How many is too many???

IceCreamMan

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New member here, poking around for a few weeks, reading some great posts. I own a small gunshop for only about a year and because of a few regular customers and shooting buddies, have become deeply addicted to the abyss of smith revolvers. I've collected quite a few but find myself wanting another and another. I'm always thinking about the next one... I'm 32 years old. I know my question is ridiculous but how many is too many?? I know I'm not alone here... Does the want list ever get shorter?
 
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New member here, poking around for a few weeks, reading some great posts. I own a small gunshop for only about a year and because of a few regular customers and shooting buddies, have become deeply addicted to the abyss of smith revolvers. I've collected quite a few but find myself wanting another and another. I'm always thinking about the next one... I'm 32 years old. I know my question is ridiculous but how many is too many?? I know I'm not alone here... Does the want list ever get shorter?

QUOTE"It is a terminal sickness from which there is no return from sliding the slippery slope.. Un Quote" IGGY... All hail IGGY!!:eek::rolleyes::D:cool:
 
Keep buyin' 'em. We'll let you know when you hit that number.
Really.:D
Jim
 
New member here, poking around for a few weeks, reading some great posts. I own a small gunshop for only about a year and because of a few regular customers and shooting buddies, have become deeply addicted to the abyss of smith revolvers. I've collected quite a few but find myself wanting another and another. I'm always thinking about the next one... I'm 32 years old. I know my question is ridiculous but how many is too many?? I know I'm not alone here... Does the want list ever get shorter?

Two more, one Registered.
 
Two weekends ago I had thirteen 9mm pistols. That is a ridiculous number, seriously. I let my son take one home, now I am down to a manageable twelve 9mm pistols. You will know when you have accumulated too many of something, until then, shop till you drop.
 
Too many ?

My worst is 38 Specials. Between Smiths and Colts I have no idea, I mean that no idea. Snubbies, Targets , Police models
They are quite inexpensive, I mean relatively speaking.
I have many Model 14's and pre 14's and they are fun to shoot, inexpensive to buy and hold their value.
Now, I also have most other calibers , but the 38 Specials they are down right ridiculous. I even have three semi autos, 52 no dash , 52-1 and a 52-2
Why, because it is so fun !!
 
Regarding S&W Revolvers....you only buy your "first" one once; but you will never buy your "last" one. Well, technically you will, you just won't know it at the time :D
 
How many is too many?

You will eventually reach a point where you have all the S&W models that really excite you.

You will find 'self' looking at Colt specimens with interest!

When you max out your Colt desires, you will actually consider a (SHUDDER) R(word) !

Then, Sir, You have gone too far, you have considered "one too many"!
 
You're young yet.

Since your collecting is really a "store of value" and not an expense, you have low risk in continuing to acquire, and plenty of time to decide when to begin culling. As "cussedemgun" indicated -- you may very well eventually shift your interest, resulting in a natural change in your acquisitions/disposals. You may also shift toward improving your collection, rather than increasing its volume.

From my experience, as your collection grows and you get (significantly) older, you will begin to think about your own mortality -- and its impact on your collection (among other things). There comes a point when you try to balance your ownership of material things with the idea of eventually having someone (your family/children/heirs) either inherit your belongings or having to dispose of them for the benefit of your estate. Realizing they might be burdened with stuff you enjoy but they might not, you tend to taper off your possessions as you approach your later years.

In my younger years, I was mostly constrained by space. Eventually, I used the excuse that I had to get rid of something in order to acquire something else in its place. Once that ice was broken, I had an easier time of culling items from my collections. So, now at 60 I still don't fully heed my own advice -- but I'm working on it. I need to remember that I'm on the "downhill" side and need to improve rather than add.

The bottom line -- you've got a long way to go enjoying the building of your collection before you need to think that "enough is enough".

Just some late night thoughts...
Hope it helps.

Fred
 
New member here, poking around for a few weeks, reading some great posts. I own a small gunshop for only about a year and because of a few regular customers and shooting buddies, have become deeply addicted to the abyss of smith revolvers. I've collected quite a few but find myself wanting another and another. I'm always thinking about the next one... I'm 32 years old. I know my question is ridiculous but how many is too many?? I know I'm not alone here... Does the want list ever get shorter?

Two! My wife says so.
 
One wife is one too many but a man cannot have enough guns. They are an investment in the future.
 
You've caught the disease for which no known cure exists, your only hope is to continue to accumulate them to ward off the advancement of the complications of ones self denial.

Caj is right, only the LORD will know when you've finally purchased your last one.

Good Luck with your Choices.:)
 
Just One More

IceCream your original post indicates financial sensitivity. Your various financial investments have possibly dimenished in networth :( the past month, unless you bought gold. Now, how much did the value of your firearms decrease? :D

Now go forth and find just ONE more :) .
 
We all suffer from this malady, from time to time...It's aliken to an amores.
The desire often exceeds the want, need or finances.

Often I have yielded to the spell casted by some N frame, her beauty undeniable.
Oh, 'er delicate lines, so smooth and cool to the touch.

On baited breath I whisper, "Darling ya can't be first...But ya could be the next!" :D;)

Su Amigo,
Dave
 
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