JcMack
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A few years ago I found that the only way I could afford some of the higher priced guns I wanted was to sell one I owned or trade one off. That is a real losing proposition.
Clearing Out the Gun Safe
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NFrameFred
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Closer to sixty than fifty, and a lot of this sounds very familiar.
Twice I have gotten my "collection" to the point where I felt like unless there was something that 'fell in my lap' that I couldn't pass up price-wise, that there was little or nothing out there that I didn't own or already had owned and decided wasn't for me.
Then I went through much the same situation as Buff with a few differing details. Fast forward 10 years . . . my interests and tastes have changed as things will and I'm once again about at that point. Sold off most all the competition hardware and put the bulk of it in pre-lock Smith & Wesson revolvers thanks to the enablers here on this board and a lifelong friend of over 40 years.
Now I'm more or less back to that point and know of only one item I am currently seeking that I feel would cap off the collection. Now, what I collect and why will be different from anyone else here, and while I admire what many of you desire and appreciate your collections, mine is rather pedestrian compared to many of the true collectors here on the board and likely rather opulent to some who can carry their whole collection in a gym bag.
But I'm beginning to see the viewpoint a lot better of many that realize that their love of the subject and their passion for it isn't shared by anyone in their family. Well, that's the family's loss. Given the state of the economy and my approaching retirement age, unless some contemptible government pogue muddies up my ability to legally sell them off by the stroke of Big Brother's pen, someone (maybe some here) will help fund my "golden" years. I just hope whoever winds up with them appreciates and enjoys them as much as I have.
We don't "own" anything - we just get to use it a while. If the Lord tarries, in a few years everything I presently have with any worldly value will belong to someone else. The natural order of things.
Twice I have gotten my "collection" to the point where I felt like unless there was something that 'fell in my lap' that I couldn't pass up price-wise, that there was little or nothing out there that I didn't own or already had owned and decided wasn't for me.
Then I went through much the same situation as Buff with a few differing details. Fast forward 10 years . . . my interests and tastes have changed as things will and I'm once again about at that point. Sold off most all the competition hardware and put the bulk of it in pre-lock Smith & Wesson revolvers thanks to the enablers here on this board and a lifelong friend of over 40 years.
Now I'm more or less back to that point and know of only one item I am currently seeking that I feel would cap off the collection. Now, what I collect and why will be different from anyone else here, and while I admire what many of you desire and appreciate your collections, mine is rather pedestrian compared to many of the true collectors here on the board and likely rather opulent to some who can carry their whole collection in a gym bag.
But I'm beginning to see the viewpoint a lot better of many that realize that their love of the subject and their passion for it isn't shared by anyone in their family. Well, that's the family's loss. Given the state of the economy and my approaching retirement age, unless some contemptible government pogue muddies up my ability to legally sell them off by the stroke of Big Brother's pen, someone (maybe some here) will help fund my "golden" years. I just hope whoever winds up with them appreciates and enjoys them as much as I have.
We don't "own" anything - we just get to use it a while. If the Lord tarries, in a few years everything I presently have with any worldly value will belong to someone else. The natural order of things.
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OK Hog Shooter
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I hit the big 60 last December, or is that sixty, or maybe six oh, but I digress... I started thinning the herd about a year ago. At one time I thought I wanted to be an antique Winchester and Colt collector but realized I couldn't or wouldn't have the funds to build a decent collection. I sold off almost a dozen long guns and a few revolvers and was actually feeling pretty good. Then came the AR-15 craze. Then I "needed" the consummate sniper, er, I mean varmint rifle. Following that I had to join this forum. Argh! What was I thinking? I'm about even in herd numbers but am still looking to thin a few out. The new toys are for play time!
feralmerril
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Yep, I hit the big 55 this year, while home on R&R my daughter gave me a Luger. I opened the safe and she was amazed at my collection. She hit the nail on the head when she asked when was the last time I shot them. I answered sadly, "I have not been to the range in two years and some I have never shot". Being a contractor and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan has put a crimp in my life. I got the money to buy but not the time to enjoy!!
At one time in the 1980's I had a collection of somewhere over 50 Colt single actions. I took me about six years to accumulate them all. Them the light came on and I realized that my collection of guns owned me. I took me six weeks to sell them all. I invested the money in real estate and watched the real estate double and re-double in about ten years. I now have many times over 50 Smith & Wesson revolvers and think nothing of it as I know I can sell them any time I want and would have no regrets. Sometimes it's just fun to start over.
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