Subj : Sig
To   : Zombie Mambo
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Sep 25 2019 08:04 am

  Re: Sig
  By: Zombie Mambo to Arelor on Tue Sep 24 2019 02:31 pm

 > For me its not about competitions, fun, or cost of ammo. It's about knowing i have
 > something that will stop whatever is coming at me.
 >

You know, main reason I have a gun is for home defense, but in practice I don't have
that many burglaries. You will be shocked to know I have killed no burglar this month
:-) So I think it is good to do something else with the gun other than to leave it
gather dust. Besides, here you are required to register as a sportman in order to get
a gun license and have a minimum of involvement in tournaments. And then it is when
cost of ammo hits: the price difference is big enough that you will notice even if you
use as few as 2,000 rounds per year. If you recharge your own ammo I suppose you can
mitigate the costs, but then I have to deal with local bourocraZyness which is another
story...

So well, in the end there is a bit of compromisse with these things. It is like
knives... I carry one for defense (main reason) but in the end of the day I use it
mostly for cutting rope, preparing meal etc. One of my knives has actually been
retired after a life saving action, even (idiot getting hung by the neck with rope). I
could carry a gigantic Bowie most of the time, but realisticly speaking, you can maim
a hand with half the blade and still serve a lot of secondary purposes.

So far it looks like I am only going to have a gun due to bourocrazyness, so it may as
well be a .38, because it can fend off gypsy horse thieves and then it is more
convenient for secondary purposes than something more powerful. Secondary purposes
being : serving as fun/recreative/competition device, serving as a political
statement, humanely putting lifestock down (I hope it never, ever comes to this, but
crap happens).

I wholeheartedly agree that in the end it is a matter of having the gun in your hand for knowing it is adequate for you. Oftentimes you see one in the shooting range and the guy using it looks so comfortable with it, then you give it a try and it feels weird.

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