Do You Get Tired of a Specific Gun You Bought?

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Does anybody else get "tired" of a pistol and lose interest in it after a while... only to find something else that is interesting (and then buy one of those?)?. I've gone through a lot of different pistols (and a few revolvers) over the years doing exactly this. I discovered 1911s again a couple of years ago and really like the platform so thought it would be my last big gun migration, but it turns out it did not mean I don't like other guns too.

I sometimes think I move around from different handgun to handgun because I can't afford to get a new car as often as I'd like, or to change wives for that matter.
 
This is why I rotate what I carry. Right now I have 3 guns I keep loaded to rotate. My most carried is a deep concealment firearm for work so the other two rarely see a holster. When I get tired of a gun it gets unloaded, cleaned well, and put in the large safe. Very rarely does it get sold, I have to dislike it for other reasons other than I am just tired of it.
 
HighRoadRover said:
I sometimes think I move around from different handgun to handgun because I can't afford to get a new car as often as I'd like, or to change wives for that matter.
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New gun? New car?
New guns don't excite me. I like historic guns that have an element of challenge to them.
-And the last new car in my family was a '57 Chevy, bought about when I was born.
-And I never married... .
 
HighRoadRover:

Do you mostly mean carry, or just any handgun taken to a range ?

My interest in rifles kept changing, but interest in handguns (in general) has steadily decreased so much that even hitting metal plates doesn't motivate me much.

Quite frankly, Despite the lower temps now.... but with higher Humidity vs. what we had in June/much of July (west TN), it can be somewhat difficult to remain detached and objective. :scrutiny:

Ask us again in October. :) The quality of my original 'commercial' Sig P225 (German-proofed) and the Czech PCR are satisfying, plus the fact that they are All-Metal explain why these still earn my appreciation.

If I were to live in a rural area by the Open borders of TX or AZ, due mostly to drug traffickers with millions of Fentanyl Tablets (while our Exec. Branch Does Not Care), it would be a quite different 'ballgame'.
 
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Yes, that is why I recently sold the first 2 handguns I bought: Glock 43 and Glock 36. Nothing wrong with them, but I did not enjoy shooting them much and only shot them as much as needed to remain proficient. 99% of my shooting to that point was long range target shooting.

Then I bought my Dad a Springfield 1911 and my feeling towards handguns changed. I really liked the way the 1911 felt in my hand and the way it shot. I quickly bought several more full size and a couple commander size 1911s and it was sayonara Glocks. I do not know if I will ever buy another polymer handgun again.

Now I really enjoy range time with pistols and am researching other metal frame guns whose popularity has kind of fallen by the wayside. In addition to more 1911s, I see some Browning Hi-Powers and clones, Sig P210s and other cool metal frame handguns in my future.

I'm hoping to buy my first single action revolver before the year is out.

The downside is that I'm more gun-poor than ever because I still love shooting and finding new (to me) long range precision rifles, too.
 
Do You Get Tired of a Specific Gun You Bought?

No, never have. There are a few I wish I had never parted with but nope, never got tired of any gun I have bought. The few I have parted with over all the years were generally because a friend offered me too much money to turn down. The fact that I never get tired of any of them likely explains why there are do many of them. When I plan a day at the outdoor range I normally pick out 4 I haven't shot for awhile and take them. Indoor range which is much closer to home I normally take maybe 3 guns, always 1 Model 1911. However the mood strikes me.

Ron
 
When I was younger, I was a prolific gun buyer/seller/trader. I've tried just about everything outside of the very high-end guns. I bought mostly used guns and have been able to sell/trade them for very near what I paid and occasionally at a small profit or I'd have never been able to do this.

I often bought something simply because I'd never had one. Many times it didn't take me long to decide I didn't really care for that particular gun. I wouldn't say I got tired of them, but after a while my hunting/shooting needs changed and something else was a better fit. If I don't use it, I sell it.

But at this point I've decided what I like and what works best for me. Over the last several years I've sold a bunch and have thinned the herd considerably.
 
I can't find a link but there was a study done that showed that buying new things releases endorphins into the brain. It's like taking cocaine.

After awhile the dopamine wears off and we get "bored" with our new toy and we go buy an newer toy.

I don't get that rush from guns. That's one of the reasons I own Glocks

However, I do have about 20 books on my "To Be Read" pile.
 
I had a Glock 19 for about 7 years. Shot great. Never had a single misfire. Carried it for several years. Found it incredibly boring to shoot. Extremely reliable, no frills, but nothing interesting either. Ended up getting rid of it. Decided to trim my collection down to a single 9mm -- a Sig P365XL.

