Do different generations have a stereotype firearm?

[armalitesheepdog]

Isn't it great we have soooo many choices

 

[armalitesheepdog]

New here?

DoggyDaddy always finds the cool stuff.

I bet he even has a Mauser in 30-06 with furniture that looks like brindle that's not for sale.

I'm finding alot of people have alot of cool stuff. So much stuff so little time.
And there's the cash part

 

[manifest destiny]

I suspect those from "gun families" would know early in life what they liked. Those of us who caught the fever later in life are probably most influenced by Hollywood, magazines, etc. I know my want for a 1911 stems from Magnum P.I. At the time I didn't know it was called a 1911. In fact I thought all guns shaped that way were "45's". Once I started buying, it was mostly budget that dictated the gun type. With more income came more gun options. Still don't have enough income for everything I want. And still don't have my "45".

 

[BJHay]

there are certain brands or gun types that different age groups seem to carry. Guys in their 60’s..

Referring only to white males I think you're close. Snubby revolves in a Milt Sparks holster for the old guys, 1911's after that and then plastic guns for the under 60 crowd.

Women purchase almost half of the new firearms and first time sales to minorities are booming. Regardless of their generation I think they are overwhelmingly buying plastic guns. The women I know who carry prefer slim single stack 9mm and .380s

 

[BigRed]

Fun thread!

 

[Expat]

I have some 1911s and probably like shooting better than the other choices but have been carrying an H&K most of the time. It is plastic so it is lighter but I still have a hammer to avoid getting the Glock leg.

 

[Bighoss91]

I have some 1911s and probably like shooting better than the other choices but have been carrying an H&K most of the time. It is plastic so it is lighter but I still have a hammer to avoid getting the Glock leg.

You need to try a aluminum frame commander not as light as plastic but close and way more satisfying in hand.

 

[Dante1983]

You forgot one.

4. Those that tried 1911s, but they're lefties, so brass always ejected into their faces, which resulted in them giving up on pistols that need custom work right out of the box just to make them carryable.

I’m a lefty. That’s why I stuck to revolvers for so long

 

[Dante1983]

You don't have to have plastic on your AR...

This is what I did with my INGO lower.

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That’s pretty.

 

[Ark]

Raised on Tom Clancy games and Modern Warfare 2. HK is love, HK is life.

 

[DRob]

I'm 75 and kinda' chuckling because I'm a bit different than many here, particularly in the long gun category. I do have a couple of ARs but they are both long/heavy barrel guns intended for bench shooting and/or prairie dogging. We have four 10/22s in three different calibers and one Marlin 39 but the rest of our rifles are varmint barreled, scoped, bolt guns. Most of them were born as, or modified to be, single shot versions. I prefer to keep my barrels alive and well as long as possible. Handguns are another story. I've got three single action rimfires, a couple of Smith revolvers, six Glocks in three different calibers, and a Taurus Judge. Maybe I'm not too different except I have zero use for any kind of AK. Not that they're "bad", they just don't fit the kind of shooting we do.

Like everybody else, it's just an opinion. There's no wrong answer.

 

[manifest destiny]

and a Taurus Judge.

Not to hijack thread, but did you buy the Judge over the SW Governor or buy before SW Gov was available? Thoughts on your Judge??

 

[thunderchicken]

I'm in my 40s and I don't mind a plastic fantastic carry gun that can become practically invisible. I have an appreciation for stuff like Glock (never owned one), M&P etc. But, the guns I'm most drawn to are revolvers (3-6" barrels), blued lever action rifles with wood stocks, shotguns with deep bluing and beautiful walnut stocks for which I prefer a double barrel or pump action. And, I just can't help it but I have a thing for old guns especially old shotguns.

 

[BigRed]

"Striker Fire" pistols have been around for a few years...

I often like to wonder what JMB saw as the role amd why he went on to more hammer fired designs.

 

[manifest destiny]

Would striker fired and concealed hammers have the same drawbacks? Such that lack of external access to the hammer would be considered more/less/equal to striker fired guns? I ask because my guns with hammers are shrouded. I can touch the hammer kinda.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Would striker fired and concealed hammers have the same drawbacks? Such that lack of external access to the hammer would be considered more/less/equal to striker fired guns? I ask because my guns with hammers are shrouded. I can touch the hammer kinda.

If you can touch the hammer it would do about the same, when I carried a pistol with a hammer I would put my thumb on the hammer when holstering. If you feel the hammer start to move somethings wrong. With a striker fired or concealed hammers you can't do that.

 

[BigRed]

Would striker fired and concealed hammers have the same drawbacks? Such that lack of external access to the hammer would be considered more/less/equal to striker fired guns? I ask because my guns with hammers are shrouded. I can touch the hammer kinda.

Keep touching it and you could go blind.

 

[manifest destiny]

Keep touching it and you could go blind.

And here I was more worried about my hand getting hairy. Dirty Harry.

 

[churchmouse]

You forgot one.

4. Those that tried 1911s, but they're lefties, so brass always ejected into their faces, which resulted in them giving up on pistols that need custom work right out of the box just to make them carryable.

Man that just ain’t true brother.
Cold. That’s seriously cold man

 

[thompal]

Is it a regional thing or is it even real? Just seems in my little corner of the world that there are certain brands or gun types that different age groups seem to carry. Guys in their 60’s.. 1911. 70’s, almost always a revolver. 50’s 1911 or sig, 40’s Glock, 30’s lotta shields and glocks, 20’s I actually don’t know. Is it just the ppl I know or is it pretty universal? Or am I wrong completely?

I'm in my 60's, and the 1911 is my choice. To be fair, it has been my choice since I was about 6.