What percent of the guns you bought do you still have?

I've got exactly half, so I really can't vote

Maybe 20%...probably more like 15%.

66% but i'm also only 24, i have a long time to collect.

I own all the guns I have ever bought and have no intentions to sell any of them. I have only been collecting for about 5 years and own a mix of rifles, shotguns, revolvers and pistols, as well as different calibers. I put a lot of thought into each gun and none of my future guns would "replace" ay current ones.

I already regret selling a car that I've owned and Im only 30, lol. Plus, after all of the stories of guys on here saying, "Man, I wish I never sold…", I'm gonna keep em all

-Robb

I have never sold a gun. I have loaned some out over the years that I may never see again but haven't sold any. I got my first gun in the mid 1970's.

I've only sold one gun in my life, a Beretta bobcat which I could never shoot accurately.
I still have the other 26.

If I have 5% to 10% of those I've owned over the years I'd be surprised. Back when I had less responsibility and more disposable income I bought whatever caught my interest whether I had any practical use for it or not. I would also horse trade and sell of virtually any of them to fund my next "gotta have it" gun. I eventually decided that I derived no joy in owning something just to own it and thus ensued a large sell off.

These days I own FAR fewer guns and have a choice little "collection" of practical but mostly plain jane & ugly guns that fill my wants and needs quite well. I've never missed a one of the guns that passed through my hands and don't much understand folks who shudder at the thought of EVER selling a gun. To me guns are neat and useful tools as well as a lot of fun, but with the exception of my dad's old 16ga pump that I've already passed on to my youngest brother they hold little sentimental value.

I've had about 300 guns pass through my hands over the last 40 years. Still have about 50, and several have been in the family for 2-3 generations. Most of those are going to kids or grandkids soon. Already given away several. I've bought, sold, and traded all along. I don't keep stuff I don't use. I buy used mostly and sell at a profit or trade up.

Early in my gun trading days I lost some money before I figured out how to do things. I haven't spent one dime out of pocket in the last 20 years on guns or scopes. I've sold, or traded at a profit to get what I currently have. I won't say I made much of a profit overall, but have managed to work my way into some nice guns for very little money by making smart trades.

More than half. I've sold a couple, and traded several but only regret one. If I don't shoot it, I have no problem sending it down the gun trade trail. I do wish I had that GP100 back though. :banghead:

Except for two that i bought for the kids, one of which is still here, and a junky Springfield P9C that I sold, I still have every gun that I have acquired.

The one who dies with the most guns wins. Charlton Heston is way in the lead though.

Shamefully I must admit less than half. As a young guy I loved guns but didn't have a lot of money. Well, actually that hasn't changed all that much! I used to trade, buy and sell a lot. Nowadays I try to hang on to guns unless I really don't care for them. Occasionally I trade something in towards something I want more. Sometimes this is fine and occasionally I later regret it. For example, I liked my FNP45 Tactical but only bought it because I couldn't find a USP45 Tactical. So when the LGS got one of the latter in I traded the FNP asap. It was a good trade; the HK is a much better gun (for me) and I didn't take too bad a beating since I got the HK from the same store where I bought the FN.

Sometimes I get rid of a gun because my tastes or circumstances changed. I've sold or traded my rifles off since I have nowhere to really shoot one now. But I can shoot 6 days a week on the LSG's indoor range with my handguns, so I've been more into handguns as a result.

I buy and sell, wheel and deal, trade for, trade away... etc.
I sold a Mossberg 4x4 last week and used the money to buy a Lyman Deerstalker and some random reloading stuff I can use. I almost never make a profit, but my interests change so I use what I have to get what I want.
But there are a few that I've got on my keeper list that are pretty secure.

The "value" of my gun collection has not changed much over the last decade - if I buy a new gun, I usually sell one to fund it. If I sell a gun, the cash stays in a separate fund to pay for the next purchase. Turnover is maybe 2-3 guns a year...

Less than half!
Funny how a wife and children change priorities!

Out of the 43 that I've had over the years, I still have 40 of them.

I got my first one in '69 or '70 when I was 13 or 14 years old, a savage 940e, single shot 12 ga. still have it and it still looks like new.

You can sell guns?

Option #3 assumes everyone who no longer has a gun must have sold it.

Rather, I like to think of it as many guns simply ceasing to exist, at least as far as records are concerned.

You can also give them away. You don't have to sell them to get rid of them, because sometimes people can get more use or enjoyment out of a firearm than you.

The only gun I have ever sold was a Glock that I never really got comfortable with and a good employee really wanted. I sold it to him for the same as I paid for it and we were both happy.

I don't think I can really say for sure, but I voted less than half. When I first got into firearms seriously, I was bringing them in about as fast as they were going out. I wanted to try them all. Some of those, I really wish I still had (like a 1957 Colt Trooper, a 4" S&W 57 & a 6" S&W 27-2), but most didn't fit me for one reason or another. Now that I'm a little older, I seem to be hanging on to them more and only buying when I really want something.

I have every gun I've ever owned, even my pellet guns.

Up until fairly recently it was 100%. Soon it will be down to about 33%. I've decided to (and most importantly) started to sell of my newer rifles (relative term as they're mostly from the 1940s). I'll be adding a few more to the collection (mostly old blackpowder rifles from the 1870s) but not to the same total number. That's something I never thought I would do a year ago, but my interests have definitely narrowed and the collection will follow suit.

((n-1)/n)*100

I plan on never having to sell another gun (I'm a wiser purchaser now), so my percentage is tending toward 100%

TCB

I'm with Schwing...I didn't know you could sell them.