You are DEFINITELY a gun nut when......

cslinger · January 5, 2019, 10:44 PM

My in-laws like “cute” gifts.

. So recently they got me a cheap plastic toy gun/bottle opener because I like beer and guns. Well they are in town so I pulled it out to be polite.

So I am sitting here drinking beer that I have opened with this thing and I realize OH MY GOD AM I A GUN NUT!! Why you ask? 2 reasons.

1-I carry this thing around very cognizant of my finger off the trigger.

2-I find myself sitting here dry firing it feeling for the break and the reset all the while taking care to make sure it is in a safe direction.

When you are trying to learn the break and reset on your bottle opener.......you might be a gun nut.

For the record it has a long creepy, yet light take up with a surprisingly crisp break. Crappy long reset though.

Bimus · January 5, 2019, 11:31 PM

You are Definitely a gun nut when - Your wife's sister and her husband come from Europe to visit and when showing them the house and the sisters husband asks what in all the ammo cans ? and my wife and I say at the same time AMMO .

TXAZ · January 6, 2019, 12:23 AM

...when you’ve named your guns but not your kids...

Crankylove · January 6, 2019, 12:43 AM

Quote:

..when you’ve named your guns but not your kids...

I named my first born after one of my guns.

Tried again with the kids that followed, wife said one was enough.

cslinger · January 6, 2019, 12:51 AM

HA!!!!

My daughters initials were almost HnK or RPK.

Cirdan · January 6, 2019, 12:55 AM

I bought a gun because I had ammunition for it.

**44 AMP** · January 6, 2019, 01:21 AM

have had cats named Mauser, Walther, Smith, and Wesson....

armoredman · January 6, 2019, 06:25 AM

Always notice when the time is 3:57, 5:56, 2:23, etc.

**Spats McGee** · January 6, 2019, 06:31 AM

. . . . you think The Pretenders' song "Brass in Pocket" is about casings.

J.G. Terry · January 6, 2019, 06:36 AM

AKA Rifle Loony: Build up a rifle because you have the odd ball reloading dies. This topic can take some people out of their comfort zone....PDQ.

10-96 · January 6, 2019, 09:34 AM

When you hear the time "9:45" spoken and you think "Good grief, will that 9mm vs .45 debate ever end???"

Erno86 · January 6, 2019, 10:37 AM

When some other shooter keeps asking me whether I'm "camping out in a tent behind the outdoor gun range."

Though I'd rather be called a "gun enthusiast" instead of a "gun nut," because of gentlemen conduct protocol on the range.

Wag · January 6, 2019, 11:06 AM

When your neighbor gives you a .40 S&W die set and you buy a .40 S&W pistol so you can load for it.

--Wag--

zeke · January 6, 2019, 11:12 AM

When you reload in the living room.

M88 · January 6, 2019, 12:26 PM

Gun nut?...as already said, prefer gun "enthusiast", but get the point. I say you're a gun "nut" when you buy yet one more 1873 SA in 45 Colt almost identical to the ones you already have because...
1) you can
2) it IS a different manufacturer
3) that trigger DOES feel a tad different than your other ones

kenny53 · January 6, 2019, 05:53 PM

"I bought a gun because I had ammunition for it. "

I have done this. Somebody gave me about 400 round of WWII 45acp surplus. I bought a 1911

".Always notice when the time is 3:57, 5:56, 2:23, etc"
I do this also.

FrankenMauser · January 6, 2019, 08:38 PM

When your wife walks in to find the dog, named Ackley, licking a barreled action soaking in mustard and shaved onions ... and she doesn't even bother to ask...

...You bought a gun only because was reported to be so terrible that you had to find out for yourself.

KyJim · January 6, 2019, 10:04 PM

When you use a black bear sighting 60 miles away as an excuse to buy a 1911 in 10mm.

