how many guns is too many?

[theways9]

every time i buy a gun i tell myself it's the last, and then i always find myself lusting after another one. my first purchase was an M&P9c, and then i bought a 3913 about 6 months later, and a 4516 about 2 months after that. now, for whatever reason, i feel the need for the M&P45c. i can't understand it. i can only carry one at a time. why do i need so many? my reason for buying a second gun was to have a backup, but the third gun was my random need for having a 45 and i didn't really have a legitimate reason for the purchase.

i love smith and wesson's third generation pistols, and equally love the M&P's. now i get torn between 9's and 45's, and i have one of each for my third gens, and now i want one of each for my M&P's. i just can't understand why i need it, why my M&P9c or my 3913 for that matter aren't enough. i am a firm believer that shot placement makes a bigger difference than caliber, if i ever end up in a situation where i need to draw my weapon(i hope i never do) i see no reason why a 9 won't be enough. yet i keep looking at the 45c every chance i get.

opinions?

 

[mr-mom]

Haha. Another one bites the dust!
Dave

 

[sqhead]

wait til you get a revolver.....BIG trouble!!

 

[diamonback68]

There is no such thing as "too many."

 

[semperfi71]

You haven't even gotten started yet. Give up and join the rest of us..........

 

[acco40]

Many, many, Colts ......

I knew a guy who had collected well over 100 Colt Lightning rifles prior to the 1980's when you could afford them. They were all on racks in his bedroom. Beautiful rifles in a wide variety of configurations and calibers. Had he not spent his life collecting them, I and many others would have never had the opportunity to enjoy handling them and even on occasion shooting some of them.

So don't hesitate to responsibly collect what interests you so that you and others can enjoy them. Take them to the range, show them off, and have a great time!

 

[pineappleshooter]

Is this a trick question?

 

[islamoradamark]

know how many is enough? never enough

 

[perfectcircle1]

What does this even mean?

 

[GF]

Well I'm about done buyin' guns and ....

wait ....

there's a nice revolver over there!

GF

 

[Rastoff]

Dude, you have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes. You should not even be asking this question until you find yourself shopping for your third 48 gun safe.

If all you have is three pistols at this time, wait until you start on rifles, then shotguns. It's when you start eying cannons that you know you have a sickness.

 

[pownal55]

I knew I hade too many when I was finding guns I forgot I had. My safe was full and others were in the closet and under my bed. I gave my son four rifles and four shotguns, it made us both happy.

 

[CC83]

It seems to be some sort of addiction. Girls-shoes, guys-guns?
I see from the above comments, you'll get no help here!

 

[gregintenn]

Buy em cheap and stack em deep.

Unless you see a news story that says the world has seemed to have mysteriously run out of guns, you haven't bought too many.

 

[Hillbilly77]

Just one more.....

 

[Fredo Batali]

Is there such a thing???

De Oppresso Liber

 

[Dan Camaro]

not enough

just got my first gun in dec. Glock 17 gen4... jan. got ruger mark3 hunter and my favorite S&W M&P 1522. so I 'm averaging one a month. want 223 or 556 next, any suggestions welcome since im very new to guns, well at least owning them. shot a lot when younger, friends guns remember shooting a I think it was called a bingham some kind of tactacool 22 a Winchester lever 22 magnum, uzi 9mm, ar 223 back in the 80s. never ends kinda on a rifle kick now.

 

[Model 19 6"]

If you know how many you have, then you do not have enough.

 

[Old TexMex]

One, if it's pointed at ya!

Otherwise, KEEP 'EM COMIN'!!

 

[bgrone]

Too many

Do you have to move guns out of the sink before you do dishes?;do you have to clear guns off the kitchen table to serve dinner? (guns being cleaned, repaired or photographed do not count) do you step on guns with your barefeet in the middle of the night when nature calls? No? then you don't have too many guns.

You mentioned 3rd gen Smiths in 9 & 45, there's a whole line of 10 mm 3rd gens available too.

Jim in Iowa

 

[kozmic]

I sense a bad case of "wheelgun fever" in your future.

 

[steelslaver]

1,992,398,746,783,475,897,891,987,456,837,505,786,082,758
give or take.

 

[giddyupsut]

Have you started skipping meals to pay for them yet?
No?
Then you are still ok.

