CountryUgly
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I've collected guns since I was a kid. Over the many years I'd aquired many guns of various makes/models, condition, value and calibers. I bought every gun I remotely liked that I could afford at that given time. Then I noticed myself getting kind of bored with what I had and only actually shot very few of them. I decided to downsize to guns that fit in a few select catagories.
1) Heirlooms (most of these are over 100 years old, have not been shot in decades and most likely never will be again)
2) Hunting (I only hunt small and Med. sized game)
3) EDC (for me and my wife) Home Defense
4) Cost to operate (ammo cost is tops since I don't reload)
While I've traded and sold quite a few guns lately and my overall number of firearms now owned have dropped I've actually ended up with a better quality collection overall. All the pocket pistols, guns I had multiples of and the non essential firearms have now been sold/traded. The exta cash and and space in my "gun room" (yes I have an entire room in my house dedicated to my hobby ) has allowed me to focus on making the remaining guns the best they can be for me. My next venture though has got to be reloading. I've put that off over the years because of lack of funds for the initial investment and lack of space to do it in. Well I've now eliminated both of those excuses.
My question is though have any of you ever had the bordem issue and done something like this? If so was it worth it or did you end up regretting giving up a vast collection for just a couple of dozen guns that did just what you needed very well?
1) Heirlooms (most of these are over 100 years old, have not been shot in decades and most likely never will be again)
2) Hunting (I only hunt small and Med. sized game)
3) EDC (for me and my wife) Home Defense
4) Cost to operate (ammo cost is tops since I don't reload)
While I've traded and sold quite a few guns lately and my overall number of firearms now owned have dropped I've actually ended up with a better quality collection overall. All the pocket pistols, guns I had multiples of and the non essential firearms have now been sold/traded. The exta cash and and space in my "gun room" (yes I have an entire room in my house dedicated to my hobby ) has allowed me to focus on making the remaining guns the best they can be for me. My next venture though has got to be reloading. I've put that off over the years because of lack of funds for the initial investment and lack of space to do it in. Well I've now eliminated both of those excuses.
My question is though have any of you ever had the bordem issue and done something like this? If so was it worth it or did you end up regretting giving up a vast collection for just a couple of dozen guns that did just what you needed very well?