Did something I never thought I'd do yesterday...

[HexHead]

I've been on the catch & release program. Been on a tear the last couple of years fine tuning my safe. I'm to the point now I can walk into a very well stocked gun store and not see anything I want.

 

[bannockburn]

Haven't bought anything in awhile but haven't really been looking all that hard at anything in particular either. Don't even go to the gun shows anymore. So right now I'm just standing pat with no wheeling and dealing going on.

 

[joem1945]

Many years ago I thought I didn't want to see guns anymore. Sold them/ kicked myself ever since.

 

[Paul7]

True but you can only shoot 1 or maybe two at a time.

I find the anticipation of a new purchase outweighs the actual purchase. I get all fired up, do a bunch of research, and then actually make the purchase. I go out and shoot the gun and it is great. Then the new wears off, it goes into the safe, and is just another gun in the collection.

I find this with most purchases: car, house, phone, computer, etc. Possessions don't bring lasting happiness, it is the experiences and relationships that do.

True of most material possessions in life, there's a built-in 3 month fizzle period whereafter they cease to be a big deal.

I generally sell a gun for every new one I buy, unless it is a collectible I think may increase in value.

 

[DeepSouth]

I generally buy but will sell occasionally, I sold a P22 once for about 150 dollars loss and the guy that bought it got screwed, biggest piece of crap I ever owned.


Only guns I've ever regretted selling was a Colt 1991 and a Pedersoli Sharps. The first I sold to buy an engagement ring, the second I sold because being married is really, really, expensive.

 

[thump_rrr]

True but you can only shoot 1 or maybe two at a time.

I find the anticipation of a new purchase outweighs the actual purchase. I get all fired up, do a bunch of research, and then actually make the purchase. I go out and shoot the gun and it is great. Then the new wears off, it goes into the safe, and is just another gun in the collection.

I find this with most purchases: car, house, phone, computer, etc. Possessions don't bring lasting happiness, it is the experiences and relationships that do.

I've lived in the same house for over 30 years and feel I can live out the rest of my days here.
My Mustang is now 10 years old yet I still get the same feeling to keep modding it as I did the day I brought it home.
I have yet to sell a gun and have not even thought of selling one.
All of my close friends have been around since my high school days.

You would think that with statements like these I would be in my 70's and living in a small town somewhere but I'm not yet 50 and living in a big city.

Some of us do feel a connection to the past through material possessions.