29 this year…. How bad does this “sickness” get???

[deputydon]

Hawg - I purchased my first S&W (M-15 4") when I was 25 and starting on the Sheriff Reserve. I am now 3/4 of century & still collecting S&W's. In fact I purchased 2 more Smiths in November. You are too young to start thinning the herd.

When I was first married and took my wife to her first gun show she commented "don't you already have guns? why do you need another?" I said need has nothing to do with want. Now she just asks "did you find anything you like? when I return from a show." I see no reason to thin the herd at this point. When I go to the big gun show in the sky I have several gun show "buddies" who will help her thin the herd.

ymmv -don

 

[Oldsalt66]

It's hopeless and there is no cure.

 

[44wheelman]

After you buy an extra safe, budget starts running a little thin, you have redundancy in your collection, remaining models on your wish list become scarce and challenging to get…then, when you feel you’ve reached a level of saturation, you’ll find branch out to another focus: PC guns, semi autos, single actions, other brands.

You can’t cure it, you can only manage the symptoms.

 

[Retired W4]

No 57's yet? It's only the beginning, heavy on the percussion. (Chicago).

 

[robvious]

the "Only" cure that I have found is broke.. being broke helps slow down the sickness.. but a reversal of circumstances ends the "cure" pretty quickly... of course having one of everything might work too.. but I believe that this is only theoretical at this point.. good luck.

 

[Bald1]

That’s a lot of guns in 11 months. Sounds more like a man possessed as opposed to an illness. We may need a man of the cloth to perform an exorcism??????

 

[jcelect]

Addiction!

You will know when you are an addict when you are looking to buy your second or third safe! I have a friend that is building a cement vault in his basement, but he will not admit he is addicted to buying guns! I'm looking for my third safe!
jcelect

 

[hdfinder47]

I know many friends that have slowed down in their 70's and 80's but the only ones who have actually quit are now taking the dirt nap.
(FYI: quitting is not that hard - I've done it several times over the last 50 years or so!)

 

[Igiveup]

I found myself getting all the M64 variations. The two inch, various four inch versions, etc. Just turned 77 and am looking at the M65 variations next.

 

[ColumbusJBR]

I started accumulating about 2 years ago, not quite at the rate you've been!

The itch never goes away. My only limitation is the wallet. As funds come in, there's always "just one more", and I don't see that changing any time soon unless my tastes change.

I remember a few years ago when I stopped going after Sigs and thought I'd find a cheaper obsession like S&W revolvers I suppose the joke is on me!

 

[ladder13]

Why not? Does your family have food and a roof overhead? Is the IRS after you? Are you in debt because of it? Did you rob the elderly?

Have fun.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Until you are buying more than one a week you are perfectly normal. Maybe even two a week.

 

[A10]

Three words....Model Fifty Eight...

 

[Jeep 1]

It’s just plain bad I don’t care how you look at it. It’s just bad and the worst of it is it gets worse just look at some of my post

 

[Model29-26.5]

I’m eyeing up models I already have.
A 57 or several 57’s in the pipeline..
I don’t yet have a 586 or a 686 which are outside the parameters of what I had originally intended.
I’m also after a Uberti SAA or two …
I’ll probably get the entire good bad ugly collection by Cimarron,
Probably Chiappa 12 gage “Terminator” mare’s leg.
Go to love the movie guns.

But the S&W collection with shrouded cylinder rod, pre-1982 are the current priorities.

At some point, I would like a pre-29 with cokes.
But once you go down that road, do I need both a 4 inch and a 6.5?? Then do I search for the elusive 29-1??
Do I search for each barrel length??

I was talking with a friend about this affliction.
He is collecting Star Wars Lego kits.
First thing he does is open them and make them, instantly devaluing them, but that is what he is doing, and it is what he does with his collection.
I think the same could be said of baseball cards, stamps, or typewriters (mn Tom Hanks case) But here, it just happens to be Smith Wesson revolvers. The addiction comes from the same place, though.

I am currently eyeing up a 629 no dash 8 3/8 In original shipping container, presentation case still in the cellophane.. As new.
Looks untouched, let alone unfired.

I already have a 629 ND in 8 3/8… But here I am eyeing up another that is “ Just a little bit nicer..”
One to shoot and one to look at…

 

[PatriotX]

Until you are buying more than one a week you are perfectly normal. Maybe even two a week.

So two a week is the cutoff. Got it.

It that two purchased, or two transferred?

Asking for a friend.

 

[kbm6893]

You bought 29 revolvers this year alone? That’s some serious coin. Now I dont feel bad for what I spend in a year!

 

[TheTinMan]

Imagine going to an auction preview. You have the “watch list” you’ve carefully prepared ahead of time. You’ve researched every example, cut out close to half, and set bid limits for each gun. Then before leaving you say to yourself “I’ll cruise the racks just in case…”

Wait! What the heck is that thing? It looks like a revolver but it’s a single shot .22…

I had never heard of a Colt Camp Perry model. It’s built on a revolver frame, but single action only. The 10” barrel and breach block (that thing with the faux cylinder notches) are one piece and tip out like a revolver cylinder. This example was from the first year, 1926, before Colt decided to print “Camp Perry” on the side because of its popularity at the shooting competitions there.

I started out collecting 1930-1960 Colt double action revolvers. My interests may have expanded just a wee bit since then

 

[El Juero]

Don't view it as a sickness, view it as a calling!

 

[S&W ucla]

Maybe you should

Should YOU Join the S&W Collectors Association?