Cosd Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I just read a thread where someone was asking for 'where to find an instruction manual' for his Browning Medalist', where some ****head replied " save up for a 325 or 425 mate". Ahhhhhhhhhhh! What is it with people who turn their noses up at people who may either be less fortunate financially or simply choose not to spend thousands on a gun? Does an expensive gun make you shoot better? Or does it make up for deficiencies elsewhere? Don't get me wrong, when I see a nice gun be it in a picture or someone using one (I shoot a Medalist by the way) I think yeah that's lovely, but I would never see someone whom might be shooting a gun worth nothing and make a comment like that. Sorry guys but had to have my rant. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sorry guys but had to have my rant. What do you think? I think it will fall on deaf ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I think you should get yourself a decent gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I would reply but i dont make a habit of talking to people who only have a medalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's not what you've got, it's where you stick it that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Don't get me wrong, when I see a nice gun be it in a picture or someone using one (I shoot a Medalist by the way) I think yeah that's lovely, but I would never see someone whom might be shooting a gun worth nothing and make a comment like that. When I see a gun with fancy engraving and 'woodwork' I think the owner's thrown some of their money away, I'd much prefer a nice colour hardened action and easy to clean woodwork. Shiny bits will also glint and scare birds away more. To me what matters in a gun is... 1) Fit 2) Weight/Balance 3) Reliability 4) Long term availability of bits for servicing Anything else is a waste of money. Or am I wrong? Nial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Buy a Baikal and annoy them even more Make it worse by it being a semi-auto and invite yourself to their clay/game events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's not what you've got, it's where you stick it that counts. :D i'm sorry i just found that sentence entirely amusing Pair lost for you then baldrick :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilstoat Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) It wouldn't matter if i had a purdey instead of the Escort i have, i would still hit F all Edited April 1, 2009 by evilstoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I know what you mean... What's the point of having a "really good" expensive gun if you couldn't hit a cows *** with a banjo at 5 feet with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Having only just joined the site and catching up on topics it seems like this ridiculing goes on alot. It`s not terribly welcoming to new shooters coming into the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I just read a thread where someone was asking for 'where to find an instruction manual' for his Browning Medalist', where some ****head replied " save up for a 325 or 425 mate". Can't understand what's the issue: surely it's save up for an H&H, Boss etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I wouldn't worry about it, usually the people who make such comments can't hit the side of a barn if they were standing in it. Theres only one like that at the club i go to and everyone knows he's the biggest plonker amongst us and even better, he rarely actually shoots. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I know what you mean... What's the point of having a "really good" expensive gun if you couldn't hit a cows *** with a banjo at 5 feet with it "cuz you look good when you miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxy72 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Buy a Baikal and annoy them even more Make it worse by it being a semi-auto and invite yourself to their clay/game events lol and make sure its a camo version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Why have a nice car? Why have a nice house? Same thing. (I don't have a nice car, or house or gun BTW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klunk Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I know what you mean... What's the point of having a "really good" expensive gun if you couldn't hit a cows *** with a banjo at 5 feet with it Sounds like fun! I'll have to give that a go sometime. Will I need an expensive banjo to do that, or will any old secondhand twanger do, so long as it holds tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferreter08 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Cosd i totally agree with everthing your saying i have just posted on another thread where someone is being put down and i just cannot believe the mentality of these people. I have worked my butt off for very little which means i can only afford alot less than most, so makes you feel a little inferior with a couple of hundred quid gun at a clay shoot untill you get in the stand and realise that you can take on the big boys with there few grands worth of Beretta's. It does'nt bother me anymore eventhough i do like to look at the craftsmanship of some of these guns but feel like my money is best spent elsewhere like my six year old daughter! Do i get less out of my sport for having a couple of hundred quid gun? No i don't if anything the sport is in the guy with the gun that's worth a couple of grand! when i compare score cards at the end of the day! Who's the mug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbruno Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 yeah its funny i pay no attention although i own a anchutz and several CZ's i enjoy beating guys at the rifle club with my CZ especially when the next guy to me has a walther or anchutz and the look on his face is why i do it LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Cosd i totally agree with everthing your saying i have just posted on another thread where someone is being put down and i just cannot believe the mentality of these people.I have worked my butt off for very little which means i can only afford alot less than most, so makes you feel a little inferior with a couple of hundred quid gun at a clay shoot untill you get in the stand and realise that you can take on the big boys with there few grands worth of Beretta's. It does'nt bother me anymore eventhough i do like to look at the craftsmanship of some of these guns but feel like my money is best spent elsewhere like my six year old daughter! Do i get less out of my sport for having a couple of hundred quid gun? No i don't if anything the sport is in the guy with the gun that's worth a couple of grand! when i compare score cards at the end of the day! Who's the mug? And i agree with what you are saying.. All my scatter guns are pumps... Non mechanical and as reliable as the day is long.. The money should go to your baby girl.. I have 5 pumps and not a one was over $ 250.00.. I have never let those that posture drive me to the point of agnst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Instead of having 5 Lee you could have had one decent one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Instead of having 5 Lee you could have had one decent one You are right.. But I have always been a pump man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 (edited) I agree in part, in that I don't like to see snobbery and people being put down because they haven't got a posh gun (or house or car) However the other thing I can't stand is b******t cloth cap inverted snobbery. It's just as bad. If a bloke has worked hard, made a few bob and wants to buy himself a £9000 Krieghoff then get over it. I like to own nice things, problem is I can't afford to these days. If I had a lot of cash, I would buy a Krieghoff. If I had a bit more cash than I do, I'd buy a DT10. I know it doesn't make me shoot any better, but I like nice things. I'm not a snob and I wouldn't ridicule somebody else, because they shoot with a Baikal, but if they ridicule me because I shot with a Krieghoff, they'd learn some new language . Green-eyed envy and jealousy is just as bad as pomp and swank. Just because a bloke has an expensive gun and a big house, doesn't automatically mean he's a ********. It certainly doesn't mean he can't shoot, I'm not quite sure where that assumption comes from. Edited April 1, 2009 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 The gun I use all day long is a 1940's massed produced BSA - it was too short so I made a stock by masking taping some folded up cloth (skivies) to the puttbad. I don't care about guns themselves too much, I think too many people focus on the gun being a problem before they even know how to shoot straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 personally as one with a not smart gun I do like out shooting people with expensive guns, its just perverse satisfaction and i'd only say anything if they first had taken the **** out of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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