Why own more 1 of the same model?

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jcwit said:

Why should I explain to anyone why I spend my money on anything?

Does it really bother some that much that I may own 2, or 3, or 4 or even 10 of a like model of whatever?

Oh well, I guess some will never be satisified.

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People ask curious questions. I don't think it's worth getting worked up and defensive over, especially since nobody directly asked you to explain anything to them.

I figure it this way. If one of something is really good then logically two of that same something has to be much better. That holds especially true of guns. It doesn't get any simpler.

Ron

twinny said:

I can see a guy wanting to know. The basic answer is:no practical reasons, really, but many personal, mostly non-rational reasons. Perfectly understandable when dealing with humans, especially as something as potentially emotional as guns.

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There absolutely are practical reasons. I suggest reading through this thread.

The Rohrbaugh R9 is the perfect pocket pistol, it also makes a great backup gun. If you decide to carry a Rohrbaugh R9 for your primary, what could be better than to also carry one for a backup?

TWO

I'm with reloadron in dealing with anything good. Two is twice as good.

If two nails are sufficient four is stronger. If 24" OC meets code 16" OC is better.

Build to last, and backups are a good thing.

I put so many rounds through my carry guns in training I have two of each, HK P2K Glock 26, Smith J Frame

When all is said and done I will probably have about 8 12ga shotguns, 4 of which I know will be 870's, plus I will have 2 semi auto 12ga, a single shot, and a double barrel.

Plus I own several .45's with plans for 2 more and plans for a couple more .357's and a couple different .44mags.

Spares. 2 is one, one is none...

Have 686 3 inch and 6 inch averages out to a 686 with a 4.5 inch barrel.

Two reasons for me:

1) one to shoot "the crap out of K's, K's and more K's--the other is my CCW which I fire only enough to qualify with annually and ensure reliable ammo cycling

2) If one of my trap guns break, I have another for use or spare parts until the replacement part arrives

For me those are the facts Jack (love that Bill Murray Line).

twinny said:

I can see a guy wanting to know. The basic answer is:no practical reasons, really, but many personal, mostly non-rational reasons. Perfectly understandable when dealing with humans, especially as something as potentially emotional as guns.

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I respectfully disagree--What if one breaks, you could then either swap parts until replaced or just use it in the other's absence until the broken one gets fixed.

I just thought of theft as well (but I'm secure to the point of paranoia so I don't think that will happen though Murphy's Law is always at least potentially a possibility...

I do agree, however, in that there are people that just want four 500's or three P11's etc... just because (though in this economy the old "just because" seems to have applied more to our parents then us anymore ...

People ask curious questions. I don't think it's worth getting worked up and defensive over, especially since nobody directly asked you to explain anything to them.

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Anyone who thinks I'm "worked up" or "defensive" sure missed the mark.

If you have multiple people, then it makes a lot of tactical sense to share equipment... mags, clips, ammo, parts, etc... There's a reason so many police and military forces require uniformity.

To be perfectly honest I don't think I have any two that are exactly the same. I mean I have two 4 5/8" flattop 357 mag Blackhawks but one is a 1958 3 screw and the other is a 2005 50th anniversary model.

Why not? Why do the super wealthy own more than one Ferarri? I know a guy that owns 3 and two are the same car just in different colors.

Hell I'm planning on buying a M9 and building it to match my suppressed 9FS Inox.

To Akibono duh.

if one is good two is better

I have two LCP's
Two Glock 23's
Two Ruger Single six Vaqueros in 32 H&R mag
two Savage model 12 BVSS's in 223
two Savage model 12 BVSS's in 204 Ruger
Two Kimber Eclipse Pro's
Two Kimber ultras (one bluied one stainless)
Two Taurus PT1911's Duotones
Four other 1911's all similar
Four Ar-15's
Two Ak-s

I'm getting better. At one time I had 6 Glocks, 9 Savage model 12's and 10 pairs (20) Ruger Vaqueros as weel as a bunch of derringers and identical lever rifles, Model 97 shotguns etc.

