The thrill is gone !

mrt949 · October 13, 2012, 09:12 AM

When do you decide the THRILL IS GONE .You have tried every type of firearm you can get your hands on .Talking FULL AUTO to BLACK POWDER . OH CRAPP IT MUST BE A BAD DREAM

Creek Henry · October 13, 2012, 09:31 AM

Sounds like it's time for you to get a recurve bow and give that a try :)

Good luck.

Rspeters · October 13, 2012, 09:39 AM

Or one of those cool marshmallow shooters.

mrt949 · October 13, 2012, 09:45 AM

I have a recurve bow .I will get your forearm if you don't hold it a certain way .

Skans · October 13, 2012, 10:25 AM

Ahhh, that's when you start collecting them! I've shot many different kinds of firearms, and I like guns just as much or more than the first time I shot one. My tastes have changed, and I am very interested in firearms that are of exceptional quality, rare, unusual, and/or historical in some sense. I don't have to shoot every gun I own to get a thrill. I do still love shooting, but I only have a handful of guns that I really like to shoot. Oh, and I too have found a renewed interest in archery!

Deja vu · October 13, 2012, 12:08 PM

Wow that would be a sad day. I still love to shoot all of my guns even my single shot 22.

thedudeabides · October 13, 2012, 12:11 PM

If I ever become a great shot, maybe...

Obambulate · October 13, 2012, 12:39 PM

I'd say go back to your roots. Doesn't have to be a Daisy Red Ryder, but maybe a cheap, reliable Crosman pellet gun. Set up a range in the basement and have some relaxing fun.

armoredman · October 13, 2012, 01:50 PM

Considering how many different firearms there is out there to try, I doubt I could "lose the thrill" anytime soon.

Eppie · October 13, 2012, 01:54 PM

You can try this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc . I understand that's a real rush.

**JohnKSa** · October 13, 2012, 02:05 PM

Find a competition or two that appeals to you and shoot in a few matches.

shortwave · October 13, 2012, 02:10 PM

Take a break for awhile.

I do this from time to time. Sometimes shoot handguns then to long guns over to BP then to crossbow(used to be recurve/compound but can't pull one due to shoulder issue's).

Then I'll put them all away for awhile and start riding the bike, fishing, gardening or whatever. Before ya know it, my interest in shooting comes back around.

Too, years ago I started reloading ,lost interest in that and didn't get back into it till about 6-7 yrs. ago. There are times I'd rather reload then shoot. And the boys love it when I go through though's stages.

Hang on to your guns, a year or two down the line that urge will hit again.

Smit · October 13, 2012, 04:38 PM

If the thrill is completely gone for you I would gladly take any firearms for donation purposes.

OakleyAnna · October 13, 2012, 08:10 PM

I agree with shortwave. Take a break. I skydived for 12 years and then had to stop (since I was pregnant, I was a little concerned about accidentally injuring the baby). Maybe you can pursue another hobby for a few months and then revisit shooting.

p loader · October 13, 2012, 09:11 PM

Find your man card, soak it with gasoline, take a match to it.

chadio · October 14, 2012, 12:10 AM

Try a crossbow. I'm serious. It's a whole new world and I bet you'd enjoy it.

Also after being distracted from firearms for awhile, you might restart the interest in them.

osbornk · October 14, 2012, 08:38 AM

DON'T SELL YOUR GUNS! Guns and motorcycles have at least one thing in common. It is an incurable disease. It may go into remission but the disease always returns.

In the last 40+ years, I have quit riding motorcycles five or six times and sold the ones I owned at the time. I was sure I was finished with riding every time. When I relapsed the last time 15 or 20 years ago, I realized I had an incurable illness and just gave in to it and decided to go all in. Rather than buy rice burners or painfully show Harleys, I keep 2 BMWs in my garage.

