Does Your Mind Stay On Guns During The Summer?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:20 pm

Of course, it does. Mine, too. But, it's salmon/steelhead fishing and it's scoot riding time...It's hard to squeeze in shooting this time of year, ain't it? Tomorrow, me and a couple dozen other idiots are doing about a 600 mile round trip for a slice of pizza

Be a nice shake down for the new GoldWing.....

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:27 pm

My interest subsides at this time of year due to the rain and/or brutal heat. I look forward to getting back outside shooting in the Fall.

tman · Post by **tman** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:29 pm

+1. will be going out after walleye tomorrow night after work on lake erie, crooked creek junction. not enough time to do everything i want. work takes up too much time

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:38 pm

More so usually.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:54 pm

I shoot more in the summertime.

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:55 pm

Quad rideing is the big thing that I and wife like. (me moreso). Also I am getting interested in flying again. A long sad story, its been about 15 years since I flew and I JUST passed my physical. That was a hurdel! I have a old plane that has been stored forever, and is close to finished being rebuilt. We will see how that goes.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:57 pm

I think about old Winchesters and shooting them year round. Perhaps too much so. Of course, having 7 of them hanging on my office wall doesn't help much.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:01 pm

When AREN'T firearms on my mind?

Along with aircraft, military history, hot rods and other nice cars, music, etc. It's a wonder I get any work done...

hocbj23 · Post by **hocbj23** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:14 pm

I get distracted cause of a 27 year old motorcycle I am restoring,plus a master machinist is teaching me some of the intracacies of metal working so I can fix old rifle and pistol parts,but other than that ,I go to the range at least once a week.bj

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:55 pm

I'm not sure there is a day when I don't either think about target shooting, collecting, hunting, or (unfortunately) the political aspects of guns. If it is GOOD weather, and I'm lucky enough to have time, I'll go out and at least shoot briefly (sometimes my son and I do the "one shot, one gong, one hundred yards" drill with randomly selected guns). If the weather is BAD, swapping scopes, minor repairs, and reloading will do. At least once a week I try to do something constructive and "political" as well.

If we all sucked it up and did OUR part of the "political" stuff instead of playing too much and hoping "the NRA" would do it for us, we'd not be in this freedom-eroding, socialist, mess.

[/soapbox off]

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:16 pm

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:24 pm

Yep. I've got to do other things, but yep.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:38 pm

stays light longer... and I can shoot near the house. The .22's come out a couple of times a week all summer.

Fall winter and spring tend to be very windy and somedays downright cold in Central Oklahoma... so I take advantage of these long warm evenings.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:03 pm

Yep, do a lot of shooting during the summer -- mostly .22LR. This year I've even picked up my fishing interest and I carry a .38 S&W 2" Snubby in the bottom of my fishing tackle box along with a .22LR Derringer. The main reason I carry them in the tackle box is for a two-legged insect repellent as I fish in some pretty remote places. I also carry a shotgun and rifle in the truck and if fishing is slow, I revert to plinking targets of opportunity. I also do a lot of ground squirrel shooting.

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:26 pm

Just stay away from those red neck girls.

lever-4-life · Post by **lever-4-life** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:29 pm

Gold claim, TROUT FISHING, Family time, and I guess work

(What type of gold miner would I be with out a six-gun

)

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:37 pm

Yes, but not so much as fall and spring time. Summer time I'm usually immersed in my only other real interest.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:43 pm

oh for pete's sake Blaine

ride your bike down on the sandbar and shoot the fish..... isn't it obvious?

have fun and keep the shiny sides up

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:14 am

I think about shooting even more so 'cause the weather is so nice now. I still don't do any more gun stuff, just think about it more.

TedH wrote:Summer time I'm usually immersed in my only other real interest.

Taking pictures of minatures?

morgan in nm · Post by **morgan in nm** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:19 am

AJMD429 wrote:I'm not sure there is a day when I don't either think about target shooting, collecting, hunting, or (unfortunately) the political aspects of guns. If it is GOOD weather, and I'm lucky enough to have time, I'll go out and at least shoot briefly (sometimes my son and I do the "one shot, one gong, one hundred yards" drill with randomly selected guns). If the weather is BAD, swapping scopes, minor repairs, and reloading will do. At least once a week I try to do something constructive and "political" as well.

+1. Since I was old enough to remember, there hasn't been a day go by that I didn't have guns on my mind. If I go anywhere, I plan my route by the gun or pawn shops in the area. Unfortunately, not much money to go too far anymore.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:21 am

Yes if I am awake I am thinking of shooting even if the honey does get in the way. Blaine you need to post pics of the new scoot.

