My last gun I'll ever buy... that's it.

My first new handgun was a 4 in Python. Traded it for a new 586 and some cash. Never regretted the trade. My only mistake was eventually selling the 586. Have a 686 but something about those blue Smiths. Ahh,
Maybe someday I will find a deal on one.
 
Wilkinson-Webley, Model of 1911. Much better finished than the slightly later MK VI service model. Walnut stocks with a gold initial plate. Hand honed action.
 
A nice HK P7 to replace the one I sold 20 years ago to fund the purchase of a Colt 1911 Enhanced. Dumb.
 
I recently had to move following the passing of my wife and a change of jobs. After moving everything I said "never again!" I am still paring down.

When I was instructing I used to ask my students how they would choose which gun to use in any given situation. Lots of convoluted answers followed. The real answer is whichever one you are carrying at the time will have to do. And I am finally following my own advice.

The bad guys will not wait to let you go home and change out your gear so you may have achieve a perceived competitive advantage over them.

(I hold similarly heretical views about extended magazines...are you really going to be standing long enough to use all 30 or 40 rounds if you are being attacked?)
 
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Unobtainium that I've about quit worrying about "capturing":
1) L96a1.
2) USMC 1903a1 w/8x Unertl that's "real".
3) Remington-Pedersen designed .45 Auto. (prototype pistols built for USN consideration circa 1917)

ETA: Oh, and the Mauser 06-08 pistol in 9x25.
 
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Unless Hughes ever get repealed, anything full auto is unobtainum to me.

Otherwise I'm sufficiently equipped, I don't really have anything I'm looking for on purpose. Any more its a matter of stumbling across somthing that catches my interest and is decent price for what it is, AND is compatible with my cashflow of the moment.
 
Soon to be 60 as well and being fortunate to find deals on interesting guns, there are few that cause the wallet to come out. I find myself questioning the need or want a lot more than I did in the past. The continuing rise in prices and being a retired educator also plays into the debate. I seem to focus more on reloading to shoot the ones I have. That being said I don't feel I have bought my last one yet, the granddaughters now want to hunt so have to find those needs.
 
Since I made the decision to start thinning the herd last year, I've sold two guns. And purchased three. Poorly executed plan.

I am, however, really running out of things I want. 3" 13, 65. Maybe a 10mm Smith. I think I'm good on long guns. Maybe an AR to hang out with the cool kids. In case my GF dumps me and I can't use hers anymore!
 
Never say "never", but the 3" 19 is the girl of my dreams. They always end up goin' steady with men who have more money.
Like Iggy, I'll be thinning the herd, but will most likely buy more S&Ws afterwards.
 
At 62 I've accumulated a lot of "stuff" as George Carlin called it ...... being married and living in the same house for 24 years hasn't helped...

Guns...long and short...... knifes ....ammo and gear...

Some I accumulated to pass on to my two sons.........but a lot was from deals just too good to pass up over the years........like a third 3" 66 for $325 in about 2006.........or a lnib CZ 527 in .223 for $350........ or my Reg Magnum for less than $350 OTD in 2008 or so.

But to be honest I've got too much "stuff"
 
Last gun search

This has been my holy grail search for several years. An original 1936 ( pre German occupation) Polish VIS35 pistol. Rare and expensive. Last one sold on the auction sight went for $3500. So I guess I'll print out a photo and paste it up in my gun cabinet;):):)

 
I'm 61 and only started really collecting over the last few years. That said, all of mine save a couple, have been fired and are not high end collectibles. Mostly I buy things that strike me when I find them at good prices. I am thinking now about starting to sell some of the lesser pieces to fund purchases of better ones. I have also passed up some great deals lately and am thinking about buying and flipping those kinds of pieces. Again, to fund higher end pieces.

For me the ones I'd love to have that I don't ever see getting, simply because I won't pay what they'd cost to acquire.

Registered Magnum
Original Schofield
First Gen SAA
Winchester 1873
Merkel 16 gauge

My son will inherit all of mine. He's a gun guy too, but I'm not sure he'll love the same guns I did. He'll get a list of those "never sell" ones. The rest he can do with as he pleases.
 
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I'm still looking. The hunt is the real fun to me. But I have gotten to the point where I don't see much sense in having a bunch of stuff that never gets shot. So I've sold off all but a few in calibers I already load for. The ones I've got are all guns I REALLY like, and only one of each. I no longer have them piled on top of one another in the safe.

If I see something else I want, I'll have to sell one I've got to justify it (in my mind).

I've had so many over the years, I really can't think of one I've never owned that I'd like to have. A Registered Magnum has never even been on my radar...out of my league. Maybe a Colt SAA, but it's not a burning desire. Maybe a Browning Hi-Power...a real Browning...I've owned a couple of clones.
 
I'm 69 but never became interested in "old" guns. In the early 1970s, my maternal grandfather left me several valuable guns like a J.P. Sauer & Sons drilling, numerous Parker side-by-sides and others. I traded them to a wholesale distributor friend for new Remington rifles and S&W revolvers, a group which formed the beginning of my collection.

I've now accumulated something in the area of 62 firearms, mostly Remington Model 700s and pre-MIM, pre-IL S&Ws. Mixed in are some T/C Contenders, three S&W 1911s, an XP-100R and a few muzzleoaders, all T/Cs. Rifle calibers range from 22LR to .338 RUM with almost everything in between while handguns are in 22LR, .38 Special, .38 Super, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum and .45 ACP. I think I'm done but a few remain on a wish list.

One I'd like to have but don't expect to own is a 5" or 5.5" 627-0. Nice ones are just bringing more than I want to spend for a ninth .357 and I can't bring myself to part with one of my 66s or 686s to cover some of the cost.

While I don't have any use for ARs - they aren't legal for hunting in Pennsylvania and seeing how quickly a magazine can be emptied doesn't appeal to me - I have a hot nut for a Ruger Precision Rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. Ruger's media relations rep is supposed to be shipping a version 2.0 to me soon and I fully expect to buy it upon completion of my review.

The other gun I'd like to own will likely be something of a head-scratcher but a Ruger 77/22, model 7002, is on my radar. About a year ago, my wife of 44 years expressed a desire to try shooting with me. I started her with my S&W 22A-1 and 4" no-dash 617 before buying her a left-hand Savage Mark II and most recently, a left-hand Ruger 77 Hawkeye in .223 REM so she can shoot on the 100-yard range with me (nice left-hand guns are really few in number). But she dislikes the barrel-cooling periods following each five rounds fired so the 22s appeal to her more. I have a Remington 541-T with a highly-figured stock made for me in Remington's Custom Shop but prefer not to risk damaging it, thus the desire for the Model 77/22.

That's about it. Life has been good and I have enough guns, according to my wife. Besides, there is only room in my safe for two more long guns.

Ed
 
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