Everything I hate about plastic guns in one picture

[BourbonTrail]

C’mon @rookhawk - you need some cordless hole punchers

 

[Mekaniks]

My dad taught me- "Never make fun of a man's gun or his wife"

You don't have to like either of them, but they are also not yours to worry about.

 

[Randy F]

IMHO, there should be balance, and every gun whether plastic or with a beautiful wood stock have a place in our life. I own several plastic rifles, shotguns, and pistols and they serve their purpose. I also own several rifles and shotguns with a beautiful wood stock, and they also serve their purpose.

Now, doing this to a lever rifle should be punishable by castration.

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How do you know castration isn't what caused them to do that to a lever in the first place?

 

[Tommy_Fontaine]

I'm with Inline6, I would channel my dislike towards people who are against responsible firearm ownership. Not towards fellow gun owners who own guns you don't like.

 

[Dinsdale]

C’mon @rookhawk - you need some cordless hole punchers

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And just when I thought i had every Packout possible, this comes along.

Thats pretty clever. Yours?

 

[BourbonTrail]

And just when I thought i had every Packout possible, this comes along.

Thats pretty clever. Yours?

I wish, a buddy showed me these, and some Dewalt ones, a while back that he wanted to copy and keep in his garage.

 

[Dinsdale]

I wish, a buddy showed me these, and some Dewalt ones, a while back that he wanted to copy and keep in his garage.

I have a Packout cut to hold my spotting scope and small tripod, mount on the wall for storage, same as one in the pic. Targets,cleaning stuff, but thats being really dedicated to Milwaukee. LOL

 

[Inline6]

That looks like a useless piece of crap, looks like some one threw down a bunch of gun pieces and a 4 year old used a third of them to make a toy.

That is actually 3D printed, you can see the build up lines in the details.

 

[JimP]

Everyone to their own. I have 3 plastic stocked firearms and a number of wood stock ones. When I purchased the plastic stocked ones I just wanted a rifle that worked that I could take into any element and not have to worry about.

Try them, you might like them.

 

[375Fox]

A soulless product for a soulless generation.

Quite a few members on here from that soulless generation. I’d much prefer to see a commercial grade Winchester model 70, Tikka T3x, browning X-bolt than any semi-custom rifle with a fancy walnut stock and engraving used hunting. I have no problem seeing a low end rifle used on a cull hunt, however it does bother me seeing a high end rifle used on the cheapest hunt available. I can afford what I want, certain things I see no added value in.

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[rookhawk]

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I'm self deprecating enough to love this comeback. Good one.

 

[steve white]

I have never owned a plastic gun, but if I were to spend time in Alaska, or wanted the ultimate in long rang accuracy, I would probably go as technically perfect as possible, including synthetic stocking and bedding, and stainless bbl with chemical blacking.

 

[Hunt anything]

Personally I think there is a difference between a “plastic” gun and an all weather gun, I have some of all. The plastic gun for home protection, wood stocked rifles and shotguns for good weather hunting and synthetic stocked rifle as my everyday any weather hunting rifle.

 

[PARA45]

How do you know castration isn't what caused them to do that to a lever in the first place?

Excellent point. Then the punishment should be: May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the individuals who did this, and may their arms be too short to scratch.

 

[1dirthawker]

I'm with Inline6, I would channel my dislike towards people who are against responsible firearm ownership. Not towards fellow gun owners who own guns you don't like.

I also agree with you guys.

@rookhawk,
i do agree there are some goofy looking guns out there, but just like the dumbasses in liberal cities with failing schools, lives etc...not my problem. I too have an AR, and like it.

I also have several working guns that are either stainless and synthetic or cerracoted and synthetic. they are awesome tools and i never apologize for them. the 5 star wood and deep lustrous blued rifle would take an awful beating up here in AK where i use it and so i console myself with my less sexy gun knowing that it will go off when i need it and require much less attention than the "pretty" one.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

I am with @Aaron N - I never wanted an AR. Until Biden was elected president... then I couldn't buy one fast enough.

