Do you enjoy the process of getting a new rifle?

[SteyrAUG]

It's rare a gun is "just fine" as new.

Nearly everything I bought 70s to 90s is stock out of the box.

[GNXII]

I did something new with two new rifle purchases that I wanted for a long time: I ordered them complete with almost everything I wanted. Optic, stock, grips,sling,mags, even a case, soup to nuts, A to Z, “turn key set up”, etc. etc. In the past, as probably a lot of us do, I always just bought the base gun and added stuff as I had funds for things like optics, slings etc. It took a while to “complete” the particular rifle. This one time, I said “F… IT!!”! I had sold a bunch of non firearm stuff to fund the new purchases and realized at one point that I had more than enough for the guns themselves and for all the accessories to go with it. My LGS was pleasantly surprised when I added a ACOG, Vortex’s, Surefires, Magpul etc.etc. Both are Colts: an M5 (originally I wanted a 6920 but the new M5 filled my long term want!)along with a NOS 901 that a buddy had found for me. Taking them out to my car & heading home felt great! I spent every cent I had set aside for them and maybe a bit more but nothing that raised the concern with minister of finance (wife)! This big purchase should suffice for a while. I pretty much didn’t “need” either rifle but purchasing them the way I did was an awesome experience! Maybe a fully tricked Ruger PC 9 is in my future, we shall see…now where are those old Camaro rims that gotta go!


PS they both are accurate, reliable feel very comfortable to shoot!

[m1a_scoutguy]

Here's the flaw in your logic. What's "need" got to do with it? Guns aren't women. You can have as many as you want and can afford. There's nothing wrong with having as may guns as you want so long as you meet your other obligations.

Quote from one of my gun dealers, "I don't sell needs, I sell wants." Pretty much the end of the story! ARs are not a big deal for me anymore, I have all I want, although I have enough parts, lowers/uppers to build a few more. Most anything I ever needed was always a want, back in the day I needed hunting rifles but then that turned into other wants. For me, that's pretty much my outlook on most firearms.

[SteyrAUG]

Quote from one of my gun dealers, "I don't sell needs, I sell wants." Pretty much the end of the story! ARs are not a big deal for me anymore, I have all I want, although I have enough parts, lowers/uppers to build a few more. Most anything I ever needed was always a want, back in the day I needed hunting rifles but then that turned into other wants. For me, that's pretty much my outlook on most firearms.

I disagree. I saw Die Hard during my formative years so I very much NEEDED a MP5. Thankfully I eventually got one. I needed a MP5 like some people need insulin.

[m1a_scoutguy]

I disagree. I saw Die Hard during my formative years so I very much NEEDED a MP5. Thankfully I eventually got one. I needed a MP5 like some people need insulin.

LOL,I get it SteyrAUG for sure.I can honestly say there have been a few guns through the years that I really felt I needed. I guess my namesake can relate, my name "m1a_scoutguy"came from that NEED! That turned into a need for my 1st M1a "Scout Rifle" and then a NM M1a with Kreiger HVY BBL along with half a dozen other M1a rifles that have come and gone. I guess because I have everything I need it has turned into stuff I want.

[artoter]

It's rare a gun is "just fine" as new.

I must have a lot of rare guns then.

[Ron3]

I must have a lot of rare guns then.

Like what?

[nick84]

Gonna take the unpopular/atypical answer, but not really. I own rifles that cover the use cases that I can imagine for myself; so anytime I get something new it's basically a minor improvement or variation of what I'm using now. In fact, I think it's been a multiple years now since I invested in any entirely new platform. If I was to decide that I wanted something new, I'd probably have to get rid of something I currently have because I've gotten to a point where I don't care so much for clutter. While there's a couple collectible items out there I might be interested in, for the most part I've found that I like shooting the stuff I have more than I like tinkering with it or spending more money on accessories just to see if they're going to work for me or not.

So, to answer OP question...I like new toys, but going through the process of getting them where I want feels a lot more like a chore, when I'd rather just get better with the stuff I have.

[Ron3]

Gonna take the unpopular/atypical answer, but not really. I own rifles that cover the use cases that I can imagine for myself; so anytime I get something new it's basically a minor improvement or variation of what I'm using now. In fact, I think it's been a multiple years now since I invested in any entirely new platform. If I was to decide that I wanted something new, I'd probably have to get rid of something I currently have because I've gotten to a point where I don't care so much for clutter. While there's a couple collectible items out there I might be interested in, for the most part I've found that I like shooting the stuff I have more than I like tinkering with it or spending more money on accessories just to see if they're going to work for me or not.

So, to answer OP question...I like new toys, but going through the process of getting them where I want feels a lot more like a chore, when I'd rather just get better with the stuff I have.

I get that.

I've been trying to standardize many of my guns to help maintain familiarity. That's still several different types of guns. But I shoot them pretty often. Except the rifles, I'm working on that. Suppressors help.

I spend most time shooting the carry guns, then the oddball "fun" guns, then the rifles. It's a constant struggle not to buy "fun" guns that take away from my training / familiarization with the carry guns.

[SteyrAUG]

Like what?

I think you could hand most people on this forum a stock AK, AR, HK, FAL, etc. and they could manage just fine with it. We'd might prefer RDS, weapon lights, slick slings and such but we could fight without them if we had to.

If they learned the basics in the beginning, I could probably give most people here a S&W combat magnum and they'd still rip ass on 99% of home invaders.

The only one that would give me concern is trying to do a long double barrel shotgun. Really hard to bet the farm on two rounds, break...reload...close and shoot.