How do you resist urge to buy new piece?

I wish I had answers to your questions, but I could never resist the urge to buy guns. Here’s a pic of just some of my striker fire pistols.

Pretty sure you are on the wrong website... Nothing here but enablers. ^^^^Perfect example above^^^^



I cannot answer your questions. Although I will admit I have not purchased a gun nor even looked at purchasing anything for a while now.. (I own way too many to even think of paying pandemic pricing)

Dont know about you guys overseas, but with the high inflation we are experiencing here, having cash is bad.......so I buy more guns.

Here at Enablers Unanimous, as @tarosean earlier pointed out, we are loathe to ever advise anyone not to make a desired gun purchase… especially those who are newer to the shooting/collecting hobby.

Now we won’t advise people to pass on rent/house payments or skip feeding their kids in order to buy a gun that’s not “needed”, nor would we say yea to buying or possessing one that isn’t legal in their location of residence (I’m in California, the Overlords in Sacramento have decreed there are plenty of guns I can’t own…all for the children!).

That being said; patience, diligent saving and sharp-eyed shopping will seem to make every future purchase a little bit sweeter.

Now, of course theres a caveat; it also can make guns you covet, save for and buy a big disappointment when you get it home and they’re not all that you thought they would be .

Take your time, prioritize the top two or three you would like first and focus on saving for and obtaining those. Before you know it you’ll have that entire list, and most likely a few more, in your hands.

Good luck and stay safe.

I am more pragmatic than most here when it comes to buying guns and trying to break down this whole “never sell a gun” and “you can never have too many guns” mantras.

Your situation is simple……unless you are just joking around with us. You have financial sense. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be questioning buying a gun vs. paying rent or having a cash reserve. You have to be the one to choose between all these things. I would order the financial responsibilities you referenced in order of importance as follows.

Rent
Cash reserve
Gun range membership
Ammo for existing guns
And then the Beretta 71. There are a ton of other things that probably are more important as well than buying a new gun.

For me it is easy, I have a plan for my money. If there is not a large enough surplus to buy a gun I don’t. For me though, there usually is a large enough surplus. I am fortunate enough to always be in a position to buy a gun (or a toaster, or a chainsaw, etc.) I just don’t all that often compared to how many opportunities I have to buy one. There will always be another for me and there will be for you too.

There are too extremes. One is you have no more money or credit and cannot buy a gun. They other is having unlimited money. Usually we are more towards the first extreme since unlimited money is not a real situation to be in. If your financially spread out thin then buying guns should be one if the last things you consider to buy next.

Don’t buy more guns at the expense of everything else in your life. I have seen people put guns first before anything and anyone else. (And cars). They put guns before their family and friends. Before paying bills. They lose said guns in a divorce but pick right back up a buying more later on.

Don’t start a downward spiral caused by a material thing. Impulse control is a glorious thing.

Idahou said:

I WANT MORE!

So how do you resist that urge to keep buying new guns or how you decide which deal is it worth it and what you should let pass?

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You are asking this question on a gun forum ... Wow. That's like asking how to stop buying knives on a knife forum.

Of course, my automatic answer would be life is short and we are all going to die and stuff ... So add buying guns to the bucket list and start crossing each gun off the list.

BUT this is the "High Road" so I would also add that you should take a deep breath and take inventory of your life ... Your significant other, children (if you have any), family and friends along with pets ... and verify if you are spending quality time with them. Now, if you are meeting your career/work commitments and well planned for your retirement while taking care of your monthly financial obligations and still have money left over for discretionary spending for hobbies (wife and I budget a large chunk of retirement money for our "hobbies" ... well, to be honest, we spend all the money on our hobbies but our dogs, cats, guinea pigs, mini pigs and chickens eat very well), then sure ... start buying more guns to your heart's content.

You say there isn't enough money left over each month to buy more guns? That's easy. Simple solutions are volunteer for extra overtime, get a second job or third job. Sell stuff you no longer need . But do not get a second mortgage on the house or commit crime to get more money.

If you are a spiritual person, pray to your God . I believe in Karma and the notion of "Pay It Forward" so if you are inclined, perform good deeds and seed "Pay It Forward" . Volunteer to help friends and neighbors ... Never know ... they may have guns they don't need.

Welcome to the hobby, I mean addiction.

poorly.....Im almost always broke these days......

Idahou said:

Well, that wasnt helpfull at all

Btw, im already doing overtimes One of reasson why i choosed this hobby was that it will drive me to forward, forcing me to make more money and so - im just impatient sometimes

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Well this will either help a lot or not help at all.

During the past 30 years after my stint in the Army, I got the USPSA bug (IPSC likely where you are) and proceeded to shoot a lot (around 650,000+ pistol reloaded rounds alone so far with some factory ... I haven't counted rifle rounds). I didn't buy a whole lot of firearms but several thousand dollars worth of reloading equipment (worked up to 15 presses).

Well guess what? If you shoot a lot, cost of guns is nothing compared to ammunition. Even though I reloaded, I managed to spend over $180,000 ... Yup, verified by my wife. And recently, due to unexpected events, I ended up liquidating over 90% of guns/ammunition/reloading equipment/supplies with much of it "paid it forward" to family/friends/neighbors.

But wife will also confirm we spent quite a bit on family camping trips, enjoyed 4x4s/quads on dunes/deserts over the decades (married 28 years) and recently saltwater fishing boats. Our retirement truck/minivan alone costed $95,000 and we managed to buy our son/daughter their houses. So as long as you are keeping your life's priorities straight and enjoying family time, happy memories are priceless.

