tricks to curb your gun buying addiction

"Sometimes I buy new grips"

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

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Now I need to find a late '60s nickel Python for them.
 
"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!:D:D:D
 
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.
 
$700 1911? Expensive? Are you kidding?

In my case, I just stopped "the churn". I no longer sell my older guns off.
 
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
 
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...
 
Tell the wife about the next one, which of course has been ordered.
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Then run out and buy a new carry piece.
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Then, it is all about the justification. More lateral, mostly like chess.
 
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