Do you have 2 identical rifles?

[Propforce]

If so, what is your reason/ rationale for owning 2 same rifles?

My motivation for asking is that 6 months ago I acquired a rifle from a LGS (during Sandy Hook panic), but now I see an ad from another LGS for the same gun but at a much lower price. I don't know if I can "justify" owning 2 identical rifles? I do like the idea of averaging out a lower price per rifle.

Also having the same caliber but different manufacturers or model? I guess I can understand this one better.

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

sounds like you're just upset that you paid too much during the panic and now you think buying one at a normal price will make you feel better.

 

[Revoliver]

Buyer's remorse is not that big a deal with the AR platform as it is the 'lego' of the gun world (as long as you actuall like/want the rifle to begin with).

I would suggest reading up/finding out the quality of the manufacure of your owned AR and then if necessary or desired picking up replacement parts of known quality from known quality vendors and switching them out now that prices are back to 'normal' and supply has caught up.

As to owning more than one of the same rifle, there are plenty of people that have mutliple ARs for all sorts of reasons and there's nothing wrong with doing so if you so desire. However, based on your initial post, it seems more like you just wanted to have one before they were possibly banned which is why I make my parts upgrade/replacement suggestion above.

 

[X-Rap]

Averaging the costs never seemed to matter but yes I have multiple guns of the same model.
788rem (one is painted winter the other for the rest of the year)
multiple AR's (spare, sell, multiple locations or vehicles, familiarity)
multiple 10/22 (same reasons)
multiple handguns from multiple manufacturers (same reasons)
Many rifles and shotguns of the same model but different caliber
I also have 3 kids and 2 grandkids so I want some of the same rifles that are my favorites to be passed on to them.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I do like the idea of averaging out a lower price per rifle.

Whatever you have to tell yourself to talk yourself into it friend.

 

[On An Island]

No, I don't.

But, I wouldn't worry about the cost differential. You purchased the original based on need at the time. Be happy that you had it then and have it now, shoot it and enjoy it. Don't sweat the petty stuff.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I have duplicates of several guns. In shooters, my reason is because one wears optics and one does not.

 

[cfullgraf]

I have two AR-15 A2 versions purchased for Service Rifle matches. Identical in appearance but not under the skin so I guess it does not count.

The second has several accuracy improvements that the first does not have. The first could have been rebuilt but it was more expedient to buy the second.

 

[foxtail207]

Yes, I have several duplicates, however, I did inherit the duplicates.

For me, there are too many neat guns to buy duplicates models. I do have duplicate calibers, but that's for consolidating ammo.

The only thing I have ever bought at different prices, and to average out the costs, are gold and silver.


Just my 2 cents worth...

 

[Scrubber3]

I'd say it depends on the rifle.... If its a hard to get rifle or something of an investment, go ahead and get it. If its not and is exactly the same, I'd say not so much. If its a different version or manufacturer of the same rifle, why not get it? It honestly just depends on you and your needs/wants.

I have 3 ARs all chambered in 5.56 and all top tier manufacturers. Why? Because that's what I want. One is a DDM4V1, one is a BCM Recce 14 MK2, the other is a build of mine (DD barrel and upper receiver, lancer handguard, custom muzzle device, Anderson lower receiver with a CMMG lpk). These have all been tweaked to my liking and all have their respective purpose.

So long as you're not missing any payments on you house or car, get whatevs you want!

 

[GBExpat]

My motivation for asking is that 6 months ago I acquired a rifle from a LGS (during Sandy Hook panic), but now I see an ad from another LGS for the same gun but at a much lower price.

Hopefully, this indicates that you are upset with yourself ...

I have many duplicate longuns, with the exception of my 3 ARs, all of them are either milsurps or rebuilds of military rifles.

In addition to multiples of assorted milsurp handguns, I also have multiple commercial-built 1911s, Star PDs and Star BMs.

I have my 3 ARs configured in 3 different ways.

I own my other Multiples because [A] I like them I could afford them and [C] all of them have appreciated in value, some quite a bit, and a few are very hard to find right now.

Years ago I had a chance to get a 2nd .44 Marlin 1894 for an outstanding price but could not talk myself into the purchase. For a long time, now, I wish that I had.

That was a time when I still had a tiny shred of restraint when it came to firearms acquisition.

 

[vaupet]

I have 3 identical k31, one for each of my kids. Got them before the supply would dry up

And if they don't want them, i'll always be able to sell them with a profit

greetz

Peter

 

[desidog]

Where do you draw the line at "the same"?

I think an AR with a 16" bbl and an AR with a 20" bbl don't qualify, but how about a Mosin with a hexagonal vs a Mosin with a round receiver? I draw a very fine line; which, incidentally, allows my collection to grow...

Some people see my collection and see a lot of "the same" gun...but if you look closely, there are significant differences. For example, No.4 Enfields: mk1, mk1*, and Mk2. Or Carcano Carbines, i have four, made in three different factories, all with different bayonet hinge/locks.

In short, go buy it.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

Would my 6 30-06's be considered excessive?