CZ223 said:

I have two LCP's
Two Glock 23's
Two Ruger Single six Vaqueros in 32 H&R mag
two Savage model 12 BVSS's in 223
two Savage model 12 BVSS's in 204 Ruger
Two Kimber Eclipse Pro's
Two Kimber ultras (one bluied one stainless)
Two Taurus PT1911's Duotones
Four other 1911's all similar
Four Ar-15's
Two Ak-s

I'm getting better. At one time I had 6 Glocks, 9 Savage model 12's and 10 pairs (20) Ruger Vaqueros as weel as a bunch of derringers and identical lever rifles, Model 97 shotguns etc.

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Well, yeah, okay...but there are 6 different calibers of Glocks sold in the US, two each for each bullet diameter they offer, as it happens. (9x19, .357 sig, .40, 10mm, .45 acp, .45 gap). And three main frame sizes + the long slide and tactical/practical offerings in some calibers.

In other words...6 Glocks could easily be 6 rather different guns.

What models were they?

I have two 1960s Savage bolt action .22s same action different calibers-- a Model 73 .22 lr, conventional stock, that was my son's first gun, and a Model 63KM .22 mag, safety key lock, Mannlicher stock, that I bought because my sister gave me a cleaning kit, pistol case and a box of .22 magnum ammo for Christmas when I did not have a gun in .22 mag caliber and I did not say anything to her but thanked her. I then told my wife that now I was obligated to buy a .22 mag rifle. If you check with Numrich Arms Gun Parts, all replacement parts are the same on the Savage/Stevens 63/73 series except for the barrels and the stocks. (BTW on this model the factory orginal extractors all seem to break, but the replacement part extractors all seem to be properly heat treated.)

I have two Mosin Nagants -- a "sporterized" Type 53 carbine and an as-refurbished and issued 91/30 with octagon receiver. One intended for bad weather hunting, and one for vintage military matches, both as examples of their type--civilianized army rifle hunter, and military issue WWII battle rifle.

I have a CVA Bobcat .50 cal muzzleloader that I replaced the sights and used in black powder matches. That's the model WalMart sold for 69.95, and when they had one at the after-season 2006 sale for 29.95 I bought it for spare parts. The first is still in running condition twelve years later and the second was testfired, cleaned, and put back in the box Just In Case.

Why own more than one of the same? Sentimental reasons, one for keepsake one for practical use, historical reasons, spare parts or spare gun w/o cross training, slight differences for curio interest. Why not own more than one of the same?

Think about the value of what are you exchanging for these duplicate guns. Does anyone think that the dollar will buy more in 12 months than it does now? Steel and walnut is a better store of value than paper and ink.

There's another reason for multiples, and so far nobody has mentioned it.

Variants.

I'm a pretty die-hard fan of the Marlin 39 lever action .22 rifle.

Currently, my financial situation allows me to own two of them. I have an iron sighted rifle made in 1950, and a scoped rifle made in 2002.

If I could afford it, I would certainly buy some more of the many variants that are out there.

See, the model 39 has been in production for a long, long time. (Annie Oakley used them in her gun shows, if that's a clue about just how long)

During that time, they have made them with long barrels, short barrels, octagon barrels, fat forestocks, slim forestocks, with checkering, without checkering, with safeties and rebounding hammers, with long magazine tubes, with short magazine tubes, with pistol grip stocks, with straight grip stocks, with medallions to commemorate things, and they have even put them in floating cases.

Are they all the same rifle? Yes. Are they different? Absolutely.

It's the sort of thing that a person who is "In To It" would instantly understand.

Wanting to collect something like that doesn't make a man weird, it makes him an enthusiast.

Wife has a thing for the all steel 13 round mag Bersa Model 85, she presently has three, plus a Bersa model 23 .22 rf.

I asked her why she was buying up the M-85, she said they don't make them anymore, prices were right and value will only go up.

I hate it when she throws my words back in my face.

Akimbo!

I have 3 S&W model 19's and a 66. They all get fired, they all get carried, and they all get regular cleaning and maintenance. None of them can be purchased new, and all of them are becoming more rare. Instead of asking me why, let me ask you why not?