While I have a number of guns that are fun to shoot, and more that I'd like to own that would be fun to shoot, I look at guns as tools. They are meant for one specific purpose. That said, guns have to be reliable and of good quality; period. If they are ugly, that's ok. An ugly tool that gets the job done is better than a pretty tool that fails on you.
A recent thread I read brought something to mind. Are there gun snobs? And if so, why?
Let me define what I mean before any discussion begins. A gun snob is someone who looks down upon either a certain brand or type of firearm and/or those who buy them. For example Hi-Point firearms due to their cheap price, fugly looks and so-so quality. Also, there are some that think only shotguns should be owned. Others think that anyone that owns a so-called "assault rifle" must be a terrorist.
Now I freely admit I do have a Hi-Point 995 9mm carbine and it is ugly and does not have the best quality but it was cheap and is fun to shoot. Let me also say I have an Springfield M1A, a Garand, a Golden Boy and other spendy long guns as well as quite a accumulation of Colt handguns.
Some folks don't like spending a lot on a gun. Some folks CAN'T spend a lot on a gun. Does this make them any less of a gunowner and open to ridicule and disdain by fellow gunowners? I most certainly think not.
Anyway, I just thought I'd throw this out there to perhaps get some folks thinking about how they view some of their fellow gunowners.
BTW: I have been guilty of this myself. I used to think anyone that had a plastic gun was a sissy. I have since changed my view, though I personally still prefer single-stack metal guns.
why is gun owners in quotation marks?It's just sad to see some fellow "gun owners" look down their nose at something they obviously know very little about.
i was going to say something really dirty, but ill let well enough alone.I'm not a gun snob but I don't like small guns. I have it on good authority that.....
My Colts, Smiths and North American Arms, as well as my AMT Backups all work just as well and in some cases, not as well. They are as good as the gun owner wants them to be.