[Wildalaska]

Last weeks range session convinced me that I am peeing in the breeze...I have too many guns, not enough time and not enough money...:)

Im thinking of ditchin a whole bunch and consolidating...take up less space, easier to go to the range....

Theore6tically, I dont "need" half the stuff I got...why do I need a Walther P99? Or a Swede 38 that I have shot once in 4 years!!!!

So heres what Im thinking.....

My AR is untouchable. Every house needs an AR. Plus I can spend money on gussying it up so it has a high mess around with factor....

My Jungly is also untouchable, since for what I have into it, its great for its purpose...truck gun!!!!

What else?

Heres my thoughts.....

sell (prices are minimum I know I will get):

P99, new in box with NS...$450
Stery SSG with swar 10x scope and rings..$1450
M38 Swede Mauser $400
Yugo $100

That gets me $2400...I can get a BLASER LRS2 in 308 stripped for about $2900...AND........

They have 6.5x55 barrels for em!!!!!!!!!!!

So I could get a 2 barrel modern tactical set up.......

So now do I blow out my jewel, the M41B???? Easily I can get $1500 for it....then I have enough for the Blaser and the second barrel and a scope....

Or should I sell my pre 64 300 H&H ($900 +/-) and my darling Garand ($600+)...that leaves me the m41B which in a few years will be pretty valuable as the price is precipitously climbing...

My M1 carbine is untouchable, too much fun....sos the Broomie...so are the Nagants........

Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

WildgunboredomAlaska

[spacemanspiff]

quick. everyone encourage WA to sell sell sell before he changes his mind for the 10,000th time.

[Del3030k]

I see your sig line has changed a little bit, don't you operate a GREAT gun store?

If so, you can touch and touch all day to your hearts content. And I am sure you have more than enough contacts that you can shoot all of those rifles in question.

There is never anything wrong with cleaning, as long as it's not the inside of your gun safe.

Keith

[Myself]

Every time I think about selling something I get the shakes. It's just not right. Everyone should end up with to many guns.

:)

[Bruce H]

Keep the 300H&H and the Garand. Get the LSR2 with both barrels. I have a few that aren't negotiable but everything else is upgrade material. I traded a Browning 1885 highwall for a 12BVSS. Never did care for the 1885 and wanted to try a 12BVSS. Isn't as easy to swap anymore because things cost too much.

[jefnvk]

Get the M41B. If I had the money, I would. My parents would take objection to me buying a $1300 rifle when they are footing my college bill.

And don't sell the Swede. If you want, I can hold onto it for youuntil this notion of selling it passes :)

[Wildalaska]

Keep the 300H&H and the Garand

Why those instead of the M41B?

If so, you can touch and touch all day to your hearts content. And I am sure you have more than enough contacts that you can shoot all of those rifles in question.

Yeah buit I like to play with stuff at nigfht and SWMBO gets neglected if I sit here all the time.....

WildspiffthevulturewantsstuffiseeAlaska

[spacemanspiff]

yeah but you wont let me do the 5-year finance plan, so i'll let everyone else pilfer and loot your stash.

why do you keep trying to get me to spend more money when you know i'm saving up to pay bills and buy a car?

get thee behind me, satan!
:evil:

[El Tejon]

Geez! What are you doing, Wild!!! Learn from my experience.

If you openly talk about consolidating your collection, Tamara will be along to call you a Mad Monk. :D

[Wildalaska]

why do you keep trying to get me to spend more money when you know i'm saving up to pay bills and buy a car?

OK guess I have an extra Surefire forend available then :neener:

WildnouberstuffferyouAlaska

[Atticus]

I sell guns regularly. If 1) I don't fire it semi-regularly 2) I don't experience great joy from simply owning it, or 3) It didn't belong to my family- I sell it to get something that I will enjoy more...or think I will anyway.

[spacemanspiff]

OK guess I have an extra Surefire forend available then
doesnt count. if its less than $200 and i can justify putting it on my AmEx its not really a 'purchase'. besides, the cost of ninja-fying oneself is of no real consequence.

spacemaniamonewiththeuniversespiff

[Dave R]

Its always easier to solve someone elses's problems.

Sounds like you already know part of the answer. Sell:

P99, new in box with NS...$450
Stery SSG with swar 10x scope and rings..$1450
M38 Swede Mauser $400
Yugo $100

No question on that, right? So the question is, do ya sell the Garand and the pre-'64 H&H, or do ya sell the M41B? Seems you already answered that one, too. Keep the one that will appreciate most in the coming years. Prolly the M41B. So sell the Garand and the H&H, and get the Blaser w/ 2 barrels, and yer done.

