How often do you buy guns?

[zerosoma]

And do you make it right with the Mrs.?

I've been a musician since I was 14 and have collected about a dozen guitars, two drum sets, $1,000 worth of cymbals, $1,500 worth of amplifiers and effects. So I have an expensive hobby as it is, but when I got into shooting/hunting... oh man.

I have two expensive hobbies and like 3 little not-so-expensive ones. Her dad has a large collection of guns but then I remind myself that most of my toys are musical in nature and if those were traded for guns I'd have a lot of them.

In the past year we've bought or inherited more than a few guns. My addiction is hand guns. I freaking love them, they are so interesting.

Do you guys keep a gun buying habit to a minimum or how do you work it out with the wife?

 

[bvance554]

I don't have a wife to interfere or question my purchases

. I usually buy a new gun once a year. I would buy more if i actually had more time to shoot them. My next purchase will be a 9mm carbine.

 

[jdmstr22]

Not often enough. Get em while you can

 

[Cristobal]

I have not bought one in many years. I am at the point in my life where I seek fewer possessions to take care of. No more pets either. No expensive cars. If you own one, you have to worry about someone banging it up.

 

[MuzzleFlash40]

One every year or two. My wife usually gets what she wants within reason. I also don't spend a lot of money on things, so when I actually want something she doesn't say anything.

 

[SuperDave456]

Every couple of years.

I used to buy firearms that filled a "niche" in a personal collection. I don't make enough to fill out a true collection, but a personal "niche" is easily filled by something used the majority of the time.

Every few years I find something at a screaming great price and get it.

I've only sold one gun, it had bad vibes from my uncle who is a huge jerk.
At my local gun shop I actually traded it for a used Dillion progressive press that needed some pieces, 2 sets of dies, and 1000 .38 special shell casings right before the current guy was elected.
It took some work to get up and running, but I can now easily load about 550 rounds an hour with it.

If I had the money, then I'd buy more often.
I've seen the surplus market drying up for some time now.
Lots of history out there.

 

[TechnoLoGs]

Just go on armslist.com and buy from a private seller, cash and thats it..

 

[Falken]

Every couple of years I buy a new gun.

I don't shoot them enough.

I used to be a great shot but now not so much.

Oh, and yes I feel bad about buying a new one. I sneak them into the gun safe as best as I can around the wife haha!

 

[DoiInthanon]

I have all I can care for, what with some from my great grandfather, grandfather, and father plus what I picked up. I am not a collector. Weapons are beautiful. They smell wonderful. Feel so good in your hand. Serve several vital needs. And grim instruments of death. Fascinating.

 

[Andy636]

None

But I do live in Shhitlandia, where if you severely injure or kill someone in self defense you get to spend 8-15 years in the dungeons.

 

[zerosoma]

Originally Posted By: DoiInthanon
Weapons are beautiful. They smell wonderful. Feel so good in your hand. Serve several vital needs. And grim instruments of death. Fascinating.



Probably the best response in this thread. I love it!

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: jdmstr22
Not often enough. Get em while you can
+1

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Not any more now that NYS keeps a list of everything you have.

 

[AITG]

I used to have some guns but I lost them all in a boating accident. I can give you lat and lon if you want to look for them ... but it's over 600 feet deep.

 

[Donald]

Never, I do buy (or obtain) BIG dogs however.

 

[lexus114]

Originally Posted By: dwcopple
Originally Posted By: jdmstr22
Not often enough. Get em while you can
+1


+2

 

[zerosoma]

Haha everyone's leery of the govt patrolling BITOG...

I didn't say I still had the guns...

 

[Astro14]

How often? Same answer I would give for the question, "how often do you buy tools"?

Not often enough!

There is still a long list of next guns to buy, including another
Garand, a 1911, a model 57, a Winchester lever action, a .22 rifle....you get the idea...

 

[Win]

Well, between college and Mr. Obama's election, I was content with having made only one handgun purchase.

Subsequent to his election is a different story, though. With the NSA and who knows what else monitoring who knows what, I really don't want to say how often I purchase guns.

As to keeping it square with my spouse, she does like buying shoes, clothes, etc., that I never object to. She likes Sigs ( for some reason ), so it really hasn't been an issue in our household.

 

[HM12460]

1-2 a year or so. I'm partial to Ruger's. I made a career change 3.5 years ago and have been selling some tools that I don't need or use any more. Being a journeyman millwright can be hard on your body.