105kw · January 6, 2019, 10:37 PM

When you open up the safe and ask

"When did I get that one?,. And why did I buy two?

burrhead · January 6, 2019, 10:56 PM

I am NOT a gun nut. Gun nuts are those people that are trying to ban/take away my guns.

bamaranger · January 7, 2019, 01:28 AM

You buy ammo, but do NOT have a firearm for it.

You have a demilled .50 BMG cartridge notched to form a bottle opener.

You got a thermos for Christmas about the size and a fair replica of a 50mm antitank gun.

And my favorite ......at age 10, you spent your lunch money to buy a .50 BMG
AP projectile from another kid.....and still cherish it!!!!!

2wheelwander · January 7, 2019, 05:52 AM

When you buy a new pistol chambered for .45 LC because you received .45 LC ammo as a gift and didn't already have one.

When you set your gun safe between the garage and kitchen door so you can unload new guns without your wife seeing.

When the company your wife works for flies a German counterpart in for business and is asked what he'd like to do while in the USA? He says "Shoot guns", and the office immediately looks at your wife.

mgulino · January 7, 2019, 08:46 AM

Only 17 firearms, and only 8 that I reload for, but I guess the bottle opener made from the 50BMG cartridge makes me a gun nut.

Skans · January 7, 2019, 09:27 AM

When even your wife can't understand how other people live without at least two larges safes in their house.

105kw · January 7, 2019, 10:35 AM

When you buy a second .32 auto Mauser, just to get a spare mag for the first one.

January 5, 2019, 10:44 PM	#1
cslinger Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,045	You are DEFINITELY a gun nut when...... My in-laws like “cute” gifts. . So recently they got me a cheap plastic toy gun/bottle opener because I like beer and guns. Well they are in town so I pulled it out to be polite. So I am sitting here drinking beer that I have opened with this thing and I realize OH MY GOD AM I A GUN NUT!! Why you ask? 2 reasons. 1-I carry this thing around very cognizant of my finger off the trigger. 2-I find myself sitting here dry firing it feeling for the break and the reset all the while taking care to make sure it is in a safe direction. When you are trying to learn the break and reset on your bottle opener.......you might be a gun nut. For the record it has a long creepy, yet light take up with a surprisingly crisp break. Crappy long reset though. __________________ "Is there anyway I can write my local gun store off on my taxes as dependents?" Last edited by cslinger; January 5, 2019 at 11:02 PM.

January 6, 2019, 12:23 AM	#3
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	...when you’ve named your guns but not your kids... __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

January 6, 2019, 12:51 AM	#5
cslinger Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,045	HA!!!! My daughters initials were almost HnK or RPK. __________________ "Is there anyway I can write my local gun store off on my taxes as dependents?"

January 6, 2019, 01:21 AM	#7
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,833	have had cats named Mauser, Walther, Smith, and Wesson.... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

January 6, 2019, 06:31 AM	#9
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	. . . . you think The Pretenders' song "Brass in Pocket" is about casings. __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.

January 5, 2019, 11:31 PM	#2
Bimus Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2018 Location: Farmington NM Posts: 122	You are Definitely a gun nut when - Your wife's sister and her husband come from Europe to visit and when showing them the house and the sisters husband asks what in all the ammo cans ? and my wife and I say at the same time AMMO .

January 6, 2019, 12:55 AM	#6
Cirdan Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2013 Location: Tahoe Posts: 363	I bought a gun because I had ammunition for it.

January 6, 2019, 06:25 AM	#8
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,299	Always notice when the time is 3:57, 5:56, 2:23, etc.

