How has your firearm preferences changed over the years?

[TreyG-20]

I use to think Kel-tecs were gay. I think Austin got me a little weird because I now have 3.

 

[satx78247]

I've slowly sold or traded off all my rifles & shotguns, except for my preferred Remington pumps & a 1930s Winchester Model 42 skeet gun.
(I also have several big-bore ML & black powder cartridge rifles.)

In 2019, most of my handguns are Sig-Sauer 9mm pistols.

yours, satx

 

[easy rider]

I had gone from mainly shotguns (competition) when I was much younger, to mainly handguns in my 30's and 40's, and now to both handguns and rifles, with favoring rifles a bit more than handguns.

I also went from buying what everyone else had, like Glocks, to researching on what shoots best to my tastes.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Always preferred handguns now I'm into handguns and ar15s

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Well pretty much it’s still
The same. I never fell for the Tacticool stuff.
Never got into loooong range shooting.
Never slapped
Together an AR.
But I did save 15% on my car insurance.

 

[Chirpy]

At first I bought anything that appealed to me. Then I realized that a guy could go broke stocking ammo for a lot of different calibers. So I started narrowing calibers...

Then I realized that a guy could go broke trying to buy two spare magazines (or more) for every weird gun he had. This was when HiPower mags were bloody expensive as all get out. That began the no new magazine/magazine consolidation trend. Which is why I started buying Glocks, the Glock 9mm mag is pretty universal in PCC or ARs or anything else.

So now I try to stay at common calibers, and common magazines.

Now I just need to shoot more...

 

[Charlie]

No change in the last 40 yrs. or so. I'm a 1911 fan with the .45ACP or a Smith revolver with a 327 mag. Hoping to get a 10mm 1911 soon.

 

[WT_Foxtrot]

Grew up bird hunting so only had shotguns that ran the gamut, pumps, semis and even a lovely Browning Citori Lightning Feather I bought myself my first really good earnings year after college, marriage, getting our first house and settling into a career. Started deer hunting as a young adult so added a bolt action deer rifle or two. Picked up my first pistol around the same time simply for home protection, a Ruger P-89 I picked up at the old Oshman's. And that was it.

Now I've got an AR, learning more about them, and want to add to that and also have more pistols than any other type of firearm. Complete 180* from where I was 20 years ago.

 

[Vaquero]

I used to sneak around in the woods. Carrying lightweight rifles or shotguns. Seeking game animals. I did pretty damned good too.

Now, I like to set heavy rifles on a table and punch bug holes in paper targets, or rattle some iron "way out yonder". Walking to the target stand without a firearm.

Handguns ain't changed much for me. They're a tool with a function.

 

[baboon]

Back in the days of the Colt SP1 AR's I never really cared for them. My H&K 91 seemed way more fun & did not have the slinky sound in the stock. When i bought my first machine gun it was a H&K/Fleming 51. The barrel was roached out on it & had it built into a G3K. After buying my Colt Commado I started buying various upper for the registered lower. Now I have a safe full of complete AR's & shoot the G3K less.

 

[BMF500]

I'm 37 and received my 1st .22 at 7. I grew up around the classical country tools with dove hunting as the core activity. The quantity and variety of what I have at my disposal has greatly increased but my taste and staples are still the same.

-#1 favorite from the start to now is a good ol' pump shotgun (Winchester 1300 to be exact). From all of the different gauges, loads, barrel lengths, chokes, etc, etc there isn't much a pump scatter gun cannot do.
-Always preferred wheel-guns over auto-loader handguns.
-When it comes to auto's I still prefer the 1911 over any others (XD is and honorable mention).
-For hunting and general use, I still prefer a solid bolt action rifle over SA or lever.
-I was a holdout for many-many years, but Obama round 1 inspired my first AR purchase and I've been hooked on that dope ever since.

 

[Mohawk600]

open to everything

 

[mad88minute]

After the military moving back to CA I started with a 92fs, 870 12ga, and a Russian SKS. I was good for years but slowly picked up military surplus rifles.

I've even stated, " I own every gun on my want list"

A decade later I got into reloading, precision bolt rifle, sold all of my military surplus own several ARs and bolt guns. 0nly owned a few handgun.

3 years ago, moved to Texas and got my LTC.
My handguns have exploded
I've bought a few rifles for hunting, as well as AR pistols.

Lately I've been feeling the NFA temptation, eyeballing the Hybrid 46.

There isn't a gun that I've sold that I don't miss. Except that highpoint.....

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[benenglish]

Offhand, I only see two changes.

1. I'm trending away from pistols that kick too much.
2. I'm no longer looking for my next bolt action pistol. I've got enough actions that if I want something new I can have it built without buying any more.

Both those changes are 180 degrees away from my youth. Now, if I ever buy an AR or a 1911 or any suppressors my shooting life might change drastically but I doubt that's going to happen.

 

[Moonpie]

Do it go BOOM?
Iff’n it do then I likes it.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

"My handguns have exploded"

Yikes, buy better quality in the future.......

 

[mad88minute]

"My handguns have exploded"

Yikes, buy better quality in the future.......

Haha you have jokes, but you probably dont know about the "CADOJ handgun safety roster"
It is so restrictive on what handguns are allowed i was able to sell Steyr M9 for $900 because it wasn't on the list. Making it almost unobtainable.

My Para P14 $900

I'd never even heard of canik.

There are so many more sig models available.

I'm like a kid in a candy store now.

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[grumper]

Do it go BOOM?
Iff’n it do then I likes it.

Moonpie admits he luvs Glocks

 

[Mohawk600]

I use to think Kel-tecs were gay. I think Austin got me a little weird because I now have 3.

Kel-tecs used to be gay......they have some cool shit now.....I own 4

 

[TX OMFS]

Do it go BOOM?
Iff’n it do then I likes it.

This is my problem. I've been a good boy in 2019, though.