whether they are bought mostly for the sake of collecting. For example, for a period of a couple years I played the ocarina. I bought a LOT of ocarinas. None of them was strictly necessary past the first one as they all had roughly equal sound qualities, but I just liked owning lots of different ones. Is it similar with guns?

currently own a Kel-Tec PF9, have for about 2 years now..I also have a CWP(concealed weapon permit) and carry every day.

On July 08 2011 16:49 Towerlight wrote:
To re-answer the curiosity of why some people like guns, it's usually more the case that the hobby marksmanship is enjoyed. I generally have pretty poor eyesight but for some reason have always been an amazing shot, and I've always found practicing my aim to feel rewarding.

I've got a single action colt peacekeeper(nickle) that fires .22lr or magnum (changeable barrels),
I'm saving up for the .22 colt remake of the m4 (notice the .22 pattern haha, ♥ nearly free ammo, and I don't exactly need more power than to shoot through a peice of paper with a target drawn on it)

And of course one day I'd like to own a 1911 (or two), to which I'd like to say happy 100th anniversary!

oo yeah, also practice archery though I'm sure my bows don't count in this thread haha. You can have a ton of fun with a $50 bow from a sporting goods store and a big foam block.


As a side observation, if guns weren't fun, toy guns wouldn't exist ;D