AStone
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Hey Doggscube,
Congrats on reaching "senior member" status with that one.
It only goes downhill from there...
Congrats on reaching "senior member" status with that one.
It only goes downhill from there...
Does your gun count match your age?
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pfgrone
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Well, I'm 70 years old. Whadda ya think?
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orionengnr
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nah, I always find something I want and have to sell something in order to fund it.
Now if you count up how many I have owned...might be getting close. But have them all at once...Nah, see above.
I have owned 65 motorcycles though...once again, a cumulative total, no more than 7 at once
Now if you count up how many I have owned...might be getting close. But have them all at once...Nah, see above.
I have owned 65 motorcycles though...once again, a cumulative total, no more than 7 at once
hankdatank1362
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Why? What's the point of having dozens of guns? Yeah, it'd be real nice to be able to fill a double wide trailer with your personal collection, but it simply makes more sense to get only a few select guns for certain situations (a few shotguns, deer/sniper rifles, large game, carry guns, pocket guns, home defense, SHTF, etc.) Hell, I could have any concieveable situation covered with about 15 guns. However, since some of you seem to have more than you could possibly care for, how about I give some of them a good home for you. I have a big backyard, where they could run and play all day.
oneshooter
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My collection is a part of my retirement!!
Oneshooter
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Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
Gun count > age
AStone
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Hso, I had no idea that you were only 15.
Wow, you communicate well for one so young.
Wow, you communicate well for one so young.
Tigerseye
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I don't think I could live long enough to catch up to the gun count, so I'll keep buying.
cookand
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Well, my personal gun total equals 1/4th my age(24). But, if you consider my dads collection I have access to, I heavily surpass my age.
Jason Hallock
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I try and buy quality and not quantity.... I am humbled now. Promise to try harder on this unique perspective. Guess I'm gettin' too old :banghead:
brandyspaw
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As of late I've really been trying to get rid of my excessive guns. I'm trying
to rid my gun safes of those pesky safe queens-all that stuff I have never shot or never shoot anymore. I'm 55 and I've got far more guns than that and certainly more than I need.
I need to cut back on a bunch more. My new motto-----If I don't shoot it, I don't need it.
to rid my gun safes of those pesky safe queens-all that stuff I have never shot or never shoot anymore. I'm 55 and I've got far more guns than that and certainly more than I need.
I need to cut back on a bunch more. My new motto-----If I don't shoot it, I don't need it.
modifiedbrowning
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Nope, but 13 in 5 yrs isn't too bad. I am working on the problem though.
hobbeeman
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Not Yet (42 y/o)
Quality, not Quantity?
I try to buy the quality guns that are undervalued by the pawn dealers. I like nothing more than to by a gun that is priced at 20-50% less than the current value
My favorites are the old Remington model 11's, made from the JMB design.
Very much undervalued for the reliability and beautiful engravings that you get on them.
I get a gun for the purpose that I either need or want. When it is a needed gun, like a modern shotgun for shooting steel shot at migratory birds, I get 2. One for me and one for my 13y/o son. Soon I will be getting 3, including one for my 10 y/o daughter, and I dream of the day that I will be purchasing guns for my wife.
I firmly believe in the right tool for the right job, but that also means many tools/guns. I don't feel guilty.
I like all sort of tools
(42 y/o)Quality, not Quantity?
I try to buy the quality guns that are undervalued by the pawn dealers. I like nothing more than to by a gun that is priced at 20-50% less than the current value
My favorites are the old Remington model 11's, made from the JMB design.
Very much undervalued for the reliability and beautiful engravings that you get on them.
I get a gun for the purpose that I either need or want. When it is a needed gun, like a modern shotgun for shooting steel shot at migratory birds, I get 2. One for me and one for my 13y/o son. Soon I will be getting 3, including one for my 10 y/o daughter, and I dream of the day that I will be purchasing guns for my wife.
I firmly believe in the right tool for the right job, but that also means many tools/guns. I don't feel guilty.
I like all sort of tools AStone
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hypothesis: there are two extremes of gun ownership
Type A: quantity matters more than quality.
Type B: quality matters more than quantity.
There is a type C, which are somewhere in between
(but more of them trying to attain A status than type B).
{Disclaimer: this is an informal observation
based on a quick reading of this thread,
not based on reliable statistical analysis. YMMV.}
Type A: quantity matters more than quality.
Type B: quality matters more than quantity.
There is a type C, which are somewhere in between
(but more of them trying to attain A status than type B).
{Disclaimer: this is an informal observation
based on a quick reading of this thread,
not based on reliable statistical analysis. YMMV.}
NorthernExtreme
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No! I wish I knew how to make my age match my gun count (things didn't hurt so much then). But what I lack in count I make up for in quality and know how.
aaronrkelly
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At the age of 24 I had NO guns.
At the age of 26 I have 28 guns. I buy about 14 a year.......or a little over 1 a month.
At the age of 26 I have 28 guns. I buy about 14 a year.......or a little over 1 a month.
Mandirigma
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No.
Even with extra weapons for family/friends etc I figured out I needed things like, ammo, food, water and other things for if SHTF.
Even with extra weapons for family/friends etc I figured out I needed things like, ammo, food, water and other things for if SHTF.
airmonkey
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nope five rifles, one shotgun and, one pistol and a one year old girl and a three week old girl, so it's probably going to be awhile before the gun collection grows any more.
Action_Can_Do
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I wish. As is, I'll just have to be content with buying 4 per year. I'll get the numbers to match someday.
As is, I'll just have to be content with buying 4 per year. I'll get the numbers to match someday.
Legionnaire
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Nope. Fewer guns than my age by a bit, and the gap is growing. I'm getting older (aren't we all) and I'm culling the collection of guns I bought for whatever reason and don't shoot.
That does NOT mean there are no plans for future acquisition, though ...
and I'm culling the collection of guns I bought for whatever reason and don't shoot. That does NOT mean there are no plans for future acquisition, though ...
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