Die Judicii wrote:Something that none of you have specifically mentioned so far is the love of quality or rather,,,, the feel of it.
Unfortunately these days so many firearms are so light, plasticy, rattlley, and loose it makes me wanna puke.
But then when you pick up something of real good quality, ie: timber, fit, finish, blue, etc, a blind man could drool.
I really appreciate a quality firearm. But all mine are weapons first and foremost. And plastic and rattley works. And I like that.
I have a few that were purchased for either their beauty or for sentimental reasons. And would make a blind man drool. All three of them are frightening, terrible weapons of death.
I bought a S&W Model 15 (Combat Masterpiece). It is beautiful, unlike my Glock. My Glock is for rolling around on the floor while I am working on my tractor. And somebody who knows I am weak sold me a $100 holster for the S&W. I wear it at BBQs, and for luck when my football team is playing. And I like to start wearing it in the summer. It has a bright, tan,.beautiful holster, with stitching that is almost the size of your boot laces.
You can't miss it. I was carrying it a couple years ago at a grocery store, waiting in the checkout line. A French couple came up behind me. My 7th grade French is absolutely gone. But I have spent enough time around the world, often unfriendly, to know what absolute panic is in many different languages. They eventually calmed down. I think it was pretty obvious I was not up to no good buying my hamburger and vegetables. They started chatting in their Frenchy language and I could tell they wanted to take a pic but were afraid. I should have greeted them but I was in a rush and in a bad mood. I should have stopped to smell the flowers. A few minutes with them probably would have enhanced their trip to America.