 

[walkin jack]

every time i buy a gun i tell myself it's the last, and then i always find myself lusting after another one. my first purchase was an M&P9c, and then i bought a 3913 about 6 months later, and a 4516 about 2 months after that. now, for whatever reason, i feel the need for the M&P45c. i can't understand it. i can only carry one at a time. why do i need so many? my reason for buying a second gun was to have a backup, but the third gun was my random need for having a 45 and i didn't really have a legitimate reason for the purchase.

i love smith and wesson's third generation pistols, and equally love the M&P's. now i get torn between 9's and 45's, and i have one of each for my third gens, and now i want one of each for my M&P's. i just can't understand why i need it, why my M&P9c or my 3913 for that matter aren't enough. i am a firm believer that shot placement makes a bigger difference than caliber, if i ever end up in a situation where i need to draw my weapon(i hope i never do) i see no reason why a 9 won't be enough. yet i keep looking at the 45c every chance i get.

opinions?

I quit lying to myself years ago. I also stopped beating myself up about it. My conscience is clear and I can go out and but 3 guns and lay down and sleep like a baby. Too many guns is a concept that I just can't get my mind around.

Every gun I have I have for a different reason and purpose. For one reason or another I love every one of them. Perhaps when I run out of capacity to love and appreciate ALL my guns then I have to many. But that ain't likely to happen.

 

[timn8er]

Do you have to move guns out of the sink before you do dishes?;do you have to clear guns off the kitchen table to serve dinner? (guns being cleaned, repaired or photographed do not count) do you step on guns with your barefeet in the middle of the night when nature calls? No? then you don't have too many guns.

You mentioned 3rd gen Smiths in 9 & 45, there's a whole line of 10 mm 3rd gens available too.

Jim in Iowa

Better pick up some .40's too. There are some very cool 3rd Gen 40 calibers. A Model 4013TSW was what got me hooked on 3rd Gens, on this Forum, as a matter of fact! Now I've got two of those & a few other treasures...not near as many as a lot of people here, but I feel my little collection is coming along fine. I'm going boating this weekend & I'm taking them all with me!

 

[Philadelphia Patriot]

No such thing as too many. A PA guy on pafoa.org discusses how he purchased over 600 guns in a span of 2 years. ....interesting reading.

 

[dotdsd334]

Too many is impossible..... Not enough cash to support this line of thinking ..... VERY possible.

 

[rburg]

Who can you afford to hire to clean and oil all those guns? No one, I know. So it does become obvious that you really can own too many guns. The key is that no one else should be in a position to tell you that you have too many. But if or when you decide for yourself you have too many, then you do. And there is no one competent to say you're wrong. Just as no one should tell you the same thing (especially a government jerk.)

So how do you conclude you might have too many? I don't know. I did conclude that once a few years back, and I wound up selling about half of the one's I'd accumulated. Sure, you may lose a little money, but then you've got cash to blow on other newer ones. And there are hints. I was in my gun room, digging for something. I pulled out a very nice 1950 target 4". I knew I had one, but it was perfect. This one had some signs it might have been refinished along the way. But I have no clue when I picked it up, how much I paid, or from who. It was one of those uh-oh moments. This stuff is happening again.

My gun show Partner has an affliction. Old Joe feels an obligation to clean and oil all his guns once every 6 months. It takes him a whole day according to him. But the last few times he did it, it ended up running into a 2nd day. He's starting to talk like he's considering selling off one or two of his very best. His reasoning is they're too good to shoot so someone else should have the pleasure of shooting them. He might never sell them because he's pretty sure he'll never find others as good. I pretty much can convince him not to sell. I just beat on him for a while and ask what he'd do with the money if he did sell. He can't get any interest if he puts the money in a bank. And he'll probably have enough money to pay for lunch tomorrow either way.

And I'm worried that in the last 10 years I've only shot one K22. Its the gun of choice for me to take out. I have no idea why I still have others. If I could sucker Blake (one of our gun show buddies) into parting with his 2nd model, I'd probably make that my gun of choice. Maybe I could convince him into some trade. Most folks here would probably like to have K155, my current first line gun. Why do I own all this stuff? I guess because it doesn't eat anything, and it doesn't fill the stall with manure.

 

[coltle6920]

Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated!

 

[hd28cw]

Sideways 8 or infinity..... sadly every time i buy a new or used revolver i'm already thinking 4 or 5 down the road, then i switch "genres" i'll buy 2 or 3 revolvers then switch over to 2 or 3 lever actions... it just never ends...