Honestly, I find all modern 9mm's extremely boring to shoot. I only have two automatics right now -- this P365XL and a Springfield Mil-spec 1911. I enjoy the 1911, but the P365XL is just a business gun.

Revolvers are a thousand times more interesting from a sporting perspective. That's just my opinion, of course. ;)
 
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I don't get that rush from guns. That's one of the reasons I own Glocks
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What's it called if a person gets "that rush" when they buy a Glock? ;)
I sort of talking about myself. As backwards as this sounds, my first Glock is the G44 .22LR I bought because I thought it would be a fun plinker. However, it didn't take me long to fall in love with that little gun - it's lightweight, reliable, and more accurate than I ever would have dreamed.
I've killed a lot of ground squirrels in the last two springs with my G44, and it's the main reason I bought a Glock G19 for EDC. My G19 feels exactly like my G44 (only heavier) in my hand. And from what I can tell so far, my G19 is just as accurate and reliable as my G44. :thumbup:
 
New as in new, or new to me?

I get tired of things. Short attention span, off to the next adventure, project, etc...
I haven't even been shooting a lot of handguns lately, aside from .22's (and I always put a few mags through my carry gun) . I've been shooting .22 rifles more than anything else.

I shoot one til I've figured out where the combination of it and me stack up compared to other known quantities. If it's a nice rifle and I enjoy it, I'll keep it but still move on to the next one.
But I'll focus on one at a time until I'm convinced that's the best it'll do with me shooting it.
 
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I'm hoping to buy my first single action revolver before the year is out.
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Oh, son, you've never owned a single action revolver?! That's like trying to live life without driving a manual transmission. You actually need two, though--a .22 LR/WMR convertible that you can afford to blast the heck out of, and a .44 that points to God each time you touch it off.
 
Sure. Very few firearm purchases end up taking perment residence in the safe. I dislike mediocrity.
 
Yea, all the time, it is what ADHD brings to the game, and I have that (diagnosed) in spades. Makes you loose interest, or it can make you hyper focus on things.

One thing I wish we had at times here is an off topic area, When moving to a new board I usually hang around a bit see if I will stick then do an ADHD/dyslexia thread. Many "gun guys" are older folks like myself and have grand kids or just to the point of kids themselves, lots of good info I could share on the last 50 years with this that can actually help folk.

But yea, I will loose interest, sometimes inside a month, sometimes it will take years and nothing else will matter but that one gun, then the switch in my brain will flip, and you could not make me pick it up again.
 
I used to be REALLY bad about this. I was buying guns of all types because they "looked cool" or were the "new thing" and all kinds of other reasons. I finally "settled in" to Glocks (I don't even know how many I have) and a few 1911's as handguns that I actually USE. Outside of my "safe queens"- mostly vintage 1911's and a few Colt and S&W vintage wheel guns- the only others I have is my S&W shield (cause I don't like the mini Glocks) and a couple of 22 pistols. I have a good inventory of AR's, quality long range rifles and 870 types, 3 great hunting rifles, and 3 great shotguns for hunting. I have a safe jam packed with US property marked handguns and rifles, and several heirloom rifles and shotguns. I've pretty much "stabilized" on gun purchases.
 
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Oh, son, you've never owned a single action revolver?! That's like trying to live life without driving a manual transmission. You actually need two, though--a .22 LR/WMR convertible that you can afford to blast the heck out of, and a .44 that points to God each time you touch it off.
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My father had a single action with a .22LR and .22 Magnum cylinders when I was a kid that he used mainly for shooting poisonous snakes on our farm. I think he got it in 1971 or so. He passed away in 1984 and my mother has had it in her bedside table ever since.
Every once in a while I'd take it out and shoot it until I went to college in 1985. She still has it and every once in a while me and my stepfather take it out to shoot it. So while I don't technically have one its in the inheritance pipeline.
 
HighRoadRover
Does anybody else get "tired" of a pistol and lose interest in it after a while... only to find something else that is interesting (and then buy one of those?)?.
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No, can't say I have ever grown tired of any handgun that I have owned. With all of my pistols I highly value reliability, accuracy, and durability. I buy them for the long haul and as long as they stay "boringly reliable, accurate, and durable", then I'm happy with what I have.
 
Yep, sure do. I sold 5 recently that hardly ever got shot and didn't do it for me. No regrets and I made money on them.
 
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