Why I'm here.

I grew up in a somewhat liberal, extremely pacifist household in the equally liberal Washington state. I had some good friends who introduced me to the errors of my upbringing. Guns (any weapons really) were a forbidden topic in my house, so when I was first introduced to shooting sports I fell in love- kind of a forbidden fruit thing I think. My mother still wonders where she went so wrong.
Because of my upbringing, and my poverty in college, I am not your average gun guy. Most “gun people” buy a gun and it stays in the family, passed on through generations when the owner goes to their heavenly reward. I, on the other hand, go through guns like they were work pants. I get bored, or I look too close, or I shoot them till I don’t like them anymore. Over the past five years I have bought, shot, and sold or traded More than 50 firearms. Along the way I have learned TONS, established opinions, and had a great time. Now some will ask, “Why” ? It all comes down to a deal I made with my incredibly beautiful, and patient wife. When we were first engaged we talked about lots of important things in great detail, and one of those was firearms. She knew I liked guns and enjoyed shooting (though at the time neither of us had any idea how big this would become). She was worried about having hundreds of guns strewn everywhere around the house. We set a four gun limit at any given time. Over the years that deal has been revisited and modified, but the rule made me sell a gun before I could get a new one. It also has led me to play with a ton of platforms and a ton of accessories. This review blog is based on the experience gathered along the way. I have also figured out how to self-fund my gun addiction. In our house “gun money” is a separate entity, though I have on occasion used it to spoil my wife. “Gun money” is money made from a gun sale that is used for buying another gun or ammo. (Gun money also magically accumulates when I let my wife pick our sons names). Guns have become a real investment to mee, they hold their value very well. I have made a lot of additional “gun money” along the way. My addiction started with a $550 initial investment and has grown to around $15,000 in guns, and around $8000 in ammo (though little of that is left) in the course of five years.

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CZ-USA Silver mallard (12 ga)


I, on occasion, attend gun shows. Usually I only buy an accessory or two and maybe a few hundred rounds of ammo. But I like to look for deals. I have only ever found one deal at a gun show (in Utah) and it was a beautiful engraved over under for only $325 after checking out that it didn’t suffer from the same design flaw as the stoger I bought it. It had two triggers, extractors, and perfect wood. When a friend of mine came over I showed it to him. “Wait this thing doesn’t look evil, you’re slipping” were the first words out of his mouth. I shot it on several occasions, and it shot great! It was easy to aim, the triggers were intuitive, the weight was not bad, and it was easy to load, in short the very opposite of the stoger. I really liked the gun but one day I found something I wanted even more so I sold the pretty gun for the evil looking one once again.

THE GOOD:
There is something beautiful about a high quality gun; you can just feel the craftsmanship when you pick it up.
THE BAD:
This is a nitch gun, it can really only be used for shooting doubles.
FINAL THOUGHTS:

Someday I plan to have an air loom gun made. It will probably start with a henry golden boy or an over under, and will be heavily and deeply engraved. That will be one gun that I would pass on to my children and my children’s children. This gun, though gorgeous, had no significance in its artwork to me, and as such it moved on to a new owner.





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