The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: ericire12 on July 29, 2008, 11:34:59 AM
-
I know that times are tough right now, but I was just wondering how often you all get the luxury of having a new toy.
-
Every time I see one I want.
-
I placed my vote in the 2-4 range, however this varies from year to year. The last two years I managed to suppress the "itch" for a new toy, but I've more than made up for it this year. So far I've purchased 4 guns in '08 and plan to buy at least 2 more. Part of this is due to it being an election year (dang liberals), but its mostly just because I cannot walk into a gun shop without finding something I
like want need. :)
Swoop
-
Less than 1 a year currently. Not that I can't find any I want I just can't buy them as often as I used to. The wants list keeps getting longer but the have list is at a standstill.It doesn't help none of the guns I want are cheap.
-
Less than 1 a year currently. Not that I can't find any I want I just can't buy them as often as I used to. The wants list keeps getting longer but the have list is at a standstill.It doesn't help none of the guns I want are cheap.
+1
Got the AR last year and the oldest got an M&P this year but that willl be it for a while. Home repairs and a family trip to Orlando coming up puts my next one on hold. Oh to win the lottery 8)
-
I usually buy twice a year, but that's not as good as you think....because it's even-Steven with wifey. If I get a new one, SHE gets a new one, etc. So I'm buying for two.
The good part of that is community property laws, so they're really all mine.
-
A few years ago I went through a series of purchases close to one another, but as my collection grew, I've come to the point where I have all of the thpes guns I really want. I may come upon one that I "have to have," but for now I've pretty much leveled out. As a friend of mine says when asked how many guns he has, "I have all that I need, but not as many as I want."
-
NOT enough that's for sure!! >:(
One more kid at home for another year. ???
The wife, (boss) said then I can get what I want!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
-
Right now anytime I have extra money I seem to fritter it away on clothing, food and shelter.
I could buy more often if I would trade something off, but once I have a gun there develops a special reason why I have to keep it.
My last purchase was a Taurus 605, before that was a Ruger Single Six, and before that was a Bond Arms Derringer in .45/.410.
That covers the last four years.
-
I'm in the 4 or more class, but I trade alot too. I have all I need, but am always looking for deals, if it's a good buy, I'll get it anyway. Now that I'm competing again, I do want another 8 shot revolver, one for open and one for limited. I do want to get a .50 cal before the election.
-
We've been reducing the number of calibers we have so we can have more ammunition on hand. .357 rifles and pistols, .22 rifles and pistols, 20 gauge shotguns. So I've got to sell my Mossberg pump 12 gauge and my Winchester M94 30-30, then buy the wife a new .357 handgun,probably a Charter Arms stainless steel target mag pug, and me a .22 Ruger single action, a 20 gauge double coach gun, and maybe a .357 single action. Then I'll stop, honest, well maybe.
-
Alas, not often enough.
-
The last two years have been a little more prolific than previous. I have sold off stuff I don't shoot, isn't accurate, doesn't have sentimental value and buying some quality guns. Last year was 3 and this year will probably shape up to be 3 or 4.
-
Not as often as I would like . :P
-
4 or more per year. I'm at 3 so far and it's only July. Of course, they are eclectic - Ruger 10/22, Marlin 336-RC - E s/n, first model year. How could I pass it up? Huh, I ask you? And, made same year I was born, so it had to join the collection.
OK where was I? Oh, right, also an AR-lower for the future 6.8. Damn, I forgot, it is 4 - I got the Ruger LCP too.
I'd better go count things in the safe to make sure I covered all of them. ;D
-
It all depends on who is asking... when my wife says " Is that a new gun?", I go "that old thing, I've had it for ever..." ;)
-
I usually don't "plan" to buy a gun, It just finds me. I have a soft spot for Ruger 3 screw Blackhawks and Single Sixes. If I find one at a good price, I buy it. Or if I'm offered a good deal on a gun I'll pick it up, I bought the Bond Derringer that way, Who here could pass up a Bond for $50? ;D ;D ;D ;D
-
Due to accelerated concerns about the future of "certain types" of firearms, I bought "several more" than I normally would have this year.
