How many of you have bought identical "spares" of your favourite handgun?

Peter M. Eick, you are a class act! Very nice collections.

To answer the question, yes, two S&W 642s, one for each pocket. The fastest j-frame reload I know of is a second gun.

I have 2 XD40 cal service models.Love the feel.

Pair of 19-4s

I don't have any other "spares" but I do maintain multiples of each TYPE. No need to change ALL my gear, just some of it.

I have many J-frames, but no two of the same exact model -- so I guess that doesn't count.

I'm afraid that, for me, there are too many intriguing guns out there, and too many that I want to experience owning, to consider buying the same model.


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No exact spares but something similar. My favorite pistol is the 1911, so now I own 4 (2 different model Kimbers, a S&W and a pre-CZ Dan Wesson) and I'm on the lookout for #5. In revolvers, my favorite is probably the S&W Mountain Gun and I have that in .44Mag and .45Colt, and a 686+ with 4" barrel (very similar to the Mtn Gun) and the 610 (essentially the same gun but in 10mm). And am on the lookout for a Mtn Gun in .41Mag.

Cleaning a gun, step one: load another gun

How else are we supposed to do it?

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Spares - not in pistols or rifles so much. I do have two 1911s. One is my Bullseye gun, the other not. The rest are all different pieces. I try to keep one in every major (and some minor) chamberings from .22LR to .500 S&W.
The same with rifles - all different and different cartridges. Five or six .22s, none the same kind of rifle.
Shotguns - well....not exactly the same models but...I like SXSs and have a half dozen of those; all 12 gauge. The other shotguns are all different, some 12s, 20s, 410s - pumps, O/Us, semis.
Pete

At one point I had

10 pairs of Ruger vaqueros.
I also had a pair of The ruger old armies in bright stainless with 5 1/2' barrels
9 almost identical Savage model 12/112's including matching Leupold scopes
and lots more pairs

I currently own 2 LCP's
2 Glock 23's
2 Taurus Pt 1911's in Duo-tone finish
2 Ruger single sixes in 32 H&R mag bright stainless
2 Kimber Eclipse pro's ( the only difference is one has Target sights)
2 Kimber ultra's one blue one stainless
Several other 1911's
2 savage model 12's in 204 identical plus another in 223
3 Ar's all slightly different

In the future I will be looking to pair up any handgun that is worth keeping. I also want a pair of the new Ruger Birds head 45's.

Nothing wrong with having "spares" if that is what you want to do with your money. If I like a firearm, I will often own more than one, but they will not be exact copies unless it is for collector reasons. I don't buy spares to shoot so much as I expect guns to last a while. But I don't shoot many thousands of rounds of centerfire ammunition from any particular gun per year. Some don't see 25 rounds shot in a year. I prefer to shoot 22's.

I don't have any rifles that are duplicates unless you consider a Remington 541-S and 541-T a duplicate. Every one of my rifles were purchased to shoot. But I do own some 22's that I have never shot yet. Most are waiting for a scope. Since I have sufficient numbers to satisfy my urge to shoot pretty much whatever I feel like, having a new 22 rifle (even an expensive one) that I have not shot yet is no big deal to me. I tend to like the rifle more and will often buy another one when I should be probably getting the ones I already own to the point where I will choose them to shoot with some regularity.

I usually do it with surplus guns that may be hard to find parts for down the road.

Until recently, when I got my RIA 9mm 1911 I made do with a Star BM, bought one to shoot one for parts and one to collect.

Got a second Romanian TTC to collect since I've shot the bejezzes out of the first with all the cheap surplus ammo I'd stocked up on.

For current production stuff, I don't really see the need, although I've got enough 1911s that are just minor variations its hard to claim otherwise, but I just like 1911s plain and simple.

Guilty, several times. Once with an expensive custom gun.

I wonder if my IHC Garand qualifies as an "identical" spare to my SA Garands?

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Yes, with pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns.

Yes, I like the idea of duplication or standardization.

In the late 80s, I had 11 1911s in varying degrees of customization, from the basic trigger job with beavertail, all the way to full race gun with compensator.

So yes, the 1911 was my favorite platform then, but revolvers had a place in my heart and safe. Two identical six inch 686-3s, a 6 inch 586, a 6 inch 17-3 as well as a pair of stainless (6" and 4.2") GP100s lived in my safe at some point in the last 10 years and most of these have been sold or traded away.

Lately, I have discovered the rugged P-series aluminum framed DA/SA Rugers so have a pair of Ruger P89s, a P90 and P91 (these all share the same platform), 4 x 1911s that are very closely set-up.

Honestly, I would rather have a new gun to drool over and play with, than another copy of one that I already own.

I have several duplicate hand guns, but none were bought as 'spares' for anything.

Do shotguns count? I have three of the same make, family, and gauge. Each is specialized for a different role: field, HD, sabots.

Why? Standardized functionality. No matter which I'm holding, it operates as expected without conscious thought about how to make it fire. That leaves with just whether to make it fire.

If not idenical, close to it.

Does this count?

Had one, sold it. bought another kept it found myself wanting another "Just in case"
Why not? One can look and look for a reliable gun and not find the one that "fits" you. So when you do find that "one" I say buy as many as you can get.......Just in case

I just bought another Makarov. They look identical, but one's a 9mm short and the other one's a 9mm Mak. They use the same mag,but a different round. I've got to pay attention at the range.

No exact copies, just to many quality handguns out there. I am in the process, though,of trying to collect different barrel lengths of the same model revolver.

Both of my carry guns are set up identical, but different manufacturers.

Ser 70 x2 , 25-2 * 3/8" x2 , FN-FAL 50.63 , 50.64., Izzy Hbar STG or three ...

~kop