How do you define a gun snob?

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One time three round group - nuf said.


P.S. Timex vs Rolex - Timex will be more accurate - quartz vs mechanics - just not in the same category; Rolex are marvelous pieces of mechanical engineering and execution that gets very close to electronics ... close but not cigar.
 

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JB Books said:
Yep, a Timex keeps just as good time as a Rolex, but which would you rather have?

When I can buy a tricked out new kimber for the price of a used colt that should tell ya something. Don't get me wrong I'd love to have a colt, but I wanted the most value for my dollar, not just the name
 
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Actually, I do have a problem wth gun snobs.
GTG and I had a "little" discussion on this awhile back. He gets around a whole lot more than I do in the shooting community overall, and he had a really good explanation of a "snob".
Some of you have touched on parts of it, but Jerry put all the dots together.
I've read about the snobs, but have never really had experience around our club, or the diciplines that I shoot in.
Yeah, some say the Benelli's are the only three gun shotgun period, and they are awesome shotguns, expecially when modified by old yeller, but others are coming along like the CZ's, and recently the Remington Versa Max Tactical that has reduced 12 ga recoil to that of a 20 for those that are recoil sensitive.
I Love the 1911 platform, and shoot it in compeition, as well as a stryker fired gun.
Even on this forum as well as others, I see folks saying the Rem 1100 is the greatest shotgun ever built. If one looks at the numbers produced, thats probably a true statement for a semi auto.
Other shotguns have proven to be more reliable in competitions, (Benelli), but as we all know, competition breeds innovation, and new guns coming out show these improvements.
Its like NASCAR. Race proven innovations, soon show up in street cars.
 

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P.S. Timex vs Rolex - Timex will be more accurate - quartz vs mechanics - just not in the same category; Rolex are marvelous pieces of mechanical engineering and execution that gets very close to electronics ... close but not cigar.

If this is true, then Rolex watches keep horrible time. My moderately priced Citizen is more accurate after 3 weeks to a month of no hacking than any Timex I ever owned after one week.
 

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Actually, I do have a problem wth gun snobs.
GTG and I had a "little" discussion on this awhile back. He gets around a whole lot more than I do in the shooting community overall, and he had a really good explanation of a "snob".
Some of you have touched on parts of it, but Jerry put all the dots together.
I've read about the snobs, but have never really had experience around our club, or the diciplines that I shoot in.
Yeah, some say the Benelli's are the only three gun shotgun period, and they are awesome shotguns, expecially when modified by old yeller, but others are coming along like the CZ's, and recently the Remington Versa Max Tactical that has reduced 12 ga recoil to that of a 20 for those that are recoil sensitive.
I Love the 1911 platform, and shoot it in compeition, as well as a stryker fired gun.
Even on this forum as well as others, I see folks saying the Rem 1100 is the greatest shotgun ever built. If one looks at the numbers produced, thats probably a true statement for a semi auto.
Other shotguns have proven to be more reliable in competitions, (Benelli), but as we all know, competition breeds innovation, and new guns coming out show these improvements.
Its like NASCAR. Race proven innovations, soon show up in street cars.

Well said.
 

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I really can't stand the guys who talk about their guns but don't shoot any. And I'm not taking about true collectors. I'm just talking about people who buy modern mass produced guns but then couldn't shoot their way out of a paper box. I was having dinner with a group of guys and one dude kept bragging about his guns, "oh yeah I really like the SCAR's. I have a lot of them. I don't even know how many I have. I was buying them back when they were really hard to get and I'd buy every one that Sportsworld got in. They wouldn't sell them to anyone but I was such a good customer. I spent so much money in there. Blah, blah, blah." Then we hit the range the next week and the dude was an idiot. Muzzle swept me twice.


You promised me you wouldn't tell anyone.
 

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