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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Walther ppq (9mm)


I like cool guns (usually) and when the ppq first hit the market, I handled one and knew I had to have one. I found one used when a coworker hit hard times and needed quick cash. When I say used, I mean not from a gun store, brand new but also I don’t think it was ever taken out of its box. The gun shot great, very reliable, frankly incredible trigger, good sights, and great ergonomics, everything on it rocked except the mag release. I couldn’t get used to it at all. It is the most awkward annoying piece of stupid design, obviously done by someone with an art degree, and little shooting experience. I really wanted to love this gun it had so much going for it, but not being able to reload in a somewhat timely fashion moves the gun from a replacement for the m&p that I hold in such high regard, to a cute little novelty. Sure with a bunch of practice it could have probably adapted, but with a gazillion dollars maybe I could have got the Ruger 10/22 to function, to me if I can’t adjust adequately in the first 1000 rounds I’m done, and sadly that is what happened to my ppq, I was done and it went to a guy who loved it on first sight.

THE GOOD:
great gun if it is your first auto
spare mags were hard to find when I got mine, but they are easier now.
great trigger and reset.
THE BAD:
The mag release is just dumb (rumor has it that the second gen and a normal mag button.)

FINAL THOUGHTS:


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