Post by **David** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:57 am

Interesting question, I can say that I run quite a few gun collector organizations / forums....
The monthly pattern of traffic to the websites, that seems a reasonable reflection of thinking about, is pretty consistent from year to year with dips and peaks on specific months....

We haven't been on this new site very long but if the admins don't care (I'm not really) I can see what stats are there....
We could tune the stats a bit it we did care, I typically don't but have dropped adsense on the bottom of a few site just to pay the host bill.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:31 am

I think about guns everyday, one way or another. Beings I pack everyday for work and everywhere I go, it's hard not to think about guns. But, the summer does get in the way with other things that need done.

Ted, years ago I taught myself to fly remotes. I crashed a ton of them before I could fly one worth beans. I was making so many of them that I ended up going to the hospital because of inadvertant inhalation of cyanoacrylate (super glue). Even trying not to.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:32 am

Andrew wrote:I think about shooting even more so 'cause the weather is so nice now. I still don't do any more gun stuff, just think about it more.

TedH wrote:Summer time I'm usually immersed in my only other real interest.
Taking pictures of minatures?

Yes, sometimes

. Sometimes I fly them too. Sometimes they fly for a while, then have a violent meeting with terra firma.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:22 am

I do have several competing hobbies, but i spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about shooting and related activities. My outdoor range is approx 30 miles from my house , so i have to plan my day around that, --- and i only get to go maybe a couple times a month. The indoor range is closer, is convenient and prices are reasonable, but its a PIA to police your brass on my .45 ACP days, plus i hate it when some jack-hole thinks he needs to sight in a slug gun on a pistol range or something (i have sensitive ears and the muzzle blast from a 357 is about all i can tolerate indoors -even with muffs over plugs)

I have a lot of fun planning and researching my next "project" , perusing the net and reading gun magazines too. Modding out my off the shelf stuff to better suit my needs is a lot of fun as long as the firearm is not something i anticipate will have any real collector value in my lifetime (Short barrel Marlin 94, Shortened and accurized Model 700, -- stuff like that--- if i had an original 1886 or pre-'64 model 70, i wouldnt touch it

) --- makes going to the range more fun to see how my mods work out. Actually since i dont have the tools, my mods consist of dreaming up what i want the 'smith to do, dropping it off and waiting --- which sometimes makes me antsy in the pantsy, but oh well

However, my interest ebbs and flows ----------- weeks when the soil is damp and track conditions are perfect, my motocross bikes demand far more of my attention, and sometimes i just like to tinker around with one of my old trucks or aomething. Also, i have 10 acres of prairie to take care of - 15 if i count my mother's place --- so that is also an incredible time consumer in the summer -----
---- which reminds me -- its 1130- in the morning on a Saturday, i need to sign off and get on the tractor ! sigh

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:28 pm

kimwcook wrote:

Ted, years ago I taught myself to fly remotes. I crashed a ton of them before I could fly one worth beans. I was making so many of them that I ended up going to the hospital because of inadvertant inhalation of cyanoacrylate (super glue). Even trying not to.

I've only lost two over the years. One was pilot error and flying in poor conditions. The other was a mechanical failure. I started off with an inexpensive styrofoam trainer. That poor thing took a lot of abuse and kept on going. After I could handle that, I sought instruction at the local club and bought a 72" high wing gas trainer. After I soloed at the club with that trainer, I got into the low wing sport planes and now even twins. But with the last couple I have bought the price of a new levergun or two, I'm prolly done buying any more planes. Unless I loose another one to the gremlins.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:18 pm

Sure does, but I do get lazy and sit in the barn with a fan on me and wait for a jack rabbit, fox, or coyote to wonder by. Then I go to the door and see if I can hit it. If I do fine if I don't fine. I just wait for another one. It gets up in the high 90s and 100s this time of year in Texas.

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:46 pm

YOU BET IT DOES. IT IS ALL I THINK ABOUT 24/7. I HAVE GIVEN UP DRINKING, SEX, SKYDIVING, DRUG SNIFFIN', SMOKIN', CHEWIN', AND CHASING WIMMEN TOI HAVE MORE TIME AND MONEY FOR GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:33 pm

BlaineG wrote:Of course, it does. Mine, too. But, it's salmon/steelhead fishing and it's scoot riding time...It's hard to squeeze in shooting this time of year, ain't it? Tomorrow, me and a couple dozen other idiots are doing about a 600 mile round trip for a slice of pizza Be a nice shake down for the new GoldWing.....

My mind is on everything else right now! Of course there's always friends to either distract me from guns, or remind me about guns and shooting!

If Ms. Postwoman had delivered BOTH of my cam belts I'd be riding today too! Hate to ride much until I've swapped them out! Engines are expensive!

