How tacticool are you?

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Taken from over on the M4C forums. Thought it was pretty funny, and worth seeing where everyone ranks over here.

The rules are as follows: you start out at zero points. Visualize your carry gun, and start adding or subtracting points according to my list below. Your results are at the bottom of the test.

Polymer frame: +2

Light rail: +2

Laser (guide rod or rail mounted): +2

Chambered in a caliber invented after 1990: +2 (add another +1 if the caliber name contains a three-letter acronym)

High capacity (>10 rounds): +2

“Tactical” engraved or rollmarked anywhere: +3

Official current issue of a major SWAT team or SPECOPS unit: +3 (add another +1 if the manufacturer advertising of the gun includes this information as a selling point)

Mentioned by VPC/Brady as a “cop killer”, “pocket rocket”, or “destructive device”: +2

Product name contains the letter “X”: +2 (add another +1 if it contains the word “extreme”, “xtreme”, or any variation thereof)

Fits into 50% of the stocked holsters in any given gunshop: +2

Used by 50% or more of 18-25 year olds on the range at any given time: +2

Advertising includes ludicrous torture tests, like freezing the gun for a year before boiling it in saltwater and shooting it while submerged in mud: +2

Advertising slogan that implies uncompromising perfection or any variant thereof: +1

Not magazine-fed: -3

No plastic, MIM, titanium, scandium or alloy anywhere in or on the gun: -3

Steel frame: -2

No provisions for a laser, flashlight, optical sight or weather station: -2

Designed before 1980: -2

Designed before 1900: -3

Gloss blue finish: -2

Bright nickel finish: -3

Capable of grip/grip panel removal: -2

Wood grips: -2

Used by 50% or more of the 50+ olds on the range at any given time: -2

Chambered in a caliber that started life as a blackpowder cartridge: -4

Your score:

21-30: You are undoubtedly among the black nylon-clad tactical elite, a killing machine who gets allergic reactions to clothing that doesn’t have a logo related to your carry gun on it. You have Blackhawk on speed dial, and carbon fiber excites you in indecent ways.

11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards.

1-10: You’re a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.

-1 to -10: Old-fashioned and/or slightly behind the curve. You still think of the Beretta 92F or the Walther P38 as examples of modern gun design, and you still load your carry piece with FMJ because you don’t trust those newfangled Super-Vels.

-11 to -20: You’re probably a single-action shooter who thinks that the newfangled DA revolvers are “a lazy man’s gun.”

-21 to -30: You’re hopelessly untactical–you probably don’t trust percussion locks over the old trusty flintlock.

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Damn... pwned myself... meant to post this in the General OT area. Mods please move.

[BimmerFreak]

Im a (-)16 Which means im pretty anti-

[Daniel]

1-10: You’re a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.

[Guest abailey362]

I got a 2, or a 16 depending on what I carry

[Rightwinger]

If your 18 to 25 and take tests like that to see how tacticool you are, you probably need the validation from other 18-25 years olds. I did not bother to take the test as I need no number or tacticool label. I own several firearms and that is all ye need to know till the moment of truth. Then I will either be tacti-proficient or the guy in the obit. If the latter occurs then I obviously still won't care what the number was. If the former, neither HE nor I will care what the number was.

So how many licks does it take to get to center of a tootsie pop?

(old fart Mr. Owls can now answer)

[Guest tnmale46]

11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice,

[BimmerFreak]

If your 18 to 25 and take tests like that to see how tacticool you are, you probably need the validation from other 18-25 years olds. I did not bother to take the test as I need no number or tacticool label. I own several firearms and that is all ye need to know till the moment of truth. Then I will either be tacti-proficient or the guy in the obit. If the latter occurs then I obviously still won't care what the number was. If the former, neither HE nor I will care what the number was.

So how many licks does it take to get to center of a tootsie pop?

(old fart Mr. Owls can now answer)

Quit being so damn grumpy Brent!

[Rightwinger]

I'm grumpy because I should have shot that stupid little prong horn buck that messed with me all week. I could have stuck him 3 different times and had to throw a bottle at him finally to get him to leave the area as it was dark and I wanted to get out of my stand without him seeing where I was at!

Is there a "your totally grumpy rating" test I can take somewhere? Guess I could watch Grumpy old Men.

Hey, why you raggin on me...your no spring chicky anymore either, come on over and grouch a bit! Try it, you'll like it.

[BimmerFreak]

Im a grumpy single action only kinda guy

[Im Neero]

I scored a -6

[Rightwinger]

Im a grumpy single action only kinda guy

Agreed. And 7 rounds is always plenty.

[Guest Medic908]

11-20: Tactical Apprentice...

[Guest sermon8r]

I scored a -6

Me too.

i carry the 1911 most of the time

[Guest coldblackwind]

Depending what I'm carrying...

(5) 1-10: You’re a gun rag lemming and marketing victim with hope for redemption if exposed to enough blued steel and walnut. Buy a four-inch S&W Model 19 and call me in the morning.

(-16) -11 to -20: You’re probably a single-action shooter who thinks that the newfangled DA revolvers are “a lazy man’s gun.â€

[Punisher84]

Me too.

i carry the 1911 most of the time

Yup. Like God intended.

[Guest jwp]

The Coal Creek Armory "Invictus" 1911 scores a -5!

Yippee!

[Guest bkelm18]

I scored a +2 with my normal carry gun.

[strickj]

Alright,a couple of questions I was unsure about,so I added the points just to be careful

"Official current issue of a major SWAT team or SPECOPS unit: +3 (add another +1 if the manufacturer advertising of the gun includes this information as a selling point)

Used by 50% or more of 18-25 year olds on the range at any given time: +2"

Does an XD fit in there?

If so then I'm a 20

[fury2neon]

My HK P7 puts me at a -9.

And its a lot more advance than any of those plastics pieces of junk.

Ok, OK, the King Cobra makes my Tacticool rating much lower...

[musicman]

I'm a proud negative 22!

[Guest Grout]

-6

[Guest canynracer]

11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards

[Guest jwp]

Checking in with a negative 13 carry gun today.

But if more geezers were shooting the BHP on the range it would be a little lower.

[Guest db99wj]

11-20: You’re a tactical apprentice, ready to be fitted for wall-climbing boots and duct-taped trauma plate. You consistently spell the brand name of your favorite gun in ALL CAPS on discussion boards

You get another +10 for that Ninja suit you have...