Solinvictus70
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Mostly old Warsaw Pact stuff.
Mostly old Warsaw Pact stuff.
What is your spending limit per gun?
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Chipperman
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It's getting pretty tough to get machine guns for less than your upper limit. 
M2 Carbine
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I always tried to stay within what I could afford at the time.
Now, I'm retired, alone, have no bills and don't figure on living too long so the sky is the limit.
The thing is I've got nearly everything I'm interested in.
Now, I'm retired, alone, have no bills and don't figure on living too long so the sky is the limit.
The thing is I've got nearly everything I'm interested in.
Higher than you poll goes.
I spent $3450 on one gun. Plus the $200 tax stamp.
The most I ever spent on a non-NFA weapon was $1300.
My main AR15 would cost over $2000 to replace it and everything on it. But I didn't buy it all at once.
I would spend any amount of money I could afford. I am not rich, but I have no limit other than my bank balance.
I spent $3450 on one gun. Plus the $200 tax stamp.
The most I ever spent on a non-NFA weapon was $1300.
My main AR15 would cost over $2000 to replace it and everything on it. But I didn't buy it all at once.
I would spend any amount of money I could afford. I am not rich, but I have no limit other than my bank balance.
Docwithglock
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I get what I like, but try not to go over 1200 a month. I have not yet spent over 1200 on one, but if I did I would have to save up. There are a few I really like in the 2-3 G range, but the little woman would need a big piece of jewlery to justify it. She did buy me a $1000 pistol for Valentine's Day! Nothing says LOVE like a Kimber Ultra CDP II!
W Turner
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For me it depends on what I'm buying.
For rifles I will go as high as $1000, but I am actually a cheapskate, the most I have spent so far is $250 and that was for a NIB 870 HD with a factory 2rd. extension.
Pistols are a whole other ball of wax, I will go as high as $700, and the most I have ever paid was $648 for an HK USP .45 that I kept for around 5 months.
Mino
For rifles I will go as high as $1000, but I am actually a cheapskate, the most I have spent so far is $250 and that was for a NIB 870 HD with a factory 2rd. extension.
Pistols are a whole other ball of wax, I will go as high as $700, and the most I have ever paid was $648 for an HK USP .45 that I kept for around 5 months.
Mino
I had to go with $2500 because I've been in the $2000-$2500 zone more than once. Check the prices on a Browning Citori 525 Sporting -- MSRP is $2,724 which is about what mine ran out the door. How about a run of the mill Wilson CQB? -- figure $2K+ out the door. Pricey but really nice guns.
Going with "no limit, money available" was an option, but a rather irresponsible option. Most of my funds are earmarked for other things -- a new truck, home-building et al... taxes so I -- as everyone should -- have limits. Using the no limit option I'd go broke and that would not be a good thing. My next pistol will be in the under $1000 zone -- base gun for another project
Going with "no limit, money available" was an option, but a rather irresponsible option. Most of my funds are earmarked for other things -- a new truck, home-building et al... taxes
so I -- as everyone should -- have limits. Using the no limit option I'd go broke and that would not be a good thing. My next pistol will be in the under $1000 zone -- base gun for another project When I was still in the Corps, I would spend about $1200 a month on handguns and longguns.
Then when I got out, I found myself selling off the ones I didn't use and buying a house. Now, I fill a niche... i.e. I buy a gun or two for CCW, a few NFA for defense of my home and for "fun".
I have spent $14,000 on a single NFA weapon. I have NEVER bought a gun for less than $400 or so. I am not really interested in any of those older weapons... modern military hardware mostly for me.
Semper Fidelis
Then when I got out, I found myself selling off the ones I didn't use and buying a house. Now, I fill a niche... i.e. I buy a gun or two for CCW, a few NFA for defense of my home and for "fun".
I have spent $14,000 on a single NFA weapon. I have NEVER bought a gun for less than $400 or so. I am not really interested in any of those older weapons... modern military hardware mostly for me.
Semper Fidelis
Black Majik
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I usually have no set limit, though anything above $700 starts to get pretty expensive for me.
My biggest purchase is gonna be around $1400 for a rifle,scope, base & rings, bipod etc...
I'm almost there. Gotta save up for the tax & fee's and the rings
But, hey... I'm a poor college student. Gotta use my money on going out too
My biggest purchase is gonna be around $1400 for a rifle,scope, base & rings, bipod etc...
I'm almost there. Gotta save up for the tax & fee's and the rings
But, hey... I'm a poor college student. Gotta use my money on going out too
TheLastBoyScout
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If I want it badly enough, I'll save for it, but that said, I don't think I'd go higher than around $600 for a pistol, $400 for a shotty, or around $1k for a rifle. I consider myself fairly disciplined in this regard, for example my AR was basically all of my summer job, birthday, xmas and misc gift money for over a year. Hey I'm young and basically have 0 expenses.
