How Many Firearms Are Enough For You Personally?

What's Your Magic Number OF Firearms For You If You Have One?

  • 1-10

    Votes: 29 17.9%

  • 11-20

    Votes: 28 17.3%

  • 21-30

    Votes: 25 15.4%

  • 31-40

    Votes: 10 6.2%

  • 41-50

    Votes: 8 4.9%

  • 51-75

    Votes: 7 4.3%

  • More Than 75

    Votes: 55 34.0%
  • Total voters
    162
  • Poll closed .
I have no idea. Half of the guns I own now were given to me by family members, they belonged to my grandfathers or great uncles and I just don't shoot them. The number of guns is not really an issue for me, it is the space to store guns as I really don't want to buy another safe. At this point I have pretty much decided it is one in/one out, but that may change in the future (especially if our friends in Washington make it more difficult to sell or trade used guns)
 
When I die, I hope to have accumulated guns equal to my age.

I am not quite there (guns equal age:D not being dead:eek:!), yet, but am getting close.

My daughter can decide haow many she wants after I am gone. She can save them or sell them off.
 
I've asked myself this many times. I've always figured it would be however many I wanted or could afford. Wanted being the key word in the sentence. But arbitrarily speaking, I see the number being around 200.
 
I've owned more than 50 but not at one time. I sold some inherited long guns and I regret most sales. I've sold only three guns which I purchased new and I regret all three, especially a Beretta BL-3. I currently have about 40, a couple are valuable, but I'd like to reduce my "collection". I do have two sons-in-law who want all of them, and one of them has a father who has $14,000 bench rest competition rifles and an uncle with the most secure storage I have ever seen for about 200 or so firearms - including a classic collection of pre-64 Winchester Model 70s.
 
I seem to be holding steady around 45-50. I have started giving .22's away to nieces and nephews that over the years have enjoyed shooting. I think I would enjoy seeing them having fun with them.

I just gave my son a Marlin 30AS, a Mosin-Nagant M44, a Winchester 9422M and a Mossberg 500. He can start enjoying them without having to ask to borrow them each time.

My Daughter and Daughter-in-Law just finished their CPL course and I think I will give them each a 9mm. Again why wait until I'm gone.

I think I will then replace lesser guns with better versions or things I want more. Will probably stabilize are 25-30.
 
At my age have all I will ever need, I have started giving some to my Grand Children along with instructions on how to shoot them and be a responsible Gun owner. They are loving it!! :)
 
There's no magic number for me. If I get a hankering to buy a gun I want and have the funds I buy it. If I lose interest in one I have and neither of my sons show interest in it I'll sell it.
 
I am kind of surprised that most of the answers are the choices of "1-10" and "more than 75". I think I would like to be closer to the "10" mark if I can figure out what I want to keep most.
 
I thought of Billy Gibbons when I read the question. He was once asked if he had too many guitars, to which he replied, 'One is too many, a hundred is not enough.'

I think it fits here.
 
I don't have a magic number. If you buy guns strictly to shoot, then the number of guns you might shoot on a yearly basis is probably a relatively low number. But, why do you have to shoot something on a yearly basis in order to justfy ownership?

If you buy to collect, then there is absolutely no ceiling to the number of firearms you might own. I buy for both purposes and sometimes shooters become collectors. That is the nature of the beast.
 
There is no such thing as "too many guns"

That's like saying, too much money, or, a girl too pretty, or too much whiskey, or too much fun.

Just ain't no such animal.
 
I didn't vote. Everytime I get to the point where I think, "Hmm, I have enough guns!" I will inevitably see something that I want within a few days. There's no limit. If I had 500 guns, I'd still find something I want as 501.
 
There is no such thing as "too many guns"
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I never asked how many was too many. I asked how many were enough for you personally. And, if that number is 1,500, or even unlimited, then that's fine. I was just curious what everyone's saturation point was.
 
Not that I have anywhere close to this many but you know the scene in the Matrix where the gun racks come flying by in the loading room. That would almost be enough.:D
 
I'll have enough guns when I have enough for every situation in which I need another gun.

I'll explain. I have perhaps 4 rifles that would be acceptable to take deer hunting. That means I can take up to 3 people with me who don't have their own rifles.

But what if we go varmint hunting instead, the 30.06 is a little on the heavy side for varmint. And let's not talk about squirrel. Not one of them is right for squirrel. I have one that is fine for squirrel so I could at least get one more for that sized game.

I never hunt alone so I need at least two more of everything which is twice as much as some think I need. Of course I don't care what those people think too much.
 
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