I at least get SteyrAUG's point about what people choose to spend their disposable income on. I'm a dirt poor college student, yet I've got a G23, Kahr MK40, Ruger Mk.II, and soon a Serbu Super Shorty; and have in the past owned an NAA Guardian and Companion, High Standard DM-101 derringer, Target Grey Ruger SP-101, and Swiss K-31. Not a whole lot by some peoples' standards, but given my negligible income, it's quite a bit. But that's because I don't go to movies or restaurants, I don't really have expensive tastes in anything else (except steaks! Though I don't buy those very often at all). Everything I can, I buy used. Especially CDs and DVDs. I always shop around for the best price for any purchase over $50. I can't even think of the last time I dropped 3 figures on something other than a gun, except for this computer. I really do not spend my disposable income on anything significant except for guns and gun paraphernalia.
How Do You "One Kind Of Each" Guys Do It?
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texas bulldog
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+1 on the land thing, girl. i'd love to increase my very modest arsenal. but with the kind of money it would take to put together that type of collection in today's dollars, i'd maybe buy 10 or 15 guns off my wish list, be stoked about getting that many, and still have enough left over to buy land as far as i could see in every direction.
even if i won the lottery [which is pretty hard without a ticket], i still wouldn't have even 1/10 the number of guns as the OP. but i'd have to build an out-building for ammo storage, and i'd only go into town once a month to stock up on food.
ah, country livin'...
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I like guns,but they're quite some way from being the primary interest in my life.Many other things make me happier,from having a nice house and cars I enjoy driving,to sailing and riding motorcycles and travelling,all things that take a significant portion of income.As an example,I wanted a FAL so I bought a cheap but perfectly functional Century.It doesn't bother me that it isn't nearly as nice as a DSA that would have cost $1k more as that's a pipe for a bike or a couple weekends of track time or an airline ticket or some more landscaping.It's all about whatever it takes to make you happy.I'm perfectly content with a single low-end FAL and don't have any need to have any more,it's just for fun as I'm not a very serious shooter anyway nor a collector of any sort.If I was into competition or truly believed that some day Massachusetts would be beset by internal strife,maybe I'd see the need to expand the AR's from a couple cheap but reliable Armalites and a DPMS to something ultracool but I have no need for a trunk gun or CQB rifle or DMR as I'm not a cop and don't train for combat...but if we're attacked by sheets of paper I reckon I'll do OK.
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Sounds as if somebody is over compensating for something!
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How? I suppose its the difference between being a collector and a simple user. I derive no pleasure from guns that just sit in the safe gathering dust, nor do I need an example of every minute variation of a basic design. Clearly, the OP somehow does, and that's okay by me.
The only designs I have multiples of are Glocks and KelTec pocket guns, and that is only because they are my main defensive weapons. I just sold my last AR-type (a Stag M4gery). I bought it to train with before I deployed, and now that I have deployed, I no longer had a worldly use for it.
Going the opposite way of the OP, I am whittling down my "accumulation" (it's not a "collection") of guns. My wife gave me a Steyr Scout for our last anniversary, and so I will be selling the Mauser-action "pseudo-scout" it replaced. I find myself never shooting my Browning Buckmark .22, and so will also sell that.
The OP has a nice-sounding collection of guns. Really. But I will never own such a collection and have no desire to do so, even though I could afford it. Guns just aren't my whole life. They are just a part of it.
Over the next two years, after I wind up this deployment, I will travel to California's wine country, Mexico, Great Britain, northern Italy and the Mediterranean. This travel will cost tens of thousands of dollars that I suppose I could spend on guns instead. But I'd much rather have those experiences and memories than a bunch of plastic and steel locked up in a safe doing nothing.
The only designs I have multiples of are Glocks and KelTec pocket guns, and that is only because they are my main defensive weapons. I just sold my last AR-type (a Stag M4gery). I bought it to train with before I deployed, and now that I have deployed, I no longer had a worldly use for it.
Going the opposite way of the OP, I am whittling down my "accumulation" (it's not a "collection") of guns. My wife gave me a Steyr Scout for our last anniversary, and so I will be selling the Mauser-action "pseudo-scout" it replaced. I find myself never shooting my Browning Buckmark .22, and so will also sell that.
The OP has a nice-sounding collection of guns. Really. But I will never own such a collection and have no desire to do so, even though I could afford it. Guns just aren't my whole life. They are just a part of it.
Over the next two years, after I wind up this deployment, I will travel to California's wine country, Mexico, Great Britain, northern Italy and the Mediterranean. This travel will cost tens of thousands of dollars that I suppose I could spend on guns instead. But I'd much rather have those experiences and memories than a bunch of plastic and steel locked up in a safe doing nothing.
You forgot that I'm clearly needy, insecure and seeking group approval.
