Everytime I read a "consolidating my firearms" thread, I think "that's why I don't buy cheap or ugly firearms in the first place!"
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I believe there is a direct correlation between having more available space and having an unconscious need to fill it up with even more clutter.
Well the Ruger No 1 I'm going to trade is beautiful, and was really expensive since they weren't making them in 460 magnum at the time. Unfortunately it's not gotten any use.Everytime I read a "consolidating my firearms" thread, I think "that's why I don't buy cheap or ugly firearms in the first place!"
Tonight I cleaned up my HK45, oiled it so all the store has to do is put it under glass, found the three brand new magazines I had stashed to go along with the two it came with, and I rounded up the Safariland holster I have for it. all ready to be traded.
Everytime I read a "consolidating my firearms" thread, I think "that's why I don't buy cheap or ugly firearms in the first place!"
Well I offer pretty decent trade deals to my LGS, and they are good enough to me that when they think I’m lower than I should be, they tell me. I get a friendly hello and ”How’s that such’n such gun working for you?!?” when I walk in.Store? Why don't you offer it for sale here first?
I guess you could say I limit my inventory. My collection has always stayed pretty small. Budget is always an issue when buying (funny how that whole "wife and kid" thing does that), so if I want something new, I often need to trade something else off to make the purchase. I'm at a point where all of my "needs" are covered, though I've considered some shuffling & horse-trading to get them covered by pistols that I might like a little better. As far as my "wants" go, most of them are covered, too, but there are a small handful of things I might yet pick up.....Are you downsizing and trading things in at all? Do you try to limit your inventory? Is refining your collection something you are doing?
Yep. He who dies with the most toys leaves a hell of a mess for their heirs.Whoever has the most toys when they die wins" theory... now, not so much.
26x 20ft is a big safe, lol.that’s why I limit myself to 1 gun safe and a gunroom that’s 26x20’ fill it up and either I quit accumulating or I rotate by replacement.
Sorry for your loss. And yes, even when things are in order, it takes time.Yep. He who dies with the most toys leaves a hell of a mess for their heirs.
My mom passed last April 23rd, nearly a year ago. The attorney handling the estate said it was the single best example of having affairs in order he’d ever seen. Everything was laid out in detail. After a year we’re still working on it.
Yep. He who dies with the most toys leaves a hell of a mess for their heirs.
My mom passed last April 23rd, nearly a year ago. The attorney handling the estate said it was the single best example of having affairs in order he’d ever seen. Everything was laid out in detail. After a year we’re still working on it.
SHTF even gold will be only worth what a seller says and it will be high. Paper, toilet paper. 401, absorbed by what's left of government. Weapons and ammo will be bringing the higher gold prices. So will food.I don’t understand the prepping/hoarding mentality which is somewhat related. People stash ammo for “just in case” but in reality the best thing to stack is American Dollars and a nice helping of 401k.
I figure ammo is like your emergency savings... just enough to get your through the rough times but not so much as to burden you.
My RSI in 243 is one gun I regret getting rid of; with its compact US Burris fixed 6X scope, it was deadlyI sold a Ruger No.1 RSI in .243 a couple of months ago. It was neither cheap nor ugly. It was not my only .243 and it had become a safe queen. Might as well get it into the hands of someone who will appreciate it.
The No.1 RSI in 7x57 Mauser, on the other hand, will stay with me a while longer.