This post, especially the last paragraph, wins the thread. Shooting modern plastic and aluminum stuff is work...fun-ish work but still work. Shooting old wood and steel is pure fun. It provides opportunities to work the same fundamentals, while getting to appreciate a fine piece of craftsmanship and design. I shoot plenty of both, but the best days are the ones where I'm out there with a revolver or a levergun just to have fun.I'd recommend getting into something from the past. Revolvers, older auto pistols, lever or bolt rifles.
Black rifles and Tupperware pistols serve a purpose but they do that service without any style or panache. I know this because I own and shot both.
Nothing stirs the soul of this shooter and collector quite like blue steel and walnut. I enjoy the guns of yesterday because I'm fascinated by the genius of the designs and the skills of the workers who built the parts and assembled the final products.
I shoot my mor modern guns to maintain my proficiency with them. My vintage guns are shot regularly simply because they make me happy.