What's wrong with me?

[tnhawk]

....... I'm always looking for just one more.

The search for one more has filled my safes.

[HvBikeWlTravel]

It is the rare, and wise individual that can have contentment in this covetous,  over-marketed and uber-competitive World.

[Spots]

I can honestly say that 2 firearms would make me content. If I can get a SCAR 17 and a Sig P226 MK 25 I'd never want or need another firearm.

Tapatalk ate my spelling

[1pointofview]

I want to start in the reloading bizness but want to keep it simple, compact and mobile. I saw a hornady mostly all in one kit. You guys heard any issues with this thing? http://m.hornady.com/store/Kits

[JAB]

My late father was the type of person who liked guns but in my memory he pretty much only had:

 

1.  A 12 gauge pump

2.  A semiauto .22 rifle

3.  A lever action 30-30

4.  A S&W .357 revolver and

5.  A 'generic' (it has no markings on it, whatsoever, other than a series of numbers) Mauser that is so inaccurate as to not really count - I don't remember him ever even firing it.

 

With those 'few', his gun owning needs were met.  I now have his 12 gauge, his 30-30 and that Mauser along with several more of my own.  Therefore, I guess it could be said that my firearm 'needs' were met long ago.  My 'wants', however, are another matter - although there isn't anything I desperately want and I don't generally invest a lot of $$$ into any, one gun.  In fact, I have to admit to having a soft spot for 'working' guns - utility grade, I guess they are called - over pricier ones.  I also don't own nearly as many guns as some of the folks on here.  I would kind of like to have one super-fancy 'barbecue' gun but it isn't anything crucial, for me.  Right now, I would mostly like to have a coach gun, a snub-nosed .357 of some ilk and a Ruger Alaskan in .44 Magnum.  I wouldn't mind a nice lever carbine in .357, either.  I'm not really actively looking for any of those, however.  In that way, I guess you could say that my gun lust is sated - for now.

 

Yeah, my dad's gun collection was much smaller and simpler than mine.  Of course, having my HCP and the desire to have enough of a variety of carry guns to fit pretty much every situation in which I can legally carry has influenced some of my purchasing decisions - dad never had an HCP.  Then, again, dad had a 'thing' for old cars and trucks.  Like me, he never really bought anything fancy - just old cars (sometimes near junkers) he could tinker with - but overall my guns are still probably a less expensive hobby.

Edited February 25, 2014 by JAB

[Mykltn]

I like "working" guns also. Every pistol I own (with the exception of my Browning Buckmark) is a carry gun. I don't go for the $1500 Pythons but I've been known to drop several hundred on a good Kimber or Colt. All of my carry guns are defense pistols. I like single stack mags and as small as I can get my fist around.

[tnhandgun57]

Hi Runco, welcome to group therapy here at tgo. We understand as everyone here is an addict, the hardest part is admitting you have a problem.

Other than a long gun and pistol or two I'm pretty content with my current firearms.

 

I don't call it addiction. I call it obsession! Sounds tamer!!

[Mykltn]

I don't call it addiction. I call it obsession! Sounds tamer!!

I prefer the term OCD (Ordinance Collection Disorder). I'm in a 12 pistol program and am taking it one range visit at a time.

[HvBikeWlTravel]

I use to get asked if I was a "collector". My answer was most always no, they're all shooters. Except for a 36 cal. muzzleloader that I bought at an auction and hung over a mantle for a few years.

But I've known 2 men with some interesting weapons and neither had any desire to fire them.

[tnhandgun57]

I prefer the term OCD (Ordinance Collection Disorder). I'm in a 12 pistol program and am taking it one range visit at a time.

 

Yeah, that's it!!