Burned out with guns?

[Majic]

Just because you have money you don't have to spend it. Put the money away until something that's special to your eye comes along. This should be a hobby not an addiction.

 

[happy old sailor]

i know what you mean. my safe gets fuller and my purchases get further apart. i think i could write a book on my experiences over the last fifty years. i still have the passion for shooting, but. i find myself going to the range less and then with the same old guns, over and over, and that leads me to thinking about the purpose of all those others. no, i dont wish to sell them or give them away. i still love them and wonder about their fate after i pass on. but then, it wont matter to me as i will proplly be jumping from hot rock to hot rock with toothy things snapping at me. yep, i know what you mean.

 

[qajaq59]

Buy some reloading equipment and start looking for the "Perfect" load for each gun that you own. That should keep you occupied for about a 100 years.

 

[10X]

Gudel, you sound like you are in a rut. "..buy it, shoot it clean it, repeat..."
Add some experiences that you can relate to a gun. Go varmit hunting, go rabbit hunting with some friends. Shoot some trap, talk guns and shooting with some people there.

 

[Sean85746]

I feel your pain.

I recently even got rid of a BUNCH of guns. I mean, I looked through the safes and found rifles I have had for YEARS and had never fired, and couldn't foresee firing them in the next half of eternity.

I am much more of a handgun guy anyway, and yet I offloaded a bunch of them too.

I found I have 13 K-Frames that were all nearly identical!

I used to buy them because it was a GREAT DEAL!, but have since realized...hell, I can only shoot one at a time.

So, I reall really thinned out the herd, and hate to admit...I don't miss the ones I let go.

 

[pharmer]

Guns are things, they have no lasting satisfaction. The anticipation of getting a new gun is always better than getting. Do some trades, kick yourself in the .. for trading. Repeat as necessary. That'll cure you. Joe

 

[kellyj00]

If you're bored with them then get into an aspect that's new. Get into reloading, long range shooting, hunting, tactical drills or even start up your own gun shop and start selling to the public/friends.

I'm impressed by the engineering and science of guns, so I'm really into reading about new technologies and trying them out. Starting soon, I'm getting into reloading (after shooting handguns and shotguns for 6 years) and after that probably long distance.

You need more friends that are into the gun thing. If I went to the range alone all the time, I probably wouldn't be so interested.

 

[Springfield_1911SS]

im have the exact opposite problem, im a broke college kid(21) and i have a list a mile long of guns I want ranging from a AR-15, .50BMG, 500 S&W, M1, Garand, more 1911s, Colt SAA, mauser k98, my list goes on and on and on

I have no money!

I love guns buying them(when i can), shooting them, cleaning them, collecting them, ect.

My next idea is try to get my dad to give me a old mauser 71/84 he got from his grandpa, and let me get it working and looking new!

 

[VMIRat1995]

I hear you, good buddy!

My guns have just been sitting in the safe. The most I ever do anymore is take out my one home defense pistol and change the magazines once a month.

Other than that, I barely even realize that I have guns at home.

On the same token, I've been finding myself on thehighroad less and less.

These days, I've been thinking about cleaning and packing up all of my guns in that thick packing grease and just leave them in long-term storage until my son is old enough for me to pass them on to him.

I guess I'd rather look for the next "Google" stock as opposed to the next "plastic fantastic 9mm."

 

[TexasP226]

I am wanting to add one more black rifle, probably a standard 20" fixed stock AR. Just always wanted one. I will admit my hobby is closing in on "addiction" satus like Majic mentioned above. I have decided to probably go ahead and get the rifle and focus on accumulating ammo. I have over 1,000 of .223 and 7.62x39, but very little of anything else. I also want another 1911, but if I do that I'm trading in a gun. I just can't decide what to trade in (P232 or P239...I have big hands and these don't fit me particularly well!)

 

[LAH]

I guess I'd rather look for the next "Google" stock as opposed to the next "plastic fantastic 9mm."

Please drop me a line when you find it. I'm looking to.........Creeker