I've got the "bug" again

USP45usp · April 13, 2005, 11:52 AM

I just took a rifle out of lay-a-way and I'm not "excited" like I get when I buy a new handgun. I have more rifles then I'd ever thought about ever owning.

Anyone else like that? More of a handgun person?

I am actually thinking about picking up a Mak just to get that twinge of excitement again.

Wayne

dasmi · April 13, 2005, 11:57 AM

Yep. I'm more of a hangun person for sure. I've got the bug, but not the funds to feed the bug.

Russ5924 · April 13, 2005, 12:12 PM

Like rifles but Love handgun was deprived most of my life lived in the wrong state for handguns.Now that i'm in the right state have gotten a few to many.But I shoot them all have to love them.

XavierBreath · April 13, 2005, 12:37 PM

Yep, I'm definitely a handgun guy.
A Mak is a good gun, but if you haven't tried prowling pawn shops, give it a try. It's a cheap way to feed the addiction.

USP45usp · April 13, 2005, 02:57 PM

XavierBreath,

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prowling pawn shops...... It's a cheap way to feed the addiction.

Not around here

. In the two stores that I've seen Maks, Mega Used: $259.00, Excellent Condition: $350.00.

All the good folks here like Tam who "show off" that Mod. 10 that she'd just found.... not around here, $400.00 (lowest was around $300.00).

Dirty (as in not cleaned, beat all to heck) ol' Llama's, $450.00 OTD.

I carry the Shooter's Bible into Pawn shops and I get dirty looks from the owners. I don't even ask if they will lower the prices anymore (they won't, they tell me that my book is "out of date" while the same book (and date) are sitting on their apreasing table).

Pawn Shops around here are: Grab your ankles stores.

Wayne

utaherrn · April 13, 2005, 03:47 PM

I think it might be, the more I ponder it. I do believe that I get a huge endorphine rush each time I get a new toy

Problem is, our tolerance for the rush increases so we must buy more and more to get the same experience.
I suggest buying two guns at once as an experiment. Record your experience. Compare with others doing the same. The scientific process requires replication to be valid.

Then buy 3 guns at once. More guns = greater/longer lasting euphoria?

All in the name of science, you see.....to further our understanding....as a service to the community.

Maybe get a research grant?

9mmsnoopy · April 13, 2005, 06:49 PM

i have more fun shooting my rifles(most likely cause im better with them by far), but cleaning them vrs. my handguns makes me a handgun person

Whiskey Tango · April 13, 2005, 07:20 PM

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i have more fun shooting my rifles(most likely cause im better with them by far), but cleaning them vrs. my handguns makes me a handgun person

I second EVERY word of that

yorec · April 13, 2005, 10:03 PM

Always thought of my self as a rifleman.... But recently I bought an 11-87 - a shotgun for crying out loud.

The things awesome and actually gave me the shakes the first couple time I went out to shoot it.

I think it just has to go BANG! to make me happy!

Overman · April 13, 2005, 11:08 PM

I get paid Friday and I already got one picked out. 5:01 on Friday my car's pointed toward the shop.

I feel like a kid at Christmas. It's the best. I wish I could go and get it tomorrow, but this way is kind of fun, with the anticipation.

I can just see myself now... Friday... going up to the counter. "I want one of those"... filling out the yellow form, browsing the store, maybe checking out how badly people are shooting on the range , finally getting the OK. Getting the nice new case, the nice new magazines, the receipt, buying some ammo, taking it home, reading the manual, cleaning it, then taking it back to the range to play. It gives me the warm and fuzzies.

pointfiveoh · April 13, 2005, 11:45 PM

OH STOP IT!!

You've gone and infected me now... and I'm already picking up a gun this weekend from CDNN. You're going to make me buy that colt 1911 under the glass while I'm getting the transfer paperwork done. Why can't it be enough to get one at a time

utaherrn · April 14, 2005, 01:59 AM

You're infected and there aint no antidote or cure, and if there was...

Would you want it?

Of course not!

GunsForFun · April 14, 2005, 03:56 PM

I am ordering a Savage 12BVSS .243 today... and thinking very seriously about getting a Kahr PM9 too. To save on postage.

