What should I save for?

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I am a fan of having a goal to save for. It makes saving more fun, and I love the reward after saving :D

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1. Save for a 1911. I want a 45, I want a 1911, they are gorgeous. I have CCw and home defense handguns, this would be range/defense/hierloom.
2. Save for an AR. Climate of the times, the fact I don't own my own. Home defense, possibly hunting up to 300 yds. Recommendations?
3. Save for a 223 or 22-250, likely Savage, bolt action rifle for Coyote hunting. I can do this with Shotgun... but a buddy wants me to come to Montana where it is more open and you are more likely looking at 200-400yds open land shooting.
 
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I think it would be VERY nice to have enough in a dedicated fun gun fund to just BUY whatever firearm caught my fancy be it rifle, shotgun or handgun.

So just save it until something catches your eye and hopefully you'll be able to buy it without having to take out a loan for a case of Ramen next month.
 
Last summer, someone on this forum made a statement something like this. I've been saving my money but I don't know whether to buy a new car or a brick of 22 long rifle ammo.

I like DaleA's idea of a fun gun fund.
 
I personally have a gun fund that each week I put a little into, I also have a list of guns I want to add to my collection and if there's money in the gun fund when I find one I buy it, if not I keep saving!
 
I am a fan of having a goal to save for. It makes saving more fun, and I love the reward after saving
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If you plan to save for something, make it big. When I was 24, I decided I would save enough to retire debt free and with enough money to buy the toys I wanted at 55. I reached my goal and retired at 55 in 2003. It was worth the effort. I wouldn't trade the last 12+ years of freedom for anything.

My friends bought new cars, guns, etc. and went on expensive vacations while they made fun of me being a cheapskate. I now enjoy my grandchildren, shooting my guns whenever I want while they still work every day to pay their bills and their refinanced mortgages.

Some things are worth working for.
 
As a 03 Collector I keep a separate account for firearms(I figure that will be a bit of a defense if any questions are ever asked). It isn't a big account, but money almost never comes out of it. If something is sold it goes into the account until something is bought.
If I work an odd job for a few extra dollars, overtime, buy something off craigslist clean up and turn it, or anything else where I get a few bucks, a portion often goes into that fund as long as there aren't pressing bills.
 
If you've got your emergency fund, retirement fund, new car tires fund, the-kid-needs-braces fund, all that stuff fully funded and growing, then it's time to start a gun fund.

I have two such funds, one is added to each month, when it's time I'll think about spending it. The other is a change jug that gets my pocket change daily. Every year or two I cash it in at the bank and enjoy it. It seems to run between $800 and $1200 each cycle.
 
1st: Your needs. 2nd: Your desires. 3rd: Things which may be either needs, desires or both but which are extremely difficult to to classify as solely one or the other. So much of life fits better in 3 than 1 or 2.
 
WOW! I just noticed this actually posted, HAHA. I was pretty sure I cancelled out of the post. It wasn't a fully formed thought, so I bailed, lol. Maybe I just cancelled out of the the poll. Whoops. I will put the poll up and update my post.
 
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