Everyone geeks out on something. Some of us geek out on firearms. I know guys who have whole libraries devoted to reference books about proof marks and serials. Give my uncle any World War two weapon and he can look at the proof and tell you its history. I'll clue you in though because I don't mind admitting it, I think most of us are more into the idea of guns than the reality. I doubt anyone here wants to shoot anyone. Nor do we particularly feel that a weapon makes us more "manly" or cool. Honestly we're just geeks. Our geek thing happens to be designed to kill.