Do You Get Tired of a Specific Gun You Bought?

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I currently have 10 semiauto handguns. 9MM: two 1911's, five polymer striker fire, two .380's and one .22. I try to shoot each one at least once a month with my 2 EDC candidates every week. I like each one for different reasons with my full size 1911 #1 on my list.
 
Speedo66 said:
I bought an AR when I thought a forthcoming election might have prevented a future purchase.

Never was thrilled with it, tired of it quickly, and subsequently sold it and bought a Mini-14 which I'm very happy with.
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May I ask, what caliber and setup was your AR? I see a lot of folks buying a 16" carbine M4 clone as their first AR like this one pictured below:
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I can understand why they are underwhelmed with this as a first AR. When I take new shooters or those new to ARs out to shoot for the first time I usually bring one of my fully customized 24" target bench guns with bull barrel and crisp 3 lb single stage trigger and start them off shooting with a drop in 22lr bolt kit. It has zero recoil, can be even quieter if I put on a suppressor, and that usually overcomes their apprehension of shooting a "weapon of war" very quickly. Once they get the manual of arms down we switch to 5.56 and they almost always have a ball, as this rifle easily puts 10 shots in the same hole or at least all touching with pretty much zero felt recoil.

I'm not saying this was your case, but I can understand why shooters might be put off by certain AR setups.
 
citizenconn said:
May I ask, what caliber and setup was your AR? I see a lot of folks buying a 16" carbine M4 clone as their first AR like this one pictured below:
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I can understand why they are underwhelmed with this as a first AR. When I take new shooters or those new to ARs out to shoot for the first time I usually bring one of my fully customized 24" target bench guns with bull barrel and crisp 3 lb single stage trigger and start them off shooting with a drop in 22lr bolt kit. It has zero recoil, can be even quieter if I put on a suppressor, and that usually overcomes their apprehension of shooting a "weapon of war" very quickly. Once they get the manual of arms down we switch to 5.56 and they almost always have a ball, as this rifle easily puts 10 shots in the same hole or at least all touching with pretty much zero felt recoil.

I'm not saying this was your case, but I can understand why shooters might be put off by certain AR setups.
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I trained in basic on the M-14, shot M-1 and Carbine in my reserve unit.

Just prefer wood and steel to plastic and aluminum. The Mini, being an homage to that style, is more to my liking.

The AR was a PSA kit, which I assembled, in 5.56. I don't recall the barrel length. The gun worked fine, I had no problem shooting it with an enhanced trigger, just not my style.
 
Speedo66 said:
I trained in basic on the M-14, shot M-1 and Carbine in my reserve unit.

Just prefer wood and steel to plastic and aluminum. The Mini, being an homage to that style, is more to my liking.

The AR was a PSA kit, which I assembled, in 5.56. I don't recall the barrel length. The gun worked fine, I had no problem shooting it with an enhanced trigger, just not my style.
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Do You Get Tired of a Specific Gun You Bought?

Yeah, and for some reason, they were almost all Rugers. Particularly the P89,P90, SP101, LC9, to name a few (lest someone think I don't like Rugers, I adore the old Speed/Service/Security Sixes and will only admit under duress my sneaking fondness for the Blackhawk). But each of those, the designs, the ergonomics, meh. There there were the Kel-Tecs, P-11 and PF-9. Yechh. Oh, and my first and only Kahr -- total boat anchor. If a gun doesn't have a good trigger, it better have something else going for it (some type of cachet, "cool factor," iconic looks, or history), or it'll bore me and so then, in the words of the bar girls in Olongapo City, "Bye-bye you!"
 
Speedo66 said:
I bought an AR when I thought a forthcoming election might have prevented a future purchase.

Never was thrilled with it, tired of it quickly, and subsequently sold it and bought a Mini-14 which I'm very happy with.
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Could not agree more, I still have mine bought back when the first ban was talked about in the 80's. Pretty darn expensive back then, I think I paid $1,400 for it.....for some reason that number sticks in my head. Has a little horsey on the side and came with two 5 round magazines. Really left me meh. Not one single thing special about it....not one.

I really don't get the current fetish of them, I really don't.....and don't try to tell me, you come across as a religious zealot. I have other things that can do everything but one that the ar does only better, I enjoy shooting those more often, but I can say if you have thousands of rounds of steel case 223 and you want to burn them nothing better then an AR.....it is good for that. I have thought of buying another cheap one to burn the ammo, or at least another upper to not toast the "good" barrel.

I agree with you, perhaps it is an age thing.
 
I find the phrase 'tired of' confusing.
I have owned arms that did not do what I expected. One such is a .380 ACP Llama I bought in 1971 or so. It was a small copy or variation of a Government Model and had the same link type locking device as the full size GM. In short, it was not what I wanted in the caliber was insufficient for self-defense. So I sold it, but not because I was tired of it.
Yes, that has happened several times. But I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 Magnum and another in .44 Magnum. They are both flat tops. I haven't shot the .44 in several years and the .357 gets a bit of range time. I keep them as I enjoy them and haven't yet been offered enough to part with them.
 
Archie said:
I find the phrase 'tired of' confusing.
I have owned arms that did not do what I expected. One such is a .380 ACP Llama I bought in 1971 or so. It was a small copy or variation of a Government Model and had the same link type locking device as the full size GM. In short, it was not what I wanted in the caliber was insufficient for self-defense. So I sold it, but not because I was tired of it.
Yes, that has happened several times. But I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 Magnum and another in .44 Magnum. They are both flat tops. I haven't shot the .44 in several years and the .357 gets a bit of range time. I keep them as I enjoy them and haven't yet been offered enough to part with them.
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It likely means different things to different people, like most things.