January 6, 2019, 06:36 AM	#10
J.G. Terry Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2014 Posts: 577	AKA Rifle Loony; AKA Rifle Loony: Build up a rifle because you have the odd ball reloading dies. This topic can take some people out of their comfort zone....PDQ. __________________ Intentionally Antagonizing Another MemberInsults and Ad Hominems Last edited by J.G. Terry; January 6, 2019 at 06:36 AM. Reason: SOS+P

January 6, 2019, 09:34 AM	#11
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	When you hear the time "9:45" spoken and you think "Good grief, will that 9mm vs .45 debate ever end???" __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

January 6, 2019, 10:37 AM	#12
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	When some other shooter keeps asking me whether I'm "camping out in a tent behind the outdoor gun range." Though I'd rather be called a "gun enthusiast" instead of a "gun nut," because of gentlemen conduct protocol on the range. __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell

January 6, 2019, 11:06 AM	#13
Wag Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2010 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 988	When your neighbor gives you a .40 S&W die set and you buy a .40 S&W pistol so you can load for it. --Wag-- __________________ "Great genius will always encounter fierce opposition from mediocre minds." --Albert Einstein.

January 6, 2019, 11:12 AM	#14
zeke Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 1999 Location: NW Wi Posts: 1,671	When you reload in the living room.

January 6, 2019, 12:26 PM	#15
M88 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2018 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 278	Gun nut?...as already said, prefer gun "enthusiast", but get the point. I say you're a gun "nut" when you buy yet one more 1873 SA in 45 Colt almost identical to the ones you already have because... 1) you can 2) it IS a different manufacturer 3) that trigger DOES feel a tad different than your other ones __________________ NRA life member. Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless!

January 6, 2019, 05:53 PM	#16
kenny53 Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2015 Location: My back yard Posts: 971	"I bought a gun because I had ammunition for it. " I have done this. Somebody gave me about 400 round of WWII 45acp surplus. I bought a 1911 ".Always notice when the time is 3:57, 5:56, 2:23, etc" I do this also.

January 6, 2019, 08:38 PM	#17
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	When your wife walks in to find the dog, named Ackley, licking a barreled action soaking in mustard and shaved onions ... and she doesn't even bother to ask... ...You bought a gun only because was reported to be so terrible that you had to find out for yourself. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

January 6, 2019, 10:04 PM	#18
KyJim Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2005 Location: The Bluegrass Posts: 9,142	When you use a black bear sighting 60 miles away as an excuse to buy a 1911 in 10mm.

January 6, 2019, 10:37 PM	#19
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 414	When you open up the safe and ask "When did I get that one?,. And why did I buy two?

January 6, 2019, 10:56 PM	#20
burrhead Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 1999 Location: Chihuahuan desert, Texas Posts: 1,148	I am NOT a gun nut. Gun nuts are those people that are trying to ban/take away my guns. __________________ Join the GOA, SAF and the TSRA I'm offended by people that are easily offended.

January 7, 2019, 01:28 AM	#21
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,308	when....... You buy ammo, but do NOT have a firearm for it. You have a demilled .50 BMG cartridge notched to form a bottle opener. You got a thermos for Christmas about the size and a fair replica of a 50mm antitank gun. And my favorite ......at age 10, you spent your lunch money to buy a .50 BMG AP projectile from another kid.....and still cherish it!!!!!

January 7, 2019, 05:52 AM	#22
2wheelwander Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2018 Posts: 539	When you buy a new pistol chambered for .45 LC because you received .45 LC ammo as a gift and didn't already have one. When you set your gun safe between the garage and kitchen door so you can unload new guns without your wife seeing. When the company your wife works for flies a German counterpart in for business and is asked what he'd like to do while in the USA? He says "Shoot guns", and the office immediately looks at your wife.

January 7, 2019, 08:46 AM	#23
mgulino Senior Member Join Date: July 2, 2017 Posts: 198	Only 17 firearms, and only 8 that I reload for, but I guess the bottle opener made from the 50BMG cartridge makes me a gun nut.

January 7, 2019, 09:27 AM	#24
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	When even your wife can't understand how other people live without at least two larges safes in their house.

January 7, 2019, 10:35 AM	#25
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 414	When you buy a second .32 auto Mauser, just to get a spare mag for the first one.