Why do people pose their guns like this?

[airgun/cuz]

Dano,,this says it all:(Oh yea, almost forgot, turning a wrench feeds my family too which is something can't say for playing guitar.)
 

[RedFeather]

Blemishes add character if they bear memories of a hunt or especially nice day afield.   I once read a very good book on shotgunning by a man who was a former head of the British NRA.  The last chapter, about best guns, stuck with me.  He said there was nothing worse than going on a shoot accompanied by a fellow with a best quality double,  always taking out his handkerchief to wipe it down every time they took a break.  It's a rare gun that doesn't come down through the years with some "character".  Unfortunately, for every nice one there are a hundred with just plain hard knocks.

[jonnnyboy]

It seems that the nicer the stock on my gun there is an inverse proportion to the amount of time and pleasure I have in carrying it.  In other words, I keep the really nice ones put up and very infrequently do anything with them.  Now on the other hand, my absolute favorite airgun is the B40 I asked Mike Melick to put together for me.  Created in his hands from two defective guns and with a basic banged up stock, I now have the gun that I just naturally gravitate toward.  About the only thing that I may do to it is fill in the dings and spray it with bedliner.  It is (at least right now) my number one "go to" hunter.

I like to look at pretty guns, but i absolutely love to shoot good ones!  And, most good ones have some dings from being used.

Remember, "Chicks dig scars!"      
Of course, I don't lay my gun on the rocks either!!!!

blessings, joe

[Gene_SC]

I guess I am the odd ball out.. I prefer natural wood stocks over painted laminants and if I did hunt I would not be afraid to lay my $1000.00 shooter next to my kill.. So call me crazy but that is just me...

[PelletPaul]

Last week went hunting with my Cyclone.  Had the gun slinged over my shoulder and slipped going down  steep cliff.  Gun landed on my Hawke scope and bent it.  Cussed for ten minutes afterwards.  Was so mad I shot a Jack.  Now the gun and scope have character.

[JOHNNY QUEST]

 I pose my guns like that all the time.. I would give anyone a magnifying glass to look for scratches.. Ya don't throw it down there,,, YA carefully lay it down take the cool pic with your kill and pick it back up... It ain't rocket science... Its just artistic expression.. I have all the cool toys and they all have been layed down like that... there is no issue here.....

[Bentong]

Sure beats posing a nice air rifle on an unmade  bed with her dirty laundry laying all over the floor!

[gamo2hammerli]

Some of the critters drip blood on my $1000.00 shooters.....but I try to be very careful not to scratch the airguns placing or picking them back up.