Maybe...Does anyone own ONE AR-15?
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Maybe...Does anyone own ONE AR-15?
See...with AR's I have absolutely convinced myself that each one I have has a specific purpose that one of the others cannot do!Does anyone own ONE AR-15?
Even then. Competition guns just get beat up, that's why you might want more than one, not so much the number of rounds.This. I know in the competition world, guys have backup guns because they shoot tens of thousands of rounds per year and you don't want something to break during a match etc.
I shoot a lot of matches but I'm probably only shooting around 6k rounds per year in my CZ pistols. Nothing has broke yet though I suspect the slide stop or trigger return spring will break at some point in the near future.
Average gun owners aren't shooting thousands of rounds per year in their pistols.
Yes, been working on my final setup for a while but I now own two Identical gen 5 G19's and a standard and MOS slide for each one, so two frames, four slides.So I'm at the range the other day, pause to reload.. Only other person there pauses for reload also, we share a 'Hello' and small talk and we both notice we are shooting a Sig P365...I also notice he has his carry pistol in his waistband. Looks like a P365 also, but I figure it's the XL model, so I ask.
He tells me "Nope, same gun.. It's my carry gun but I own a duplicate that I shoot the piss out of at the range, then carry this one (pointing to his waistband P365) which I keep clean, pristine condition.." (etc)
So it made me wonder, does anyone here own 2 identical guns, one for carry, the other for range practice??
Your thoughts on this?
All my carry guns are carried "dirty". After I disassemble/clean, I function fire and then wipe down only. Then into holster.I don’t want to carry a dirty gun.
All my carry guns are carried "dirty". After I disassemble/clean, I function fire and then wipe down only. Then into holster.
Remember: "dirty" does not equal "filthy"...
Enbloc be Ridin' Dirty.
Meanwhile, in Berettaville...It's sort of like when you bring a new person to the range and they rack the slide for the first time. They do it SO gentle. Every single one of them.
"Let me ask you. You racked that slide pretty gently." "Yeah." "How hard to you think it's coming back when it fires????" "Ohhhh." "Yeah, don't worry about breaking it. Don't drop it. But you will have to work hard to break it by racking the slide."
Epic way to mess with the guys down at Forensics...I have duplicate carry guns for another reason entirely... Seizure for testing after lawful shooting.
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Other people prefer a little variety in their life.I carry two identical guns and have two other identical ones for the range.
I have two identical guns and they are close in serial number range.So it made me wonder, does anyone here own 2 identical guns, one for carry, the other for range practice??
Your thoughts on this?
How often do you shoot it?I enjoy cleaning my guns after a range trip, and I don't understand people who don't...
Shoot your carry piece. Then clean it, PMCS it, load it, and carry it.
As for identicals, the only ones I own are my Webley Mk I-V, and those only LOOK identical. I have two Hi-Powers too, but those aren't really identical either.
About once a month.How often do you shoot it?
If I only shot a gun once a month I would probably clean it each time. I shoot many of mine 2 to 3 times a week (including my carry gun) so cleaning after each trip is basically pointless plus if I felt I HAD to clean it each time I would not shoot 2 to 3 times a week lolAbout once a month.
About once a month.
If I only shot a gun once a month I would probably clean it each time. I shoot many of mine 2 to 3 times a week (including my carry gun) so cleaning after each trip is basically pointless plus if I felt I HAD to clean it each time I would not shoot 2 to 3 times a week lol
You said you don't understand how people don't clean them each trip......there are people that shoot way more often than you that completely understand not cleaning a gun after each use.
I tried that and eneded up with a dual under arm crossdraw holster!So I'm at the range the other day, pause to reload.. Only other person there pauses for reload also, we share a 'Hello' and small talk and we both notice we are shooting a Sig P365...I also notice he has his carry pistol in his waistband. Looks like a P365 also, but I figure it's the XL model, so I ask.
He tells me "Nope, same gun.. It's my carry gun but I own a duplicate that I shoot the piss out of at the range, then carry this one (pointing to his waistband P365) which I keep clean, pristine condition.." (etc)
So it made me wonder, does anyone here own 2 identical guns, one for carry, the other for range practice??
Your thoughts on this?
I think, with me, that it's more of a mindset I developed in the Army, where if you're an infantryman you're cleaning your weapon literally any time you can. So once I got out and stopped having to worry about scrubbing out star chambers in the woods a few times a day, the act of sitting on a couch and taking down a pistol seemed pretty relaxing.If I only shot a gun once a month I would probably clean it each time. I shoot many of mine 2 to 3 times a week (including my carry gun) so cleaning after each trip is basically pointless plus if I felt I HAD to clean it each time I would not shoot 2 to 3 times a week lol
You said you don't understand how people don't clean them each trip......there are people that shoot way more often than you that completely understand not cleaning a gun after each use.
Also guessing that Pic being a teacher means he probably doesn't carry every day.
I'm retired army so I get that concept of a clean fire arm. When I really started to get into personal owned fire arms I used to clean them every range trip like you say......because it was engrained in me. Then I slowly realized that.....I just got back from the range on Sunday afternoon.....and I'm going to shoot pins Tuesday night.......so it started to not bother me to give it a spray of ballistol and put it away. Then I started shooting more and more often.....and I realized that even with only a monthly cleaning I'm never seeing malfunctions....ever......and they are not rusting. So my routine shooting guns I clean about once a month and that's it. I don't lose any sleep over it after over a decade of this maintenance process with no rust and no malfunctions.I think, with me, that it's more of a mindset I developed in the Army, where if you're an infantryman you're cleaning your weapon literally any time you can. So once I got out and stopped having to worry about scrubbing out star chambers in the woods a few times a day, the act of sitting on a couch and taking down a pistol seemed pretty relaxing.
I think it's all about perspective. To a man who shoots 2/3 times a week, I don't shoot that often. Compared to a guy who gets out to the range once a year, though, I'm a "frequent shooter." But I'd never leave a firearm uncleaned after a range trip, even if it's just getting the schmutz out of the barrel and off the boltface.