Southern Rebel · October 14, 2012, 08:42 AM

I suppose you could start a collection of reproduction caveman clubs. Originals are, however, extremely rare. Also, I suspect that trying to carry IWB could instigate a lot of sarcastic remarks.

sDot · October 14, 2012, 08:47 AM

Just find a hobby in the same realm. Do some reloading or something.

buck460XVR · October 14, 2012, 10:27 AM

If the thrill ever fades, there was never a real love. This is true both for hobbies and relationships. Difference between a passing fancy and true passion. The day the thrill of firearms is gone for me, so is the beating of my heart.

Amsdorf · October 14, 2012, 11:51 AM

Seek medical help, immediately.

chadio · October 14, 2012, 12:40 PM

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I suppose you could start a collection of reproduction caveman clubs.

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Seek medical help, immediately.

Sure Shot Mc Gee · October 14, 2012, 02:07 PM

Nope not yet. Not for me. I've got a B/P mortar that shoot tennis balls at my cabin. Fun when they make it to the neighbors yard (a hunting camp) and bounce around a little. At the end of the firings. Three or four of them guys bring my balls back and we all have a beer or two and laugh like he11 about it. Who say's us old timers don't have any fun. (67) and still playing games._

Joe_Pike · October 14, 2012, 02:26 PM

The thrill is gone for me because the money needed to enjoy the thrill is gone.

shortwave · October 14, 2012, 03:39 PM

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I've got a B/P mortar that shoot tennis balls at my cabin. Fun when they make it to the neighbors yard (a hunting camp) and bounce around a little. At the end of the firings.

Yep...building cannons, potato guns and shooting various home-made targets and range setups surely keeps things more interesting.
Example, with the heat and drought we had this year, the garden didn't produce well at all. Tomatoes didn't ripen and those that did really weren't worth eating, no taste. But they sure did make for some fun target practice sitting here on the deck with various pistols. Or throwing them in the air, fast drawing and shooting at them with the Judge loaded with .410 #6's.

Punching holes in paper can get very boring. Gotta use our imagination and keep it interesting.

Us grown men can really act like little boys sometimes can't we...but it's sooo much fun.

October 13, 2012, 09:12 AM	#1
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,692	The thrill is gone ! When do you decide the THRILL IS GONE .You have tried every type of firearm you can get your hands on .Talking FULL AUTO to BLACK POWDER . OH CRAPP IT MUST BE A BAD DREAM __________________ No Gun Big Or Small Does It All Last edited by mrt949; October 13, 2012 at 12:46 PM.

October 13, 2012, 09:45 AM	#4
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,692	I have a recurve bow .I will get your forearm if you don't hold it a certain way . __________________ No Gun Big Or Small Does It All

October 13, 2012, 01:54 PM	#10
Eppie Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 802	You can try this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc . I understand that's a real rush. __________________ "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.” -Vladimir Lenin "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson (An early warning to Obama care)

October 13, 2012, 02:05 PM	#11
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,969	Find a competition or two that appeals to you and shoot in a few matches. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

October 13, 2012, 04:38 PM	#13
Smit Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2012 Posts: 335	If the thrill is completely gone for you I would gladly take any firearms for donation purposes. __________________ "Vegetarian, an old Indian word for bad hunter."

October 13, 2012, 09:31 AM	#2
Creek Henry Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 514	Sounds like it's time for you to get a recurve bow and give that a try :) Good luck.

October 13, 2012, 09:39 AM	#3
Rspeters Member Join Date: February 7, 2011 Posts: 72	Or one of those cool marshmallow shooters.

October 13, 2012, 10:25 AM	#5
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	Ahhh, that's when you start collecting them! I've shot many different kinds of firearms, and I like guns just as much or more than the first time I shot one. My tastes have changed, and I am very interested in firearms that are of exceptional quality, rare, unusual, and/or historical in some sense. I don't have to shoot every gun I own to get a thrill. I do still love shooting, but I only have a handful of guns that I really like to shoot. Oh, and I too have found a renewed interest in archery!

October 13, 2012, 12:08 PM	#6
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	Wow that would be a sad day. I still love to shoot all of my guns even my single shot 22. __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

October 13, 2012, 12:11 PM	#7
thedudeabides Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2012 Posts: 1,031	If I ever become a great shot, maybe...

