Bikes vs guns and keeping your wife happy
Discussion
I haven't been riding much recently, in fact I SORNed my bike late last year when I started a new job and I'm not planning on unsorning it until summer. This is mainly due to having to fly to Scotland every week for work and working from home a few days, so no need bike for transport plus money is a bit tight so it is an unnecessary luxury insuring the bike for leisure rides only.
Instead for a hobby, I've been doing more rifle shooting which should appeal to a lot of bikers:
- Like bikes, you never really master shooting
- Once you get over the hurdle on installing a gun safe (mine displaced some of my wife's shoes), then storing your guns doesn't take up much room
- It is easier to have secure gun storage than secure bike storage
- It is very unlikely anyone will steal your guns
- Even if somebody does manage to steal them, the police really will try to find them
- Guns are much cheaper than bikes
- Ammunition is cheaper than bike running costs
- You don't have to insure your guns
- Just as every bike is different, every rifle is different, but it is a lot easier to try out a new rifle at your club
- You can 'forget' to mention to your wife you have bought a new gun, since only you have access to the safe
- Your wife won't notice if you have several guns, but she will complain if you have several bikes
- You are much less likely to be injured than riding a bike
- It's enjoyable even when raining or cold and you can shoot indoors or outdoors
- Guns never have electrical problems and rarely have mechanical problems
- You don't need any special clothes
- You can take your guns on holiday (BA charges about £50 to check in firearms)
Instead for a hobby, I've been doing more rifle shooting which should appeal to a lot of bikers:
- Like bikes, you never really master shooting
- Once you get over the hurdle on installing a gun safe (mine displaced some of my wife's shoes), then storing your guns doesn't take up much room
- It is easier to have secure gun storage than secure bike storage
- It is very unlikely anyone will steal your guns
- Even if somebody does manage to steal them, the police really will try to find them
- Guns are much cheaper than bikes
- Ammunition is cheaper than bike running costs
- You don't have to insure your guns
- Just as every bike is different, every rifle is different, but it is a lot easier to try out a new rifle at your club
- You can 'forget' to mention to your wife you have bought a new gun, since only you have access to the safe
- Your wife won't notice if you have several guns, but she will complain if you have several bikes
- You are much less likely to be injured than riding a bike
- It's enjoyable even when raining or cold and you can shoot indoors or outdoors
- Guns never have electrical problems and rarely have mechanical problems
- You don't need any special clothes
- You can take your guns on holiday (BA charges about £50 to check in firearms)
5ohm, can you linkey to a good backpack for taking your gun to the range on a bike?
Obv this will be in the UK, so it can't look like you are carrying a gun to casual observers as interception by a police armed response unit isn't compatible with the relaxation obtained from a nice day's riding and shooting.
Obv this will be in the UK, so it can't look like you are carrying a gun to casual observers as interception by a police armed response unit isn't compatible with the relaxation obtained from a nice day's riding and shooting.
5ohmustang said:
What is the firearm and length? I can take a look when I get a moment.
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