Thread 513438268

Should men have trinkets ? Or is simplicity the best policy ?

>>513438268 (OP)
the more you have, the more they can use to identify you.
think better.

Collecting anything is stupid as hell. It's what squirrels do. YWNBAW

>>513438339
Yeah but squirrels are cute and quirky

>>513438324
Good point.

>>513438268 (OP)
I have trophies, if you know you know

>>513439639
Are we going to see a "true crime" documentary about you ?

>>513438339
YWNBAS

>>513438268 (OP)
firearms are the only acceptable option

I like my watch. Bought it second hand for 100€ and new it costs 300. It's classy, thin and comfortable and it's solar powered quartz movement so it will last me at least 10 years without changing any batteries.
Thing is, a watch is a tool. The other trinkets I would personally wear would be a trophy from defeating an enemy in battle, like an ear or a tooth. Haven't been in a deadly battle tho, and I don't plan to be any time soon, but if I get in one and I survive I'm 100% doing it.

>>513438268 (OP)
Like what? Lalique vases and other dust-catchers?

>>513440652
If so, enthusiastically yes!

>>513439999
digits confirm

>>513440404
It's not a citizen eco drive is it? Those are dogshit, I've had my internals replaced like 3 times and it always stops working within a few months. I have an Osama casio but those rubber straps can't handle UV and snap within a year.

>>513438268 (OP)
>flag
>context
pottery

>>513438268 (OP)
For me, it's the Blue Planet from DAISO. All the features of a Casio with none of the schizo writing, and at an affordable price point of 100yen

>>513440852
Casio edifice. I wanted an oceanus, but spending that much on a watch sounded like a bad decision.

>>513438268 (OP)
>trinkets
???
>guns
this is the way

>>513438268 (OP)
watches are stupid I have a smartphone

>>513441164

I have oceanus and it is good, but you made a good choice. Underrated watches both of them.

>>513441552
I will probably get myself one once this one dies. I wear it every day and don't even take it off when I go to the beach, and it takes it like a beast, so it's probably not going to be any time soon.

For me? It's the Mickster.

>>513442033
Swag

>>513441164
sapphire is legit, really hard to scratch those

>>513440777
Digits confirm digits. It's ogre

>>513442033
Fuck yeah

>>513438268 (OP)
>Should men
The strong do what they will. The weak bear what they must. Giving a shit what anyone thinks about your hobbies is weak.

>>513446002
Does shooting a revolver feel different than shooting a handgun with a mag ?

>>513438268 (OP)
The thing about watches is that some of them hold a lot of value and can be used for many different purposes, they also are great gifts and good memories for the heirs.

>>513446604
He is using wadcutters in .38 spl. It’s somewhat weaker than a 9mm both in charge and felt recoil. Going up in cartridges there is a significant difference between semis and revolver in felt recoil due to reciprocating slides vs rotating drum, all steel revolvers vs plastic fantastics etc etc etc. there is so much to this, impossible to sum it all up

>>513446604
Yes. The recoil impulse is different. Also with DAO(double action only) shooting there is more deliberateness to the stroke a it requires control through a longer range of motion at a heavier pull weight while still maintaining proper fundamentals. Also very good for training noobs as the limited capacity makes them take their time. Give a noob anything with more than 10rds and they will get fatigued and rush. I could write a revolver book. Maybe one day I will. Going to workout now. I'll see if this is still up when I get back.

>>513447111
>It’s somewhat weaker than a 9mm both in charge and felt recoil.
Please stop talking. There's literally ZERO difference in the terminal effectiveness of any of the major service calibers.

>>513438268 (OP)
Nice methhead watch collector

watches make me more aesthetically pleasing because i have long lanky skinny muscular veiny arms that look like tree limbs but i hate the feeling of my wrist being strapped

>>513440852
>don't buy eco drives they are shit
>don't buy casio straps they are shit too
this is why i come to 4 chan. the most sage advice can be found only here, only when you dig deep enough.

>Everyone has a smart phone, watches become largely redundant
>Suddenly influencers push the idea "manly men" need at least one designer watch, ideally a collection
Its been quite funny to, er, watch. When everyone had to wear a wristwatch daily the watch collector lifestyle was not a thing. Unless you count people wearing multiple Swatch watches in the 80s.

>>513446002
buying consumer goods is not a hobby

>>513447435
Yea sure thing dumbfuck.

