tark
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I think I am not alone in saying that at times in my life, that was the only way I could finance a new gun.
As to the OPs question.....No. I've always known EXACTLY what to do with every gun I have ever owned.
Have you ever had a gun you don't know what to do with?
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As to the OPs question.....No. I've always known EXACTLY what to do with every gun I have ever owned.
22-rimfire
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"Never sell a gun." Used to feel that way.... I see no problem selling a gun you have no use for. When I started buying guns, every single one had a specific purpose. When the purpose ended, I eventually sold them. These were mostly long guns versus handguns. The handguns are harder to part with for me.
As time went on, I pretty much covered all the bases and things that I first started buying became somewhat collectible (Colts mostly). So, I stopped shooting them although I would shoot them if I felt like it or need to. Not really going to hurt a gun that I have shot a bit in terms of its collectiblity (value). Shot is shot. I moved into the collector ranks over time buying really pristine guns with no intention of ever shooting them. I separate these out of my consideration as they are purely to eventually sell down the road if I can bring myself to part with them. It is hard even when you loose interest....
As I get older, I am less attached to the collector stuff and likely will begin to divest myself of some of them and raise a bit of money for other purposes. I am not in the market for any gun at the moment although I would pick up a "bargain" if one walked in the door. I went from buying a couple guns a month to one about every couple of months, to a couple a year at most now.
In the past, there have been gun shows where I left with as many as 5 or 6 new guns. Those days are past and I have no interest to rekindle that kind of thing. So, sell stuff you have no use for if you want to. Or keep it as part of a "wealth acquisition" effort. Good guns really don't go down in value after owning a couple years overall. I think of them sort of like I would a gold coin.... valuable, but not so easy to sell.
As time went on, I pretty much covered all the bases and things that I first started buying became somewhat collectible (Colts mostly). So, I stopped shooting them although I would shoot them if I felt like it or need to. Not really going to hurt a gun that I have shot a bit in terms of its collectiblity (value). Shot is shot. I moved into the collector ranks over time buying really pristine guns with no intention of ever shooting them. I separate these out of my consideration as they are purely to eventually sell down the road if I can bring myself to part with them. It is hard even when you loose interest....
As I get older, I am less attached to the collector stuff and likely will begin to divest myself of some of them and raise a bit of money for other purposes. I am not in the market for any gun at the moment although I would pick up a "bargain" if one walked in the door. I went from buying a couple guns a month to one about every couple of months, to a couple a year at most now.
In the past, there have been gun shows where I left with as many as 5 or 6 new guns. Those days are past and I have no interest to rekindle that kind of thing. So, sell stuff you have no use for if you want to. Or keep it as part of a "wealth acquisition" effort. Good guns really don't go down in value after owning a couple years overall. I think of them sort of like I would a gold coin.... valuable, but not so easy to sell.
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gregp74
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I've actually sold off quite a few since I originally posted this thread. Most of them were used guns that I'd call ok, but nothing extraordinary. And a few that were too similar to keep both. (I didn't really need a 223, a 220 Swift, and a 22-250 or 5 full size 9mm pistols.)
The money I've made has mostly gone back into firearms and optics, but higher end stuff that'll probably retain it's value better if I were ever to sell them -- which I don't really see myself doing because these are ones I thought about and didn't just buy on a whim when I walked in the store: An Anschutz 22lr with a nice Leupold, A heavy barrel Savage 223 bolt gun wearing a Burris XTR II (Or a a Nightforce SHV...not sure which I'm going to keep yet) and a Sig P226 Legion SAO.
The money I've made has mostly gone back into firearms and optics, but higher end stuff that'll probably retain it's value better if I were ever to sell them -- which I don't really see myself doing because these are ones I thought about and didn't just buy on a whim when I walked in the store: An Anschutz 22lr with a nice Leupold, A heavy barrel Savage 223 bolt gun wearing a Burris XTR II (Or a a Nightforce SHV...not sure which I'm going to keep yet) and a Sig P226 Legion SAO.
Creaky_Old_Cop
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If I won't shoot it...I don't own it. I got rid of all the guns I didn't shoot a few years ago. I went on a "get this crap outta here" binge. The only gun I will keep, that I don't shoot except once a year is my Dad's Colt Commander that he carried in Korea and in VietNam, Republic Of. He was a USAF pilot and he bought the Commander in 1951 in Germany before his squadron was deployed to Korea.
I have his Model 37 J-Frame, his Model 19 Smith snubby, and his Model 19 4" that he carried as a deputy sheriff. Those I will shoot, albeit with 38s I load to just about 700fps 1ith 130gr RNFP hard cast projectiles I cast myself, and shoot in matches once in a while and I carried his Model 37 for a few years as a BUG when I was early in my career as an LEO.
So, those four are the only guns I own that could "sorta" be considered "guns I don't know what to do with". I have his original Colt SP1, but I shoot that fairly regularly just to show the "young kids" that solid techniques with a stock rifle will beat all the "tacticool crap" bolted onto guns they don't actually do silly stuff like train/practice with.
I have his Model 37 J-Frame, his Model 19 Smith snubby, and his Model 19 4" that he carried as a deputy sheriff. Those I will shoot, albeit with 38s I load to just about 700fps 1ith 130gr RNFP hard cast projectiles I cast myself, and shoot in matches once in a while and I carried his Model 37 for a few years as a BUG when I was early in my career as an LEO.
So, those four are the only guns I own that could "sorta" be considered "guns I don't know what to do with". I have his original Colt SP1, but I shoot that fairly regularly just to show the "young kids" that solid techniques with a stock rifle will beat all the "tacticool crap" bolted onto guns they don't actually do silly stuff like train/practice with.
This explains my feelings on "safe queens" most succinctly. I honestly have trouble wrapping my head around someone who would buy a superb tool and decline to put it to use.
A gun writer I've read since since I first became interested in guns wrote something about fancy/pretty guns once that really stuck with me. Mike Venturino's wife wanted to buy him a very special gun, and the gun he decided on was a custom Shilo Sharps with presentation grade wood and a number of other upgrades. What I really admire about Mr Venturino is that rather than consign this wonderful testament of a gunmakers functional art to a safe, he has shot the snot out of it. He is a very accomplished shooter who's favorite discipline is Blackpowder Silhouette. He really knows how to make those old Sharps and such perform, so much so that he tutored Tom Seleck in those skills for "Quigley Down Under". That custom Shilo is one of his main competition guns and is no longer 100% pristine, but has instead has acquired the patina of extensive use along the dents, dings and scars of a well used tool. Pristine is overrated, I much prefer a gun with honest wear.
dh1633pm
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Anyone who has a firearm in their possession for which they have no use, please PM me for the address of an FFL holder who will gladly accept a transfer on my behalf. I will gladly pay shipping.
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