Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

My buddy has almost a hundred guns (two big safes packed to the gills) and is always looking for more. He's constantly trolling gunbroker.com, auctionarms, and gun shows for more guns he "needs." Here's the latest: He already has a .375 H&H (with 500 rounds of ammo!) and a .458 Lott (with 200 rounds), yet now he's convinced he must have a .416 Remington.

Is there any cure for him? Should I round up friends and relatives to conduct an intervention like AA does for alcoholics? Should I hire deprogrammers to kidnap him and hold him in an out-of-the-way cabinuntil he's cured?

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

If he isn't gonna lose the house I'd say more power to him.

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

i used to live with someone like that... i still do... it is awesome

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BTM if you think you can have "enough" guns then YOU are the one that needs help! ;)Your buddy sounds like a man I would get along with really well. My wife wont let me have girlfriends, she aint real wild about my Harley ridin and she refuses to let me dragrace my boat and I wont do drugs. So that leaves guns as my only vice

I too am in need of a second gunsafe now and I am only 34 so who knows where it will stop. At least with 2 young sons I can partially use them as an excuse for "needing more guns". As long as my wife doesn't figure out that a 10 and 5 year old can't use 300Wbys and WSMs I am safe!

Buy all you want, they'll make more!!!
RA

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

He who dies with the MOST GUNS WINS:)

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

Nope, your buddy sounds normal to me.

We have three gun safes here in CA (wouldn't be here except for USN)and two more in Nevada. It is like a disease for which I will not seek a cure.

Even the wife gets involved....two years ago I went shopping for a pre-64 M70, NIB and came back from the first day of the show -almost- in tears, like some sort of withdrawal. Wife suggests we go to the Harley dealer....drove out with a new wide glide. For my birthday that year she got me a BFR in .500.

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

Someday, there's going to be quite an estate sale.

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

my thoughts exactly!:D

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Yes, I believe your buddy has a problem--- the same one most of the rest of us have---- running out of room and places to put them. Recently modified the closet in our bedroom to hold ones leaning in the corners that I am unable to get in the safes. The only cure is money----

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Your in the wrong forum if your seeking a cure.:D

I've seen it many times.Your friend definitely has Igottogetanothergunitis, a.k.a.Gun Fever. No one is certain what the cause is. Symptoms are hard to detect at first. Maybe spending a little more time in sporting goods, surfing the web just a little more at Cabelas and Midway. It seems trivial at first, a gun here and there, but quickly reaching the point of no return. Soon, Gun Fever will cause normally sane people to not only buy guns, but be thinking of their next gun purchase before they even get the new gun home. Before you know it, safe space will become more and more limited, finally resulting in a safe implant. This will only provide temporary relief however, as additional safe implants will be needed in the future to relief the swelling.

RE: Is my buddy a hopeless gun nut?
 

my dad has hundreds of guns... of course he owns a sporting goods shop though [:@]

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BTM , I think you are jumping the gun. Your buddy's modest colection in no way means he is hopeless.Besides everyone knows you should have a 416 remington.

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You're right: This wasn't the right forum for such a question!

Thanks for the replies so far, guys. Keep 'em coming!

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Ive done that before......ordered a gun, and it takes like 3 weeks to come in because Im lefthanded, and by the 2nd week Im already checking out the next gun I will be buying before the first one comes!!!. Ive also went to the gun store with a gift certificate for one gun, and came home with 2 guns.....my thinking, "the first one is essential free, so Im really only buying 1 gun" :D

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It gets harder and harder to justify anymore guns in my household so I took up bowhunting to throw the wife off track temporarily.:D. The next thing I NEED is another safe, as I there is NO room for another gun in mine.

Seriously though, there are certain types of guns that you had better buy while the opportunity is there. By this I mean AR15's, M1A's, M1 Garands and any other military centerfire rifle that accepts a detachable box magazine. If I had the money and could afford to shoot it, I would buy a quality .50 BMG. The Barret M82 comes to mind, but they cost over $8000.[&o]

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Can you have two many guns? Simply stated NO! Though I have read a quote that stated "Beware of the man with one gun.... Most likely he probably knows how to shoot it.":D However I don't think most of us could have too many.

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Your friend is a god. I have had as many as 35 peices in my collection. Not bad for a guy who was a leftist hippy 10 years ago. BTW my hair is still down to my ass. And I did this on a musician's salery. If I were richer, I would buy more. I can list 25 guns off the top of my head that I want. There is always a hole in the collection that needs filled.
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