Who has completed their Gun Collection? - No more guns to buy

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I think @GunnyUSMC said he was finished with his collection. :what:
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LOL :rofl::rofl:
I have never understood how people loose interest in certain guns and sell them to buy another gun. If I loose interest in a gun, it goes to the back of the safe until the interest comes back.
I don’t think I will ever complete my collection due to my lack of focus when it comes to guns. But I have found it harder to find a gun that I don’t already have.
I retire this August. That will be a big change in my life. It will be the first time in my life that I don’t plan to work anymore. But I’m still going to keep buying guns.
I do plan to sell a few of my surplus guns. I have several duplicates in my collection and I need room for other guns.
I also have a lot of ammo for the guns I have. I counted my 8mm Mauser ammo and figured if I only fire 30 rounds a week, I have enough to last me another 10 years.
Buying guns makes me happy and I plan to be a happy man till the day I die.
 
After four weeks, still waiting on the busy gun smith (really nice guy) to reassemble the slide's components in the M&P .22, which had been purchased brand-new retail.

If it still were to experience--even with the hottest CCI ammo--very freq. fail to Fire issues with a clean firing pin etc, I'll buy another new Ruger Mark IV Standard.
My former Mark IV (bought in late 2018) functioned perfectly with Any supersonic .22 LR ammo I gave it, over 2,000 rds.
 
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I don't need any more firearms but I don't seem to stop wanting more.
Couple if weeks ago I stopped at a local gun shop to get some primers. While I was there I saw a Uberti 1875 Remington in .45Colt in the used gun case.
I don't really need another .45Colt but somehow or another I ended up taking that revolver home with me.
Never did get around to buying the primers I went there for.
Last Friday, I stopped at a local gun shop that I hadn't been in for several months just because I was passing by and I had some free time on my hands. In the used gun case was about half a dozen used Virginian Dragoon revolvers in .44Mag. I don't need another Virginian Dragoon (already have one) and don't need another .44Mag(already have four others), but somehow I convinced myself to put one of those Dragoons on lay away.
Pretty sure I am still not done collecting or accumulating or buying.
The struggle is real!!!
 
If it weren’t for Me and Myself, I would probably buy fewer guns. But then Me, Myself and I seem to have different taste in guns and we just can’t help ourselves.
Right now there’s a Revolution Model 115, 22lr lever action at the local shop. I like it, but Myself says that the stock has been Bubba’ed. And Me thinks we can find a replacement stock. If I can locate a stock at a good price, Myself would agree that Me and I should buy it.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop buying guns.
 
Boattale said:
I've started giving guns away. Have at least one gun for every conceivable need that I still have. Won't be buying any more but will still be giving them away as time goes by.
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Not a bad way to go.

I only have 1 son and a daughter and no nieces or nephews so I'll see who wants guns as I get older.

Since all my guns are for hunting mostly I'll keep them until I am no longer able to hunt.
 
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Transferred most of mine to relatives, keeping only carry guns and practice guns and a .22 rifle for MITPIIECDTTEOTWAWKI.* One thing I disposed of was a .25 Auto. Now I lust for another one, I have no idea why, Just Want.

Irrational.

Terry

* Meat in the pot if it ever comes down to the end of fhe world as we know it.
 
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I have been a firearm collector since I was a preteen. I am now in my mid 50s. I have heard and seen it talked about, that one’s firearm collection should have a team and should consist of firearms that fall in that group. That is fine, but I like all type of firearms. My collection would be considered eclectic. I have gone through stages where I have been interested in military firearms, big bore revolvers, bolt action hunting rifles, cowboy stuff, target guns, you name it, I have something in that category. I have just always bought what I was interested in and liked. As far as completing my collection, I see no end. A true collector never stops collecting. I have recently gotten interested in older .22 semi-auto, revolvers, and rifles for the fact, back in the day, companies built their rimfire guns as well, if not better than, center fire guns. The Colt Woodsman, High Standard, and Smith and Wesson autos, along with their rimfire revolvers are some of the best made ever. Also Winchester, Remington, and a few other, made some very nice and refined rifles, semi-auto and bolt action that are really beautiful and interesting guns. You seldom see rimfires made like that today. There is always something that will catch a firearm collector’s interest. I collect other things like old clocks, pocket watches, knifes, cameras, but my firearm collection is my main passion. The firearms I want now my be fewer and harder to find but it will always be one out there that will follow me home.
 
FlSwampRat said:
A word of advice to those without progeny to whom to bequeath their firearms, leave a letter to your spouse "to be opened upon my passing". Put in there what you really paid for your guns so that when she sells them off she doesn't sell them for what you told her you paid for them.
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That is a great idea.
 
FlSwampRat said:
A word of advice to those without progeny to whom to bequeath their firearms, leave a letter to your spouse "to be opened upon my passing". Put in there what you really paid for your guns so that when she sells them off she doesn't sell them for what you told her you paid for them.
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And even if you were honest about how much you paid for your collection, remember that grieving family will often price your stuff to sell quickly and not be so concerned with how much they can make from it.

My mother in law sold her late husband's collection, worth conservatively $10,000 for $700.
 