To me it means, and this is fuzzy as well, I am done with it.

I will give you an example, I will get a new.....whatever. Currently it is a 7mm mauser. I will shoot the ever living hell out of it working up loads for it, this process in my messed up brain can take months to years. It really can run off into the weeds. But after my brain says "thats it"......that is it, and that gun will not see the light of day in a very long time.....I have gotten tired of it. Once and a while I will revisit an old love and go down the same road again, not very often but it can happen.

When I just shoot for fun, it is going to be something light, handy, easy on the body....those I don't get "tired of".
 
HighRoadRover said:
Does anybody else get "tired" of a pistol and lose interest in it after a while...
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I remember one time my wife decided “we” needed to paint, and it was late when I finished and she got home so we slept in one of the extra rooms. That night I lost one of my 45’s for about 2 years until I turns it into a reloading room and moved the bed…

Guns are cheaper than racecars, boats, RV’s and such, plentiful and more fun to play with than Stamps or art work. No reason to not have more than you could put a number on, without a little research.
 
I can't find a link but there was a study done that showed that buying new things releases endorphins into the brain. It's like taking cocaine.
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There are people that buy stuff just to buy it, leave it unused and unaltered knowing they are going to return it, before they even walk out of the store.

Maybe it comes from already frying your brain on drugs.? :)
 
When I start to get "tired" of a revolver or start itching to make another purchase I go into the safe and rediscover one I've not shot lately. There's Dan Wessons, S&W, Colt and Rugers with barrels of 2.5" to 8". Eighteen to choose from. They're all different enough to keep me from "getting tired" of any one of them.
 
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How about a specific caliber? For most of my adult life I only owned two guns, a 10-22 rifle and an old single action .22 revolver. After my wife died a few years ago I wanted a new hobby to keep me occupied and decided to get more into shooting. I'd never shot a semi-auto handgun so I bought an M&P .22 compact pistol and shortly after that a 15-22 rifle, so I was still just shooting .22's. I joined a gun club with unlimited range time and started shooting pretty often, so of course I branched out into center fires with a Shield 9mm. And suddenly a whole new world opened. Next thing I knew I was buying a couple more 9mm pistols, then a couple in .45, an AR in .223, and a bolt gun in .308.

And then there was black powder. I thought I'd see what that was all about and the next thing I knew I had 4 flintlock rifles and a flintlock pistol.

What this is all leading up to is that I just can't get much enthusiasm these days to shoot any of my .22's. I keep them and don't intend to sell any of my guns, but I hardly ever shoot the .22's. Maybe that'll change in the future as I'm not getting any younger and may eventually find I can't shoot the bigger caliber guns.
 
I’ve sold a bunch of guns, handguns included. Two that come to mind are a Contender in .357 Herrett. Handload only and it was brutal to shoot. Double up on earpro still wasn’t enough

The other was a Colt SAA in .44-40. The cylinder would lock up after just a couple rounds
 
Yes! I do tire of a carry gun and reacquaint myself with one of its predecessors. It a vicious circle that's enjoyable to participate in.
 
Sometimes I read about a new gun coming out and I wait in anticipation for them to show up in the store. An example would be the S&W Shield in 2012 or the P365 in 2018 (although I read about the primer strike issues on the P365 and waited until 2022). Then I buy one, maybe change the sights to ones I like, buy a few extra magazines, then shoot the snot out of it... until another new/better gun comes along a year or two later. Then I sell the old gun, usually for about 80% of what I paid for it. This can also happen with an old model gun that's been out for a while but is new to me.

This helps account for the box of holsters in the closet for guns I no longer have.

I have a small core group of guns that are not likely to be sold though, probably. The Dan Wesson Valor. The Colt 1903 Hammerless (it was inherited). The P365. Etc.

I don't feel guilty about this, not really. It is a lot cheaper than a boat, a new car, an old car I could fix up, new golf clubs, ski trip to Vermont, a plane, etc.
 
I have become tired of, bored with, sick of, a few guns and once that happens they get sold, traded or given away.

Years ago I found myself buying guns because they were the guns my friends had and I guess I wanted to fit in. After a time I decided these guns weren’t my thing and I sold them. They were milsurps that I lost interest in. I would name them but I don’t want to cause someone to have an embolism or something. ;)

Back in 2006 I gave up Cowboy Action and gave away and sold off all my Ruger Vaqueros and a couple of my long guns. That was a mistake as I got back into again in 2016 and discovered that I really did like my single actions and should have kept them, especially after I discovered thst I really do not care for the feel of the New Vaquero grip. I came very close to getting rid of my only New Vaquero but opted for a grip frame swap to the older Vaquero/Blackhawk grip frame and I really like it now.

I have dumped other tiring guns. A couple of examples:
An R51 I tired of because it was a POS. To sell it I had to throw in my RM380 to sweeten the deal.
A S&W 60 Pro that was a Performance Center hack job and the gun even today causes me blood pressure enhancement when I think about the crap I went through getting it fixed, then even after I put it up for sale on consignment it took nearly 2 months to get rid of because of nefarious buyers snd CA background check BS kept it in limbo. Once sold the money went to a Glock 34 that I really like, so that worked out well.

A couple of things I have learned over the years; don’t impulse buy guns unless you’re absolutely sure you want it and don’t buy because of someone else’s desire for you to be like them if you aren’t absolutely sure you want it.
 
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