I don't "need" any more guns....until I get another safe. After that we'll talk more.
Are You Content?
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I have all I need and want. That said my collection is dependent on what comes to the fore at any of the 5 LGS's, at a great price. I just won (in a drawing) a Berretta M84. I didn't and don't need it, I have plenty of .380's but, hey, it only cost me $40.00 in tickets. I'll find a use for it, or someone else could own it for the right $. Infact, for the right $ they could own most of my whole collection.
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Yeah, for me, it was "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon" for the '92. I did have to wait a number of years after those movies came out before I could buy one, legally.
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LOL Remember those...... but too big in real life.... then a few years later ran across a 92F Compact in a little LGS w/ factory wood grips. Didn't know such a thing existed..... it came home with me!!!!!!
Content….Yes…. until one of my deplorable range buddies sends me a link.. “Hey, did you see this new portable hole-punching thingy?”
Or… he sends a text saying he went on a “spree" and he’s going to bring a couple new lead-eating anti-terrorist hole-punching devices for me to fondle next week!” After my hands have molested them thoroughly I have to remember…. The Tenth Commandment.
Or… he sends a text saying he went on a “spree" and he’s going to bring a couple new lead-eating anti-terrorist hole-punching devices for me to fondle next week!” After my hands have molested them thoroughly I have to remember…. The Tenth Commandment.
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birdshooter
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Funny thing is, I had a used 92 20 years ago and didn’t like it. But now I want one again. Geeez….
About all I really want to buy any more are to fill the holes in my 'all finishes and barrel lengths of Model 19-2 collection'. I am seriously thinking of getting rid of a big chunk of my accumulation but I need to email the POTUS next year and ask him to reverse the income tax change the Left made to selling things you own. When they dropped it from almost $30K down to $600 before you have to start paying income tax I was perturbed.
I think that this hobby we have is a disease. One can never have too many and while our wants are many our needs are few.
It feels really good when you open a post of someone expounding the virtues of their new shooter..........And you go.......HHMMmm........I've got one (or 3) of those...........
Overall, yes but deep down, just when I feel “content” with what I have, I find something else that I “need.” It’s the nature of the hobby for me and has been for the past 25 years.
I carried one for five years, 2 in Kosovo and 3 in Afghanistan. I never liked it; thought it was too big.
The funny thing is that I shot 100% on quals with the two I was issued.
I don't get this "Content" word!
I'm pushing 87 and still buying.
I'm pushing 87 and still buying.
Am I the only person here to notice that my needs went down as my income went up. My wants went up at the same time. Now it's my, "it'd be nice to have" that spurs my buying trigger.
I have a full safe. Self defense, big game, small game, birds all covered 2-3x over. I’m not a collector which at times I regret when I see the values of what I have traded away at times. I do appreciate collections though. I don’t really have family that would cherish my gun “collection” when I’m gone. The thing that brings me contentment that lasts longer than the next “shiny thing” as someone stated is asking someone “have you ever shot a gun, wanna go?” To see the look on their face when the hit the steel for the first time or ring the gong from a distance brings me satisfaction beyond spending and needing a double wide safe. Watching them work the lever on a “cowboy” gun with a big smile. Watching them unload the AR accurately with a grin and after saying can I do it again? Teaching them that they are not dangerous if you follow the rules. Giving them the confidence that there is a acceptable equalizer that they can have in their life. Watching them manage the safety rules and having the fear of guns leave them. Hollywood has polluted our sport. For me seeing someone that has been infected with the fear of Hollywood guns come to appreciate them as tools and sport brings a deeper satisfaction. Do I do it as much as I should. Not really. Your question makes me want to more. I still like to chase the shiny things now and then but sharing them lessons the “need” and adds more to my life. Cheers to you all Ted
I think I bought my first gun the day after my 18th birthday, 11/22/68, and Argentine Mauser DWM in superb condition. Never fired it just had it. My brother, now passed was a re-loader and a lifetime member of a local range. Anything I bought we made ammo for it ( he was in DaNang when I bought the Mauser). How about .256 Newton. Had my own wildcat based on a 38 caliber rebore of a scheutzen rifle with a corroded bore, originally 8.15X46R. Still have it, used to shoot MOA 5 shot groups at 100 yards with the original peep sight and hand loads, which could be just using the case as a chamber seal with a paper patched bullet, either cast or jacketed, a new primer and measured charge.
