Gun Nut

[aplinker]

When you get calls from various shops reminding you to come and pick up your gun(s) before the 30 days is up.

That means your nuttitude is diminishing. How can you let your children lay in wait?!

I would say I knew I was when I was first worried I might miss something good cause I didn't check the "for sale" forum for a day.

[maxicon]

When you find a gun(s) in your safe that you forgot you ever had.

The next level is when you see a gun you've always wanted and buy it. Then, when you get it home, you find out you've already got one!

[dragonbait1a]

Oh, well, Um....

When you start naming your kids Glock, Beretta and the twins Smith & Wesson...?

My youngest son's first three names are
Seth
Arthur
Alexander...

Yep, SAA + (we couldn't agree on a name so we threw them all in )

My wife didn't even notice until I spelled it out for her...

Now I only get to name pets

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[triggerhappy]

When you find yourself going into technical details about guns with your significant other who moved on to another activity insinuated by the fact she is no longer looking at you while you kept babbling while looking at the sky and doing motions with your hands.

Stop looking in my windows, please

[Lateralus]

guns > food

[FatKatMatt]

When you see the time, you think of different calibers depending on what the clock reads. 6:55 (6.5 x 55 Swedish), 3:08, 2:43, 2:04, etcetera

[Lon Moer]

When you own magazine's for guns and/or calibers that you don't own.

[Technical Ted]

When you're playing someone else's electric guitar and you adjust their strap for patrol carry.

[paradox]

When you own magazine's for guns and/or calibers that you don't own.

[M. Sage]

When you know the difference between a clip and a magazine.

Between a brake and a break.

When you look at a clock and don't see a time, but a caliber.

When your post count at calguns gets up to 100.

Bah, you're not a gun nut till you at least break the 1k mark.

[Sig357]

When you start hiding your purchases from your wife, and constantly hit the refresh button on "Private firearm sales" to get a good deal before another calgunner beats you to it.

[geeknow]

When you're playing someone else's electric guitar and you adjust their strap for patrol carry.

that is the funniest thing i have heard in a loooong time. seriously people, the fact that everyone has given this some thought (as is evidenced by the myriad of replies) shows that we are all well-balanced individuals. As a special reward for being thus balanced, I am going out to buy a new gun and recommend you do the same.

[sv_sniper]

• When you are trying to refinish your car, you are thinking about "bluing" or "parkerized" instead of painting.
• You keep every gun parts supplier's phone number (Brownells, Midway USA...etc) in your quick dial list and you know your sales representative's birthday.
• You have guns that you have not shot since you bought them. Of course you have forgotten you have bought them.
• You keep a lot of empty gun cases at home and tell your wife "they are empty". Once you purchase a new gun, you can fill the empty gun cases without being noticed by wife.

[TheMan]

When your gun dealer gets an interesting gun in, instead of putting it on display for sale, he just calls you and tells you to bring your wallet to pay for your new gun. And so you go up there, wallet in hand.

Another way to tell would be that you own guns that you don't even really like that much, you just need them as part of your collection. Bonus points if you have multiples of these guns that you don't like.

I am guilty of both.

[dadoody]

When is some one considered a GUN NUT?

Depends on the person doing the name calling, or the preference of the one being called.


I know some guys who don't even own a gun, but they'll know everything there is to know about certain guns (from reading, renting, interest, etc.) and I'd call them GUN NUTS.


I do know one definite gun nut though: He used to work @ Turner's and bought a lot of their guns. 50 of them. During Y2K, he filled his car trunk with his best rifle and ammo AND a year's supply of ramen noodles. After Y2K, he tried to get all his friends to eat as much of the ramen as they could or tried to give away as many as he could.