Two different schools of thought

I think with regard to firearms and what we choose to hunt with, there are two different schools of thought.
Firstly there is the "hammer". I think this tends to be more of the no nonsense approach of simply getting it done. I have friends of mine who wouldn't hesitate to use their favorite shotgun as a canoe paddle. It will get tossed around in the bottom of a canoe as such too. Definitely no coddling going on there. :silly:
Then there's the second school of thought which I find myself in. I have a saying, "You don't clean a gun, you fondle it". :o:o
Well that's true and it's just not limited to more expensive guns either.
My favorites are the older guns, 50 to 100 years old. A fine old shotgun for example, will have a warmth to it unlike one of those new composite types, which still will get the job done the same way. It's really not the same though when I think of it.
To me the gun is more of an extension of myself than anything else and I feel it says much about the way I like to do things. That's just me though. Yeah I know, I'm weird!!
Now I'm not one of those people who actually names their guns or bows, geez!!! Come on eh? Seriously? Hahaha;);)

What say you?
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My guns are tools. I neither coddle nor abuse them. My ratchets and wrenches are wiped clean and put away properly, so are my guns.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Kavanagh

I think with regard to firearms and what we choose to hunt with, there are two different schools of thought.
Firstly there is the "hammer". I think this tends to be more of the no nonsense approach of simply getting it done. I have friends of mine who wouldn't hesitate to use their favorite shotgun as a canoe paddle. It will get tossed around in the bottom of a canoe as such too. Definitely no coddling going on there. :silly:
Then there's the second school of thought which I find myself in. I have a saying, "You don't clean a gun, you fondle it". :o:o
Well that's true and it's just not limited to more expensive guns either.
My favorites are the older guns, 50 to 100 years old. A fine old shotgun for example, will have a warmth to it unlike one of those new composite types, which still will get the job done the same way. It's really not the same though when I think of it.
To me the gun is more of an extension of myself than anything else and I feel it says much about the way I like to do things. That's just me though. Yeah I know, I'm weird!!
Now I'm not one of those people who actually names their guns or bows, geez!!! Come on eh? Seriously? Hahaha;);)

What say you?
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That .30-30 still has a lot of finish left on it. My two go-to deer rifles have had all the finish worn off long ago.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

That .30-30 still has a lot of finish left on it. My two go-to deer rifles have had all the finish worn off long ago.

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It doesn't get much time in the woods now. I like to bow hunt. I have a couple of them dating back over a hundred years and between the two of them, they get about one walk in the woods a year. I still take them out on the range and enjoy them there though.