Re: More practicool, and less tacticool. Saving money!
Elfstr1234...where were you when I started my AR hobby? I almost think you wrote about me. Oh, I always had my reasons for each purchase, but deep down I also knew I was buying, in many cases...crap! HOWEVER, I did really enjoy the learnings and slow journey of developing some gun-smithing skills. I love working on my guns in the garage workshop, which also grew into a pretty serious affair as I purchased tools and equipment to enable me to do even machining work. I spent too much, to be sure. I have boxes of parts from JUNK to pretty good 'take-off' that needs to be sold in a meda-garage sale after buying one LR, one AR and building two AR's from scratch and take-off parts. But I had FUN! A lot of fun over the past 4 years from quick 15 minute installations, longer efforts like installing things like a Gieselle trigger, to multiple day projects, and then the range time to 'test' my new gizmo. Im now at the high-performance-just-whats-needed stage and finally shooting pretty well up to 400 yards. At the end of the day, I love the AR platform and the 'man's-barbie-doll' nature of the AR for accessorizing. My harley hobby became the same thing for the same reasons with the same results...a lot of money and time spent, with a lot of learnings and a whole lot of fun, but tons of 'take-off' I must get rid of. I now have the LR and two AR's (had to sell the first build when I was out of work for a while). The last AR build was quick and cost effective, buying EXACTLY what I knew I needed/wanted and waiting until I found all parts at good prices before I built the thing one fun afternoon. Would I do the whole AR thing different knowing then what I know now....maybe not, but it would have been a completely different experience. My current effort will be to apply the DuraCoat Camo to my FAL and FDE to the few black parts of the last build...what lessons will I gain this time?? For those who did their research first, talked to a lot of experienced and expert sources, and bought the right thing the first time, my hat is off to you. It took a lot of discipline, patience and wisdom and Im sure you are pretty proud of the results, but it is a completely different experience to the more typical one written by Elftster1234. To those who mock or look down upon others who arent at your level...get a sense of humor and chill! I see and hear some guys at the range and gun shows who dont know what they dont know, and some never will, but we all share one thing...a gun hobby, and thats pretty cool! Thanks elfster1234 for taking the time to write this post, and thanks all the guys who added interesting comments. It was a fun subject!
Now...is anyone interested in buying any of my 4 years of 'take-off' in order to embark on the same journey??? ;-)
Elfstr1234...where were you when I started my AR hobby? I almost think you wrote about me. Oh, I always had my reasons for each purchase, but deep down I also knew I was buying, in many cases...crap! HOWEVER, I did really enjoy the learnings and slow journey of developing some gun-smithing skills. I love working on my guns in the garage workshop, which also grew into a pretty serious affair as I purchased tools and equipment to enable me to do even machining work. I spent too much, to be sure. I have boxes of parts from JUNK to pretty good 'take-off' that needs to be sold in a meda-garage sale after buying one LR, one AR and building two AR's from scratch and take-off parts. But I had FUN! A lot of fun over the past 4 years from quick 15 minute installations, longer efforts like installing things like a Gieselle trigger, to multiple day projects, and then the range time to 'test' my new gizmo. Im now at the high-performance-just-whats-needed stage and finally shooting pretty well up to 400 yards. At the end of the day, I love the AR platform and the 'man's-barbie-doll' nature of the AR for accessorizing. My harley hobby became the same thing for the same reasons with the same results...a lot of money and time spent, with a lot of learnings and a whole lot of fun, but tons of 'take-off' I must get rid of. I now have the LR and two AR's (had to sell the first build when I was out of work for a while). The last AR build was quick and cost effective, buying EXACTLY what I knew I needed/wanted and waiting until I found all parts at good prices before I built the thing one fun afternoon. Would I do the whole AR thing different knowing then what I know now....maybe not, but it would have been a completely different experience. My current effort will be to apply the DuraCoat Camo to my FAL and FDE to the few black parts of the last build...what lessons will I gain this time?? For those who did their research first, talked to a lot of experienced and expert sources, and bought the right thing the first time, my hat is off to you. It took a lot of discipline, patience and wisdom and Im sure you are pretty proud of the results, but it is a completely different experience to the more typical one written by Elftster1234. To those who mock or look down upon others who arent at your level...get a sense of humor and chill! I see and hear some guys at the range and gun shows who dont know what they dont know, and some never will, but we all share one thing...a gun hobby, and thats pretty cool! Thanks elfster1234 for taking the time to write this post, and thanks all the guys who added interesting comments. It was a fun subject!
Now...is anyone interested in buying any of my 4 years of 'take-off' in order to embark on the same journey??? ;-)