>>513441333
>Why would I carry a watch? I have a government tracking device 24/7 in my pocket
>muh smartphone!
Lol goy

>>513449765
There's clocks everywhere you look. Putting on jewelry is gay. If you like the engineering I understand it, but don't pretend like it has any sort of practicality anymore. You're also a bitch if you can't look at the sun and know roughly what time it is. My fridge microwave TV and clock on my wall all know the time. Billboards while I'm driving tell me the temperature and time, the church be dings and dongs the time

>>513448623
nigger do you think I bought those guns like that? Do you even know what they are and why they are a thing? Pic related is how one of those guns looked when I got it.

J.H. Fitzgerald is one of the biggest reasons mass produced snubnose revolvers are even a thing because they weren't a thing until he started doing his custom chop jobs at Colt. Colt eventually did a "factory" chop job on the Police Positive and called it the Detective Special. S&W said "haha fuck you we'll make a snub and call it the Chiefs Special we out rank you faggot!" and the rest is history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M91tTJkyMM
https://americanhandgunner.com/handguns/revolvers/they-called-him-fitz/
http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/read-free/shooting-table-contents/

>>513450327
forgot pasta like a retard nigger faggot.

A "pre-victory" M&P made in 1942 in an early contract for the Brits before S&W went over to full war time production. Originally chambered for the British .38-200(.38S&W) cartridge with a 4, 5 or 6" barrel. It did a tour of WWII, got surplussed back to the US along with a shitload of other victory models. These guns were dirt cheap after the war and a great many of them were converted to fire .38spl(making them more attractive to US buyers) by boring out the cylinders. This job was done with varying techniques and degrees of success. Many also had their barrels shortened and their lanyard holes plugged to make them CCW guns. The variations of custom jobs done on these guns is impressive and you can usually find at least one example on gunbroker any time you look.

I spent a good deal of time waiting for the right one to convert into a "Fitz Special". I couldn't feel bad about cutting up a gun that was cut up before I was born.

>>513450277
>There's clocks everywhere you look
most of the public clocks i see are stopped and there's a fraction of them compared to even 5 yrs ago. i never know what time it is in public anymore without my own timepiece

>>513450484
I mean you can lie to me if you want to I don't give a shit. Or maybe Canada really has fallen. No car stereo? No clock tower in the center of town? None in your bank? No microwave? No point of sell machines? Is it not on your receipt when you buy something? The time is all around you, you are just not an observant person

>>513450277
>if you can't look at the sun and know roughly what time it is
I'm in England, I can barely tell if it day or night going by what's in the sky.

>>513438268 (OP)
I have some nice watches in a case, from a phase I went through years ago. Convenient for certain occasions, but I rarely wear them or think about them. I used to wear them a lot more before COVID, when I worked a corporate wagie job in a skyscraper. I'm now at a smaller company that is more blue collar. Even working in the office, I do not wear gaudy shit. Maybe a Casio.

>>513446739
>can be used for many different purposes
Name two.

>>513450277
It's either daytime or nighttime. Any more specific than that, isn't particularly useful to me. Jewelry is for homos.

>>513450484
It's not like you have to be somewhere important. It's jeet o'clock.

>>513439351
NIGGA I’M NUTS

>>513438268 (OP)
Tools. Just have tools.

>>513438268 (OP)
Functional trickets. Sure.

>>513438268 (OP)
do whatever you want

>>513438268 (OP)
Of course men should have trinkets, I have tons of them...

ywn

>stuff
>stuff
>stuff
I hate getting random junk I don't want. Only pic rel is acceptable.

Owning lots of cool stuff is good because those European gays at the wef tried to say it was bad so you know it's good. I started collecting funkos way before normies got involved but then blm and antifa happened so I bought some guns for a bit to make sure niggers didn't break in and sell them to antifas to find their revolution. Luckily everything has settled down and I don't have to worry about buying guns right now and can focus on getting the rest of the Funkos. There are some funkos that are worth way more than the price of ar15s and all the gear you need to operate one. When times were crazy back in 2019 guns were more important though. Now I have the guns and I don't think I need to get every variant. Plus if it all falls apart only a fool would trade a gun gear or ammo that's what the funkos will be for. I'll be able to get prime pussy for a common Funko.

>>513438268 (OP)
My two cents is that you can have a lot of trinkets if they’re one-of-a-kind and the sum total you’ve spent on them is negligible. (Think first print edition historical books, antique clocks, stones/rare minerals, first pressing vinyl/shellac records). Obv you can tell what shit I’m into, and many of those things I described I’ve found for free, or snagged in old antique shops scattered throughout Appalachia.

