You know you are a gun nut when . . .

Prof Young · February 15, 2021, 12:04 PM

So on the lighter side of things . . .

You know you are a gun nut when . . .

You own four gun safes just to hold it all . . .
When you go to the LGS, more often than not one of the guns on consignment there is one you own or used to own . . .
At least once in your life you've been to the range five days in a row . . .
You are on a first name basis with all the staff at the range . . .
You have at least three buddies who let you come shoot on their land . . .
You bough a gun just because you didn't have one in that caliber . . .
You give your favorite guns names . . .
You spouse never has to think about what to get you for birthdays or Christmas . . .

What else you got?

Life is good.
Prof Young

BarryLee · February 15, 2021, 12:19 PM

When someone asks how many guns you own and you have a hard time remembering exactly how many there are. Then when they ask about the guns/calibers you sound like a Wikipedia article describing everything in excruciating detail. Then even you realize you have a problem, but still can't stop thinking, "Should I buy a .41 Magnum just because?".

**4V50 Gary** · February 15, 2021, 02:05 PM

When you're the world's expert on something useless like where prototype #1 is or how many were produced in 1948.

littlebikerider · February 15, 2021, 03:38 PM

You're the first person friends and family call with a gun question.

When the whack job on the news who had an arsenal and thousands of rounds of ammunition was less well armed than you.

Pistoler0 · February 15, 2021, 03:55 PM

... you feel proud to be called a "gun nut".

jonnyc · February 15, 2021, 07:46 PM

"You're the first person friends and family call with a gun question."

"When the whack job on the news who had an arsenal and thousands of rounds of ammunition was less well armed than you."

Oh, this is me......definitely me.

NobodyJones · February 15, 2021, 08:38 PM

When you are watching a movie and someone turns to you and says "Hey, what kind of gun is that?"

rc · February 15, 2021, 10:22 PM

When you can look at a random gun part and you know exactly what it fits.

Shadow9mm · February 15, 2021, 11:37 PM

When you make posts about being a gun nut...

CzechoslovakGuns · February 16, 2021, 04:55 AM

you enter a bank with a rifle in your hand without an intention to rob it...

Yep, that's right, it happened to me. I had my rifle modified, picked it up but needed to withdraw some cash to pay the gunsmith so I jumped out of the car with the rifle in my hand (I pretty much did not realize it was there) and went to the bank. There was an ATM machine inside the bank right behind the entry doors. I withdrew my cash, paid the guy and.... realized I am probably the first guy to ever enter the bank with a rifle in my hands to "take away my own money"

The CCTV security guy must have had a lot of fun that day...

jonnyc · February 16, 2021, 06:22 AM

I was in the IDF many years ago. Had a weekend leave and stopped at the bank to get some cash. After about 10 minutes, and mid-way through the serpentine line, I remembered I had my M-16 on my shoulder. Nobody batted an eye, so I forgot about it and went on about my business. I wonder if there would have been any reaction if I was carrying my usual Mag58?

Eddiejoe · February 16, 2021, 09:51 AM

When you find (or buy) ammo you don't have a gun for, and you go buy the gun to shoot the 16 rounds you found!

Carl the Floor Walker · February 16, 2021, 10:14 AM

Or you buy a gun when there is NO ammo for it. They do make great paper weights though.

reteach · February 16, 2021, 10:21 AM

When you're telling a family member about the vintage revolver you bought and you say "So I took it to my gunsmith ..." and the family member stops you and says "Wait. You have your own gunsmith?"

Carl the Floor Walker · February 16, 2021, 10:24 AM

I guess I am a gun nut, but some would say I am a Terrorist since I have more than one.

ballardw · February 16, 2021, 11:00 AM

When you buy a gun to match the reloading dies you found in a box of stuff from a trade.

When you can identify the gun the bad guy uses in a movie and not even notice the actor holding it.

When you spend too time freezing the play back to try to identify the gun(s) used. (Firefly anyone?)

When the sound of "Glock" getting cocked in a movie makes you cringe.

When all of your PINS or passwords are cartridges/ calibers.

When you think "John Moses" would be a good name for your son.
And consider it for a girl.

When your friends tell you to shut up about how that gun wasn't made for the time the movie represents.

Carl the Floor Walker · February 16, 2021, 11:08 AM

When you start counting the round fired. And then wonder how a sub nose revolver shoots 12-50 rds.or a firearm carried by the Police and bad guys have no recoil. How does one miss a guy 25 yds or closer, when he using a full auto rifle? I have actually watched a few movies where the Sniper carried a Pellet rifle. Gamo to be exact.

reinert · February 16, 2021, 11:21 AM

When after all these years, whenever I watch our own copy of "Jeremiah Johnson," I've got my Hawken rife in my lap... only mine's a .54.

