OK today I managed to score a 6906 for my collection , the way it came about is a indicator of how bad I got the S&W collecting bug . I went to my favorite shop to sell off a rifle i didn't want anymore . Well it turns out a employee of the store knowing how bad I like collecting S&W semiautos had recent made a private purchase of the 6906 with the PRIMARY intent of holding on to it in case I showed up .Well anyway he got a rifle he wanted and I got the 6906 plus cash from him , so far in the past 3 weeks I've walked out of that store with a 4026 and the 6906 . Now I need to know should I seek counseling and has anyone else here been so marked by their favorite gunpusher ...er dealer .


BTW , another employee there is a proud owner of a FBI 1076 which he uses to taunt me unmercifully . I MUST have it !

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OK today I managed to score a 6906 for my collection , the way it came about is a indicator of how bad I got the S&W collecting bug . I went to my favorite shop to sell off a rifle i didn't want anymore . Well it turns out a employee of the store knowing how bad I like collecting S&W semiautos had recent made a private purchase of the 6906 with the PRIMARY intent of holding on to it in case I showed up .Well anyway he got a rifle he wanted and I got the 6906 plus cash from him , so far in the past 3 weeks I've walked out of that store with a 4026 and the 6906 . Now I need to know should I seek counseling and has anyone else here been so marked by their favorite gunpusher ...er dealer .


BTW , another employee there is a proud owner of a FBI 1076 which he uses to taunt me unmercifully . I MUST have it !

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How bad? I have CDNN on speed dial!

Am I hooked?

1915 Springfield Armory .45
1918 Colt
1940 Colt
1942 Colt
1943 Colt
1943 Colt duplicate Ser. # US&S range
1943 Colt duplicate Ser. # Remingto Rand
1944 Colt Lend Lease
1945 Colt LL
1943 US&S
1944 Rem Rand
1944 Rem Rand LL
1943 Ithaca
1945 Ithaca
1943 US&S
1951 Colt Woodsman
1951 Colt Woodsman Target .22
1918 Luger, two original mags, brought back from North Africa
1943 Win. Carbine
1942 Win. Garand
Springfield Mdl. 1903, 1931
Remington Mdl. 12, .22, 1931
Win .25-06
Savage .270
Rem .243
DPMS AR-15
Colt Carbine AR-15
Win 1300
Win 1200
Colt Gov. .45
Colt Com. .45
Taurus 1911
S&W 1911
S&W 3913
S&W 15
S&W 442
Glock 27
Glock 23
Kel Tec .380
Ruger Black Hawk
Ruger Single Six
Wha'd I forget?

I funded most of my S&W purchases since November last year by selling my comic book collection, 1/2 in November and 1/2 in February (I hadn't looked at them for almost five years). I also sold a Sig P228, CZ83 and a Beretta 84F. That money is gone now.

In early December 2006, I owned one S&W, a Model 342 Ti which I sold last year (just too light). Now, I own the following S&W handguns:

15 - 3rd generation pistols
1 - 2nd generation pistol
3 - J frames
4 - L frames
3 - N frames

And I'm not even going to get into the M1 Garands, Swiss K31s, Makarov pistols, Glocks and Sigs.

Oh yeah . . . it's gotten bad.

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I have personal cell phone numbers for two guys that work at different gun shops in town. What's worse is they have mine, and use it! (and I'm like an exuberant little puppy when they do)

Very, Very bad. Just ask my wife.

I bought my last one this afternoon...

I only have:
One shotgun
One rifle
One revolver
One Semi-auto

Just ask my wife.

My wife knew I had one black one, one silver one, and one black and silver one.

If it's not impacting your family's financial situation, seems like an OK vice to me.

...but I may be biased.

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I dont collect at all anymore. I have a nice collection that I mostly built up in the 60s and 70s. There are several rare guns that I would like to get, but being retired I have backed way off.

I see , well I already had most wholeseller s on speed dial , but ysterday I found out about 10 shops in the I-5 corridor have MY number on their speed dial in order to notify me of incoming S&Ws . I also sold off all but 2 of my non S&W to fund this collection spree .

