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Old 01-29-2008 | 04:03 AM
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Doug S
 
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Default New guns vs Old guns

Something is wrong with me, I have no interest in new guns, either buying them or shooting them...!!!

I was shooting my oldHi-Power recently at the range and the guy next to me offered to let me shoot his Sig, Nice gun, shot good and worked fine, it just didn't have any soul, just another piece of iron that went bang-(even he really liked the Hi-Power better). My buddy has a new,real nice 700 in 22-250, very accurate, but for the life of me I see no reason to own one-my 30-40 yr old Ruger in .243 works just as good. And it's just not other peoples guns, that SW 586/.357 has not been out of the safe in years but the Colt SAA is showing alot of wear. The Browning OU never goes for walks and rarely to the range. Why bother, I have A-5s in 12 & 20 that will handle skeet, 5 stand, birds and deer, I just like them. Lets not even talk about inline ML'rs, .22s and even airguns. I go to gun store and look at the used rack, and breeze right past the shiny new stuff.

Anyone else have this trouble? What causes this?

For me it's about history. I can feel it in the guns. I wonder who hunted what with that old Winchester, or what that old 1911 was used for when it was young. I've made a little history with my newer guns but most are just filling that void in the back of the safe..

Doug
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