How many are in your "collection" and when do you decide to stop?
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I'm fairly new, but bought one rifle for my wife and one for me. I think between the two rifles they will hopefully do everything I need them to do. I really don't see myself "collecting" any more although I will likely tinker with them a bit.
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Started years ago for me with powder burners, got to the point I opened a gun shop for 20 + years and still have a safe full of "had to have's" that I've never even shot. Started pcp's with a air force condor, got the bug and bought a M3 compact figuring if I went top of the line I'd be done! Guess what, it doesn't work that way, I still want.
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My collection is complete when my wife gets upset and stays upset! Typically I get an eye roll and nothing else. When she snaps, thats when I know my collection is complete.
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d3vnull's comment "I do it because my mind needs to dream, and airguns let me do that" hits the nail on the head. I continue to look to live vicariously through others because I don't have the time or kinds of places other have available to them.
I (sort of) stopped buying because I have acquired most of the guns I lusted for in my youth and young adulthood. Pulling one of those out of the safe transcends me to those times and places long gone.
I (sort of) stopped buying because I have acquired most of the guns I lusted for in my youth and young adulthood. Pulling one of those out of the safe transcends me to those times and places long gone.
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I always had an eye for mechanical craftsmanship and much like REVIN I am at heart a slow recovering powder burner.
Early on buying and selling if need be, to acquire another special piece of nirvana. Along the wandering path of my journey I started collecting M1 carbines while they were cheap.
Always listening for that whispering siren song calling of "some old guy with an M1 war gun".
Many times they did not quite pan out, but sometimes they did. And their priceless storied history was somehow bequeathed to me, by patriots struggling as young men long ago. To hold in ones hands such historical pieces is indeed a very humbly experience. As to the question of stopping an airgun quest, that's easy when I am room temperature friend.
Early on buying and selling if need be, to acquire another special piece of nirvana. Along the wandering path of my journey I started collecting M1 carbines while they were cheap.
Always listening for that whispering siren song calling of "some old guy with an M1 war gun".
Many times they did not quite pan out, but sometimes they did. And their priceless storied history was somehow bequeathed to me, by patriots struggling as young men long ago. To hold in ones hands such historical pieces is indeed a very humbly experience. As to the question of stopping an airgun quest, that's easy when I am room temperature friend.
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Boy the answer to this is kind of complex for me. Over the last couple years I kind went on an airgun spending spree, and acquired an airgun that fit each purpose. I even have an airgun for a niche, one that somewhat surprisingly seems to be rarely considered by other airguners. That is my Leshiy 2 with open sights used for plinking and open sight practice. Anyway back to the topic on hand. Logically I know have all the airguns I need, but I still find myself looking and going, “I bet that would be a great gun.” I do this for all the reasons above, but also for another reason that I don’t really like to admit. You see, I know airguns are a tool and aesthetics shouldn’t really matter. I have always tried to convince myself (not just with airguns but all kinds of things in life) that it is performance not looks that matter, form follows function, but I do, in truth, find myself swayed by beauty. So I see certain airguns and thing man that one really looks nice, maybe it should be part of my collection. Understand this is not the only aspect that drives me, just something that hadn’t been mentioned by previous posts.
I also have a bit of a dream, a day dream that I know is unrealistic, but it is fun to dream sometimes. If I was rich I would love to have a large collection of guns and have a lending library of sorts where AN members could have me send them a gun to try out and see how much they liked it. Then after getting to try it out they send it back. Then when guns became a little dated, and the new and improved versions came out and members weren’t really interested as much anymore I would give away the older (but still good guns) to people that are either new, or can’t afford one. Now I just have to win the lottery.
I also have a bit of a dream, a day dream that I know is unrealistic, but it is fun to dream sometimes. If I was rich I would love to have a large collection of guns and have a lending library of sorts where AN members could have me send them a gun to try out and see how much they liked it. Then after getting to try it out they send it back. Then when guns became a little dated, and the new and improved versions came out and members weren’t really interested as much anymore I would give away the older (but still good guns) to people that are either new, or can’t afford one. Now I just have to win the lottery.
