Your monthly gun budget...Poll

[g5reality]

Thanks Bear,

Yes definately been bit by the bug.

Already have my CA hunting license, took the course last weekend, and have taken the class and sent away for my UT & FL CCW. Hope to hear back from them in the next 30-60 days.

I'll be going through the LAPD reserve program, and hope to have a CA CCW shortly.

 

[crashm1]

It depends

....I don't really have a set budget it tends to fluctuate. I work on commission and play poker on occassion so it depends on how busy it is at work and whether I'm on a rush or just grinding out a couple bucks at the card table but on average it's about 2 to 250 a month on ammo and a gun or three a year. I'm also just getting back into shooting after a long period where I just had a 12g for HD so I've bought, sold and traded several guns I decided weren't very much fun for whatever reason and experimented with IDPA and high power which appear to be fairly spendy in time and ammo if you want to do well.

 

[gezzer]

Hell $500 about covers ammo costs for the month. Add all the rest and I will never confess it to the wife.

 

[Chris Rhines]

At least $500/month, and often more if the money is available. Around $250 of that is ammunition and reloading supplies, another $150 covers match fees and gas.

- Chris

 

[SolaScriptura139]

Less than $25 a month, if that. I'm dirt poor (at least until I get out of college) and can't afford to shoot much. Don't have time to reload.

 

[10-Ring]

Between ammo, range time, general stuff and maybe scratching another one off the list once or twice in the year I'll budget about $125 a month

 

[antsi]

My wife and I have a mutually agreed budget.

It includes everything, down to the penny.

We're not always exactly on budget every month; we'll slightly overspend on one category this month, then save a couple bucks next month, but over a few months we do average what our budget says we're supposed to be spending in each category.

Microsoft Money is a great program to help you keep track of this stuff, by the way.

Every kind of expenditure, including savings/investment, charitable giving, all household expenses, all the bills, debt reduction (we're paying off our house at an accellerated rate) -- it's all in the budget. The budget reflects our mutally agreed priorities.

We have had some disagreements about these things in the past, but all the disagreements have been settled to somewhere we can both live with.

Right now, we each have $50 per month in the budget to spend on our hobbies.

We also have a standing rule that neither one of us will purchase anything exceeding $100 without mutual discussion (unless it is an already agreed budget item).

I read your other thread. It doesn't sound like you two have a financial plan. A marriage without a mutually agreed financial plan is in big trouble.

If you think that marriage is cutting into your gun budget, you don't want to think about a divorce: it's much more expensive.

In the end, your marriage and your family are going to be a lot more meaningful to you than having more guns. Rethink your priorities and, as has been advised, get some professional help.

Suggestion: re-do this poll, eliciting responses only from married folks with children. I used to spend stupid crazy money on guns before I was married and had kids. Life is a lot more complex now, with a lot more priorities to balance.

 

[antsi]

PS: did you notice?

Only 15% of the respondents are above your $200/month figure.

 

[bear71]

I think I'll give my wife a kiss! I'm feeling better about it, I would have been peeved if all the college students were spending $250+.

 

[scout26]

After putting aside money for savings, then paying the bills, Mrs. Scout and I get $170 each a month as our "Recreation Fund". That's for going to lunch/dinner, memberships, subscriptions, gun shows, guns, reloading supplies, bascially anything hobby related. Hunting Licences, Tags and Venison Processing costs are considered part of the Grocery budget and not Recreation. However the other costs (camp site, food, gas, etc.) for the week at Deer Camp are considered recreation, so I have to set aside some cash each month from my rec fund to ensure that I have enough for the week.

I also supplement the rec fund by selling hulls, brass, and anything else I think will breakeven/turn a profit. Some months are better then others.

 

[1911 guy]

This is what I get for reading too quickly.

I voted based on a weekly budget. Bump my $25 up to about $100. Usually a tad less, but that's the average.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

No budget per se-----if I come across something I want---I usually put it on lay-a-way and find a way to pay for it.

 

[Prince Yamato]

School takes up most of my expenses sadly (accursed PhD!), but once that's out of the way, as I am loan free, I'm going to splurge on a slew of AKs.

 

[B. Adams]

I just averaged out what I've been spending, and it's about $275/mo. That's more than I should be spending, so maybe I should cut back a little. Or not.

It seems like I spend slightly more than the majority of the people here, which isn't bad I guess. I feel like I still need more, so I'm going to buy more.

 

[Juna]

Well, at the end of this month, I'll hopefully have paid off a big credit card debt that I've been chipping away at for a year by picking up extra shifts at work. Once that's gone, my wife wants to do some home renovations. Hopefully once things pick up a bit she'll let me get another gun.

Problem is, I can't decide what's next on the list. Probably a Kel-Tec P32 or P3AT as a 24/7 CCW (in case the Dems ban "saturday night specials"). After that, I want a CZ 452 in .22LR, Mossberg 500, Kel-Tec Sub2000 9mm, AR-15, Kadet .22LR conversion kit, etc. And that's just the beginning....

In a nutshell, my budget is as small as humanly possible while still remaining proficient with my firearms until my debt is paid off. I also need to stock up on ammo. I need to win the lottery!

 

[vynx]

BUDGET?

I don't need no stinkeen budget!