guys, i feel like yall have amateur numbers there… or I’m definitely sick with the fever of AR’s and Ak’s. hell ive got more ars than some of you do full collections, I wont even mention stripped lowers, and i say that not as a brag but as an admittance to my sickness. Im a tinkerer by nature, and since ive been sick, its severely hampered how much tinkering i can do on my cars, as there is so much physically that i cannot do anymore… but building firearms, ar’s daggers, etc… i can do that easy… and its not too heavy for me… so maybe thats why my orphanage is so tactical… im no where as large as Greg’s orphanage, but im getting there. for better or worse…
as many of you know my other hobby is cars… camaros specifically. i have 3… and theyve expensive as all get out too… so ive slowed on my collection and building a lot within the past couple years… but im not stopping thats for sure.
I had a built ‘98 Firebird Formula, an ‘06 GTO, and my Harley on top of my commuter car some years back. I had to unload the Bird and Goat once I started seriously collecting guns. I simply couldn’t afford to do it all…so trust me, I get it.
It is a real shame that you had to sell the Firebird and the Goat. Two things in my life that I will never sell is my 03 Z71 and my 73 FJ40. My son has only asked two things of me when I am gone, 1) leave me the orphanage with it’s occupants 2) to not sell the FJ40 and leave it to him. I have made sure that he kows that it all will be his one day.
now, that said, to answer the original question of this post. I use a formula that was handed down by other firearm enthusiasts since the middle ages… it is :
X+1= when you have enough.
What makes this formula work so well is that you always have to use your current number of firearms as X. I hope that helps all of you who doubt how much is enough.
Well, the biggest issue was it being a 1998 it was a car that was new enough to be full of electronics and plastics but not old enough where you could open up a Year One catalog and buy any parts you needed. GM had long stopped producing parts for Gen 4 F-bodies.
Engine, brakes, clutch, shocks, etc were no problem, but when the knobs and interior panels started breaking off and the dash was cracking, I literally could not find reasonable replacements, especially since my car’s interior color was a one year offering. That plus trying to chase down electrical gremlins with 20+ year old wiring, circuits, and etc was an exercise in frustration. A 1973 model would’ve been 100x easier.
not anymore… now you can. they’re actually supporting 3rd and 4th gens at places like that… its a great thing since there are now 2 new generations to worry about too.
“Hi - I’m Mike and I’m a gunaholic in recovery.”
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" I have more than enough." I was scolded big time for that statement more than a couple times.
I TRY to stick with needs over wants, I TRY but all these new toys !!!
I got there a few years ago. It was when i realized that I love shooting but have more guns than time to shoot them.
I don’t normally sell anything, but I plan to get rid of the ones I bought early in my collection campaign. The cheapies, the lames, the knockoffs. If I bought it just because it was inexpensive, I no longer want it.
i’ve been there before too… thin out the herd from the low quality items, and buff up the higher quality firearms and accessories. the low quality had its place and time, but that is since been long over.
i didnt know they were going to be trying to ban that stuff. I really hate that for you guys. that is so unreal that they’re trying to ban the centerfire rifles. geeze…
I said something similar to this just the other day somewhere else on here. I love my guns and don’t want to unload any, but the entirety of the collection don’t get the use they should, I don’t own many collection pieces, if any at all.
One side of you wants to keep buying because BIG NUMBER BIG COLLECTION LOL AWESOME but the other is more like: “okay, do you really need seven different .357s?”
sure you do… i also look at it as a retirement /insurance poolicy for my wife… as to when i pass away, she could sell it all and hopefully be able to make enough money to be ok for a while.
The awsome thing is that my collection is a buffer against inflation and political unrest and my wife fully understands and agrees that it is a good investment. My collection is an investment for my son and I. I bought so many collectable firearms that I got at a good price and if need be they can be liquidated pretty quickly with several honest contacts that I have in the collector world. We joke about firearms and ammo being an investment but in reality if you pick your acquisitions carefully it can be a very profitable for you.
I had a friend that had a Bank Vault installed in his house to store his collection. After he got Parkinson’s among other illnesses he had to liquidate most of them. It took the auction place two vans to pick them all up. He had an early 1900’s Thompson that brought close to $50K
I was scolded big time for that statement more than a couple times.
