How do you resist the siren call of a new gun?

[Quoheleth]

I can add:
*Mortgage...
*2nd Mortgage...
*Wife's car...
*My car...
*Daycare...
*Electric...
*Phone/Internet...
*Medical bills...
*Student loans (16 more *years!*)
*Kid's class trip to DC & Boston...
and there isn't a whole lotta extra stuff. I'm saving my loose change for a Texas CCL - not out of the family budget, but the loose change I get & find.


I try to keep my perspective:
*One Federal Bulk Pack of .22 = 3 gallons of milk
*One 100-round bulk WWB .45ACP = 8 gallons of gas
Those aren't so bad, and as part of my recreation budget, I allow that occassional purchase.

But if you start talking guns:
*Used Smith M-10 = 4-wheel brake job on my car
*STI 1911 = repairing my septic line.

Keep things in perspective.

Q

 

[Savage Shooter]

Resistance is futile (corny robot voice here)
I keep reading this NEED word What the does that have to do with anything?
I MUST have them ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

 

[lowercase]

anyway, part of my "infatuation" stage consists of going to my local gunshop on a regular basis and looking for good deals (read; CHEAP) in their used guns, almost every week, I see a gun that I'd *LOVE* to have

Oh, lordy. If you like looking for CHEAP guns, don't go anywhere that sells Russian Mosin Nagant rifles. Those things are totally addictive. You can find them on sale sometimes for as low as 75 bucks! On the internet sites like J & G, they go for even less (before shipping).

That means that you can get a perfectly reliable rifle with cool history for less than the price of filling up a full-sized pickup. Needless to say, I already have seven of the things.

 

[SCKimberFan]

I just couldn't get that siren out of my head, so I gave in yesterday and put a CZ 75 Compact on layaway. It feels sooooo good to just let go.......

 

[packnrat]

i resist by not having any money in the bank from the last gun i bought.




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[offroaddiver]

I have just promised myself that I won't buy anything for a while. Then again I noticed something the other day. Oh yeah I do have a (insert caliber) gun that I haven't shot.