@PARA45 ... PREACH IT OSCAR!!!! And a rusty knife for the job as well!

 

[VertigoBE]

For me the decision on plastic “assault rifles” is out of my hands, so I don’t have to worry about it anymore. My wife told me I can’t have one

 

[cajunchefray]

I never wanted an AR until my government told me I wasn’t allowed to have one, and I have to say that planning a build has been fun. But I do believe it will be a one and done venture, as my love of walnut runs deep.

But I don’t think we should be looking down our noses at those who like plastic guns. It is better to have more shooters in our fraternity with a wide variety of options to fit their tastes and budgets, and a cheap plastic gun just might be a great introduction for a teen or young adult from which they can build upon their knowledge and grow.

My sentiments are the same. My local gun shop (and we have several new ones), driven by demand sells many plastic "black guns" but they also have the blued steel and wood models that we traditionalists love. The Black Guns (or pink or blue, etc.) keeps them in business and stocked fully with about any type of gun you like and more ammo than most.

Years ago, in South Carolina, at the local gun show, I met a man with a table of at least a dozen English rifles and shotguns (guns in British parlance). Here, I handled some beautifully hand-crafted weapons, and being a retired engineer, he explained all the workings and features of Rigby, Westley Richards, W J Jeffery, H&H, Joseph Lang, WW Greener, etc.
It was the first time I got to handle and understand a Westley Richards Droplock.

I asked, " Are these for sale?" His reply was, "No i just want to display these so the younger generation understands the fine craftmanship that went into these guns, as opposed to the "Black Plastic Crap" everyone sells now. I was a changed man.

I only have 3 black plastic guns, which, while I have no passion for, are very utilitarian. I've been shooting for 48 tears and still have my Grandpa gifted H&R .410 single shot, with the blue and color casehardening still nice.

I didn't buy a "black rifle" until right before Obamas reelection in 2012.
I call these my "Election Guns".
Out of spite for possible government stupid laws, and to buy early before the price went up, I got an Armalite AR-15.

Next, i got a 7.62x51 AR-10 model, as I thought if the stuff hits the fan, I wanted more penetration and killing power.

They are set up with Red Dots and shot only occasionally to maintain my skill with these. Just a practice exercise, not an endeavor, as with my other guns.

The 3rd is my Kahr 9mm with the polymer frame, as I traded an all-steel Kahr for the lighter version when I obtained a CWP. It's light, compact, accurate, and carries well. Utility rules here.

I am much more passionate shooting a Ruger #1, Ruger Blackhawk Flattop .44 special, a custom Mauser 98 in 35 Whelen, and Winchester 70s or 1892 levers. All with my handloads.

And no pictures of weapons on my phone, but maybe a couple good targets.

 

[MTA]

A soulless product for a soulless generation.

Another millennial here. As I get older, the appeal of blued & wood stocked rifles is growing on me. I am planning on getting a .416 caliber gun in the traditional safari rifle setup.

I think we can all agree that the picture in your original post is an abomination

 

[rookhawk]

Another millennial here. As I get older, the appeal of blued & wood stocked rifles is growing on me. I am planning on getting a .416 caliber gun in the traditional safari rifle setup.

I think we can all agree that the picture in your original post is an abomination

As an X-er the age gap between us is probably very small. The differences in societal values between the generations have never been broader in the history of generations.

If you want to be happy, wealthy, and successful, surround yourself with boomers and Gen-Xers and do everything they have done to accumulate wealth. Listen to stories of the "greatest generation" and raise your family exactly that way to be happy.

While my gun preferences above are meant to be humorous as they are hyperbolic, Pay attention to the implied vices I mention whether you own plastic guns or not.

The real world is going to swallow the Y and Z generation and spit out the bones due to their overwhelming moral and ethical shortcomings. That is, unless they vote for totalitarianism to "make things fair" which is to say "destroy all values since having them yourself is unreasonable, therefore lets eat the laudable".

Glad you're here. Surround yourself with good people everywhere you go, regardless of age differences that may occur.