Happiness is owning fewer guns

[BRL40]

have sold, like other members i'm sure weapons that i could/ should have kept. would like to get an AR 15 or AR10. waited to long on the decision, priced to high now...

Sold tons of guns in my lifetime (needed $$$) but recent events around here convinced me I needed to get another AR-15 yesterday!

Dang things are a hoot and I must admit I made a good decision. (again)

Personally, if I were you I'd figure out a way to get one - while you can still get one!

 

[Breakaway500]

Ive found it easier to just buy more storage space.

 

[quikdraw67]

Blasphemous…..can't do it. I will leave it to others to concern themselves with. In the meantime I shoot them, clean them, shine them and admire them…..until the day I pass.

I can't and won't do that. I have no children, and it's going to fall to Mrs QD67 if I die before I dispose of the vast majority of the accumulation.

I do have them all documented with an "approximate" value attached.

And the names of which LGS to go to with which guns.

So at least if I cash in the chips suddenly, she has a good roadmap to use.

 

[pharmer]

I'm fixing to let quite a few go. It's not about the money at all. I enjoyed "the hunt" acquiring nice specimens over 40 years. I have many S&W revolvers that haven't had a cartridge fired in 30 years. There are folks that will get way more enjoyment out of them than just "satisfaction of possession." I haven't gone Buddhist but in the last few years "things" don't bring the joy they once did. Joe

 

[Greyman50]

Son, Grandson and 1 Granddaughter have gotten many, my will dictates who gets what when I pass unless wife wants them ( doubt that) so no worries here. Sold all my 03's as no one wanted them and my shoulder cant handle that recoil.

 

[OLDSTER]

I'm on the same page as OP. Over the last 5 years I've sold dozens of handguns. Now I own just a small number that I really enjoy ( mostly .22 ).

 

[Chukar60]

Count me in with the fewer is better for me crowd.
The only hunting I do is for birds over dogs and archery big game.
By the time this year is over I will be down to a couple bolt action high powered rifles, 2 shotguns, a few handguns and an AR.
I don't enjoy going to a formal range and places on public ground to shoot are becoming scarce due to urban sprawl. Ammo prices are too high for me and I wont maintain anything I don't use.
Lately my shooting time is spent with a bow or behind the scope of one of my PCP air rifles. Ammo is still dirt cheap, no need for hearing protection and I can shoot almost anywhere on public ground.

 

[dmar]

I recently bought a 3rd safe, and it's a big one….

 

[Protocall_Design]

The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

 

[Puller]

Wrong on at least one count. For
each polymer you owned, a hundred
years will be added to Purgatory time.

If that were true they'd have to stand in line behind Taurus owners.

 

[rockquarry]

Some gun enthusiasts have heirs to leave their treasures to. Others don't. Out of consideration for a family that has no interest in guns and all that go with them, it might be a good idea to pare down all the stuff when you get to the point you're not using everything.

The money you get now from selling will often be far greater than what some less-than-knowledgeable heirs will get from selling your things after you're gone. Especially since you probably intended to leave the money to them anyway.

 

[smithman 10]

Got a buddy

Who if asked, says he doesn't know how many guns he owns. Every so often he finds one he had forgotten about and brings it to the range.

He's older than me (I've already done my gun purge down to a handful), but he does have two sons who shoot to handle things should he depart suddenly.

Me, I've got a son in Kalifornia, believe an act of Congress is needed to transfer anything to him! About the only thing I'd want to leave him is his grandpa's side by side and a .22 rifle my brother and I learned on some 60+ years ago.

 

[Smoke]

I've talked about my quest to streamline and consolidate my "collection" on other forums besides this one. I said something about it on one forum and one of the respondents became absolutely LIVID at the thought that I would sell off ANY of my guns. I mean, the guy was like Gollum with The Ring.

No One In This Discussion Strikes Me As Being Like That but it's like this guy didn't own his guns they owned him. I don't want to be that.

If I was in the same place now that I was in 2013 I'm not sure I'd want to turn my guns into increasingly less valuable cash but when I did it it was the right move. We ended up selling seven guns (that I can remember) for on average 40% more than what we paid for them.

The money went right back into my ammunition "hoard" and into my safe in the form of magazines and quality holsters and other assorted gear for the guns we kept.

So we came out ahead with less "things" to maintain and worry about and less different ammunition to try to buy.

 

[Telecaster]

How many guns does a GI "own." A rifle and a handgun? They don't carry around fifty guns. Why do we want fifty guns for TEOTWAWKI or SHTF?

 

[Bald1]

Telecaster, that's not why we own 50 guns.

 

[Krogen]

Threads like this one seem to pop up more frequently as we accumulate guns, and years.

I learned the hard way to rarely sell a gun. Some didn't interest me much at the time, but now I wish I'd kept them. Guns that have gathered dust eventually re-catch my interest. I end up fooling with them again. In a way, it's like buying a new gun for nothin' I suppose. The downside, perhaps, is that I am an accumulator.

My plan is to buy what I want, keep what I want and shoot what I want until I leave the range. I will leave a list of guns and their values with a suggested local shop. My heirs can figure it out. They can make it easy or hard. Easy is taking the hoard en masse to the shop. Hard would be selling them individually. If they take a hit on value, well it's their money and their choice by that time. I will have set the stage with the list and values.

I probably sound arrogant and uncaring. I think I've worked hard enough to enjoy the fruits of my labors, until I can't. My heirs are going to receive an unexpected bonus which they can optimize or squander.

So I will continue to enjoy myself while I'm here. When I get my promotion, none of this will matter and I'll be enjoying a far better place.

 

[CH4]

Wrong on at least one count. For
each polymer you owned, a hundred
years will be added to Purgatory time.

I heard it's a 1000 years per Ruger.

 

[tops]

I had rather have guns than money. After I'm gone I don't care if my heirs sell my M21 Win., unfired class A engraved S&W M29-2 for $50. each. Larry

 

[Browns fan]

I'm down to 3 and i'm happy
2 1/2 inch s&w 686-1
4 inch s&w 681 Ohio State Highway Patrol
4 inch s&w 625-2

 

[Browns fan]

I'm down to 3 and i'm happy
2 1/2 inch s&w 686-1
4 inch s&w 681 Ohio State Highway Patrol
4 inch s&w 625-2