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In addition to those in my signature.
Remington M700 AWR .338 Win Mag
Ruger M77R .338 Win Mag
Remington Model 7SS .243 Win.
Remington M700 Varmint .223 Rem
Winchester 101 Field Grade 20 Ga. 26IN Imp/Mod
Mossberg M500 20 Ga. Turkey
NEF 10 Ga. single shot Turkey
Customized Ruger 10/22
Savage 17HMR
Sheridan 5MM pellet rifle

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Did I miss it? Where's the Makarov? I think I see a CZ52 and CZ82, but no Mak . . .

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It's too bad you lost all of that stuff in the "boating accident".

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-Greg

Nice collection my friend!

You can never have enough!!!

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Dick, No I don't have a Mak, would like one, but the chance hasn't come around yet. Looking for a Tok too!!

I just come to this thread to feel better about myself. when it went past one (1) uno gun, my wife started calling it a collection.
In fairness.. It's not my hobby so I keep tools and probably have 2 more than i need of those.
btw: you guys have more than my local gun shop !!

So far, I have amassed 22 S&W handguns in my collection. I decided to concentrate on 32 Mag, 38/357, 10mm, and 44 Mag guns. Although I have one 40 S&W and one 45 ACP in the S&W collection, I may sell them off if something better comes a long. I sold off numerous S&Ws in other calibers to get my collection to where it is today:

1. NIB Model 10-7 M&P 4-inch (acquired 2008)
2. NIB Model 29-5 Classic DX 8-3/8 inch (acquired 2007)
3. NIB Model 29 PC American Pride (acquired 2007)
4. NIB Model 60-9 Chief’s Special (acquired 2005)
5. LNIB Model 586 PC L-Comp (acquired 2002)
6. NIB Model 610 5-inch (acquired 2004)
7. NIB Model 610 6½ inch (acquired 2004)
8. LNIB Model 610-1 CH 6-inch (acquired 1998)
9. LNIB Model 610-2 LH 3-inch (acquired 1998)
10. LNIB Model 610-2 CH 4-inch (acquired 2002)
11. LNIB Model 629 PC Extreme (acquired 2001)
12. NIB Model 631 4-inch (acquired 2004)
13. NIB Model 631 2-inch (acquired 2007)
14. NIB Model 632 2-inch (acquired 2007)
15. LNIB Model 637 2-inch (acquired 2006)
16. LNIB Model 686-4 4-inch (acquired 2006)
17. LNIB Model 686-6 8-3/8 inch (acquired 2002)
18. NIB Model 1006 (acquired 1999)
19. NIB Model 1006 (acquired 2008)
20. NIB Model 1076 (acquired 2003)
21. LNIB Model 4006 (acquired 2008)
22. NIB Model 4506 (acquired 2008)

My non-S&W guns:

1. NIB AMT/IAI Automag IV 10mm Mag 8-3/8 barrel
2. NIB AMT/IAI Javelina 10mm Auto 5-inch barrel
3. Beretta Neos stainless 7½-inch barrel
4. Fox / Stevens BSE 20 GA
5. Ithaca 37 12 GA
6. JC Higgins 9-shot 22
7. Marlin 1894 ported 357 Mag w/ 16-inch barrel
8. Remington 870 16GA
9. Sig P226 9mm (all stainless version)
10. Springfield Armory XD 9mm (Robar custom)
11. LNIB Star Megstar 10mm Auto (Starvel finish)
12. Ruger Security Six blue 357 Mag 6-inch barrel
13. Ruger Service Six stainless 357 Mag 4-inch barrel
14. Ruger Speed Six stainless 357 Mag 4-inch barrel
15. Ruger Single Six 32 Mag 9½-barrel
16. Ruger Bisley Hunter stainless 44 Mag 7½-inch barrel
17. Ruger Bisley stainless 357 Mag 5½-inch barrel (limited edition)
18. NIB Ruger Buckeye Blackhawk 10mm Auto / 38-40 Win
19. Ruger Mini-14 blue .223 Remington
20. Taurus Tracker 45 ACP 4-inch barrel
21. NIB T/C Super 16 10mm Auto
22. Winchester Model 61 22 LR
23. Winchester 1300 Defender 12 GA
24. Winchester 1200 12 GA

46 guns total in the collection. Sold off a Ruger BH in 30 Carbine and a Taurus PT92 to one of my best friends a few months back.

