WHEN DO YOU OWN TO MANY GUNS??

You may have too many guns.....

When you can no longer get in your house through your front door....

When the foundation of your house begins to sag from the weight......

When you're thinking about a new house plan and you realize the one you've settled on looks like a giant gun safe..
 
I don't worry about the # of guns, I'm more concerned with the caliber of ammo. About 10 years ago I got rid of all shotguns except for 12 ga. Rifles are .22 lr, .223 or .308. Handguns, .22, .38/.357, .44mag, 9mm and .45acp. I do have 2 .45 Colt which are oddballs. Got rid of dozens of AK's, SKS, milsurps, 30-30, .270, 30.06, .410's, 20ga, .40, .380's, .32's and .22 mags. makes ammo acquisition much simpler. Joe
 
I'd say you have too many when you are rummaging through one of the gun safes and come across some you forgot you had. Or it's probably too many if you come across ones you realize haven't seen the light of day for 5 or 10 years.
 
Been fooling with guns over 50 years now. The ones I've gotten rid of would make a decent "accumulation" in themselves. Of what I have, 1/3 almost never see daylight; 1/3 are rarely out of the house; and 1/3 actually get used with any frequency.

Not only that, but I tend to have multiples of the same basic thing; DA .38/.357 revolvers; single actions; 1911s; and Garands. Think "Scrat" in "Ice Age". Apparently I was looking for the perfect example of whatever and that can go on and on. It also gets in the way of enjoying what I am lucky enough to have now.

Sometimes less really is more.
 
ive bought 4 handguns & 2 rifles in the past year. its kinna getting out of hand. time to start saving instead of spending for me.
 
The only way that I would say anyone had too many guns would be if they had so many that they were not able to keep them maintained.
Since all they need is an occasional cleaning and oil, I figure I could keep up on several thousand. So I`m safe, still have a ways to go.:)
 
When asked how may I have I answer "more than I need, not as many as I want." That being said, I limit the amount I keep.
 
It is different for everyone and we joke about it here but for me, the question was answered several years ago. I found myself owning quite a few guns that I never did anything with. Some of them were guns that I thought I needed just because every good S&W man should have one in his collection. Never mind that I didn't particularly like some of them. I had too many guns. I sold a bunch and kept only what I really enjoyed shooting and had real value to me. I haven't regretted selling any of them and have no desire to buy any more. YMMV.
 
You need to become a little concerned when you start designing a new house around your gun's. I do know a few that do have in excess of 300 guns, one way in excess.
 
When I buy a new gun and have to spend 5 hours re-arranging things in the safe just to fit it in!

I just sold two guns that I had not shot in many years. A Belgium Browning Hi-Power and a Colt Huntsman. Fine guns, but they just had no real appeal to me anymore. Sold them and bought a NIB (unfired) Colt Series 70 Gold Cup new in the box from 1974. That one gets used every week, and I have not looked back!

Chief38
 
I ponder and fight with myself over this question a couple times a year.

When it gets to where you need to buy another safe before another gun can be bought, you best think about it. I get to this point about every other year.

When you open your safe and see dust on the guns, you might have too many guns. I am still trying to find out how dust can get inside a locked safe.

I have four guns that I handle often. I have two that I shoot often. The rest collects dust. I still search for and buy more.

How many guns does a person really need? Yes, there is a profit that can be made in selling guns but a person has to sell them first.

Yet we can each say that if we want another gun and can afford another gun, what does it hurt if we buy another gun?

Age can also be a factor in owning guns. If one is 75 yrs of age, it may be time to slow the purchasing down and sell off a few to keep family members from giving them away. Remember, estate sales are natures way of selling off guns and losing money on them. Last year I was able to get a really nice Colt 1911 at an estate sale. The deceased owner probably was turning over in his grave at the low price I got it for. His family did not care, they wanted the cash and not the guns.
 
These is no such thing as to many guns, only more than the current safes can hold. Solution, go buy another safe or two.
 
Thanks for all the input. He said he acually uses 90% of them, I left out that his house sits on 1005 acres and its easy for him to use them.
 
I feel better about my 25-ish or so. I'm going to keep it to one 14 gun locker full.
Until I retire and hit the Virginia/Carolina Gun Show circuit, that is.
 
When you tell the Fire Chief, "If my house is ever burning, don't risk your men's lives because of all the guns and ammunition. Just watch it burn from the top of the hill and then put out the embers." My cousin lives in a rural area on a couple hundred acres and this is exactly what he told the county Fire Chief.

CW
 
Too many to do what? Let's be more specific here. I have too many to carry at once. I can still walk around the house and not see one, although there's plenty of evidence that I own guns. Gosh, I'm nowhere near my first 100. I've got some catching up to do!
 
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