Does anyone else evaluate things in terms of how many guns that could buy?

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I make my plans and God laughs.

I have been saving for a either a Rohrbaugh R9 or a Kahr PM9 or CM9.

I had a filling crack last week. Went to the dentist. There was decay under the filling and not enough tooth to put more filling. I am going to need a crown. He also showed me X-Rays of three other fillings that are going to need replacing soon. He also discovered a cavity I didn't even know I had. The portion that my super duper top of the line dental plan doesn't cover?

$1800

I thought "Jeez... That's like a Rohrbaugh and a Heizer DoubleTap..."
 
No, God has blessed me with more than I ever dreamed of. I want to be a good steward of His blessings. Guns are not, and must not be the focus of my life. In fact they are relatively unimportant when I look at family, service to Christ, and needs of others.

I would rather support missionaries.

Regards,
Jerry
 
Count, is there any point in maybe getting a second opinion? I mean, the medical opinion may be the same, but how about the price?

$1,800 for dental work that isn't orthodontics? Sounds pretty expensive to me... but I'm not in that industry.

As for the main point of the thread, I guess I wouldn't say that I see things in gun terms quite like that, but I'll tell you what I do that is awfully similar -- I look at expenditures in terms of the long-term reward.

When I think about going out to eat, or seeing an overpriced movie at the theater, or spending money on a concert or some of these other ways we can spend money, I see something like a handgun that if I were to purchase... I would probably then shoot and own this thing for dang near the rest of my life.

It's not that I don't do some of the other stuff, I just look at guns differently. Not as a monetary investment, but more like an investment in something tangible, in an item that simply doesn't ever go away.

Yeah, I know I have to buy tires for my motorcycles... can't ride without them and they get consumed and I'll just have to replace them again. I know that not every expenditure can be a handgun.

But I love the idea that when I drop $1,400 on a Coonan... I'm going to still have that Coonan 40 years from now. What other crap I spend money on in the next month is going to be around 10, 25 or 40 years from now?

(your teeth, maybe! :D Hey, that's a great smiley for this post! :D)
 
Guns are a far more sound investment IMHO... I hardly doubt the older they get that they will keep their value...

Teeth are like pencils... Use em til they break. Then get a cooler one.
 
I mean does anyone else think that way?

When I pay my mortgage I think of what handgun I could have purchased instead. When I paid my property taxes I thought "I could have picked up a PSP and had it done in NP3+"
 
I do that with wasted money. Like speeding tickets. I'm good for 1 speeding ticket every 12 months. Or late fees. All that can add up and buy me a gun, or ammo. I try not to think like that when priorities are involved. The thought will cross my mind but I try not to dwell on it.
 
It may not impact my spending habits much, since I realize that the key to a balanced life is moderation all aspects. However, I do indeed think that way.

$50 dinner out with the girlfriend is 5 dinners away from being a Beretta 92, but I wouldn't stop having them.

$20 parking ticket is a box of .40 for the range, but I frown and pay it.

$100 grocery bill is just sad. That's a down payment for layaway of a CZ-75B at my LGS.

This is why I stay in college. I want to NOT think of everything in terms of dollars and guns. For now, though, yes I do. :)
 
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I thought that I was the only one with that particular way of measuring expenses. Off topic a bit, FWIW after years of fighting and suffering with root canals and crowns and the like, I just get it pulled. I have never had a really good experience with that dental work.
 
I had to chuckle, I'm in the the process of having a new 34 stall barn built, with a riding ring and a birthing paddock, yup I can imagine what I could buy with that 30 year mortgage. And what small countries I could invade with the armament. :D:D:D:D
 
for years now, when i go out to the retail shops or the mall with my wife and two daughters. how much clothes can one person wear. I got to find a sporting goods section somewhere, heck i can walk it. the girls are headed to the clothing store and i say to the wife, hey honey, I will be right back. i take off, she knows where im going, looking for ammo on sale. and if i have a couple of bucks in my pocket, i going to get something. now i dont spend every dollar i get on guns and ammo, but its darn close to it. its cash only, never on credit. AND i do think it is an investment prices always are on the increase. could do silver too i guess.
 
Only when I buy gas or groceries. Being retired has it's downside when gas and milk are $4/gallon. Since the Grouch Attack got hurt, she's not getting any income for at least two weeks and only a pittance after that. Dr visits every week and parts runs every whipstitch(as my Mother used to say) are running a gas bill of $100/week. Last week we made a couple of trips for parts that ended up costing $100 in gas per trip. Granted the pickup's gas tank was low at the beginning and almost full when we got home but that's still $200 that's just GONE. When you live out in the sticks, there's no alternative to driving and no Gov't allowance for fuel.
 
I had $200 in cash in my pocket from selling one of my CZ82's. The first thought to go through my head was "Hey! I can buy another CZ82"
 
Not really. Firearms aren't priority #1. Occasioanlly, I'll think "well, I can get this now and just wait for that" but don't think to myself that an amount spent on a necessity could buy a particular, or number of firearms.
Now that it's brought up though, I take a second and think... That vacation we took last week could've covered the completion of my vault, bought the cabinet I want and added a few new #1's to it.
 
Yes, when spending money on other things, non-essentials, I do think about the opportunity cost in ammunition or pistols and the small retirement home I would like to have in FL one day. However, convincing my wife to consider diverting funds from her non-essentials to my needs has proven difficult most of the time. ;)
 
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