Dang Ldp , I just sold my Bulgarian Makarov and Polish TT-33 Tokarov a couple of weeks ago , to fund , what else another S&W buy .






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You devil you! LOL

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"A fear of wepons is a sign of retarted sexual and emotional maturity" Sigmund Freud

14 SW revolvers
3 SW semi-autos
7 other revolvers
12 other semi-autos
8 long guns

It does get to be habit forming.

I recently did an inventory inspection of mine and I came up with 43 firearms and an estimated value around $50,000 in retail numbers. I have been on a buying spree in the past couple of years as I keep finding handguns for sale I previously have not been able to locate. There is one local dealer I do my best to stay away from as every time I go in there he has something I have been looking for. I recently purchased an HK P9s in 9mm there and I have not seen one around locally for close to 10 years. I have a short list of handguns I am still interested in, mostly pre 1980 Smiths and a few other types that don't show up often. The #1 most wanted at this time would be a post war German Walther PPK-L in .22lr, the #1 Smith on my list is a toss up between an 8 3/8 29-2 blue and a cherry 649 no dash.

When I joined this forum, my S&W inventory was a total of 5 revolvers and I had not made a handgun purchase in about 10 years... the tally is now up to 21 revolvers, 6 pistols and counting. If wasn't for our screwed up guns laws in California, I'd probably have twice that number.

When I think about it, if I add in all of my long guns... I do have twice that amount Damn, that sure snuck up on me.

And yes, I'm on one dealers "A" list. I always know I'm in trouble when I walk in the door and he immediately starts the conversation with "Hey, I'm glad you dropped in, I thought of you when this came in".

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SWCA #1830 SWHF #222

Looks like you're off to a pretty fair start...

According to my database, I've got 80 in my collection. Among the Smiths:

m-28 4"
m-29 4" blue
m-29 4" nickel
m-29 6" nickel
m-27 4" nickel
m-27 4" blue
m-27 5" blue (Long live Skeeter Skelton!)
m-27 6" blue
m-27 8 3/8" blue
m-39 blue
m-19 6" nickel
m-19 4" blue
m-60 2"
m-36 3"
m-642
m-10 2"
m-624 2 3/4"
m-64 3" NY-1

And yes my pusher has my number on speed dial. They just recently moved the shop to a bigger location CLOSER TO MY HOUSE!!!

My captain at the FD asked me one time "Do you have any guns you've never shot?" "Oh, one or two. . ."

I posted a thread a while back. Some of us that suffer from this S&W collecting addiction decided to start a support group. Were going to meet once a month to help us break the cycle of addiction.

Turned into a swap meet. I did get a nice 39, though.

Thanks varoadking. My goal is to add 4 more S&Ws by the end of the year and make my total collection a nice even 50 guns. If it were not for the fact I had my own FFL for 12 years, my collection would not be nearly as big.

I haven't bought anything since the nickel 629-3 with the long barrel in Tulsa.

And now three of my firearms, including one S&W, are on expeditionary duty elsewhere.

They're pre-emptively deployed, you might say.

And it was some of the ones with more character that went out, too.

Since I'm so woefully unequipped overall - I have no long guns except for shotguns - my next couple of purchases will probably be in that area.

Some kind of a 22 non-pistol is probably next, followed by one of the baffling array of larger caliber rifles.

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IT'S A DISEASE I TELL YOU AND THERE AIN'T NO CURE FOR IT!THE MORE YOU GET THE MORE YOU WANT,THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS IT SEEMS TO RUN IN PAIRS!ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A FFL YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.OR AT LEAST I DO! THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE POCKETBOOK WON'T SUPPORT IT!IT SEEMS YOU(I)HAVE A CHAMPAIGN TASTE ON A BEER POCKETBOOK!I WANT THEM ALL AT LEAST ONE,WITH ME IT COMES IN PAIRS!YOU GUYS & GALS KNOW HOW IT IS THE MORE YOU GET THE MORE YOU WANT!I FOUND THIS OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT ONLY GROWS! I TRY TO RESIST BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF!

It's so bad for me that my dealer calls me when he gets any nice S&W's brought in.

He just called me to say he got a 2.5" 66 no-dash that's in LNIB condition with the box and all papers. He knows guns, I trust his judgment and he prices fairly, so I told him I would take it sight unseen!

I'll go down on Wednesday and get it.

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