>>513440913
>>513442033
>>513441164
Kings

>>513438268 (OP)
I do not own anything that does not have a clearly defined purpose that fills a need. Very few just in case items maybe.

>>513455037
I've met a lot of guys like you and they are always mega poors that say stuff like this because they can't afford cool stuff you're basically exactly what the wef wanted but you say it like you're in control. Control of not having any awesome stuff that appreciates in value.

>>513455011
Jesus Christ boy, you got some hammer fists

>>513447435
He stated a literal fact, and you retorted with literal cope.

>>513440989
do you think it ever beeped and he would jump a little

>>513451738
Jej, hearty chuckle

>>513438268 (OP)

Is this taping watches now a thing ? I am confused.

>>513455011

Why did you strap your watch to a ham hock?

>>513451270
My watch is a diver watch, it shows pressure, depth, and can be used for seeing how long left I have of my dive.

Don't be retarded please

>>513438268 (OP)
A decent watch is fine, but if you're buying it for social points you're probably a vapid cunt. Jewellery is cringe, especially for men.

>>513455280
>He stated a literal fact
He's talking ballistics. I'm talking terminal ballistics. If you don't know the difference I don't care what else you have to say. I can load .38spl hot as fuck and approximate 9mm ballistics. This is retarded though as a standard velocity hardcast .38 will completely penetrate a human torso. Recoil depends on many factors. My j-frame 38 has more felt recoil than a service-size 9mm. Shot placement and penetration are all that matter.

>>513455754
>I can load .38spl hot as fuck and approximate 9mm ballistics.
Many people load .38spl to .357mag, so what's your point? So what if handloads are gender fluid? He's talking about cis oem loads. Duh.

>>513447382
Gunsmith and instructorfag here.

This nigga is correct.

>>513447435
Felt recoil and terminal ballistics are not the same thing faggot

>>513456401
That's my point you mouth-breathing retard. He's talking about numbers in a chart. I'm talking about what stop threats on the streets. There is zero difference in the terminal ballistic performance between say .380 and .10mm(inclusive) in its' ability to incapacitate a two-legged mouth breathing retard.

>>513456985
goddamn I hope we've entered trolling. It's like having 3 different conversations with two different teams of bots. No one is having the same conversation.

>>513457161
You are the retarded one here.

Not one person mentioned terminals ballistics.

They mentioned felt recoil, and the power of the round. As in, the powder charge.

You fucking sperged out about terminal ballistics for some for some reason

You aren't even wrong, just irrelevant, you are arguing against points people didn't make.

>>513438268 (OP)
You can't bring them with you if your cool with that then what's the issue

>>513457468
post guns.

>>513457598
I could post every gun on my possession, my degree from gunsmith School, FFL, and instructor certification.

And none of that would change that fact that you are a fucking retarded arguing against things no one brought up.

He made the factual statement that .38 spl has less power than a 9mm, and you responded by bringing up the effectiveness of different rounds.

And now your ego won't let you back down, you are on defense mode acting irrationally making yourself to be a bigger fool

Settle down there Don Quixote

>>513438268 (OP)
I've got a fairly cheap Seiko (£200) which I wear daily. I replace the strap whenever it starts to smell with some cheap one off Amazon. I don't really have an excuse for wearing one since I have my phone with my most places I go and I don't really trust it since it loses time quick enough that I need to add a few minutes every couple of days.

>>513455011
He survives winter by threatening it.

>>513458013
>He made the factual statement that .38 spl has less power than a 9mm
Correct and then I asserted that this is a misleading statement in regards to the practical employment of either caliber. They are identical in effect. He then mentions it has less recoil. Which is also a dumbshit noguns thing to say. Maybe an N-frame 38spl has less recoil than a 9mm shield but an alloy 38spl J-frame will have more than a Beretta 92. He basically spouted off normie surface level platitudes that were all ambiguously meaningless. So yeah, he is factually correct about measurable ballistics. This however had no bearing on the real world. I guess you can take your paper victory if you want?

Also post your arfcom signature field.

>>513458529
He was responding to a question about felt recoil from a noguns you fucking dipshit

>>513458964
He asked if it "felt different". Other fag then makes a retarded blanket statement about recoil(variable) and power(never defined).