Yes, I know I love them too, and can spend hours looking over the fine points of this or that. But it seems that many of the questioners are more obsessed by a specific thing than the ability to shoot at something.
Every, and I mean every, firearm I have owned has worked flawlessly. Not always as accuratly as I would prefer but certainly as well as to be expected. So when someone asks what is the best this or the best that, I have to wonder unless you need a very specific thing, the main thing is how well you shoot it.
Any gun in well practiced hands is deadly, any round can kill. The real question is back to basics, Can you put it in the 10 ring when you need to?
Anyone agree?
2007-08-06 09:52:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
I think you make an excellent point. I also think people on here don't want to research and decide for themselves, they just want an answer that sums it all up. So many guns and so many rounds, along with all the countless options make for a lot of variables and therefore a lot of questions. I think its the American way - bigger means better, etc... What we are going to end up with is a bunch of tank owners shooting paper targets at 50 yards.
2007-08-07 16:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by brian f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I agree with you to a point.
Still, the most fun for me as a collector is researching and reading and discussing what I don't have, then finding a great deal or finding a rare or unusual old rifle that you don't see very often.
Also, the misinformation constantly being put out there about certain brands and how 'perfect' they are (read: Glock) leads me to speak out with the facts, like how a little lever on a trigger is not a safety and never will be, how they are not the most accurate, how they do break often, etc.
It's also just fun to argue sometimes, particularly when you are engaging with a knowledgeable person with a different perspective.
As a shooter, I can't remember when shooting any gun wasn't fun, except when a Ruger Camp 45 blew apart in my hands causing some lacerations and bruising and thankfully nothing more. That was not fun.
Heck, I had fun shooting a Hi-Point carbine recently, and I'll even admit to that! Shameful!
2007-08-06 10:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suspect that most put that question in here to reinforce what they already think about their particular gun. Although a lot of the posts seem to be placed by new-be's that have no concept of the different points of different guns. If they did they would be mentioning specific guns. (such as- is a Glock better than a Sig) When I see a question like " what guns are better", I don't bother to answer it. There have been books written that still don't answer that question. I know what guns I like and my favorite may not fit you or shoot well for you. So what ever I say about which gun is better is worthless information because you ain't me.
2007-08-06 10:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of us have different expectations. For example some folks are satisfied if a handgun will put five in a 3" group at 25 yards. I on the otherhand won't keep a revolver that won't make a 1" five shot group.
Everyone has their own ideas of what is the best rifle and we like to convince other folks to agree.
That is why we have endless debates on what is the "Best" firearm.
Wouldn't it be mighty boring if everyone liked the same calibers, action-types, and caliber?
Doc
2007-08-08 10:01:18 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of the guns out there are ego..........High caliber pistols, high price shot guns and rifles..........The fact is that it will not matter in a life or death situation on how much or the (high) caliber of the gun you posses, it boils down to if you know how to use it and use it properly..........Yes I have some high end guns, but I will say that when I go out bird hunting I still take out my Stevens 311 16 side-by-side and my high end Beretta and Ruger stay home...It is what you get used to and you know that you are efficiant with, I know what I can do with that 16 guage, my Wiemeraner and that ol'16 have fed my 5 kids and my wife and I many a time.....Last year I want out deer hunting(shotgun) I was going to take out my Thompson Contender (45 long colt) like I allways do, but I broke a firing pin, so I took out my "cheap" Taurus 608 357 mag. and I was able to get 3 deer last year with that pistol.....I now have a preferance 4 that Taurus 608 over my Contender......And to be honest that 608 357 mag. is one heck of a gun even if it is a cheap ol'Taurus......It made a believer out of me.........It's not the Ego stroke that gets you in the 10 ring , it's the capibility of the one behind the trigger that makes the gun....
2007-08-06 18:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Tlanuwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the debate. I find them interesting. Everybody has their favourite gun. I only own one gun,but I can put my shots with it where it counts,if need be.
2007-08-07 02:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by fred47371 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opinions on guns is like opinions on music and art -
It''s all subject to the opinions of the user in particular!
:)
2007-08-06 14:51:21 · answer #7 · answered by Crazy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off i agree with you.
it is kind of like a yugo vs a cadilac yes the will both get where you need to go but the cadilac has better fit and finish.
2007-08-07 23:38:21 · answer #8 · answered by crazy_devil_dan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the debates over this and that comes down to: "my gun is better than your gun"
2007-08-06 15:49:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really the gun that's better, it's the person shooting it.
2007-08-06 11:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