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What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

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Henry88

What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by Henry88 » Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:02 pm

Hey guys,

I thought about this the other day, and thought everybody probably has one.

Maybe you don't shoot it cause it's old and rare, or it's too hard to find ammo for? Maybe it's just too punishing or requires a larger/longer range?

Anyway, in my case it's my .22 WMR bolt gun. It's too loud for the yard, so it never gets fired like the other .22s I do have a few hundred WRFs but they're too loud also.

Yes I did carry it all winter as my squirrel (Hogs are open too) gun, but only fired a dozen or so rounds hunting and mabe 50 more at the range.

The thing is, do largely to it's perfect trigger, It's my favorite and most accurate gun, and yet here it is on the list :(

So what gun do you wish you could shoot more and don't, and why?

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by JEBar » Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:06 pm

which ones ? .... very seriously, all of them

I simply don't get anywhere near enough time to spend shooting

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by RanchRoper » Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:13 pm

Same here. I'd shoot hours a day if I could afford the time and the ammo!

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by 2fewdaysafield » Sun Apr 09, 2017 12:40 am

Gotta go along with the group...aside from 2 guns I bought purely as mementos and never intended to shoot in the first place I wish I shot all my guns more.

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by daytime dave » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:23 am

JEBar wrote:which ones ? .... very seriously, all of them

I simply don't get anywhere near enough time to spend shooting

What he said!
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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by ditto1958 » Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:00 am

2fewdaysafield wrote:Gotta go along with the group...aside from 2 guns I bought purely as mementos and never intended to shoot in the first place I wish I shot all my guns more.
Ditto.

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by Henry88 » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:13 am

I can relate to you guys.

It seems I can never justify the time right now to take a day, or even half a day for the range.

I guess I'm lucky to live where I do, and can shoot my .22s and airguns without concern. Here I am complaining about not being able to shoot one gun as often as I please.

I guess this thread would be more applicable over at Marlin Owners, where the guns tend to be older and perhaps more rare.

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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by Sir Henry » Sun Apr 09, 2017 12:07 pm

Okay I'm going to say my Henrys.
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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Apr 09, 2017 12:18 pm

I just wish I had the shooting range out back like some do then I wouldnt have to do so much yard work and I could shoot all of my guns more. Al
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Re: What gun do you wish you could shoot more?

Post by North Country Gal » Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:11 pm

I tend to be so preoccupied with lever guns, single shots and single action revolvers, that I have sometimes have to go out of my way to shoot other types of guns. For the sake of a little variety, I'm fine with shooting our the few DA revolvers and CZ bolt guns we have, every now and then. Same with our few semi-auto rimfire rifles and rimfire pistols.

The one that really hurts, though, for not shooting it, more, is the 1911. This last week was a good example. Took out the SA Mil-Spec 1911 for a run and, as usual, made me wonder why I even bother shooting revolvers. A 1911 is so darn easy for me to shoot. Sometimes I feel like I can't miss. What is there about a 1911 that affects me so? Have always been ho hum when I pick up other bottom feeders, but once I pick up a 1911, there's some kind of magic that happens. It's a deja vu thing for me. Maybe I shot one in a past life. Whatever. May not fit with my cowgirl image, but I really need to shoot the 1911 more.

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