IDEAS SO FAR:
Which idea do you like best?
- Beretta CX4 carbine in 9 mm. I figure this would be fun and accurate out to at least 50 yards, and would use cheap ammo.
- Mossberg 500 shotty. I don't have a shotgun and I think with this gun, I could get a bird barrel that would take chokes and try skeet/trap shooting. I guess I would never be competitive with a pump gun, but it would still be fun. I could get this with a short barrel as a home defense option and add a slug barrel later for possible deer hunting? I'm not sure I would end up using it much, though.
- 4" S&W Model 10 for my wife. She likes the 19, but finds it a bit heavy. The skinnier barrel and shorter cylinder of a 10 will help a bit with the weight. She will never miss the ability to shoot 357.
- No more guns for now. Spend the money to get into some steel plate shooting with the XD-45 Tactical
- Cimarron "Man with No Name" Peacemaker in 45 Colt. I've always loved these movies and don't have a single action revolver. I'd have to get dies and such to load for 45 Colt though, as factory ammo is really expensive.
- Try a percussion cap revolver. Are they fun enough to be worth the effort? How do they shoot differently than a metallic cartridge revolver? Are components hard to find?
- Add a 22 WMR handgun to the fold, maybe a Ruger LCRx or Walther WMP or KelTec...
Other ideas?
This advice is why I only have maybe two or three more I will purchase then I’m done. I don’t want anymore after that. Maybe I will trade a few out with nicer versions of that thing. But I just want to reload so I can shoot what I have more. I also want to save a little way so I can start going hunting again.Ar one time I had what I considered lots of guns, somewhere between 80-100. I was paying a lot, probably $1,500-$2,000 a year in insurance alone IIRC. Plus storing, keeping them oiled and cleaned. Multiple safes.
After a while I realized that having that many guns just to have that many guns made no sense to me. I actually used very few. Kept going back to the favorites. I ended selling the vast majority.
At 72 Y.O. what I really, really regret is spending my money on guns and not on hunting trips or shooting competitions. Guns are just stuff that comes and goes. You can’t buy back time that is lost. You can always buy more guns.
You're not being true to your signature, buck460XVR. ;-)
This is not that serious of a need where I want to take up a new hobby just to justify a gun purchase. Doint that would be even more foolish than buying a gun with weak justification. I can't even find time to get out squirrel hunting, much less upland birds, waterfowl or deer.
Oh, I know we don't need a real reason to get a new gun, other than than wanting one, but having to ask others what they would get because we don't have a clue? Are we buying it for us or to impress them?
Maybe print your list on a piece of paper , put it before you on the table, close your eyes and put a finger down.
Read the post right above yours. ;-)Given your list only...
I'm not a huge shotgun fan, but I do like the Mossberg 500 and will likely get another (or a 590) to replace the one I let go 20 years ago. With an 18 or 20" barrel and 00 buckshot they make a great home defense gun, and you can add a longer barrel for hunting (if you hunt) or skeet and trap shooting if you are interested.
A SAA clone would be a lot of fun, and is the biggest hole in my collection right now myself.
I do have the Springfield XD-45 Tactical, which is a full size+ gun. It's the size of a 5" 1911.If you would consider adding to your list... You really seem to "need" a full sized auto (or the nearly full sized, "compact" service pistols), maybe a 1911.
Yep, it was.Now, based on how many posts you came back to mentioning that Cimarron, it sounds like that is what you really want right now, so I am thinking that Man With No Name may be your answer this time around.
Haha, I read your list of guns you checked out, and I read about 1/2 of the sentence where you talk about being surprised the gun was in stock. Then I must have somehow skimmed over the part where you said you put it on layaway before reading the rest of your post.Read the post right above yours. ;-)
I do have the Springfield XD-45 Tactical, which is a full size+ gun. It's the size of a 5" 1911.
Yep, it was.
Lots of us have said that, and no matter how many we get, it’s always “just 2-3 more”.This advice is why I only have maybe two or three more I will purchase then I’m done. I don’t want anymore after that. Maybe I will trade a few out with nicer versions of that thing. But I just want to reload so I can shoot what I have more. I also want to save a little way so I can start going hunting again.
No ARs? I was late jumping on the bandwagon too, but I gotta admit now they are fun, accurate, relatively cheap to buy/shoot/build/modify, practical, and fun. Did I mention they are fun?
You could go the suppressed .300 Blackout (Whisper) route and then you just need a little land with a backstop to enjoy outdoors.
Or, back to handguns, how about a 1911?
Agree. A local gun shop has a 28 gauge Beretta in stock. Don't see 28 ga much.Maybe print your list on a piece of paper , put it before you on the table, close your eyes and put a finger down. Probably as efficient as asking random folks on the internet. You apparently are not new to guns in general, so you have knowledge of how they work and what they are appropriate for. You don't seem to have a purpose for, or a niche to fill, with the new gun, and your list seems to be all over the place with platforms. Seems you just have a hankerin' for a new gun....any gun. So, IMHO, any of them will make YOU happy.
Ain't trying to be a Debbie Downer or a wise donkey, just stating the facts as I see them. Maybe you need a new hobby, like Sporting Clays or Trap Shooting to give you a specific direction for a new firearm. Being in S.E. WI, there are opportunities for hunting Pheasant or waterfowl. That too would be a reason for a firearm you do not have. While I have a 500 Mossberg, it has a purpose. Wild Turkey, and upland game. Shooting trap/skeet with it is not one of them. I have a slug barrel for it too, but since I hunt where rifles are legal, and now only use handguns for deer, the barrel sits in the box in the safe. IOWs, getting something one is not going to use very much, unless it is a collectable, is kinda a waste. Again, just MHO.
I too get this hankerin' almost weekly. I watch "Guns and Ammo" on T.V. and see something I don't have and I want one. Then I sit back, look at what I already have and realize, other than having another gun to clean, I have no real need. Unfortunately, I don't shoot some of the guns I have enough to justify. Oh, I know we don't need a real reason to get a new gun, other than than wanting one, but having to ask others what they would get because we don't have a clue? Are we buying it for us or to impress them? Ain't trying to talk you out of a new gun, just get what YOU REALLY want. Otherwise the thrill will wear of very quickly once all the "nice gun!" replies are done on the forum. Good luck with your decision.
I almost pooped myself when I saw they had that Cimarron in stock. I had my eye on the 5.5" barrel model online, as I think it looks better, but after handling the 4.75" model in the store, the balance was perfect; the 5.5" would be a bit on the muzzle-heavy side, so I put it on layaway.
- Cimarron: "Man with No Name" model in 45 Colt: Unbelievably good trigger on this!
I had my eye on the 5.5" barrel model online, as I think it looks better, but after handling the 4.75" model in the store, the balance was perfect; the 5.5" would be a bit on the muzzle-heavy side, so I put it on layaway.