Board:   [DoveNet] Firearms
Subject: Re: Llama
From:    Moondog
Date:    Wed Jan 04, 2023 18:16

@VIA: CAVEBBS
  Re: Re: Llama
  By: Weatherman to Cougar428 on Wed Jan 04 2023 11:42 am

 >  > WE>Yeah, you definitely scored on that one.  Hopefully I'll find the carb
 >  > ki WE>one of these days.  Of course, probably the same day I find a C.O.P
 >  > 357 and WE>then I'll have a hard decision to make...
 >
 >  > Those COP Derringers are the bomb! I never thought of getting anything
 >  > bigger than a .22 for plinking. I did get a Marlin 336 lever action
 >  > chambered in 30-30, but wow the ammo was so expensive I sold it for what
 >  > I put into it.
 >
 >  > That thing had a kick! Probably like the COP!
 >
 >  > Are you a collector? What kind of firearms do you have besides the
 >  > Beretta (apologies if you already mentioned this)?
 >
 >  > TTYL
 >
 >  > Cougar
 >  > ---
 >
 > I don't know if "collector" is the proper designation.  Perhaps "accumulator
 > is more like it.  "Collector" to me infers some sort of concentration in a
 > specific realm of firearms ownership.  I'm kind of all over theplace.  I've
 > got most of my must-haves on my list, the COP has been on my RADAR ever sinc
 > the 1980s when I was a poor Airman in Florida and couldn't afford one to a
 > couple of years ago when I saw one at a local gun show and felt the $1200 wo
 > be better spent.
 >
 > I have basically one of just about every type of firearm.  Single shot black
 > powder rifles and pistols, black powder revolvers, modern single and double
 > action revolvers, SA, DA and SA/DA pistols in a variety of calibers, milsurp
 > rifles and handguns, lever actions from .22 to .45-70.  Just about every sty
 > of shotgun...  It's eclectic to say the least.
 >
 >                                                       Regards,
 >                                                 -==*>Weatherman<*==-
 >

Numbers to a gun owner are different than what non-gunners perceive.  You can
own a .22, a shotgun, and a centerfire hunting rifle of some sort, then
soem would consider that  quite a few.  I use the golf club analogy.  if you t
ell a golfer he should get by with one or two clubs, he'd laugh and explain
having a sand wedge is an essential club for your collection, it has one role
it does better than anything else.  Shooting sports, hunting, and general
practice and plinking are morediverse than a sport such as golf, and the
variation between calibers and types of actions  will vary greater.

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