XLMiguel
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I suppose I can probably afford most anything I want these daze, but I have this Scotch/irish/German upbginging that injects a funny pragmatism into my shopping habits. I grew up with the notion that I don't make enough money to buy cheap stuff, so whatever I buy, it's gotta be good, it's gotta last and I gotta take care of it. So far, so good.
I have about a dozen handguns, and the main reason I don't buy more is that I don't shoot the ones I have enough, I just can't feature a fine weapon sitting in the safe unused, as I get no joy from having stuff just for the sake of 'having'. I shop hard for what I've got (e.g. Beretta 8045 for $469, H&K USP45C stainless for $589), but I guess I lack a real 'collector gene'. However,
The most expensive gun I own and the closest thing I have to a range queen is a Kimber Custom Royale (polished blue flats, rosewood grips)for which I paid $749, then added a Brazos Lightning Rod fiber optic front sight, an MMC adjustable rear sight and about $300 worth of 'smithing to fit the sights, etc. It makes me look good (shoots a ragged hole) and I get great joy from shooting it. The rest of my guns work as carry pieces or HD guns.
I really like the next step up stuff, like Baer, Wilson, or Heine, or dumping some bucks into a Robar Sig, but I figure until I can shoot my stock stuff expertly, why bother. I do lust, however for a Carter Custom 1911 Commander in .357 Sig built on a Caspian titanium frame with stainess slide and appropriate hand fitted internals, but I haven't been able to loosenup enough yet.
I have about a dozen handguns, and the main reason I don't buy more is that I don't shoot the ones I have enough, I just can't feature a fine weapon sitting in the safe unused, as I get no joy from having stuff just for the sake of 'having'. I shop hard for what I've got (e.g. Beretta 8045 for $469, H&K USP45C stainless for $589), but I guess I lack a real 'collector gene'. However,
The most expensive gun I own and the closest thing I have to a range queen is a Kimber Custom Royale (polished blue flats, rosewood grips)for which I paid $749, then added a Brazos Lightning Rod fiber optic front sight, an MMC adjustable rear sight and about $300 worth of 'smithing to fit the sights, etc. It makes me look good (shoots a ragged hole) and I get great joy from shooting it. The rest of my guns work as carry pieces or HD guns.
I really like the next step up stuff, like Baer, Wilson, or Heine, or dumping some bucks into a Robar Sig, but I figure until I can shoot my stock stuff expertly, why bother. I do lust, however for a Carter Custom 1911 Commander in .357 Sig built on a Caspian titanium frame with stainess slide and appropriate hand fitted internals, but I haven't been able to loosenup enough yet.
Zach S
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No limit, if I want it, and have the money, I get it. Both of my kimbers were north of $650 I think (one was used, the other sat in the rack forever), my Para Companion was more ($700, maybe 750?), an even grand for my thompson, yada yada yada. If I want it, and its less than a grand, I find a way to get it. Normally my cars suffer because of it.
This year most, if not all, of my quality pistols (in other word, all of them but my AMT) will probably get the rogaurd/NP3 treatment. Cant at the moment though, I've got a G17 on layaway. $455 OTD.
This year most, if not all, of my quality pistols (in other word, all of them but my AMT) will probably get the rogaurd/NP3 treatment. Cant at the moment though, I've got a G17 on layaway. $455 OTD.
CleverNickname
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The only guns I have that I paid more than $1k for are guns that would cost less than $1k were it not for laws that restricted their continued production or import.
blades67
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I buy what I want. My least expensive gun, so far, has been $300 and the most expensive $3,500. If I want it bad enough I'll find a way to get the money together. It also helps that I don't have a wife so I don't have to ask permission to spend my own money.
SapperLeader
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so far I have one gun at 750(my ar) and most at under 450. After I graduate from school, I can see myself going up to the 1000-1200 range, but above that I cant see myself getting much.
P95Carry
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I voted option #1 ... which broadly is true ... I use ''investment'' as my excuse (probably way too often!).
I prefer where I can to be $500 and below ... and that has worked much of the time. I am planning tho to push the boat out a bit to get a Rohrbaugh .. an expensive piece but .. there is a ''want'' factor and so have yielded to temptation, tho still gotta wait a while.
I prefer where I can to be $500 and below ... and that has worked much of the time. I am planning tho to push the boat out a bit to get a Rohrbaugh .. an expensive piece but .. there is a ''want'' factor and so have yielded to temptation, tho still gotta wait a while.
Tamara
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I have a handful of guns that I paid more than $700 for.
A couple that I paid more than $1k for.
Twice, I have shelled out more than $2k for a firearm.
This does not count any modifications done after purchase. (Last week I cut my boss a $229 check for a batch of 1911 parts that barely filled my cupped hands, packaging included.
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If I want it, then it's worth it.
A couple that I paid more than $1k for.
Twice, I have shelled out more than $2k for a firearm.
This does not count any modifications done after purchase. (Last week I cut my boss a $229 check for a batch of 1911 parts that barely filled my cupped hands, packaging included.
