Gun Zen?

[Arik]

I just kinda stumble into a lot of my guns. Don't have a need or a big desire for a Glock 22/23 but when one is under $300, new, with night sights and several mags .....well....why the hell not. Didn't want to spend a lot of money on a good 1911 and didn't want to buy the cheap stuff either just to say I have one so I never had a 1911. But when I stumbled onto a $650 TRP that was a no brainier. Two tone USP 45 with mags, $375. Walther P1 with a dozen mags $350....etc.. That's how I have most of my guns.

The only thing I could never get into was parts and accessories, aside from the bare minimum like mags and holsters. Can't deal with uppers and lowers and stocks...etc . If I want a specific firearm I find one and buy it.

[Corse]

I just kinda stumble into a lot of my guns. Don't have a need or a big desire for a Glock 22/23 but when one is under $300, new, with night sights and several mags .....well....why the hell not. Didn't want to spend a lot of money on a good 1911 and didn't want to buy the cheap stuff either just to say I have one so I never had a 1911. But when I stumbled onto a $650 TRP that was a no brainier. Two tone USP 45 with mags, $375. Walther P1 with a dozen mags $350....etc.. That's how I have most of my guns.

The only thing I could never get into was parts and accessories, aside from the bare minimum like mags and holsters. Can't deal with uppers and lowers and stocks...etc . If I want a specific firearm I find one and buy it.

Can I go gun shopping with you?

[Arik]

Absolutely

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[kerplode]

It’s funny. The more guns I own the more I realize I want to own less and actually have come to mildly hate them. I enjoy shooting and carrying a gun for a living but it’s s never ending money pit.

This is mostly where I find myself these days as well. Unfortunately, I haven't made much traction in paring down.

[SteyrAUG]

It’s funny. The more guns I own the more I realize I want to own less and actually have come to mildly hate them. I enjoy shooting and carrying a gun for a living but it’s s never ending money pit.




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Seems easy enough to fix. Any time I become "uninterested" in any firearm I usually don't have any trouble getting what I paid for it. I usually wait before elections to unload the stuff I don't want anymore.

[JoshNC]

Gun zen: more transferable MGs.

[Moose-Knuckle]

It's funny, a "lot" of guns is such a relative thing. Same goes for ammo.

I get into conversations with folks who have 10-20 guns and think thats a "lot", and some who have 2-5 and think that is a lot. Some with 100's who think they don't have enough.

Funny how that works.

I love reading headlines on news sites after some lone-wolf is arrested for an unrelated crime or an old hermit dies and the police who perform a welfare check find an "ARSENAL OF WEAPONS" and the guy has less than ten firearms pictured laid out on the couch.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Interesting and varied responses which is what I expected. The mindset is definitely different for everyone. Mine currently is less is more. And I am trying to extend that to my life in general as well. I'm thinking smaller house, no car payment, less possessions, less hoarding of junk I don't use.

"The more things you own, the more they own you."

I'm in my 30's and have zero student loans, zero cc debt, own my vehicles, and live in an absurdly reasonable home.


This is some Zen woke AF truth Tsar Bomba right here . . .

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[Arik]

I love reading headlines on news sites after some lone-wolf is arrested for an unrelated crime or an old hermit dies and the police who perform a welfare check find an "ARSENAL OF WEAPONS" and the guy has less than ten firearms pictured laid out on the couch.

Or they're all WW1 rifles, break open single shot shotguns and 22lr riflss

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[Vegas]

"The more things you own, the more they own you."

I'm in my 30's and have zero student loans, zero cc debt, own my vehicles, and live in an absurdly reasonable home.


This is some Zen woke AF truth Tsar Bomba right here . . .

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Thats a great spot to be in!

Love that scene and is really what I am working towards; f*ck you money. Everyone has their idea of what that is but mine is quite modest. Love the quote too, nothing truer if you let it own. Life events will always drive you and this year has been more than instrumental in my thinking.