LimaCharlie
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When I bought my Weatherby 460 Magnum rifle, my wife asked why I needed it. I told her in case I had to shoot an escaped rogue elephant or kill a 1959 Buick.
Does every gun you own have a reason to justify its purchase?
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Behind every single firearm purchase I made was the deep love for guns and the shooting sport. Also, the desire to have first hand experience with a very wide variety of firearms.
I am certain that it has enriched my life more than if I had invested in non-tangible things.
I am certain that it has enriched my life more than if I had invested in non-tangible things.
.308 Norma
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LOL! Just like with everything else, when shooting Buicks, shot placement is critical!
My New Year's resolution was to tell my wife every time I buy something. I pushed that back to 2/1. I'm going to call that the first day of my fiscal year.
RetiredUSNChief
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With respect to my wife...
I have my own budget. So long as I'm not doing something that affects the family budget, then how I spend my money is pretty much my business. Or don't spend my money, as the case may be.
You guys should have seen the expression on my wife's face when she was filling out student loan application stuff with our youngest daughter and was asking me the usual questions...like how much we have in investments, etc.
Her: "How much do you have in savings?"
Me: "I have $XX,XXX in savings."
Her: *long pause* "You have $XX,XXX in savings?"
Me: "Yes. I have $XX,XXX in savings."
(The accent on "I" was made exceedingly obvious.)
I have my own budget. So long as I'm not doing something that affects the family budget, then how I spend my money is pretty much my business. Or don't spend my money, as the case may be.
You guys should have seen the expression on my wife's face when she was filling out student loan application stuff with our youngest daughter and was asking me the usual questions...like how much we have in investments, etc.
Her: "How much do you have in savings?"
Me: "I have $XX,XXX in savings."
Her: *long pause* "You have $XX,XXX in savings?"
Me: "Yes. I have $XX,XXX in savings."
(The accent on "I" was made exceedingly obvious.)
What I spent or will spend on guns is my business and I have earned my money. I would never ask my wife how many pairs of shoes she has and how much they were, nor will I question questionable purchases she made because she has earned the money she spends.
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Hokkmike
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entirely reasonable....
Terry G
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We have the same situation. She has her retirement and I have mine. Bills are split evenly. My Wife does not comment on what I buy and I don't either. Unlike ever other couple we know we never argue about money. It makes life and a lot of guns easier. One thing that get's me, and I see it fairly often ia some guy begging his Wife for money to buy something. Sometimes as minor as a box of ammunition. The other is a guy gloating that "He put one over on the Old Lady" and managed to sneak a gun purchase by Her..
RetiredUSNChief
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Our family budget is a fixed income. It used to fluctuate based on bills and our separate needs. Several years ago, when I made GS-12, I set the family budget at my GS-11 paycheck value, rounded up to the next $50. I got the difference between GS-12 and GS-11. (I also get any overtime.)
She also gets several hundred each month from my Navy retirement. That is equal to the apartment rent we paid way back in the 90s...when we moved out of that apartment, I kept the allotment going for it through the rest of my time in the Navy, then rolled it over into my retirement. That was so that if I were deployed and the Navy decided they had to screw with my pay, they couldn't touch that allotment and my wife would at least be assured of some money each month until I could get things fixed.
That hasn't changed since...she still gets that exact same amount for the family budget. Family budget pay raises didn't come in the form of an increase in the monthly budget over the years...it came in the form of me using my pay (including overtime) to pay off bills, which meant that money no longer had to come out of the family budget each month.
Bottom line is that the family budget is inviolate and she has total control over how it's spent. My "cut" of my pay is likewise inviolate. It goes into my savings, it goes for my stuff, it goes to support the family (like vehicle maintenance/repairs, vacations, etc.)
It's a nice set-up.
All mine are range or target guns except 2 carry guns and one pest control 22 that doubles as my Rimfire Silhouette rifle. Roughly 1/3 of my collection are family guns passed down from both sides. They are my tinkering guns for trying experiments like learning to reload cast rifle rounds or shooting long range 22 (200 yds).
EIB0879
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I want, I buy. That's my justification.
JR24
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Nah, quite a few don’t have purpose.
These days though, I think new ones will need one since I have fun stuff covered and, frankly, don’t shoot most of them.
These days though, I think new ones will need one since I have fun stuff covered and, frankly, don’t shoot most of them.
Whiskeyhotel2020
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Update to this. So I was speaking to my girl friend (gonna have to marry this woman) and we were discussing my gun room and what I'm looking for at the up coming gun show. I mentioned that I have some magazines that I don't have a use for and that I may possibly bring them with to trade for more useful to me items. She looks at me, with a straight face and honesty in her beautiful eyes, asks "Wouldn't you want to replace the gun instead?". So, no I no longer need to justify or three day rule my firearm purchases.
JR24
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Sounds like a winner. My wife (wasn’t yet at the time) had a great response when I asked what she wanted to do when we went to the city, and she replied “let’s go buy a gun”.
Ignition Override
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Only regarding money.
Now and then I Don't have ready "gun cash" from selling another gun(s). Many times such cash has been available, at least to cover most of the next planned (gun) purchase.
A married guy sometimes coordinates purchases with his wife, but this is the Only time when a "justification" is used. Our method is to spread out purchases.
Now and then I Don't have ready "gun cash" from selling another gun(s). Many times such cash has been available, at least to cover most of the next planned (gun) purchase.
A married guy sometimes coordinates purchases with his wife, but this is the Only time when a "justification" is used. Our method is to spread out purchases.
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Not justifiable, just a "want" but definitely not a "need".
Somebody said: Guns are like golf clubs.
I took it literally, and whacked the heck out of a pig after I missed a shot and the thing came crashing down near me. (Not true, I do not even hunt. But it makes for a good story).
Seriously, I purchased guns in the past just because they looked cool, but I ended up selling them for half their price after discovering there were just a gimmick. A KelTec bull pup was the latest disappointment.
Somebody said: Guns are like golf clubs.
I took it literally, and whacked the heck out of a pig after I missed a shot and the thing came crashing down near me. (Not true, I do not even hunt. But it makes for a good story).
Seriously, I purchased guns in the past just because they looked cool, but I ended up selling them for half their price after discovering there were just a gimmick. A KelTec bull pup was the latest disappointment.
CoalCrackerAl
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My hunting guns and SD guns have a purpose. The rest are for having fun.
pharmer
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Never need a reason. I live on a budget, the "gun fund" is outside of that. When there is "surplus" in the budget some goes in the fund. At 70 the desire for new/interesting guns has subsided. In the last 5 years I bought a CZ P07 in 2021 to replace a 1994 vintage SW 6906 for EDC and 2019 a shop bought 1400 guns from an OOB shop over in Sarasota. Couldn't pass up a new $220 Kahr P9 although I only bought 1 and should have taken all 8 (some P40 and P45 included). Joe
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Hokkmike
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Thanks all for your reply....
