tricks to curb your gun buying addiction

[johnbt]

"Sometimes I buy new grips"

I do that too. Here's a set I bought some time back. Notice the nickel fitting and screw.

Now I need to find a late '60s nickel Python for them.

 

[Joe_Pike]

tricks to curb your gun buying addiction

Buy everything you can possibly afford for three years (read gun of the month club) then realize that you may have overdone it just a bit.

 

[YARDDOG(1)]

"[tricks to curb your gun buying addiction]"

I'd say The wifes Foot ; )
Y/D

 

[Skans]

Sell your gunsafe and buy your Wife a gunsafe for her birthday (yes, give her the combination too).

 

[Cheapshooter]

Find a nymphomaniac that belongs to the NRA.

Guns, ammo, jetboat, 4 wheeler, fishing, hunting, travel. What great ways to spend my kid's inheritance!

Why not the gun-a-month club?

 

[Cheapshooter]

"Sometimes I buy new grips"

Tried that. Saw some cool looking Pachmayr's for a K-L frame Smith at a deep discount at the BPS outlet store in Springfield Mo. a while back. Bought them for my Mod. 10, but then realized they were for a round butt K or L frame. So now I gotta buy a K or L frame short barrel round butt to put them on!

 

[edfrompa]

commit a felony.

 

[Mrgunsngear]

commit a felony.

Best answer yet.

 

[Dragline45]

I find that saving a little more and buying right the first time around helps my addiction. I wanted a beretta 92, store was out so I settled for an SR9C since I needed a larger carry gun. I have no complaints with the SR9C just I prefer to carry my J frame and I prefer DA/SA so once I save up a bit ill be selling it and getting the 92. This isn't the first time this has happened but hopefully I learn in the future. All the money I spent buying and trading could have gone towards a new rifle. Buy right the first time and come out satisfied.

 

[Sparks1957]

I went to pick up one pistol today, and came home with two... so don't ask me for advice on how to limit your gun purchases

 

[Cheapshooter]

I went to pick up one pistol today, and came home with two... so don't ask me for advice on how to limit your gun purchases

 

[Sparks1957]

I gather that you approve of my total lack of self-control... thank you.

 

[tomrkba]

$700 1911? Expensive? Are you kidding?

In my case, I just stopped "the churn". I no longer sell my older guns off.

 

[bedbugbilly]

There's only one thing worse than collecting guitars . . . collecting violins. I speak from experience . . . . .

 

[johnbt]

Or wives and ex-wives. Or too many girlfriends. But I digress.

 

[dean1818]

There is a positive from gun collecting...... If you buy well, you will almost always get your money back later if you want to sell

I have purchased several guns at pawn shops that were mispriced or low priced and sold them later for a profit

Its a fun investment if you do it right

 

[AZAK]

Many moons ago, I bought one gun safe. I told myself that I could only have as many as would fit in the safe; it was on the smaller side as gun safes go.

This worked for many many years... until one day a relative asked me to store one of his rifles in my safe... now, you know now that someone else's rifle was taking up room in my safe... ok, now I have two safes...

And if I can keep from getting a third safe for about the same amount of time...

I personally don't see it as an addiction, I see this as a well thought out and reasonable growth plan, all things considered...

 

[Sparks1957]

I personally don't see it as an addiction, I see this as a well thought out and reasonable growth plan

Now, that's a healthy attitude... I like that

 

[dev_null]

I've found that unemployment works pretty well.

 

[9mmfan]

Tell the wife about the next one, which of course has been ordered.

Then run out and buy a new carry piece.

Then, it is all about the justification. More lateral, mostly like chess.