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If you ever want to try a leshiy 2, between Matt and I, we have every caliber expect .177. I would love to meet up for a range day, and I’m sure he would too!
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I currently own 7 PCP rifles, but I'm seriously considering thinning out the herd. Maybe sell 2 or 3, we'll see.
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I have way too many,it just happened that way.Now I am getting control.
I am a shooter, not a collector;I am customizing my favorite air guns now.
Truthfully sometimes it is an impulse buy because I always wanted this or that.
Plus I think I have more scopes than air guns.
I agree too many is Not a good thing,better to have a Few favorites and become very close to them.
More than you need become clutter.....I have too much clutter.
I am a shooter, not a collector;I am customizing my favorite air guns now.
Truthfully sometimes it is an impulse buy because I always wanted this or that.
Plus I think I have more scopes than air guns.
I agree too many is Not a good thing,better to have a Few favorites and become very close to them.
More than you need become clutter.....I have too much clutter.
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I do that with gear and my veteran. The veteran gets lent out to friends and someone I trust. Depending on the gear if we strike up a conversation and become friendly I will offer. I currently have 3 of my moderators out and on loan to @SimpleGuy so he can try them without buying them. Love your idea and keep up the positive thinking.
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"Beware the man who has one gun, fore he knows how to use it"
The more guns I shoot the less accurate I am. I think I have 8 Weihrauch rifles all of them can potentially be very very accurate within their appropriate range. The one I've been shootingy the most is always the most accurate. Well unless I'm shooting it to diagnosis a problem.
As a kid with a 39 dollar Crosman 766 I was a terror to anything that moved. That was my only gun and I shot it so often it became a part of me. I was incredibly proficient with it.
Now as an adult with a lot more experience and much better made guns, I'm not sure I can match my dynamic abilities as a kid. I'll do better sitting down at a bench and shooting groups,but honestly if I couldn't I should take up golf.
It all comes down to when you shoot one gun often you subconsciously ingraine the necessary muscle memory to net good results. Every gun you add to that dilutes your abilities.
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I agree with this a lot actually, it makes sense, 100% however if you have more than one task that involves shooting the .30 cal might be too much for the rats that need .177
So I guess it comes down to, minimalizing the collection as much as you can while handling all tasks.
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That would be the logical and practical approach, but not much fun. I'd rather have an interesting selection of guns even if it makes me a little less proficient.
Ya ya I know what I said. Just because I believe what I said about shooting lots of guns doesn't mean I only want one gun. It's simply an observation.
I have more than a few guns and plan on adding more PBs. I have enough property now that I can't justify adding any more airguns. That said I don't see me selling any of my redundant Airguns either.
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O good!
We're doomed.
Most of us posting on this thread....
After feeding the piggy bank for a couple of years it got fat enough to buy my dream gun.
It's been three weeks that I received it.
But — I haven't had the time or opportunity to shoot it yet!!
However, over the last couple of days I already have clearly defined the requirements for my next dream gun, and have decided which brand, which model, caliber, barrel length, bottle size, and power setting it will have.
Mind you, I haven't even bought a new piggy bank yet, I wouldn't have anything to put into....
But I already have picked out the gun I'll try to buy in 2023 or 2024.
Sound like what any reasonable human being would do.
Well, any reasonable human being who is a member of AGN, that is.
We're doomed.
We're doomed.
Most of us posting on this thread....
After feeding the piggy bank for a couple of years it got fat enough to buy my dream gun.
It's been three weeks that I received it.
But — I haven't had the time or opportunity to shoot it yet!!
However, over the last couple of days I already have clearly defined the requirements for my next dream gun, and have decided which brand, which model, caliber, barrel length, bottle size, and power setting it will have.
Mind you, I haven't even bought a new piggy bank yet, I wouldn't have anything to put into....
But I already have picked out the gun I'll try to buy in 2023 or 2024.
Sound like what any reasonable human being would do.
Well, any reasonable human being who is a member of AGN, that is.
We're doomed.
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