How many similar guns do you own

Seems to me like 2 would suffice. One for carry, one for HD.

I have several dozen handguns and many are very similar. I have 4 S&W 9mm 3rd gen pistols, 3 1911 45s, and several SIG and H&K all in the same caliber. I like variety too, but of course I do not need them all , especially my many different carry guns in various calibers, including revolvers . But , I like them and do not want to part with them. Since I have my own range here at my farm , and retired , I find myself shooting several times a week. I know several people that own more than I do and a few who collect certain guns like Walthers, lugers and Colts. One medical doctor friend has more than 100 Colt 22 pistols.

All my guns are part of a "family." Like my P226/229/220. They are not all the same caliber, but very similar in form. I also have several glocks in 9 that are basically one in the same. The point for me is that I will probably have ammo for at least one of them, and commonality of accessories or parts is there.

Going to ARs, more of that is true since they're basically all the same.

My situation is a bit different than that which you described. I only use 1 gun that plays multiple different roles. It serves as my duty weapon, CCW and HD handgun. I have other guns, but I use the same handgun for all the pre-mentioned roles. I have others that I could use to fill any of the same roles, but I just prefer this particular handgun for what I said. Why use multiple things when 1 thing gets all the jobs done very efficiently?

I have several handgun gun families: Beretta, Springfield, Sig, Glock, multiple S&W revolvers, and single guns from Walther, and Kimber. Many of the guns are similar, and most are 9mm, which makes ammo purchase and storage simpler. Same is true for rifles with Colt, S&W, Beretta, and Sig. I like guns and enjoy owning and shooting the different weapons. So, the similarity is not an issue. I rotate my carry guns (prefer pocket carry) and keep a larger pistol in each vehicle, and a separate gun in my nightstand.

I have 2 or 3 Colt revolvers.

I buy whatever I'm in the mode for at the moment.... If I have the money at that moment. Looking at what I own, it sure seems that I like polymer 9mms (1 Ruger, 3 CZs, 1 Walther, 1 HK) compared to everything else. Also seems I went through a revolver phase (and probably haven't gotten out of it and never will).

Have I bought several guns that I basically already had? Yup. I try to have a practical purpose for each gun I buy, ie CCW or HD, but to be honest, I just really like spending money of guns

How many similar guns do you own?

No idea what you are talking about.

I probably have more 1911s (along with a fair number of variants and calibers such as Commander and Officer Models), than any other type. As their operating features are all the same I am reasonably proficient with all of them and have great confidence in their ability to perform sufficiently in any application.

I have three 9mm Glocks. The first one was my G26, which has been an EDC gun for 10 years now. I normally carry it in a front pants pocket. I realized that the short grip makes it difficult to draw when carried IWB, and that if I am carrying that way, then I'd rather be carrying a G19. As a result, I bought a G19. I later transformed that gun into a suppressor host. I don't want my suppressor host to wind up in an evidence locker; it took a good amount of cash and time to get it how I want it. As a result, I bought another G19 to knock around for IWB carry.

I have four .357 S&W revolvers that have 2.5-3" barrels. Lots of overlap there, but I think I bought them just because I could, and the good pre-lock ones are getting harder and harder to find.

Don't you know, "variety is the spice of life".

A local gun shop has a very nice used Walther P5. Do I need it? No. But I like them and want another one.

You mean like my two HK P30s and my two Colt 3rd edition Detective Specials?

The only thing I have any form of duplicate of is 1911's, its also the only think I have multiples of like design guns.

I also have many different revolvers, but as long as the barrel is at least a 1/4" different than the next its a totaly different gun right?

This is strictly geared towards "carry guns", not competition or hunting weapons. How many defensive pistols, do you think it really make sense to try and be proficient with.

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4 is my goal, 2 duplicate EDC pocket guns and two sidearms(belt carry).

I have 9 M1911s, while I have settled on the "1911" as my pistol of choice for shootin' & SD, another reason why I chose to collect M1911 is because they all look alike to my wife. She can't tell if I am holding an old or new pistol!

My shooting buddy's dad owned over 70 colt 1911s, you should have seen that safe!

I have used a lot of different handguns over the years for carry guns, but since I always come back to a J frame .38 or a 1911 in .45 I have trimmed off all the oddball stuff, and now stick to those. I now own five 1911's , of which two are for carry, one is for competition only, and two are semi-retired. I have three S&W .38's "on duty" as house guns. I have never really bought into the sticking with one platform theory, I believe that a person who shoots regularly can pick up about any gun and do just fine with it, I just like Smith wheelguns and 1911's the best.

I carry either a 1911, of which I have 7, or a XD45 of which I have 3. I'm stuck in a rut I guess because I'd buy another XD or 1911!

Could it be that you are affiliating with a cohort of different socioeconomic means today than you did 30 years ago?

I didn't know many people 30 years ago, but the people I knew who openly owned guns had at least 6 each. I know because they had them in glass faced gun cases in some public part of their houses. That was (and is) also a relatively affluent area by national standards.

My low income grandfather owned two handguns when he died about 30 years ago. One he bought when he got a job as a deputy, and must have bought used because it was made before he was born. The other he bought new after WWII because he was driving a delivery truck carrying cash. He was poor.

My not-low-income grandfather's son owned 4 handguns by the time he was 16, and 30 years ago owned over a dozen. He wasn't exactly rich but he wasn't poor either.

Personally, I don't think I have very many that are particularly simiar. At the very least they all have different serial numbers.

For me it's "cowboy guns".

I have a Ruger Vaquero stainless in .45LC, a Uberti Cattleman in .357, an older EMF Dakota in .45LC made by Armi San Marco, a Cimarron Thunderball in 45LC and I'm waiting for my Taylors Engraved Cattleman (it's been almost 2 months since I ordered it). Plus a bunch of Civil War era BP revolver replicas.

The rest of my guns are mostly a one-off collection of different styles, Sig 1911, Luger P08, Walter P99, Walther P22, Sig P232, Dan Wesson Revolver, Colt Officer's Model Match, Browning Buckmark, H&R breaktop revolver, Llama 380.

I only have one matching pair - two Nagant revolvers, one Tula and one Izhevsk. Aside from those, I have two other sets that are broadly similar but different in detail; my two USPs are in different calibers (.45 and 9mm) and my two SIGs are in different calibers with different triggers (DA/SA 9mm P6 and DAK .40 P229R.) Same genus, different species, if you will.

I own 12 handguns total. 4 are collectors items, 8 of them I shoot. Two of them I carry concealed very regularly. One is a revolver and one is a semi. I open carry two full sized guns, and they are my two home defense guns. One is a revolver, one is a semi.

I practice frequently with all four. The other four are a mix of range guns. If I needed to I could drop down to two, but sure wouldn't want to. The revolvers would stay.

Of the semis I own, none are terribly similar other than they are all .45's.
H&K45
S&W E series 1911
XDs

I like to try guns from different companies. A Sig 226 X-Five All around will probably be my next purchase.