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How many guns is to much????

treadlok97treadlok97 Member Posts: 451 ✭✭✭
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
Some people ask why I have so many guns since I don't hunt. I say I do, I hunt the gun. As of now I have 35 guns and are hunting more. Is this a problem? I just enjoy buying and shooting some of them. Some are still in the box and will never be shot. If my son (6years old now)is in to guns I guess he will get them, if not we will have a gun sale one day.
How many do you have and what do you think???

Ps I am not taking anything away from my family I don't spend what we don't have No credit cards.

Thanks
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Never too many.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    I buy what I like and what I can afford. If you buy right they are good investments (It works with my wife[:D])
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    35 Guns? When are you going to start collecting guns?[;)]
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  • 00scoots00scoots Member Posts: 410 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe my signature can answer that question.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    I can never have enuff guns. Although I shoot everything I have. I go out at least 2 times a week and I thake different guns each time. I also shoot aprox 1000 rounds total every time I go out.
    I do need to start reloading my own to help with the cost of all this shooting. but untill I get me a good storage and work area I'll just keep buying ammo.
    I support you in your collecting as long as you don't put it before your other priorities.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,474 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I own more than I need, but not as many as I want....[:)]
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    I usually stay around 20 or so - been up to 30 before, but was cleaning more than shooting!!![:D]
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    I have a core group of guns...NIB collectable that never see the light of day maybe 20 total always add to those when the price is right. then my personal shooters which I have become accustomed to and would not sell I think I have all I would ever need.
    If the gun don't fit, you can't hit spit
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    one manual operated shotgun
    one manual operated 22 rifle
    one manual operated big game rifle
    one revolver

    one box (-25 rds)of ammo each

    After comprehensive licensing of gun owners and all firearms this will be the number and type of firearms you may have in your possesion except by special permits such as competition, etc.

    Get ready, this will be here within 10 years and all very legal according to the 2nd Amend.
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    why do we need guns? Why have a gun? Arent they dangerous? Guns kill people. You people should be ashamed of yourselves!
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  • Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    41 now and about 7 more to go to complete the list. But given the nature of the beast I think that list will most likely keep growing. [:D]
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  • Warpig883Warpig883 Member Posts: 6,459
    edited November -1
    You guys actually own guns? I just hang out on gun sites and BS making a fool out of myself.
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A visitor to our home once asked my wife if she was afraid to be in our house with so many firearms. She replied saying that all the firearms are kept securely locked in the safes and that we feed them regularly so they don't get mad at us. Our visitor with a sigh of relief then said "thank God they can't get at you"

    True story, and I heard it with my own ears from the mouth of a supposedly educated and well traveled person.
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  • bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    GUNS!!! GUNS!!!!

    OMG!!!

    I thought this was a quilting forum!!!
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Once you get to five or six you've pretty much got all you NEED to do about anything.
    After that it's about what you WANT. And you can have as many as you can afford, but probably never all of them that you want....[:D]
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Passing on the Tradition is pretty important. So I always keep a few extra around for gifts or trade. But quantity of Ammo is the big debate around here.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    too many :: over here is when they are not stored securly & falling outa ya safe or dont have a reason , to use..

    enough for the job, & happy.[:)]
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I FIND OUT[:D]
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  • lazeruslazerus Member Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Too many guns? you mean like, many more than two?
    It don't compute.
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  • WranglerWrangler Member Posts: 5,788 ✭
    edited November -1
    Never too many. Just tell them you choose to invest in firearms.
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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    I try to stay away from things that go BOOM.. Hurts my ears.. So now I have 28 sling shots.. But they are in a gun safe..[;)][:D]
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guns, what guns? I don't have any guns, I have never even seen a gun, except once in a moving picture.
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    I thought we were discussing home remodeling?!?![:0][B)][:0] Please poof this thread as it is clearly out of bounds.[xx(][:(!][V][:(]
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  • sig232sig232 Member Posts: 8,018
    edited November -1
    I agree that there is no limit on the amount of guns you enjoy owning. Now I have found that in many cases the wives have a totally different yardstick about this limit!
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  • tazzertazzer Member Posts: 16,837
    edited November -1
    dang it if ya dont stop with all this gun talk people going to start thinking this is a gun forum [}:)][}:)][}:)][:D][:D]
    you can have to many gun!! at least thats what my wife keeps telling me
    I know I know im trying to get help for her.[}:)][:D][:D][:D]
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  • 00scoots00scoots Member Posts: 410 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by sig232
    I agree that there is no limit on the amount of guns you enjoy owning. Now I have found that in many cases the wives have a totally different yardstick about this limit!

