So many rifles I'd love to own :(

There is no planned quota, and am limited partly by spreading out purchases. Am catching up slowly, having only developed a real gun interest (mostly just classic military rifles) deep into middle-age.

Maybe ten total: Five Enfields, one Garand, Yugo Mauser etc. But always have a .22 rifle for cheap shooting, to help reduce the "appetite" for the larger rounds. In this manner, you might not need so much of the higher-priced each session.

The exceptional case to 'spreading them out' was an Enfield #4 on New Year's Day (Ft. Worth show) and another at the Franklin TN show seven weeks later!:eek:

When married, a slow rate of acquisition helps anticipate what cash is available for bills each month.
 
Hey Heir, Im a part time employee working on some contracts on military bases...I help remodel the barracks :P I only stay at one area for so long and cant really bring along my firearms and usually work 12 hour shifts everyday so not much time for anything else :( Then this coming fall Ill return to another semester of college...cant let that slip away! But yeah the work is good and Ill be going home in about April so cant wait to do some shooting!
 
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I did gunshow tables for about thirty years, so a lot of trade-ins followed me home. :)

As far as "keepers", they mostly have been purpose-driven. A .22 rimfire for plinking and eye-hand coordination. A .243 and an '06 for deer hunting. I've messed around with Minis and ARs, but they've not really been serious guns.

I've sold off most of the trade-in type of guns, trying to find buyers who weren't the fattest-billfold types and preferably somebody with a young shooter in the family. I've done a fair number of "bargain basement" deals for them...

I've meddled with varmint shooters; .22-250s, Swifts and now a .223, mostly for prairie dogs.

Guns are fun, but they're just tools for me. I never figured they enhanced my manly prowess during horizontal recreation...
 
Well, given that my income is VERY steady and VERY low, I get to buy only in my daydreams. Likely as not, I'll buy one or two in the next 5 or 6 years. I really own more than I can possibly use, given my disabilities, but since when was THAT a criteria. Still have room for a .250-3000 and a 6.5X55. Ohhhh Lord, I wish I had been born rich instead of incredibly handsome. I'm just a humble man ... God forgive me.
 
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