>>64169914
Ok a part of this is on you being a little new and socially retarded, but this is 4chan so thats a given. Stop doom scrolling gunbroker. You can entirely fulfill a respectable collection without ever buying off gunbroker, to the extent your general area or state surp market is like and how far youre willing to travel for shows.
To start, yes, go to the local stores get a read on how friendly they are and generally approach with wide eyed enthusiasm around collecting. Write off the stores that give you shit and return to them (if they had good stuff) when youre a little better with the lingo and how to comport yourself.
A lot of this is highly depending on your local market. I am surrounded by tubo based boomer gun stores where we are all buddies and things are great. But this isnt even remotely the case for many anons.
I think, go scout around and come back to the /msg/ thread then and tell us what kind of stores youve found, the vibes and what you saw. Its totally fine to be non-committal if you are at least seeking information/knowledge and it will give you a base idea of what your getting into