    Kind of funny to know that so many of us have similar situations. [;)]
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    It is too many when you can not remember you have it and when you find it you do not know what it is. [8D]
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have reached that point when you buy a gun, go to put it in the safe, and realize- "Oh- I already have one of those".
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  • wizard78wizard78 Member Posts: 3,144 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Warpig883
    You guys actually own guns? I just hang out on gun sites and BS making a fool out of myself.


    Good to see there's someone else besides me that does that. I have a pellet rifle but my wife is making me sell it because she says it makes her nervous. [;)]
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  • warriorsfanwarriorsfan Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guns are like baseball cards, you have to have one of every kind out there to "complete the set." [:D]

    But honestly, I'd say as many guns as you can reasonably store and maintain. You have too many guns if you don't have enough room to store them or enough time to clean and maintain them. Why just let them lie around and go unused and start to rust and become dingy, just so you can say you have them? [:(]
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  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats easy, if there is a particular model or caliber that you don't own then you don't have enough. Should you ever reach the time that you have every make, model and caliber, its time to double up.[:D]
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  • One shotOne shot Member Posts: 1,027 ✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe when you reach one of everything on the face of the planet....Then look for new planets.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    As long as zombies continue to roam our streets you can never have too many guns or too much fire power!
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  • Daddie_TomDaddie_Tom Member Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He who dies with the most, WINS![:D]
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  • surbat6surbat6 Member Posts: 485 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How many is too many?
    ...more than I got!
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  • tr foxtr fox Member Posts: 13,856
    edited November -1
    You have too many guns when the wife gives you the fish-eye when she catches you reading a gun catalog.

    Around here it is very important, for the sake of peace in the family, to watch out for the wife's fish-eye.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Classic095
    35 Guns? When are you going to start collecting guns?[;)]


    that's what i was thinking


    i quit counting around 48 that was a few years ago, and if the wife was to hear numbers i would probably heat some serious B.S., i do need to update my personal log, i keep one for insurance with pics/serial numbers and values for insurance, and if something was to happen to me, the wife could pay off the house
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  • bigt7mmbigt7mm Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't know yet.
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  • dclocodcloco Member Posts: 2,967
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by temblor
    Once you get to five or six you've pretty much got all you NEED to do about anything.
    After that it's about what you WANT. And you can have as many as you can afford, but probably never all of them that you want....[:D]


    (I somewhat agree with you...but read on)

    But I "need" two 22 caliber pistols. One with a standard barrel and one with a 10" bull barrel.

    I need a somewhat decked out 10/22...who doesn't? (with three 25 round Butler Creek clips)

    I need a couple of Swedish Mausers. One is a standard M96, with target grip, flash hider, and Timney trigger. Other is an FSR with diopter...really...I "need" both.

    I "need" three Russian 7.62x54R's...one M44, one M91/30, and one M91 Dragoon....well...they are cheap to shoot!

    I only have one 223 bull barrel single shot.

    I have four Swiss K31's. I "needed" them all...as they all of different names!

    Two revolvers...need them both. Who cannot live without a 357 Magnum and a 44 Magnum. Personally, if you don't own a Magnum....well...you don't own guns!
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  • dclocodcloco Member Posts: 2,967
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by matwor
    I thought we were discussing home remodeling?!?![:0][B)][:0] Please poof this thread as it is clearly out of bounds.[xx(][:(!][V][:(]


    LOL! Most guns have "furniture" of some sort! LOL!!!![:D]
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