October 13, 2012, 12:39 PM	#8
Obambulate Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2011 Posts: 582	I'd say go back to your roots. Doesn't have to be a Daisy Red Ryder, but maybe a cheap, reliable Crosman pellet gun. Set up a range in the basement and have some relaxing fun.

October 13, 2012, 01:50 PM	#9
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,295	Considering how many different firearms there is out there to try, I doubt I could "lose the thrill" anytime soon.

October 13, 2012, 02:10 PM	#12
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	Take a break for awhile. I do this from time to time. Sometimes shoot handguns then to long guns over to BP then to crossbow(used to be recurve/compound but can't pull one due to shoulder issue's). Then I'll put them all away for awhile and start riding the bike, fishing, gardening or whatever. Before ya know it, my interest in shooting comes back around. Too, years ago I started reloading ,lost interest in that and didn't get back into it till about 6-7 yrs. ago. There are times I'd rather reload then shoot. And the boys love it when I go through though's stages. Hang on to your guns, a year or two down the line that urge will hit again.

October 13, 2012, 08:10 PM	#14
OakleyAnna Member Join Date: July 7, 2012 Posts: 19	I agree with shortwave. Take a break. I skydived for 12 years and then had to stop (since I was pregnant, I was a little concerned about accidentally injuring the baby). Maybe you can pursue another hobby for a few months and then revisit shooting.

October 13, 2012, 09:11 PM	#15
p loader Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2012 Posts: 148	Find your man card, soak it with gasoline, take a match to it.

October 14, 2012, 12:10 AM	#16
chadio Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2011 Posts: 931	Try a crossbow. I'm serious. It's a whole new world and I bet you'd enjoy it. Also after being distracted from firearms for awhile, you might restart the interest in them. __________________ Ex - Navy, Persian Gulf Veteran. Loved shooting the M14, 1911, M60, M2

October 14, 2012, 08:38 AM	#17
osbornk Senior Member Join Date: August 11, 2012 Location: Mountains of Appalachia Posts: 1,598	DON'T SELL YOUR GUNS! Guns and motorcycles have at least one thing in common. It is an incurable disease. It may go into remission but the disease always returns. In the last 40+ years, I have quit riding motorcycles five or six times and sold the ones I owned at the time. I was sure I was finished with riding every time. When I relapsed the last time 15 or 20 years ago, I realized I had an incurable illness and just gave in to it and decided to go all in. Rather than buy rice burners or painfully show Harleys, I keep 2 BMWs in my garage.

October 14, 2012, 08:42 AM	#18
Southern Rebel Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2009 Posts: 165	I suppose you could start a collection of reproduction caveman clubs. Originals are, however, extremely rare. Also, I suspect that trying to carry IWB could instigate a lot of sarcastic remarks.

October 14, 2012, 08:47 AM	#19
sDot Member Join Date: October 10, 2012 Posts: 19	Just find a hobby in the same realm. Do some reloading or something.

October 14, 2012, 10:27 AM	#20
buck460XVR Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2006 Posts: 4,342	If the thrill ever fades, there was never a real love. This is true both for hobbies and relationships. Difference between a passing fancy and true passion. The day the thrill of firearms is gone for me, so is the beating of my heart.

October 14, 2012, 11:51 AM	#21
Amsdorf Junior member Join Date: July 24, 2011 Location: Saint Louis, Missouri Posts: 849	Seek medical help, immediately.

October 14, 2012, 02:07 PM	#23
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	The thrill is gone ! Nope not yet. Not for me. I've got a B/P mortar that shoot tennis balls at my cabin. Fun when they make it to the neighbors yard (a hunting camp) and bounce around a little. At the end of the firings. Three or four of them guys bring my balls back and we all have a beer or two and laugh like he11 about it. Who say's us old timers don't have any fun. (67) and still playing games._

October 14, 2012, 02:26 PM	#24
Joe_Pike Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2010 Posts: 1,581	The thrill is gone for me because the money needed to enjoy the thrill is gone. __________________ Stay Groovy

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