Of course you know what they say about people who psychological judgements and condemnations of others, you are obviously psychologically insane (probably a cannibalistic pedophile) and simply seeking to divert attention from yourself.
Aren't baseless speculations fun boys and girls.
It is because of criminal twisted folks like you that cause people like me to arm themselves in such a manner.
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I can't speak for anyone here but myself so:
I get annoyed when someone has good taste in firearms, spends a literal ton of money to acquire them, and takes every opportunity to show them to me. That said, I do spend most of my disposable income on guns/accessories and I am proud of them. Each one is a demonstration of my careful research and thought so I do enjoy showing them to others. My modest collection may seem unachievable to some so to them I would appear to be someone who has good taste in firearms, spends a literal ton of money to acquire them, and shows them off.
Nice guns. I like them. Someone else will come along soon and they will like them too.
I get annoyed when someone has good taste in firearms, spends a literal ton of money to acquire them, and takes every opportunity to show them to me. That said, I do spend most of my disposable income on guns/accessories and I am proud of them. Each one is a demonstration of my careful research and thought so I do enjoy showing them to others. My modest collection may seem unachievable to some so to them I would appear to be someone who has good taste in firearms, spends a literal ton of money to acquire them, and shows them off.
Nice guns. I like them. Someone else will come along soon and they will like them too.
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SteyrAUG, superior armory sir. Is this a great nation or what!? Hats off to you for gathering such fine weaponry. Is it true you've got one of the two Spandaus that were on Richtofen's last Dr1 buried in your WWI collection?
But to your question, leave us pause to ponder for a bit... How DO I do it? (In truth I'm guilty of having multiples in a limited number of my meager collection)
As a student of the rifle (I'll generalize here and call all weapons rifles for a moment) I lean towards the side of being labeled a conservative I suppose. Each rifle has it's own history and persona, it's quirks and foibles, abilities and limitations, and I chose to study those in an attempt to 'master' them (or at least become aware of them) so that I, as the weak link in the chain, be able to shoot somewhere near the level that each particular rifle is able to achieve (a worthy goal, sometimes fraught with frustration as the eyes age).
My dear old departed Dad always said, "You can never have too many guns" and I've taken those words to heart... as have you... but good god man, leave some for the rest of us.
We all have our crosses to bear, do we not? Your's to amass. Mine to study. His to tinker. Hers to hunt. Their's to deny us all.
My latest newfound weakness is simply keeping the children fed properly as I find myself worrying about the quantity of available ammunition on hand. Less than 500 rds of ammo for each and I start fretting. (5000 rds in .22lr) I suppose I should buy stock in ATK http://www.atk.com/ and Black-Hills http://www.black-hills.com/ just to see if they give stockholders discounts.
A masterful thread SteyrAUG. Full of photos, envy, lust, stories, junior psych... you do love bringing out the beast, er, best in us, do you not sir? If you would prepare a weekly range report, ala Mr. Stephen A. Camp, (complete with color 8"x10" glossy photos) on each weapon in your armory for submittal I'm certain that you would continue to have avid readership and keep the lust and luster alive. (hint hint) Of course it's understood that doing so could not, would not, should not, interfere with your shopping. Heck, I'd be interested in simply reading about your shopping trips.
But to your question, leave us pause to ponder for a bit... How DO I do it? (In truth I'm guilty of having multiples in a limited number of my meager collection)
As a student of the rifle (I'll generalize here and call all weapons rifles for a moment) I lean towards the side of being labeled a conservative I suppose. Each rifle has it's own history and persona, it's quirks and foibles, abilities and limitations, and I chose to study those in an attempt to 'master' them (or at least become aware of them) so that I, as the weak link in the chain, be able to shoot somewhere near the level that each particular rifle is able to achieve (a worthy goal, sometimes fraught with frustration as the eyes age).
My dear old departed Dad always said, "You can never have too many guns" and I've taken those words to heart... as have you... but good god man, leave some for the rest of us.
We all have our crosses to bear, do we not? Your's to amass. Mine to study. His to tinker. Hers to hunt. Their's to deny us all.
My latest newfound weakness is simply keeping the children fed properly as I find myself worrying about the quantity of available ammunition on hand. Less than 500 rds of ammo for each and I start fretting. (5000 rds in .22lr) I suppose I should buy stock in ATK http://www.atk.com/ and Black-Hills http://www.black-hills.com/ just to see if they give stockholders discounts.
A masterful thread SteyrAUG. Full of photos, envy, lust, stories, junior psych... you do love bringing out the beast, er, best in us, do you not sir? If you would prepare a weekly range report, ala Mr. Stephen A. Camp, (complete with color 8"x10" glossy photos) on each weapon in your armory for submittal I'm certain that you would continue to have avid readership and keep the lust and luster alive. (hint hint) Of course it's understood that doing so could not, would not, should not, interfere with your shopping. Heck, I'd be interested in simply reading about your shopping trips.
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