Erno86 · February 16, 2021, 01:23 PM

Some shooters keep asking me whether I'm camping-out in a tent, on the hill above our outdoor gun range.

ghbucky · February 16, 2021, 02:16 PM

Quote:

I have actually watched a few movies where the Sniper carried a Pellet rifle. Gamo to be exact.

I shut off the 3:10 to yuma move strictly because of the gun handling. Guy running a lever rifle fired 2x without working the lever, then worked the lever 2 times without firing, IIRC.

Scorch · February 16, 2021, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Guy running a lever rifle fired 2x without working the lever, then worked the lever 2 times without firing, IIRC.

Oh, I've worked the lever on a rifle 2-3 times in a row without firing it, but never the other way around. I'll have to learn that one.

No, I am the local gun nut. Friends call me and ask about a gun they or a friend have, and 2-3 seconds into their description I am describig the rifle in detail and they're just saying "yeah, yeah, yeah, how did you know that?" and I tell them because of something minor they told me that cued me in. Friend called me, his friend has a 8mm rifle from ww2, straight bole handle, kind of potbellied, and I ask "5 or 10 round magazine? Probably 5 since the 10 round ones were mostly destroyed by the Nazis when they occupied France" and there is a deafening silence on the other end of the line. "Oh, Berthier rifle, French, 8mm Lebel". Stuff like that.

shurshot · February 18, 2021, 02:35 PM

My favorite aftershave lotion is Hoppes #9.

littlebikerider · February 19, 2021, 07:23 AM

When any store that doesn’t sell guns and ammo just isn’t worth entering.

When you have visited the local gun counter so many times you pretty much know the inventory by heart.

When every gun counter visit is free entrance but 500+ to leave.

Brit · February 19, 2021, 07:47 AM

I was watching a re-run of a Blue Blood episode when I was the only one viewing, who noticed the .38 Cal Revolver, was a skinny barrel model in the courtroom but was a heavy barrel model when it reached the outside!

burrhead · February 19, 2021, 05:11 PM

I'm an enthusiast, not a nut. Gun grabbers are the nuts.

February 15, 2021, 12:19 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	When someone asks how many guns you own and you have a hard time remembering exactly how many there are. Then when they ask about the guns/calibers you sound like a Wikipedia article describing everything in excruciating detail. Then even you realize you have a problem, but still can't stop thinking, "Should I buy a .41 Magnum just because?". __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

February 15, 2021, 02:05 PM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,838	When you're the world's expert on something useless like where prototype #1 is or how many were produced in 1948. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

February 15, 2021, 03:55 PM	#5
Pistoler0 Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2019 Location: Conifer, CO Posts: 632	... you feel proud to be called a "gun nut". __________________ Life is simply an inter-temporal problem of constrained optimization.

February 15, 2021, 07:46 PM	#6
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	"You're the first person friends and family call with a gun question." "When the whack job on the news who had an arsenal and thousands of rounds of ammunition was less well armed than you." Oh, this is me......definitely me. __________________ 2024 PA Cartridge Collector Show; Aug. 16-17, 2024!!! Buy...Sell...Trade All Types of Ammunition & Ordnance PM or email me for 2024 show details.

February 16, 2021, 04:55 AM	#10
CzechoslovakGuns Junior Member Join Date: February 14, 2021 Posts: 3	you enter a bank with a rifle in your hand without an intention to rob it... Yep, that's right, it happened to me. I had my rifle modified, picked it up but needed to withdraw some cash to pay the gunsmith so I jumped out of the car with the rifle in my hand (I pretty much did not realize it was there) and went to the bank. There was an ATM machine inside the bank right behind the entry doors. I withdrew my cash, paid the guy and.... realized I am probably the first guy to ever enter the bank with a rifle in my hands to "take away my own money" The CCTV security guy must have had a lot of fun that day... __________________ Czech and Czechoslovak guns enthusiast Visit my channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CzechoslovakGunStories/videos

February 15, 2021, 12:04 PM	#1
Prof Young Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2007 Location: Illinois - down state Posts: 2,404	You know you are a gun nut when . . . So on the lighter side of things . . . You know you are a gun nut when . . . You own four gun safes just to hold it all . . . When you go to the LGS, more often than not one of the guns on consignment there is one you own or used to own . . . At least once in your life you've been to the range five days in a row . . . You are on a first name basis with all the staff at the range . . . You have at least three buddies who let you come shoot on their land . . . You bough a gun just because you didn't have one in that caliber . . . You give your favorite guns names . . . You spouse never has to think about what to get you for birthdays or Christmas . . . What else you got? Life is good. Prof Young

February 15, 2021, 03:38 PM	#4
littlebikerider Senior Member Join Date: September 10, 2018 Posts: 131	You're the first person friends and family call with a gun question. When the whack job on the news who had an arsenal and thousands of rounds of ammunition was less well armed than you.

