Gun!

[sg]

My brother goes clay pigeon shooting, and he's bought his own gun. He lives in a tiny flat in London, and has two tiny children, I thought this was the most ridiculous and irresponsible thing conceivable, to be keeping a gun like that in that environment. I hate guns. However, round at his flat yesterday, he produced it to show us, and suddenly I changed from disinterested and/or disgusted to "Wow, look at that, let's see!" and admiring the engineering, smelling the gun oil, inspecting the tooling of the walnut stock, taking aim and generally being really impressed. What does that say about me? Deep down?

[dot.hawkes]

The modern airguns are fabulous peices of kit, I have used a few over the last few years and they look like real rifles with the complex sights and gas powered thingy (lol) I love the shiny wood and the weight is amazing, get him to take you out one sunday morning, it is exhilerating

[OBonio]

Guns are fine as long as they are in the hands of responsible people. I know a chap who does a lot of clay pigeon shooting and his kids have more respect for guns than any others I know. I've been shooting once and really enjoyed it, despite the recoil leaving my shoulder red raw.

Deep down, I think most blokes love the feel of power at their finger tips and nothing can beat a gun for this. It's a natural instinct.

[Catso]

I don't see any problem with him having a gun providing it's safely and securely stored. Are you saying he just leaves it out for the kids to play with?!

For myself, I think any high quality tool - and a gun is just a tool - is worth admiring. It's a satisfying feeling handling a quality tool, it just feels so good and right in the hands.

[whiffey]

sg, I have a beautiful .22 air rifle with a telescopic sight, also a Weirauch .22 air pistol.

The engineering is beautiful, and they are so heavy. I fire only at printed targets or the occasional Budweiser can. I use a cushion and a large tin tray behind the target. I checked with my close neighbours before I bought them.

[saxy_jag]

I don't think it says anything unhealthy about you, SG. I would only worry if you said you were getting impressed by the amount of damage it could do at whatever range.

Guns are a bit like dogs - the problems lie with the owners rather than the things themselves.

[raysparx]

You say a Gun, do you mean an air Rifle Or a 12 bore ?

[Catso]

Clay pigeon -> shotgun

[raysparx]

Well thats what I thought Catso, I hope he has A proper Cabinet with lock,and a licence, well sg, is it a Shotgun ?

[LindyLouLou]

It must be a shotgun if he shoots clays. An airgun wouldn't even scratch the surface of the clays (although I miss even with a 12 bore!!!)
Also to add to everyone elses comments, if he LEGALLY owns a shotgun then he will have to have an inspected gun cabinet and issued licence.
Anyhow, to answer sg's question, there is definately something about 'naughty but nice' with guns - probably the danger factor amongst other things - get yourself out on the range...

[sg]

Yes, it's a Bareta 12 bore. And yes, he has the proper cabinet and everything.
So what you're saying is, just because I enjoyed holding a shotgun, it doesn't mean I'm the next Michael Ryan.
Well that's a relief.

[crete]

a big gun small flat two small children .no dont think so