)If I want it, then it's worth it.
Smoke
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Kimber 84M set me back about $1100.00
Browning Citori was in the same ballpark.
Thats the most I've ever spent but I'm not against spending more if I have the cash and find what I want.
Smoke
Browning Citori was in the same ballpark.
Thats the most I've ever spent but I'm not against spending more if I have the cash and find what I want.
Smoke
Pendragon
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It cost me a little over $1500 to acquire my Valtro - ($1299+tax+driving+fees+mods+ammo, etc)
It was worth it.
If I had some $2500, I would buy a Steyr Scout in .308
If I had $1200-$1500, I would buy one of those take down MArlin lever rifles.
I am not big on owning lots of guns - I would rather have 5-12 really nice guns than a safe full of "production" guns - although I am not a snob, I would buy a $300 12ga or a $190 .22 rifle, etc.
But for the main staple items - personal weapon, main rifle, etc - I would not mind paying.
I agree with Jeff Cooper about marketing being about making people unsatisfied with what they have. The only reason I would consider having "extras" would be for other family members.
It was worth it.
If I had some $2500, I would buy a Steyr Scout in .308
If I had $1200-$1500, I would buy one of those take down MArlin lever rifles.
I am not big on owning lots of guns - I would rather have 5-12 really nice guns than a safe full of "production" guns - although I am not a snob, I would buy a $300 12ga or a $190 .22 rifle, etc.
But for the main staple items - personal weapon, main rifle, etc - I would not mind paying.
I agree with Jeff Cooper about marketing being about making people unsatisfied with what they have. The only reason I would consider having "extras" would be for other family members.
Walosi
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That amount of money which causes my wifes' voice to reach C above High C. That note cuts to the bone and leaves me shaky for days and days. I just barely suvived it the last three or four times
Spent upwards of 2700 building my idea of the ideal varmint AR15, one nasty stick for sure when it comes to slaughtering squirrels.
Then there's my AR10, I gladly plumped down 1400 dollars for the base rifle and then threw a cheap scope on it so I could enjoy it until the day I could have it rebuilt. "Cheap scope" to me was a Bausch&Lomb Elite 4000 6-24x scope. I still haven't had an accurized upper built for the gun yet, considering something like a 260 Rem upper from GA Precision and topping it off with something like a Leupold 6.5-20x with the new mil-dot reticles. But that won't be done until I get the new AR10 rifle length SIR for the current upper assembly. The AR10 is gonna be an expensive critter when everything is finished. Will probably eclipse my accurized AR15 by a good 2-3k dollars.
Then there's my AR10, I gladly plumped down 1400 dollars for the base rifle and then threw a cheap scope on it so I could enjoy it until the day I could have it rebuilt. "Cheap scope" to me was a Bausch&Lomb Elite 4000 6-24x scope. I still haven't had an accurized upper built for the gun yet, considering something like a 260 Rem upper from GA Precision and topping it off with something like a Leupold 6.5-20x with the new mil-dot reticles. But that won't be done until I get the new AR10 rifle length SIR for the current upper assembly. The AR10 is gonna be an expensive critter when everything is finished. Will probably eclipse my accurized AR15 by a good 2-3k dollars.
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ChickenHawk
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I never really thought that I had a spending limit, but confronted with your poll it occured to me that it would have to be an extremely special gun to make me want to spend more than $1000.00 on it.
I assume we're talking USD?
ChickenHawk
I assume we're talking USD?
ChickenHawk
Luis Leon
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I tend not to look at handguns much above $600 dollars. And the gun must fill a useful niche, some handguns are so pricey they seem more of an investment than a shooting iron.
I'm not a collector, but a shooter and all my guns see hard use, plinking, hunting, etc. That said, I've just gotten a CZ-P01 for under $500, which to me is an excellent value to accompany by $375 used second generation G19.
Now I'm lusting after a Beretta CX-Storm, I was at my club shooting the CZ for the first time. When a fellow clubmember let me shoot/handle his CX-Storm. Man!, I was instantly hooked, it felt great in hand. I shot two 15-shot mags through it as fast as I could at a B-34 Silohuette target at 25 yards. All the shots remained within the 9, 10, x ring. The peep sights are great on this carbine.... Sorry for ranting....
Regards,
Luis Leon
I'm not a collector, but a shooter and all my guns see hard use, plinking, hunting, etc. That said, I've just gotten a CZ-P01 for under $500, which to me is an excellent value to accompany by $375 used second generation G19.
Now I'm lusting after a Beretta CX-Storm, I was at my club shooting the CZ for the first time. When a fellow clubmember let me shoot/handle his CX-Storm. Man!, I was instantly hooked, it felt great in hand. I shot two 15-shot mags through it as fast as I could at a B-34 Silohuette target at 25 yards. All the shots remained within the 9, 10, x ring. The peep sights are great on this carbine.... Sorry for ranting....
Regards,
Luis Leon
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