February 15, 2021, 08:38 PM	#7
NobodyJones Member Join Date: December 21, 2019 Posts: 64	When you are watching a movie and someone turns to you and says "Hey, what kind of gun is that?"

February 15, 2021, 10:22 PM	#8
rc Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,767	When you can look at a random gun part and you know exactly what it fits.

February 15, 2021, 11:37 PM	#9
Shadow9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,974	When you make posts about being a gun nut... __________________ I don't believe in "range fodder" that is why I reload.

February 16, 2021, 06:22 AM	#11
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	I was in the IDF many years ago. Had a weekend leave and stopped at the bank to get some cash. After about 10 minutes, and mid-way through the serpentine line, I remembered I had my M-16 on my shoulder. Nobody batted an eye, so I forgot about it and went on about my business. I wonder if there would have been any reaction if I was carrying my usual Mag58? __________________ 2024 PA Cartridge Collector Show; Aug. 16-17, 2024!!! Buy...Sell...Trade All Types of Ammunition & Ordnance PM or email me for 2024 show details.

February 16, 2021, 09:51 AM	#12
Eddiejoe Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2018 Posts: 206	When you find (or buy) ammo you don't have a gun for, and you go buy the gun to shoot the 16 rounds you found!

February 16, 2021, 10:14 AM	#13
Carl the Floor Walker member Join Date: June 3, 2017 Location: South Posts: 1,422	Or you buy a gun when there is NO ammo for it. They do make great paper weights though.

February 16, 2021, 10:21 AM	#14
reteach Senior Member Join Date: August 31, 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 379	When you're telling a family member about the vintage revolver you bought and you say "So I took it to my gunsmith ..." and the family member stops you and says "Wait. You have your own gunsmith?"

February 16, 2021, 10:24 AM	#15
Carl the Floor Walker member Join Date: June 3, 2017 Location: South Posts: 1,422	I guess I am a gun nut, but some would say I am a Terrorist since I have more than one.

February 16, 2021, 11:00 AM	#16
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,411	When you buy a gun to match the reloading dies you found in a box of stuff from a trade. When you can identify the gun the bad guy uses in a movie and not even notice the actor holding it. When you spend too time freezing the play back to try to identify the gun(s) used. (Firefly anyone?) When the sound of "Glock" getting cocked in a movie makes you cringe. When all of your PINS or passwords are cartridges/ calibers. When you think "John Moses" would be a good name for your son. And consider it for a girl. When your friends tell you to shut up about how that gun wasn't made for the time the movie represents. __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.

February 16, 2021, 11:08 AM	#17
Carl the Floor Walker member Join Date: June 3, 2017 Location: South Posts: 1,422	When you start counting the round fired. And then wonder how a sub nose revolver shoots 12-50 rds.or a firearm carried by the Police and bad guys have no recoil. How does one miss a guy 25 yds or closer, when he using a full auto rifle? I have actually watched a few movies where the Sniper carried a Pellet rifle. Gamo to be exact.

February 16, 2021, 11:21 AM	#18
reinert Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 646	When after all these years, whenever I watch our own copy of "Jeremiah Johnson," I've got my Hawken rife in my lap... only mine's a .54.

February 16, 2021, 01:23 PM	#19
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	Some shooters keep asking me whether I'm camping-out in a tent, on the hill above our outdoor gun range.

February 18, 2021, 02:35 PM	#22
shurshot Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2006 Posts: 1,819	My favorite aftershave lotion is Hoppes #9.

February 19, 2021, 07:23 AM	#23
littlebikerider Senior Member Join Date: September 10, 2018 Posts: 131	When any store that doesn’t sell guns and ammo just isn’t worth entering. When you have visited the local gun counter so many times you pretty much know the inventory by heart. When every gun counter visit is free entrance but 500+ to leave.

February 19, 2021, 07:47 AM	#24
Brit Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2005 Location: Orlando FL Posts: 1,934	I was watching a re-run of a Blue Blood episode when I was the only one viewing, who noticed the .38 Cal Revolver, was a skinny barrel model in the courtroom but was a heavy barrel model when it reached the outside!

February 19, 2021, 05:11 PM	#25
burrhead Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 1999 Location: Chihuahuan desert, Texas Posts: 1,148	I'm an enthusiast, not a nut. Gun grabbers are the nuts. __________________ Join the GOA, SAF and the TSRA I'm offended by people that are easily offended.