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Damthinking. Thinking hurts so I try not to do too much of it but I'll give it a go. I agree with the theory about gun owner/buyers as it relates to age. Tacticool seems to be the thing. I visit a gun owners forum that is chock full of younger guys who want everything tactical or milspec. They have a whole different concept of "accuracy". They think putting a full magazine of 7.62x39 or 5.56x45 on a man-sized silhouette at 50 meters makes a gun accurate. They shoot metric rounds at metric distances and do it as rapidly as the range will allow. I toss 'em something about shooting a .223 at 100 YARDS and it seems to confuse 'em. They get wrapped around the axle when some anti 2A group refers to an AR or AK as an assault weapon then start a thread titled "What's your main battle rifle?" Polymer handguns are most definitely the top choice. Mine too but I do have a former IPD issue stainless Smith .357 and a Ruger SR1911 I'm pretty partial to. The youngsters do seem to like doing a "mag dump" with their pistols same as their rifles. Darned little talk about blue steel and nice wood!
Oh, yeah. Describe something as "tactical" and I am not buying it!
Damthinking. Thinking hurts so I try not to do too much of it but I'll give it a go. I agree with the theory about gun owner/buyers as it relates to age. Tacticool seems to be the thing. I visit a gun owners forum that is chock full of younger guys who want everything tactical or milspec. They have a whole different concept of "accuracy". They think putting a full magazine of 7.62x39 or 5.56x45 on a man-sized silhouette at 50 meters makes a gun accurate. They shoot metric rounds at metric distances and do it as rapidly as the range will allow. I toss 'em something about shooting a .223 at 100 YARDS and it seems to confuse 'em. They get wrapped around the axle when some anti 2A group refers to an AR or AK as an assault weapon then start a thread titled "What's your main battle rifle?" Polymer handguns are most definitely the top choice. Mine too but I do have a former IPD issue stainless Smith .357 and a Ruger SR1911 I'm pretty partial to. The youngsters do seem to like doing a "mag dump" with their pistols same as their rifles. Darned little talk about blue steel and nice wood!
Oh, yeah. Describe something as "tactical" and I am not buying it!