Yeah - that's it. To save on postage. Tape the boxes together and save $20!

Crap - just remembered that handguns have to go overnight.

Well there is that .270...

No Stop! Stop!!

April 13, 2005, 11:52 AM	#1
USP45usp Junior member Join Date: May 17, 2000 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 3,427	I've got the "bug" again I just took a rifle out of lay-a-way and I'm not "excited" like I get when I buy a new handgun. I have more rifles then I'd ever thought about ever owning. Anyone else like that? More of a handgun person? I am actually thinking about picking up a Mak just to get that twinge of excitement again. Wayne

April 13, 2005, 11:57 AM	#2
dasmi Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 882	Yep. I'm more of a hangun person for sure. I've got the bug, but not the funds to feed the bug. __________________ If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we need not be loath to abandon the Leviathan State and ... try freedom. --Murray Rothbard, For a New Liberty

April 13, 2005, 12:12 PM	#3
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	Like rifles but Love handgun was deprived most of my life lived in the wrong state for handguns.Now that i'm in the right state have gotten a few to many.But I shoot them all have to love them. __________________ Russ5924

April 13, 2005, 12:37 PM	#4
XavierBreath Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2002 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 2,800	Yep, I'm definitely a handgun guy. A Mak is a good gun, but if you haven't tried prowling pawn shops, give it a try. It's a cheap way to feed the addiction. __________________ Xavier's Blog

April 13, 2005, 03:47 PM	#6
utaherrn Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2005 Location: Happy Valley, USA Posts: 649	buying guns is an addiction? I think it might be, the more I ponder it. I do believe that I get a huge endorphine rush each time I get a new toy Problem is, our tolerance for the rush increases so we must buy more and more to get the same experience. I suggest buying two guns at once as an experiment. Record your experience. Compare with others doing the same. The scientific process requires replication to be valid. Then buy 3 guns at once. More guns = greater/longer lasting euphoria? All in the name of science, you see.....to further our understanding....as a service to the community. Maybe get a research grant?

April 13, 2005, 06:49 PM	#7
9mmsnoopy Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Thrillsville ,Tx Posts: 904	i have more fun shooting my rifles(most likely cause im better with them by far), but cleaning them vrs. my handguns makes me a handgun person __________________ beretta cx4 storm .40 caliber sig P290 Kahr PM9 Glock 26 Bushmaster AR15

April 13, 2005, 10:03 PM	#9
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Always thought of my self as a rifleman.... But recently I bought an 11-87 - a shotgun for crying out loud. The things awesome and actually gave me the shakes the first couple time I went out to shoot it. I think it just has to go BANG! to make me happy! __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

April 13, 2005, 11:08 PM	#10
Overman Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2005 Location: Colorado (not Denver or Boulder) Posts: 186	I get paid Friday and I already got one picked out. 5:01 on Friday my car's pointed toward the shop. I feel like a kid at Christmas. It's the best. I wish I could go and get it tomorrow, but this way is kind of fun, with the anticipation. I can just see myself now... Friday... going up to the counter. "I want one of those"... filling out the yellow form, browsing the store, maybe checking out how badly people are shooting on the range , finally getting the OK. Getting the nice new case, the nice new magazines, the receipt, buying some ammo, taking it home, reading the manual, cleaning it, then taking it back to the range to play. It gives me the warm and fuzzies.

April 13, 2005, 11:45 PM	#11
pointfiveoh Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 207	OH STOP IT!! You've gone and infected me now... and I'm already picking up a gun this weekend from CDNN. You're going to make me buy that colt 1911 under the glass while I'm getting the transfer paperwork done. Why can't it be enough to get one at a time

April 14, 2005, 01:59 AM	#12
utaherrn Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2005 Location: Happy Valley, USA Posts: 649	pointfiveoh You're infected and there aint no antidote or cure, and if there was... Would you want it? Of course not!

April 14, 2005, 03:56 PM	#13
GunsForFun Member Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 19	I am ordering a Savage 12BVSS .243 today... and thinking very seriously about getting a Kahr PM9 too. To save on postage. Yeah - that's it. To save on postage. Tape the boxes together and save $20! Crap - just remembered that handguns have to go overnight. Well there is that .270... No Stop! Stop!!