See how easy life can be?

(Well, if it were me I might hang on to the H&H, just cuz I think it'll appreciate more than the Garand, but that's the only complication.)

[Wildalaska]

Never mind that Eotech I called ya about Spiffy, I dont want to corrupt you

WildevilAlaska

[41mag]

Where does the SAA fit into the equation? :confused: ;)

[shoot870p]

must you liberate some of them?

[Wildalaska]

No SAAs in mypersonal stash

WildneedmoreopinionsAlaska

[carebear]

Hark, didst mine ears hear talk of a red dot scope herein?

Spiffy, the car's at my house now, drives pretty good.

[Bigjake]

sell (prices are minimum I know I will get):

P99, new in box with NS...$450
Stery SSG with swar 10x scope and rings..$1450
M38 Swede Mauser $400
Yugo $100


I promise i can beat those with a much lower price :evil:

[Wildalaska]

I promise i can beat those with a much lower price

Cool Ill buy em from you for resale

WildtheallmightydollarAlaska

[Bigjake]

WA, i meant more along the lines of those were the minimum prices you could get, so since those were the minimums you were hoping for, i was just trying to be helpful by offering less, because i don't want you to have to settle for any more than absolutly nessesary :neener:

[artherd]

Get the LRS2 for sure. I'd dump the M41B unless it tickles your fancy (does nothing for me.) Garand is much more meaningful in my opinion. And a 300H&H is just coooool!

[kudu]

Don't do it. :(

Did you feel like you had to have them when you got them? Do they mean nothing to you? :rolleyes:

I have gotten rid of a few guns that have just "come my way", but I had no real feeling of attachment to them. BUT I have sold a couple that I didn't think I needed, then realized my mistake to late. :banghead:

Go get a couple of stiff drinks. Go caress your guns, and tell them your sorry for even thinking about selling them. :scrutiny:




Go, go right now.







:D

[R.H. Lee]

...I have too many guns, not enough time and not enough money... Yep. I was dealing with some 18-20 different calibers a few years ago, and it was more hassle than fun. I cut back to the basic (.22, 9mm, .38/357, .45acp, 30-30, 7.62x39, .308, 30-06, 12 ga -although I've still got 20 ga, 16 ga, and 28 ga I think that I'll never use) and I'm much happier now. Less ammo, dies, cleaning kits, parts etc. to stock. Ideally, I'd like to get down to 2, maybe 3 (or 4) calibers if/when I can decide which ones.

Less is more, more or less. It's a zen thing.

RileyminimalismiscoolMc :)

[HSMITH]

Just buy some more guns Ken. It isn't like they eat or need diapers changed. One day you might want another one just like the one you had and it WILL cost more then than it did when you got it the first time. Grease them up, put them in the safe and get some more that tickle your current fancy.

[Wildalaska]

SWMBO rule...one in, one out.......or several out and one in if it costs enough

WildpwhippedAlaska

[junke]

personally i feel that if some sort of plauge were to sweep through (such as the dreaded liberalistitis) it is important that i bring all of my weapons on board 2 x 2 as to reistablish the population in the event of such a horible catastophe. because of this belief i have thinned the heards down to the more popular breeds. just doing my part to help the survival of the species :D

[1911Ron]

To many guns ??? *snort phbbb cough cough :scrutiny: * whew had me there for minute that was funny. seriously pick each one up and if it talks to you keep it :evil:

[bean357]

IMHO
I am a "she", and if my hubby wants a gun and it is in our means, i say BUY IT! And keep what ya got besides (if you so desire) ;)

[Wildalaska]

Ah but evidently yer not a SWMBO...

WildnothehonchoAlaska

[TheEgg]

I always suspected you were really strange.

Now you talk about REDUCING your collection. :eek:

Case closed.

[natedog]

Garands are meant to be shot, not sold ;). I think you'd definetly regret that one.

[mack69]

Wild....got any pics of those firearms you are considering?? Or have you not quite yet got that far?? May be interested in the Yugo....mack

[R.H. Lee]

The firearm is only half the equation. The skill to use it accurately and efficiently completes the package. You can only shoot one gun at a time. If OTOH, you are simply a collector and markmanship abilities are secondary, then the emphasis will be on acquisition. Not putting that down, I've suffered from the same malady, but come to the conclusion that what I own is not who I am.