I've got no family left that values guns except my youngest sister, who lives with me.
She knows that she can sell them to my LGS for about half of their current value, which is at most roughly equal to what I paid for them.
I figure that I can enjoy any additional guns that I buy for the rest of my life and then provide a little financial help to my sister when I pass on.. .
 
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FlSwampRat said:
Did you pay her cash or check?:rofl::rofl::rofl:
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She even sold guns that her husband had told me would go to me upon his passing. A "gun appraiser" who worked for a gun shop in Escondido (maybe San Marcos), CA told her none of them were worth anything … a 3-digit serial number Win. Model 62 gallery gun that was in mint, possibly unfired(!) condition, a pre-war commercial Walther PPK with great bluing, pretty much 100%, a cherry Ithaca 37 from the late 40s/early 50s, a pre-Model 27 (don't know if it was a "Registered" but it was in phenomenal condition) and a few others that make me nauseated just thinking about it twenty years later …

You gotta let family know how much this stuff can be worth if they're not gonna pass 'em on as heirlooms (what I want for me kids/grandkids).
 
I found a stock for that Revelation 115 and told myself about it. me called the gun shop and the rifle had been sold. :(
Me then got an offer to buy a Browning 22 BLR , in very good shape, for $350. Myself was ready to jump on it, but I put the breaks on and mad a silly offer of $300. The seller said no and walked away.
Me and Myself, gave I some crap for not jumping on the deal for $350.
I got this text from the seller about 30 minutes ago.
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Dan said yes to $300 want me to bring it tomorrow?
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I told him I would have the cash in hand in the morning. :D
Now Me and Myself are sitting here feeling humbled in the presence of the all mighty I. :)
I think as long as I can keep making deals like this, I will keep buying guns.

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Me , Myself and I are very happy right now.
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Aim1 said:
I know that many people will say, "Aaaa, there's always something you'll want or need" but I am really a purpose driven gun owner, every gun I buy gets used and it has to have a purpose to be purchased. I used to shoot and hunt with my dad a lot but after being in the Marines really fell out of shooting guns for fun like I used to. I don't mind popping off a few rounds but just shooting for the sake of shooting isn't fun for me and I've never been a collector of anything.

I really only enjoy shooting at my house because it's convenient, I hate having to drive to gun ranges and waiting on firing lines, so being able to shoot at my house is nice. Nowadays I only shoot when I'm sighting in for hunting or hunting. If it's warm enough to shoot then I'd rather be fishing.

I do have 2 very young children so when they get older perhaps I will get back into shooting.

When I say my guns are purpose driven it means everything I own (except 2 guns) are all solely bought for a purpose and to be used. I have a bolt action rifle, bolt action shotgun, and muzzle loader (3 other muzzleloaders that no longer work but probably only need a good cleaning) for deer hunting. I have a semi-auto shotgun for bird hunting, I have an two AR15s for self-defense/varmint hunting, a .22 single action pistol for plinking/varmints, and two 9mm semi-auto's for concealed carry and home defense. The 2 guns that are not purpose driven were gifts from my father, an 8" factory Magna ported blued Colt Python and a 6.5 with a Fajen stock. Those don't get used, everything else does.

I just completed my collection yesterday with the purchase of a S&W 629 pre-lock .44 mag Mountain Gun for deer hunting and backup against bears when bow hunting. I also own no wood stocked guns besides the Fajen. I've always preferred the look of Stainless and composite stocks and for me form follows function, they just have a much better chance of not rusting or putting a dent in the stock when dropped.

I have no need or desire for any other guns.


Has anyone else completed their Gun Collection?


I do expect to have to purchase some guns more as my kids get older and I gladly will do that as I hope they take up hunting, shooting, fishing, and the outdoors.
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Not in the very least.

Some guns to still check off the list are:
  1. A 1911 in .45acp
  2. The Ruger PCC in 9mm
  3. A G19 in 9mm
  4. A G20 in 10mm (or a G21 w/ a G20 slide)
  5. Rossi 92 in .357 mag, the long barrel version
  6. A bolt gun in .223 (T/C Compass)
  7. A bolt gun in .22lr (Savage MK II fvsr)
  8. A Colt SAA clone in .357 mag, 7.5" barrel
  9. An SKS in 7.62x39
  10. An M1917 Enfield in .30-06
  11. M1 Garand in .30-06
  12. M1 Carbine in .30 carbine
  13. AR-10 in .308
  14. AR-15 pistol with 5.56 and 300 BO uppers
  15. AK-74 in 5.45x39
  16. Lee Enfield Mk IV no. 1 in .303 Brit
  17. Lee Enfield Jungle Carbine in .303 Brit
  18. Marlin Guide gun in .45-70 gov't
  19. Ruger GP100 in .357 mag
  20. Thompson Center Compass in 6.5 Creedmore
  21. Polish P-64 in .9x18
  22. Yugo M57 TT Tokarev in 7.62x25
  23. VEPR 7.62x54r
  24. CZ-75 in 9mm
  25. Saiga or VEPR 12ga
  26. SOMETHING in .50 bmg, just because America
 
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