Snobs.

[iwajabitw]

Are you one or know one.

Having many interest it suprises me, I don't know why, all the snobs I see in there field of interest or hobby.

Mountain climbing
Mechanics
Computers
Weightlifting/Training
Wine
Cigars
Coffee
Whisky
Hiking
Camping
Audiophiles
Home Décor
General Contractors
Home Builders
Landscapers
Cooks/Chefs

No teachers so to speak, just dick measuring contest when you speak to these people. And a lot of times they are incorrect in what there being a snob about. I have a relative that is a coffee snob... he only orders from a guy that gets his beans from indigenous countries. He always looked down on my for drinking but he has now discovered wine, and guess what, he is a snob about that. WTF...

 

[Huge]

Not really.

 

[Professur]

There were more than a few at the archery club I went to.

 

[iwajabitw]

Same thing in a gun store. That best gun friend recommending a $2000 gun to someone who has never fired a weapon. I always recommend a .38 special wheel gun to anyone with out experience.

 

[Huge]

Was it an assault rifle?

 

[iwajabitw]

No a Kimber or Ed Baer 1911. I love and own a Kimber, but would not recommend it for a first gun purchase. Nor would I recommend Glock or Sig Saur. A Taurus M85 or S&W chiefs special 99 both in .38 is where I tell people to start. They may want it for the home and it may never get fired. It has a heavy pull so no one is going to accidently fire it, and used they can be had for $200-$400 bucks.

 

[Professur]

I'd usually suggest the .357. Fires the .38 so it's cheap .. but you can step up to more power if you feel the need. But for a first plinker, I'd have to go with a .22 long barrel revolver. You're dead right on one thing tho ... a first gun should never be an auto. Until their wrist is strong enough, an auto isn't reliable.

 

[iwajabitw]

I'd usually suggest the .357. Fires the .38 so it's cheap .. but you can step up to more power if you feel the need. But for a first plinker, I'd have to go with a .22 long barrel revolver. You're dead right on one thing tho ... a first gun should never be an auto. Until their wrist is strong enough, an auto isn't reliable.

Taught my kids on a Walther P22 and an old Savage .22rifle my dad bought for me in 1980 when I was 7. Squirrel hunting. Tube fed semiauto . 22LR, they had a blast. When I bought the Kimber in 08 and took it to the range to break it in, I got tired of shooting to put 500 rounds though it. So I just reloaded the magazines for him.