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I'd venture to say that lots of folks who have that same opinion could sell some of the guns they own and don't shoot, to afford a custom that they might actually shoot.
I've had stop watching the classifieds daily....too many awesome deals pop up at 5am. I was just minding my own business the all the sudden my gun closet is overflowing with spare actions and barrels and triggers and rings. I'm like granny with the home shopping network!
Mudd's last paragraph is me totally.Having worked in a gun store before... I can attest, that LOTS of people want to be Rambo and buy the biggest ---- rifle they can because they think it will make them cool, or look like a badass, or someone recommended they buy it, and they don't know anything about guns... They shoot less than a box of ammo through it, and bring it back for something smaller because it hurts to shoot it. There's lots of barely used magnums, ultra-mags, lapuas, etc... sitting on used gun racks across the country at discount prices, and still collecting dust.
Personally, I'm not recoil-sensitive, but it seems a lot of folks are.
That being said, I think a lot of the guys on here just like trying different stuff. They'll build something and shoot it for a while, then they get the itch to try something else, so they sell the old rifle, and build a new one. Sort of like I do with cars & trucks... I buy a new one, drive it a few years and keep the miles down on it, then when a new one comes out that I like, and I find a model with all the options I want, and get the deal I want on it, I upgrade to the new model.
Having worked in a gun store before... I can attest, that LOTS of people want to be Rambo and buy the biggest ---- rifle they can because they think it will make them cool, or look like a badass, or someone recommended they buy it, and they don't know anything about guns... They shoot less than a box of ammo through it, and bring it back for something smaller because it hurts to shoot it. There's lots of barely used magnums, ultra-mags, lapuas, etc... sitting on used gun racks across the country at discount prices, and still collecting dust.
Personally, I'm not recoil-sensitive, but it seems a lot of folks are.
That being said, I think a lot of the guys on here just like trying different stuff. They'll build something and shoot it for a while, then they get the itch to try something else, so they sell the old rifle, and build a new one. Sort of like I do with cars & trucks... I buy a new one, drive it a few years and keep the miles down on it, then when a new one comes out that I like, and I find a model with all the options I want, and get the deal I want on it, I upgrade to the new model.
