Would you rather have a few $1000 guns or a bunch of $200 guns?

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I like quality, but as I start out researching a type of gun...I often find the price of what i want (convince myself I need) climbing and climbing.
 
I think I would be happy (for a while at least :D) with a single $900-$1000 gun, and a variety of cheaper guns.
 
I would rather have a little less then a bunch of $500 guns. $1000 guns are really nice but I would rather have more decent guns then a couple expensive ones. Not too much a fan of cheap $200 guns, don't get me wrong, there are a couple $200 guns in the safe. I just would rather have more middle of the road ones...
 
I don't think I've ever seen very many $200 firearms that I'd want.

I'd be happy as could be to drop $3k on assorted firearms in the 3-600 range.
 
Neither.

"A few" means 3 to me.

I'd rather have 5 $500 guns and the rest on a couple decent scopes for whichever happen to be rifles.
 
Since I prefer shotguns, with your limit of 2500, I would have to settle for one mediocre gun.........:(

Otherwise, give me 2 guns - one for targets, one for birds - about 12500 should do nicely......:D
 
Id rather have 4 $300 guns vs 1 $1200

Some that I own that qualify

Marlin 60
sub2k
s22a
mosin
Ati 92 beretta clone


They actually all would come in under 1200. None junk and all under $300


you get the point
 
Good call, should have posited,

5 $500 guns or

2 $1250 guns
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ok I still would want the 2 $1250's but its a harder decision.
I think optimal for me would be something like 3 $830 guns. That would be an easy decision for me vs either the $500's or the $1250's. This is all assuming I dont have my current gun collection.
 
throughout 45 years of shooting i have done it both ways. mostly due to up and down financial changes.
...good guns are where you find them. another words you got to shoot each one and play with it for a while. sometimes a different specimen of the same guns is totally different. biggest disappointments have been with the high dollar stuff. natioanal match m1as, 454 casulls, weatherby over unders, custom sharps and ballards, etc.
...however nothing beats a cheap production gun made by the one employee who has pride and does a good job without recognition...fwiw, bobn
 
The terms of your question make it easy.

I'd much rather have a few $1000 firearms than a bunch of $200 firearms.

Why? $200 is an extremely limiting price point. At $200, you are basically limited to heavily used used generic beaters, some milsurp, some rimfire, and beater grade shotguns.

You would be hard pressed to find a centerfire rifle at $200 that isn't a milsurp or Hi-Point carbine.

If the price point was $300, I'd have to think about it for a while. At $500, it's a toss up.
 
A bunch of $200 is a waste of time and money. Nobody needs $1000 gun's.

But I love my $1500 guns, and you couldn't give me a bunch of $200 junk, but I do love my old milsurp's, at less than $200.
 
Why choose? I have a few that cost quite a bit more than $1k as well as a bunch of cheap ones, and have no plans to get rid of any of them. :)
 
A bunch of 200$ guns

The least I've spent 90 for a 20 gauge single shot break barrel from brazil, most expensive savage axis 270 from walmart 267$. I own 11 guns
 
I have both ends of that spectrum,,,

And fortunately I've been well served with all but one of them.

Actually the only turkey I own was a $99.95 purchase,,,
That Phoenix .22 semi-auto never worked at all.

But my two $201.00 Taurii (22-PLY and 25-PLY),,,
Have been virtually flawless performers.

Just this past weekend I ran 100 rounds through the .22,,,
And 20 rounds (due to the expense) through the .25,,,
No problems whatsoever with either of the guns.

Aarond
 
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