I'm thinking about selling couple guns to get a Mountaineer. I keep going back and forth about whether or not this is a good idea. I don't need one. Furthermore, I can't hunt with a scope so it's not like I will be able to use it in a way that it can live up to it's abilities.
At what point do you just decide to be happy with what you have?
I'm thinking about selling couple guns to get a Mountaineer. I keep going back and forth about whether or not this is a good idea. I don't need one. Furthermore, I can't hunt with a scope so it's not like I will be able to use it in a way that it can live up to it's abilities.
At what point do you just decide to be happy with what you have?
Easy... when you are really broke and retired!
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Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders they are a Blast
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Kirby - I keep asking myself that same question. When is enough - enough? I know I have something that will take everything from mice to mammoths. And for most of us, it doesn't come down to what we need and sometimes even what we want. I have found myself walking into a gun shop and see a gun there that I begin to fondle. Be it a shotgun, rilfe, muzzleloader or handgun. The next thing I know I am taking it home with me like a new found treasure. I guess the best thing to do is whatever your conscience tells you.
__________________ PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE RISING COST IN AMMO PRICES I WILL NO LONGER BE FIRING A WARNING SHOT.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.
I'm not as good as I'm gonna get - but I'm better than I used to be. "Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point."
I sold off several guns over the last two years. Saved a little bit here and there. And now have enough for that TVM .54 Southern Mountain flintlock I had convinced myself that I couldn't live without. Now I find I'm asking myself "WHY?".
Could I possibly enjoy it more than the eight sidelocks and two in-lines I already have? I have so many powder & bullet combinations I want to try in those that I'll never get around to them all. What would I ever do with another one?
Guess I'll have to ask Cayugad.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Well I think its different for everyone of us. For me it came down to the point I was gun poor. Had all these guns but not enough money for the ammunition for them and also I just didn't shoot them. So I sat down and thought long and hard. Which ones have a personal attachment to it? Needless to say I cut my gun collection in half. Now the ones that i have I can enjoy them even more AND buy ammuntion for them. But each is different. I still have a total of eleven guns. Which for some that is alot.
For myself I quite by accident ran across a picture of a flintlock rifle built by Larry Gardener. It came upon me that a fellow shouldn't go under without owning one of his rifles been waiting awhile,it will be here in about 10 weeks. I may not be able to take it with me but I intend to shoot it a lot while I'm here.
Collecting to me is a hobby. Everyone needs a hobby. And if it brings you pleasure, then there is nothing more to concern yourself with. As long as the hobby does not infringe on your life style.
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
When does it become overkill?
