Slappy White
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Yes, especially now. Why have them if you can’t shoot them due to ammo availability. Might as well trim down to a pistol, a rifle, and a shotgun.
So what shotguns do you have? PM if you preferYes!
I got a long gun on Armslist now. Another may be posted as well. Thinking of reducing myself to just two 22LR rifles.
Ideally I’d sell the shotguns first. Then the reloading components after.
Might even part with all of my reloading gear!
But strangely Armslist is very quiet!
I’ve been purging a lot of things from my life lately. Part of this selling is me being realistic of what I really have time for... I don’t have time to turkey hunt. I don’t have time to properly deer hunt. But I can make time for squirrels due to generous season lengths.
I just don’t want to end up like the people who can’t park their cars in their garages because they have too much stuff.If we all did that, imagine how this society might turn out...........the instant gratification spoiled unicorn snowflakes would be lost
This made me think of a late friend of mine. He had probably 50-75 guns and probably 50-100k rounds of ammo if not more. He was also a prepper and had a ton of machetes, knives, swords, etc. Sadly he passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 65. No wife, a son who he made seem like really didnt come around or have a good relationship with. I got to wondering last week what will happen to all his stuff. I used to joke with him when he would tell me how he ordered another 5k rounds online and purchased another gun that he doesnt even shoot them and should come to the club and shoot with me or give me some of the ammo and i will put it to use. He said he just likes collecting and he's saving all his ammo. He would only shoot once or twice a year. His son wasn't a gun person so its going to be rough on them getting rid of everything.Yup. A couple of years ago I was in the market for yet another safe and as I was looking, I realized that I did not have too few safes but rather, too many firearms.
These days, I'm slowly whittling down as others find their way to me. I don't want to leave my wife with having to deal with it when I kick.
Had a rather epic DA revolver culling a little over a year ago. Only regret maybe two being gone and even then - not too much.
Todd.
I consider myself a minimalist striving to keep it simple measuring every new acquisition by degree of need.Thought about it, did it.
I’m trying this trend in the rest of my life too, narrowing down my stuff to what I need and one or two things I might not need but just like. Trying to get away from consumer culture in a big way.
Finding more happiness in less as opposed to more happiness in more; has been a good exercise for me.
By too much stuff You mean Crap / Junk that probably hasn’t been used in yearsI just don’t want to end up like the people who can’t park their cars in their garages because they have too much stuff.
Same goal for me as wellI have a similar thought quite often, but then remind myself that it's taken 15 years to build my "collection" into what it is today. Honestly, I don't have a lot of "cheap" guns anymore; but I don't have a lot of guns anymore, either. Consolidation of many cheap-o's into a few "quality" pieces was the goal a couple years ago, and I've accomplished it. I'm happy with what I have, really don't have a desire to add anymore right now with the exception of a Colt 1911 and no hurry on that one. I have enough ammo to be comfortable for a couple years, at the rate I shoot/hunt. Especially for the '06. Hopefully in the coming weeks/months/years I'll be able to replenish my rimfire stock. No hurry though. Just gonna be patient and wait for some good deals.
Mac
Reality: I really only need a handgun (self-defense), big game rifle (food), shotgun (food/self-defense); so anyone who has more than the above mentioned firearms is past the point of need, and isn't living a minimalist lifestyle (IMHO).
I disagree; in your scenario a shotgun would do it all. My shotguns, however, are for enjoyment, not utilitarian use; just as important to take care of one's mental health as well as your physical one.
Some of mine already have gone to friends and relatives, and I'm nowhere near to "passing" (I hope). A few years back, I gave a Browning 30-06 auto (that was given to me by a brother-in-law in the first place) to a friend, and I gave a pair of Colt Frontier Scouts and their holster set that once belonged to my dad to my oldest nephew.No. The firearms I own will go to my brother, nephew, or close friends when I pass.
LOL; and yet we have the old adage : "Beware the man who shoots one gun for he probably shoots it very well" Or something close to that. 100 years ago, those that had a gun most often only had one - might have been a shotgun, a rifle, a musket.........shooting for sport and fun was only for the rich; guns were tools no more respected than a hammer (and often as not neglected like one left in the rain). I have friends with a LOT of guns; one gent on particular has 3 Browning 52 gun safe FULL and more on display because he is out of room. Hos African safari days are long past, yet he has all of those rifles; his bird hunting days are long gone, yet he has dozens of shotguns; when he did do some shooting at the local clays club, it was the same Browning 525, even though he could afford the best in the world. His wife is going to have a helluva an ordeal trying to get rid of 150+ gunsAgreed, but to ask on a gun forum to go down to one firearm is likely cause for account disablement.