 

[briansmithwins]

Guilty.

Two ARs with 16" midlength gas barrels, Magpul collapsible stocks.

In my defense, one has a 3.5x optic and the other a Aimpoint.

BSW

 

[peacemaker45]

Not quite. A lot of guys I shoot with will have one match rifle and another one identical to it for a backup. I've thought about that, but to me two expensive identical raceguns just represents too many resources tied up. Instead, I tend to own something similar enough to work as a backup in a pinch, but different enough to actually expand my capabilities.

For example: in cowboy guns, I've got my primary match rifle, which is an Uberti '66 in .38 Spl. Rather than get another exactly like it, I got an Uberti '73 in .44-40. With 180 grn bullets and Trail Boss, I can down load it almost to .38 levels, certainly close enough to use as a backup, but I can also load full cases of black powder and do something completely different.

In hunting rifles, one could own a light rifle, like a .243 or .25-06 neighborhood, a .30-06, and then a medium like a .338 or .35. If you're deer hunting, you take the light and the thirty to backstop it. If elk, you take the medium and the thirty to backstop it, etc.

In that case, buying multiple rifles of the same action but in different calibers makes a lot of sense. That way you don't have to deal with confusion about where the safety is, how it works, or how the bolt throw works.

Of course, some people think variety is a good thing, and like to mix and match makers, too. They may end up with a Model 70, and a 700 with two different safeties, a Weatherby with a short bolt lift, a Sako because they're awesome, and a maybe a lever or a pump just to confuse things. I won't say that they're wrong, but a grizz or buff might think its funny when they can't remember how the gun they grabbed that day works.

 

[savanahsdad]

lots of us do , some because of age "one newer one older" matched sets with ser from 1234 to 1235 or one with open sights and one a scope ,

I assuming you mean in the same cal ? I have 4 savage bolt guns 2 are 270win and 1 in 7mm-08 and 1 in 7mmWSM so I would not say there the same ,

closest thing to the same I have would be 2 out of the 3 REM mod 141's I have, there're the same, one is per WWII and one is post WWII but they're the same, and the 3rd is in 32rem, , also have a few Savage mod 24's same but not ,

so there a lot of reasons to have twins , or almost twins.

 

[PJSprog]

Would my 6 30-06's be considered excessive?

No. You can't have too many rifles in .30-06, anymore than you can have too many in .22LR.

I have the same rifle in two different calibers; a Savage MkII in .22LR, and a Savage 93 in .22WMR.
I have a 1903 Springfield, but am looking for a decent(ly priced) A3 variant as well. It seems that most of the Mauser, Springfield, and M1 shooters I know have more than one of each of those rifles.

 

[boogieman]

I have 2 7600 Remingtons. My Father always shot one (mid 50's gun) and when I got old enough he bought me one. Both 30-06. They are not identical, forearm is different. My oldest son now shoots my dads, he is no longer around.
At the OP- IMO I dont see a need for identical rifles in the same caliber.

 

[morcey2]

I have a pair of VZ-24s, one normal and the other is a Romanian contract one. I don't know if that counts. I also have 3 M44 mosins, and a couple of M91/30s. But they're all different.

I am ordering several identical Savage Mark-II's for boy scouts activities and other training.

Matt

 

[chaser_2332]

I am having another identical 6mm creedmoor built so I practice as much as I want without shooting out my match rifle barrel.

 

[jmr40]

I have several duplicates. One is none, two is one. If something happens to my primary gun having an identical spare is better than having to learn a different guns characteristics. I also have 2 kids, when I die they can both have the same thing without debating which one gets the Colt and which get the S&W. They can both have a Colt and a S&W.

If the SHTF I have G-19's and AR's for every member of the family. Simplifies training and practice.

It also simplifies ammo and reloading components. Realistically there is almost no difference between all of the common chamberings. I'd much rather have 3-4 rifles chambered in 308 and have them set up slightly differently for different styles of hunting than have a 308, 243, 260 and a 7-08. In many cases they may be set up slightly different, with different optics etc., but in similar rifles.

 

[Toml]

I grew up in a household with two Winchester Model 70s. My dad ordered a .22 Hornet at the end of the war and couldn't resist buying another before the first was delivered when the opportunity came along. There were shortages then.

 

[Warp]

Almost. For practical purposes, yes, I have two sets of identical firearms.

Two is one, one is none.

Something could happen to one. It could break. It could stop functioning properly. It could be confiscated after being used. It could be loaned out to somebody. It could (eventually) wear out.

So I have duplicates of my primary gun, the one I would choose if I could only have one gun (Glock 26, one Gen3 and one Gen4), and I have duplicates of my second gun, the one I would choose second if I could only have two (two AR15/M4 type rifles)

 

[jlucke69]

I've yet to turn down a Winchester Trapper, so I have several duplicates. Also have 3 Browning BL-22's, 3 Ruger 10/22's, 3 Ruger Single-10's and 2 growing boys. Wife just rolls her eyes at me when I say I am only buying another so we have one for each of us.