Originally Posted By: BUCK2
Originally Posted By: lonesome roads
Originally Posted By: BUCK2
“Decline of the Side-by-Side”

This is by no means breaking news. I’m 47 and the SxS’s where gone (as the norm) before I was born. Only a few diehard gun enthusiast use them in the area...

What disappoints me the most is that most people my age and younger have no pride in the guns that they shoot. It’s a tool only.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_F._McManus

The recurring elements section is most relevant

Would you rather hunt with an interesting fellow that thinks guns are just tools or a tool that thinks his gun is interesting?


I would rather hunt with an interesting fellow that likes his gun.

Different strokes for different folks.

Hunting for me 1/3 about hunting, 1/3 about spending time with friends and 1/3 about using one of my guns.

If I had to hunt with someone else's gun it just wouldn't appeal to me.


I hunt a couple times a year with my late Fathers guns, a Beretta O/U, the same gun he started me hunting with, and the A5 12 he bought in 1952, when he made Sargent in the USMC. I also have a 20 gauge double that a late friend made sure I ended up with. The passing of these two great men left a large empty spot in my world.
I enjoy hunting with their guns.

Best,
Ted