I lived to buy the unusual, then to shoot same, then got bored with it and let it go. I guess if I owned 250 cars since the mid 1960's the guns followed the same general pathway (topped out at close to 90). Lots of times it was the deal not the gun, a M48 Yugo Mauser with a cosmoline fouled bolt assembly for $15, sold for $200. Doubled my money in 150 feet at a gun show even more with some Richmond Va musket parts for $20 (garage sale), sold for $375.
The cars provided me with free transportation, smoking Valiant for $400 with 40 k miles, cleaned the PVC valve and hose and the crud on top of the head. Oil consumption dropped from a quart in 400 to a quart in 1500 miles. doubled my money a year later.
Now my ammo selection is 44,38 and 22 so the guns follow that controlling factor. I shoot occasionally. Old eyes and unsteady hands mean accuracy is only a figment of what it used to be. Now that income is where I need it to to be, I can buy just about anything if I want it bad enough, but our living space is much smaller than it used to be so my accumulations are limited.
I stay in shape by playing pickleball, for free and if I live close to my fathers age I Have almost 3 decades left. He made it to 103.
I lived to buy the unusual, then to shoot same, then got bored with it and let it go. I guess if I owned 250 cars since the mid 1960's the guns followed the same general pathway (topped out at close to 90). Lots of times it was the deal not the gun, a M48 Yugo Mauser with a cosmoline fouled bolt assembly for $15, sold for $200. Doubled my money in 150 feet at a gun show even more with some Richmond Va musket parts for $20 (garage sale), sold for $375.
The cars provided me with free transportation, smoking Valiant for $400 with 40 k miles, cleaned the PVC valve and hose and the crud on top of the head. Oil consumption dropped from a quart in 400 to a quart in 1500 miles. doubled my money a year later.
Now my ammo selection is 44,38 and 22 so the guns follow that controlling factor. I shoot occasionally. Old eyes and unsteady hands mean accuracy is only a figment of what it used to be. Now that income is where I need it to to be, I can buy just about anything if I want it bad enough, but our living space is much smaller than it used to be so my accumulations are limited.
I stay in shape by playing pickleball, for free and if I live close to my fathers age I Have almost 3 decades left. He made it to 103.
Funny thing........Purt much content with what I have.........Now I like buying accessories......Suppressors-night vision scopes.....High dollar scopes......Holsters.......And the biggest content is walking into a G Shop or G Show and and going......hhmmm.........I could take that home if I wanted to.
Except for my collecting niche I think I am pretty well done with buying. Of course, If a absolute 'you have to buy it' deal comes up I will jump, but I don't really feel the need to acquire these days. Not like I did 10 years ago. I still plan to part with a good chunk of my accumulation when the economy turns around some. Who knows, I may put that money into guitars. 
I’m getting there.. my areas of interest are small.
S&W revolvers, P & R, cylinder rod shroud.
But there will be a few others.
I don’t ever see more than 75.
Of course, that number was 15 last year..
S&W revolvers, P & R, cylinder rod shroud.
But there will be a few others.
I don’t ever see more than 75.
Of course, that number was 15 last year..
Short answer, yes; I'm done. I have a safe full of guns and more in a crate upstairs. I'm in my early 70's and don't want to burden my two daughters with a bunch of military surplus, so it is time to start thinking about partial liquidation. I will encourage my daughters to take ownership of my small collection of S&W revolvers. However, I can't see them dealing with all the military bolt rifles I have accumulated. I will have some tough decisions to make about my collection in the not too distant future.
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I have most of what I want already covered, but would still like a few others. I want a PSA Jakl with a suppressor for home defense. Lighting off in a bedroom or hallway would do bad things to everyone's hearing. I would like a pump 12 gauge to complement the KS-12 automatic I have now, to cover rounds it can't handle. The shotgun I might get in the next year or two, but the suppressed Jakl will probably have to wait until my kids are done with college (4 years). At least the youngest got a full ride in comp programming, to ease the pain.
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