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:22 pm

Terry Murbach wrote:YOU BET IT DOES. IT IS ALL I THINK ABOUT 24/7. I HAVE GIVEN UP DRINKING, SEX, SKYDIVING, DRUG SNIFFIN', SMOKIN', CHEWIN', AND CHASING WIMMEN TOI HAVE MORE TIME AND MONEY FOR GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY.

You gave up sex, chasin wimmen and drug sniffin? How do you live ?

Just kidding

-- you probably are living better with just the guns

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:38 pm

Yes too much ! Mainly I travel around all day for my job and it's always time to take a break when I pass by a gunshop. I'm at a gunshop/hardwarestore/pawnshop about 3 days out of the week. It's hard to squeeze in right now without taking away from family time. Last night I started casting bullet about 9:30 and ended at midnight. It's the only time I can . Activities with the kids come first, shooting is one of them, plus it's a hoot conoeing, camping,fishing ,etc.

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:00 pm

Streetstar wrote:
Terry Murbach wrote:YOU BET IT DOES. IT IS ALL I THINK ABOUT 24/7. I HAVE GIVEN UP DRINKING, SEX, SKYDIVING, DRUG SNIFFIN', SMOKIN', CHEWIN', AND CHASING WIMMEN TOI HAVE MORE TIME AND MONEY FOR GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY.

You gave up sex, chasin wimmen and drug sniffin? How do you live ?

Just kidding -- you probably are living better with just the guns

AND THE BEST PART IS THE GUNS ARE A DAMNSITE CHEAPER THAN ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS BY A LOOOOOOONG WAYS...

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:26 pm

wow Rangerider

you're sitting in a metal building on a 100 degree day?

I'd be broiled and tenderized after an afternoon of that treatment!!

Grizz

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:10 pm

Grizz: It's a big fan and the barn is one of the highest places in Hill County, Texas so it gets a good breeze. I also have some cold refreshment available.

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:13 am

My mind is more on guns over the summer, especially for shooting. Then it's hunting season, then photography season, then stay in the house and play music season.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:23 am

I normally think about Marlin's , variouse cast bullets , Sika Deer and of late my newly acquired flintlocks ! As well as a certain female !

Well I am with the female now so I need not think about that as much !

However all my "chilfren" (guns) are 10,000 miles away from me for atleast 3 more weeks ! So I gotta make do with here , Marlinowners and Castboolits until I return home

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:44 am

I shoot year round.

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:02 pm

Terry Murbach wrote:
Streetstar wrote:
Terry Murbach wrote:YOU BET IT DOES. IT IS ALL I THINK ABOUT 24/7. I HAVE GIVEN UP DRINKING, SEX, SKYDIVING, DRUG SNIFFIN', SMOKIN', CHEWIN', AND CHASING WIMMEN TOI HAVE MORE TIME AND MONEY FOR GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY.

You gave up sex, chasin wimmen and drug sniffin? How do you live ?

Just kidding -- you probably are living better with just the guns
AND THE BEST PART IS THE GUNS ARE A DAMNSITE CHEAPER THAN ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS BY A LOOOOOOONG WAYS...

My dad told me if you want to keep you money avoid the Three F's.

Anything that Floats, Fly's, or Fornicates.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:04 am

DavidFagan wrote:
Terry Murbach wrote:
Streetstar wrote:
Terry Murbach wrote:YOU BET IT DOES. IT IS ALL I THINK ABOUT 24/7. I HAVE GIVEN UP DRINKING, SEX, SKYDIVING, DRUG SNIFFIN', SMOKIN', CHEWIN', AND CHASING WIMMEN TOI HAVE MORE TIME AND MONEY FOR GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS. EXCUSE ME NOW WHILE I GO SHOOTING AGAIN TODAY.

You gave up sex, chasin wimmen and drug sniffin? How do you live ?

Just kidding -- you probably are living better with just the guns
AND THE BEST PART IS THE GUNS ARE A DAMNSITE CHEAPER THAN ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS BY A LOOOOOOONG WAYS...
My dad told me if you want to keep you money avoid the Three F's.

Anything that Floats, Fly's, or Fornicates.

Thats good and fine what everyone said and I can't say I totally disagree !

But as long as mine stands alone (without the little Blue Pill) I'm gonna keep poking it as much as I can

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:02 am

Try to shoot every weekend...weather permitting...
Got washed out this weekend though...
Road to skeet and trap range was washed out...
other than that...
hunt'n, fish'n, shoot'n or camping are always
on my mind.....
besides that annoying thing called work!

Steve Collins · Post by **Steve Collins** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:05 pm

I'm thinking about guns, ammo or something related to it 24/7!! Can't help it!

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:19 pm

Yep,
Shoot those little Ground Field Pigs(chucks) all summer.
Also do a lot of M1 shoots!

"I will keep my money guns and freedom,you can keep your CHANGE"