Did you hit a point where aquiring new guns wasn't that much of a priority anymore?

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Yes, but In a different way. Interest in most of my milsurp rifles and handguns cooled off right after attending a buddy's funeral about two years ago.

I faced the fact that having fun is what counts when life can be very short (my heart attack [blocked Artery] clarified this perspective last Oct). Limited collecting had no actual long-term reward.
But simply shooting at plastic objects from 50 yards negated the need for a Mauser, Garand, FR8 and some of the Enfields. Quite frankly, these were overkill for hitting an orange plastic cube from Academy. There's no reason to pretend, just to follow fashion.

Shooting often now on one of the Action Pistol ranges (30 yards max) only requires one of my five AKs with iron sights plus a handgun.
Too bad my nearby son never got bitten by the gun bug, and now has two babies.
 
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I'm already past 65 and have guns for anything I wish to do. So why would acquiring another one be any kind of priority? Well; I've never owned a single shot centerfire rifle but those new Henry single shots in .308 sure do look interesting. They're light, ( good for old guys), easily scoped, (good for old eyes), and I could load it down to near 30-30 ballistics for a light, handy woods gun. I've yet to see one in person but even as a senior citizen thinking about thinning out my present collection I'm still coming up with excuses for yet another new gun. Especially one with a decent price point.
 
Steel Horse Rider said:
I generally buy old guns as those with historical value attract me more than newly manufactured weapons.
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I hear ya. Just got a FN 1900. It's a piece of history. Teddy Roosevelt carried one as an EDC and nightstand gun. Thinner than most
EDCs from today, too. Browning's first auto-loader pistol design, and the first production pistol with a slide. Kinda steampunk, too.
 
I slowed down quite a bit. I was going a bit crazy when the military surplus guns were arriving on our shore, so I blame them.
 
my enthusiasm for all things firearm related has varied and changed; been thru many variations of gun acquisition. have bought and sold lots of guns over the years; mostly long guns; only a few pistols. sold off most of the guns i bought when i could afford nothing better. but, honestly, any decent 12 ga will kill pheasants. since those days, i buy what i want and have 4 really nice 12 ga shotguns, 5 great squirrel rifles, 4 varmint rifles, 2 great 20 ga shotguns, 3 deer rifles. and some cross-overs that i can shoot at anything. i absolutely love hunting, shooting, reloading, gun shows, gun auctions and buying new guns. i upgrade reloading equipment and try different loads. i go a little nuts when i find a caliber like. love the 17HMR and have had 3, sold one...always looking for another and have my eye on a Cooper. my buying desires have changed and go in different directions, but can't say the desire has decreased any and i'll be 72 in august. love helping friends and family find guns too....just gave my 10 year old great nephew a brick of 22 ammo for his birthday. don't think i'll be finished until they close the lid.......at least i hope my enthusiasm outlasts me.
 
Actually buying new of anything has never been a priority with me. The only time I ever bought a gun just to buy a gun was my twenty-first birthday when I bought my colt Woodsman at an auction in Kentucky.

Quite frankly, our money is too tight and has too many other places to go to buy items just for the joy of having them.
 
From the early '90's until 2016 I bought Zero guns. Just before the election I decided I needed a new micro 9mm single stack in case the election went bad. Once I realized how small they are I decided my ole PPK was too big to be considered for deep concealment and I bought a Ruger LCP to go with the Sig P290RS. Tonight, after a lot of thought, I decided my customized Browning HP doesn't really ever need to be tossed into a property room as evidence and I bought a Sig P250 Compact to replace the HP in my carry rotation. Only carefully considered needs are addressed anymore. It's been a Reeaaaly long time since I've impulse purchased. I need to thin the herd a bit since after inheriting my dad's and uncle's guns I have some duplicates but many hold sentimental value.

The last impulse buy I remember was a Smith 640 no dash at a good price at a pawn shop many, many years ago. Still have it.
 
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If I lived outside of CA there would probably be more temptations that can be fulfilled. As it stands, what remains is not very tempting and what had been acquired a few years back leaves me satisfied. Had a conversation with a buddy and we had this X+1 was the level at which "satisfaction" comes...always one more along that road. ;) But in all seriousness, the yearning to get more has passed.
 
I would say that while buyin guns isnt as big a priority, it is still up there.

For me, with maturity came a kind of focus on the types of firearms i am interested in.

These days i shoot waaaaaay more than i did 5yrs ago and that is largely in part to buying ammo and components rather than firearms.

Sometimes i will see a gun i want and calculate how many rounds that would be if i spend the same amount on ammo for the guns i already love to shoot.

Ammo wins alot these days.

But there is still a lengthy list of firearms i am looking to add to the collection some day.
 
I have a ton of guns ... likely literally ... that said, I still crave the latest tech ... probably because of my OCD. One of my latest cravings is the p365 but I really want one in a better finish, preferably one that includes phosphated internal parts (so this is the flimsy excuse I use to wait). Thing is, this happens in all my endeavors and there's another shiny golden apple I'm after that happens to not be a gun.
 
I’ve slowed down quite a bit. Not really interested in much with one or two exceptions.

Too many other obligations and kid commitments at the moment.
 
This whole thread is offensive to me. I feel violated.

I am not ready to quit buying guns yet, but I don't think I'll ever be one of those guys who has to dedicate a floor of his house to guns and buy Rottweilers. I think I can get buy with 50 or less.
 
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This whole thread is offensive to me. I feel violated.

I am not ready to quit buying guns yet, but I don't think I'll ever be one of those guys who has to dedicate a floor of his house to guns and buy Rottweilers. I think I can get buy with 50 or less.
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Yeah, I've moved on from Rotties, they're too small ... I have these:

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I used to have Rotties but when I wanted to get a new puppy I knew my 125# Rottie would tear it up so I got my lil' pup, 'Bull', at 80#. Well, long story short, after years of abuse by the Rottie, the Mastiff grew up. I used to keep him from carrying the Rottie out a window in his teeth to be eaten (I needed to use a window bc they don't make dog doors big enough for a full-grown mastiff) by grabbing his tail. BTW, the Rottie lived a long and happy life at 18 yrs so he was not seriously hurt by these antics. My Mastiff, 'Bull', was 250# and he's generated a lot of progeny :)

Just as an aside, the Rottie I was mentioning had a heck of a lot more abuse by my ex-wife than by 'Bull'. He was never seriously injured by 'Bull'. That was mainly due to extreme vigilance on my part.
 
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460Shooter said:
Are you still buying with all the same interest as usual, or have you tapered off a bit? Also, can you identify one or more reasons for your attitude?
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Tapered off absolutely. A couple things happened. I had medical-related expenses and a lot of my collection took wing. It occurred to me that I was no worse off for the loss. There are a few types of guns I particularly favor, and choose whenever they are at all suitable for the job at hand. Why I favor them is probably a combination of long acquaintance and satisfactory use.

Among the losses were Belgian Browning and Italian Beretta bird blasters. But: Makes no difference to the bird.
 
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