[Double Maduro]

WildhalfbakedAlaska,

Too many guns?

Are you bragging or complaining?

LOL

DM

[yesterdaysyouth]

i just finished talking to your garand, from what i can tell IT wants to move to Ky :confused:

:evil:

[JohnBT]

I suppose he's like a lot of folks...

WildIdgivethemawaybutmywifewontletmeAlaska

[spacemanspiff]

only a mere 24 hours before WA began second guessing himself.

whats the yiddish word for 'indecisive'?
:neener:

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Yeah, he's meshugeneh enough to not sell me that M41B now that he's mentioned turning loose of it.

...although I can find them a little cheaper, I know his is probably nicer.


Regards,
Rabbit.

[Wildalaska]

I aint second guessing myself................

I love them all....TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heres my new plan

Sell the Stery SSG with scope and rings $1500 (a bargain)
Sell my Swede 38 for $450 (I noticed people getting in the $500s on em)
Sell my P99 with ns for $450 (another bargain)
Sell my M48 for $150

All those are achievable, that gives me $2500 without selling mags and assorted crap, which gets me a base Blaser!!!! In 308...

Then I have a few more months to accumalate the other pieces (scope rings 6.5 barrel, mirage band), which is almost as much fun as shooting!!!!

And I get to keep my Garand and M41B..the pain is that much less!!!!
So see spiffy, Im still working on it!!!!!

WildfreakinoutAlaska

PS..Syl Sarco has a M41B for $1500 but its a put together I hear....

[Skunkabilly]

Send them down here. See if you can live without them for a year, if you want them back, they're yours, otherwise I buy 'em :)

[Billy Sparks]

I also go through phases where I thin the herd of stuff I don't shoot that much or are not fun to shoot. That allows me to try different stuff. I also admit that I have a bad case of the "it's new I have to have one"itis. At one time Lew Horton sold a .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .41 mag. and 44 mag 3 inch barreled revolvers. I HAD to have a one of each. After getting them and them sitting in the gunsafe for 2 years without shooting them I sold them.

Ken, sometimes it is time to thin the herd for the health of the entire herd.

[Dr.Rob]

Well I know you can't sell the Nagant.... we are just itching for that late night "7.62 Nagant vs. Grizzly Bear" Thread.

[Mr. Tettnanger]

Well...here is my .02 cents. I have only sold off 3? guns from my very limited collection to finance other purchases. I wish that I had not. No sentimental, function, sane reason to keep them so I figured what the he**, sell them. Bad move. Although, I would not hesitat to part ways with my first handgun, a Davis .380 , that the gunshop owner assured me was the best thing going for reliability, firepower, concealabilty, the only choice for a newbie to purchase and his personal only reccomendation for me ;^) ! Bastard!


Mr. Tettnanger

[Mannlicher]

As a impetuous youth, I once did that very thing. I regret every lost gun to this very day.
My advise is DONT DO IT

[Wildalaska]

OK..

Well now I am back in love with my SSG since it popped me a .8 5 shot group, AND the 300 H&H was perfroming so well it needs a scope and some rocking handloads :)

So now, finance a scope for the pre 64, and I really want anopther nagant, and......maybe a series 70...

So....

Sell P99
Sell Yugo
Sell Steyr Model M 30-06 (ha, another find)

Whose interested :)


WildscheminAlaska

[Bruce H]

Garands were made to shoot. They are also in a caliber for light to medium hunting. The 300H&H will handle anything else even in your ballpark. Ammo availibility is the only drawback to the 300H&H. The others just hold no interest for me and are tradeing, upgrade material. Also less to worry about the ravages of time attacking several different firearms. Cleaning attention needs to be paid and several make it lots harder.

[Maxinquaye]

I always read on this and other boards "DONT SELL GUNS EVER!". Heck, I've posted that advice myself.

Since then I quit a high paying office job and am now a self-employed woodworker. Do I sell guns now if I never shoot them and want something else? You bet your a**!


P.S. Got less $$ but can go shooting whenever I want now...well worth it :D

[bean357]

I try not to let anything leave my collection without extreme deliberation, mostly because I have kicked myself repeatedly for some I did swap or sell. So, we just buy now! :evil:
Wildalaska, didnt see your post in reply to mine before, but I suppose I'm not SWMBO-(try not to be)-LOL--unless he talks of letting a firearm slip from his ownership. Then I tend to become an outspoken BAG. Heh!