ever quit buying?

Been trying to stop for two years. It's gotten ridiculous. I no longer count how many guns I have, I count how many safes I have.

During 2013 I was good, making it until December before weakening and buying a new rifle. But then I also added a new revolver before the New Year. This year has been bad. Added three revolvers, a semi-auto pistol and three rifles. I keep telling myself "You can't own them all...you can't own them all..."

Now wife wants a new house. The thought of having a mortgage again terrifies me. Worked too hard to pay off the old one. So now in saving mode hoping to stash as much cash as I can towards down payment to lighten the mortgage load. Gun buying is off the table for the foreseeable future.
 
I've slowed down, but I haven't stopped. Eventually I might stop. My father is 70 and hasn't bought a gun in the past three years. I remember him being very active in the 1970's, but not any more.

I was very active around ten years ago. Purchased all types of firearms and then would trade them off. Now I tend to hold onto my guns and buy instead of sell or trade to get another gun .......though I did sell a couple revolvers a few weeks ago in order to buy a S&W Model 19. :o
 
Unless you are buying to "collect", a some point you do simply say, I have enough except for the occasional "deal" or quick purchase that might pop up. This is the case with me. The number of "deals" one might find are often related to the amount of footwork you put into the effort of the hobby. Again, if you are not collecting, there is little reason to buy your 15th Ruger 357 revolver and often the amount of footwork you put in is reduced as you simply don't have the interest.

This seems to happen also if you aren't shooting as much as you used to. The ammunition shortage and rising costs have turned much of my free time hobby interest to other pursuits and I have not done a re-start.

Allow this to go another few years and I'll probably start selling off stuff. I have never really sold off a lot of "good stuff", but I see that in the near future.
 
I've thought about this before.. the way I see it, although a gun is simply a platform for launching a projectile, there are so many different uses for guns: ones that fire big rounds, ones that fire tiny rounds, ones that fire lots of little projectiles simultaneously, ones that fire projectiles a loooooong way, ones that are concealable, ones that are for oohing and aahing, ones that are for practice, ones that are historical... you get the drift.

This is the reason I don't think I'll ever stop buying. There's not that one itch that needs scratched.. there's so many different itches, and they're all over my body!!
 
I can't quit but over the years I've noticed I'm much more particular about what I'll buy.I have come to terms with my addiction I love to buy guns and I refuse to sell or trade one even if I hate it. So with a little practice I've trained myself not to buy anything without researching the heck out of it-and that alone has slowed me down a bit.
 
I told myself in July I was done buying. And I was until I found something I really wanted at Buds. So much for 'no more'.
 
Twenty years ago I was randomly buying used guns if the price was good enough to allow me first hand experience and afterwards selling them without a loss. Mostly I came out with a few Dollars extra.

Eventually I slowed down buying guns but this year I decided to build up a small revolver collection of a premium manufacturer, something quite cost prohibitive.


I would not know what else I could buy that might give me an advantage over any gun that I already do have.
 
When I first started shooting I bought a lot. Then I went to work overseas, and as another poster wrote, had to oil everything up and send it to storage. I cut a lot out right then. When I came back I cut out even more of it.
down to less center fires than fingers. I expect that trend to continue as long as I stay away from punch presses.
I have a number of 22s on my list. Ammo will eventually re-appear.

I've tried customizing guns and found that except for aesthetic changes they generally come from the factory working pretty well for my needs. A few thousand trigger pulls down the road and everything smooths up quite nicely.

I have one or two high dollar guns in mind that might replace multiple other firearms. If I buy them and they work out I would sell the others at a net reduction. If they don't work out I let them go.

Of course, If I run across a crate of walnut K31s...
 
I tried to quit over a year ago,I am not going to buy another safe, but then I saw a S&W model 696 no dash with box and papers for $400 .I had to have it.thanks
 
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would not know what else I could buy that might give me an advantage over any gun that I already do have
The way I see it, 2 is an advantage over 1. Three is and advantage over two, and on, and on!
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When you get past hundred it becomes rather a burden.
 
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