So thread carefully into the hobby of guns but do realize life is indeed short and we are all going to die ... someday.

Now, carpe diem/seize the day.

Odd Job said:

I am pretty sure if we could have pistols in the UK, my wallet would be a lot thinner!

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You are so lucky.

idahou

So how do you resist that urge to keep buying new guns or how you decide which deal is it worth it and what you should let pass?

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That's easy...I just leave my wallet in the car whenever I go to a gun shop or a gun show!

Just kidding!

Actually there are a number of guns I would like to have at any one given time. So the first thing I will do is to start saving up money for my "gun fund". When the funds are in there I will start to look around and see what's out there and what's the best deal I can get on one of them. When the time comes I will go and make my best deal on the gun I selected and buy it. If I should come across some smoking hot deal on another gun I am interested in, I may postpone getting my first choice and pick up the new found treasure instead!

The thing is you need to be patient, prioritize your interests, and take your time; think quality over quantity and enjoy the guns you already own versus setting your sights on the next "latest and greatest" gun you just have to buy!

Idahou said:

How do you resist urge to buy new piece?

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Resist the urge to buy another firearm?

Sorry but I don't understand the question.

As I tell the younger ones in the family, I raised you, I sent you to college, and now at this point in my life things are easier. I don't have things to buy for the house, bills are pretty much non existent. I can afford pretty much what I want when I want. My tastes are not extravagant. I do believe you can own too many firearms. As the number goes up, maintaining them can be an issue. And which firearm whats to be that lonely one without love?

I rationalize many of my gun purchases by basing them on whether or not I could recoup at least 80% of the money within one year if I decided I needed that instead. Currently, the political climate here in the US is keeping values a bit elevated, but there is no room for increase in value except in "exceptional-deal" used gun purchases. It's a good time to sell, but less so to buy.

You say that guns aren't a popular hobby there. Between that fact, and the hassle anyone interested in buying one may have to go through, it might not be as easy to resell one you bought should you decide you want (or need) the money for something else.

By the way, I'd like a 71, too.

At the moment it's a good time to sell so I'm in that mode and it's easy to resist. If I were to find something that I wanted at a fair price I would go for it...

When there is no more room in the safe. I've owned a LOT of guns over the years. But once I reach a certain point nothing new comes home unless something goes out the door. I've sold or traded away a lot of guns that I liked, but only because I liked what replaced it better.

For me, where do I put it in the safe?

In the past, I'd buy any gun of any kind if the price was too good to pass up. Anymore, I try to limit myself to specific wants and needs... avoiding impulse buys completely. Since I've changed my approach I can honestly say it's made absolutely no difference except that I can plot a course somewhere without planning stops at gun shops along the way. As long as I don't drive my old Cherokee. Damn thing turns in every gun shop all by itself...

I ended a 12 year (!) gun buying moratorium last December when I bought my Weatherby Mark XXII. I have so many safe queens, that just taking one out and handling it feels like a new piece.

with ammo so pricey it becomes less desirable to purchase any firearm that will need to be fed and cared for.

It's easy. I married an accountant.

I find it easier to simply give in to the urge and just buy that new firearm.
No Stress, no aggravation...just a nice new firearm.

I remember back when I could only afford one gun a year. Paying for the house, making sure the wife and kids had the things they needed. I also worked hard and put in a lot of hours at work so that I could provide for my family.
It wasn’t until I got divorced 18 years ago that I found out how much money my Ex-wife was spending on herself or just wasting. I had pretty much let her take care of all the finances, boy was that a mistake. I ended up paying off all my bills and got rid of all my credit cards.
Even after paying child support and making sure that my kids had everything they needed, I still had plenty of money to take my boys on vacation for two weeks every summer and spend my days off with them. I found that I still had money leftover for buying guns. I also did stock repairs as a hobby which always made me extra money for buying guns and ammo.
I really got into buying surplus military guns and was always on the hunt for good deals. One year I decided I would buy a gun a week. It was hard finding one I wanted and would sometimes go a week or two without buying one, but by the end of the year, I had bought 52 guns. The next year I bought 79.
I ended up with a lot of duplicates in my surplus collection, and a few that I didn’t have much interest in. For me buying guns was something I did for fun with the extra money I had. I found that the hunt for the next deal on a gun was more fun then buying the guns.
I retired at the end of last year and and paid off my house. I basically have no bills now. I did start to sell off the duplicates in my surplus collection to make room for other guns. I just sold three this past week for more then double what I paid for them. And I bought another gun to fill a spot in my Enfield collection.
Whit the pandemic and the crazy prices, I basically just put my gun hobby on hold, unless I found a really good deal.
I really love my gun hobby, but I have always put family first. Like my mom, she’s 81 and in great health. One day she said that she would love to have a nice patio in her backyard. So I made it happen.


My youngest son is 17 and still lives with me. He just got his drivers license so I bought him a car.


Now I will tell you, a gun hobby can get out of hand. I found that even with three gun safes and a walk-in gun closet, I was running out of room. By selling off my duplicates surplus gun, I went from just over 400 to a more manageable 375.

Here’s the best advice I can give you.
#1 Don’t spend money on guns that you don’t have.
#2 Family comes first.
#3 Don’t be in a rush to buy, look for deals.
#4 Don’t buy used guns for more then you can resale them for.
#5 Never sell guns when you need money. You will almost always loose money.
#6 Have fun with your hobby.
#7 Find a friend to go gun shopping with, here’s mine.