Sig 556 in Feb., (love it),
M+P .40 with 4, 15 rd. mags(also love it, Spring rebate was nice)
, Walther PPK/S,(cause it was a deal),
as well as a Kel-Tec P3AT .380 (easy to carry everyday)
, EAA Witness .40 with 4 high cap mags(wonderfinish is nice),
more mags for my 1911, ambi-safety as well, (Wilson Combat and Bar-Sto & Videcki "tweaks", She'd get jealous if ignored,, ;))
P-Mags from Midwayusa.com(cheaper than my local area),
Another Rem 870(slightly used for "adding" some extra's,.. 8)),
A Zhongzhou Machine Works 12 ga. Double-Barreled "Coach's Gun with 2 triggers and hammers,." Kinda like bartenders would pull out from under the bar, or ride stagecoach with,....I know it's a "cheapy", but man its a blast to shoot, (everyone loves it)///
Between optics, mags, "tweaks", and as we all know AMMO,... I learned from my grandfather to "save for a rainy day", and can still buy the name brand pork and beans for dinner,........(kidding)...(well not really),.... ;D
Of course I still have wish list, Puma(thanks Ksail), a Para(just because, Kimber would work), an XCR in 7.62x39, a "G" pistol Mod 34 or there bouts,, etc,..
Great Post, now I have it out of my system and have rationalized it beyond my wife's tolerance,.... :P
All charitable contributions of surplus firearm "stuff" can be made to the "twyacht charity firearm fund", "I'll take it"
PS,,, Need a deal on a Safe,... ::) Have a couple planned before The Barack Inauguration,...... (hopefully not)....
Tom W
PS :I usually don't "plan" to buy a gun, It just finds me"
Big +1 Majer
It all depends on who is asking... when my wife says " Is that a new gun?", I go "that old thing, I've had it for ever..." ;)
Thank you saltydog, now I feel better.. ;)
-
One gun a month is a worthy goal !
-
Not to many lately. Maybe 1 or two a year, but none so far this year. Probably need to stock up on those evil high capacity magazines and evil black rifles. Money got really tight with two kids in college, and three cars to keep up with gas prices that have doubled.
-
One gun a month is a worthy goal !
Trust me... being a 3 safe household is enough... I don't need that 4th safe.
-
Not to many lately. Maybe 1 or two a year, but none so far this year. Probably need to stock up on those evil high capacity magazines and evil black rifles. Money got really tight with two kids in college, and three cars to keep up with gas prices that have doubled.
I know..... Gas prices are disenfranchising me from buying more guns..... I need to write Senator Obama over that one....... and Maybe the ACLU too. ;D
-
I usually buy one each year for my birthday, so I at least get one thing I want. But I voted less than once a year because some years I don't get one. Then I just buy accessories and ammo. I think I'm going to trade some in for a couple new ones instead of buying new ones outright.
-
Um, OK, I went over the kids in the safe, counted noses, and remined myself what I had done. The count is actually - if you count just the last 12 months - 7, not 4.
In addition to the other I mentioned, I picked up a rifle last fall, and a neat old JC Higgins shotgun at a garage sale last August. Then there is another rifle I traded a pistol for last fall - does that count?
On the other hand if you average out the last 9 years since I started buying, it's about 2 per year on average.
-
3 pistols since Christmas, Rifle on Lay A Way. I'm planning on at least one other pistol. (maybe 2)
-
Guns get like Lay's potato chips, especially with the possibility of The Anointed One being elected, I'm getting all that I can.
-
As often as I can but probably 2 or less a year is normal. However, having just received my CCW in June my wife was kind enough to open the checkbook and allow 3 additions to the collection: 6" S&W 686-3, Colt Lightweight Commander MK4 Series 80, and a Ruger Mk1 Target (1958 6.875"bbl). Of course I assured her this would be enough and I wouldn't want anymore... I don't she believed me ::)
-
in June my wife was kind enough to open the checkbook and allow 3 additions to the collection: 6" S&W 686-3, Colt Lightweight Commander MK4 Series 80, and a Ruger Mk1 Target (1958 6.875"bbl). Of course I assured her this would be enough and I wouldn't want anymore... I don't she believed me Roll Eyes
+1 BigSaucy, I had to do the neck rubs and "honey do" list, but in the end,.. it was worth it 8)
-
Usually 2 or 3 a year. I'm single, so I don't have a wife to answer to for mine. ;D This year, I've only bought 1 so far this year. I'm hoping to be able to afford at least 2 more that I want before the end of the year. A J-frame .357, and a Kahr PM45. I'd like to at least be able to get those this year. And maybe a 6.8 Upper for my AR15. If I could afford it, I'd be buying up semi autos left and right right now.
-
................... I do want to get a .50 cal before the election.
Ditto. Anybody want to buy a bass boat?