OK those who get bored shooting the blazes out of their Glocks - how about MEAT's Glockworx G20? Huh huh? Stir the passions a little?
Kidding. If it comes down to the inaminate objects "soul" vs being about the shooters skill development and performance, prob most modern striker fired guns are gonna fall a little short.
Amazing direction for a PF thread. I think the SA 1911 9mms are having an unexpected affect.
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There's nothing about "soul" in this from my perspective.Originally Posted by JHC
Right it was joyless. But "soul" is used heavily not in a literal metaphysical sense but about other feelings a gun can evoke. I'm certainly guilty of describing the "soul" of a well and long used 1911 or weathered pre-64 Win 94 etc which carry not just the material but all the experiences owners/shooters have had with said firearm. Wood and steel carefully machined and fitted into a fine firearm seem to have different hooks on many shooters emotions than snap together lego polymer wonders which I am so fond of. I've suffered the loss of a "favorite" Glock and I got over the loss in about 2 minutes and turned to the next one in the battery.
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We're still talking about different things. My car doesn't have a "soul" compared to, say, a 4cyl Honda Accord. I simply enjoy driving my car a lot more. But if all I had was the Accord and I needed to drive to work each day, I'd drive that.
Yes but what if you drove the accord faster than your car?
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Then I'd enjoy it more, right?
I'm done.
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How about watches? Do watches have, for lack of a more precise term, "soul"?
(ETA: ...and I'll agree that, whatever the precise quality we're discussing here, it's a pretty meta thing. I'll go to the range with the Glock or M&P because it's time to go shoot, and getting better at shooting is fun but I've never picked one up and fondled it just 'cause it was there, whereas I can't walk past my CCA 1911 or my old S&W Model 27-2 without wanting to pick it up and take a sight picture on the wall... Is it the same thing that makes some people use fountain pens instead of ballpoints, or this latest fad where dudes get their shaving suds from someplace other than a can.)
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Only watches that cost as much as a "good" 1911How about watches? Do watches have, for lack of a more precise term, "soul"?
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So a watch needs to cost around $850?
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