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Topic came up in causal conversation with the lady of the house, so I thought I'd do some informal polling...

How often do you buy a new handgun, shotgun, or rifle?

How much money yah got?

Not often enough!

But then again, my better half subscribes to the "we have plenty of guns" line of thinking. At least for our house.

Less often than I'd like to.

Is this one of those "trick questions"?

I dont have any regular schedule. I keep a small amount of cash on hand and will grab a really good deal if it comes along. I have bought 4 in one month or gone 9 months without buying anything. If there is some spike in the market I will sell some to get cash for when it drops again, like now. Usually I cruise the local gun shows on opening day to grab the FTF stuff since thats been the best deals for me. I lowball most of the time and all they can do is say no, but, do get a few takers.

If I buy one, I have to buy a match for it...Wife rules...Resistance is Futile...

If I want a new gun I have to buy 2 of them. My friends think I'm lucky that I'm married to a shooter, but it does get expensive buying everything in pairs.

Embalmo

Let's see... I've been old enough to buy guns for 26 years, and I've purchased 1 handgun and 1 shotgun (both in the last 6 months).

So... That'd be .0769 guns per year! Or, one gun every 13 years.

Hey, I'm off to a slow start. But I'm picking up the pace since I've wised up a bit.

I go looking every week at Academy or other local stores, does that count?

Only when I need one. I haven't made the move to collector yet.

The Henry? Well, what can I say? I like westerns and lever rifles and can't afford an original. Is that the right term?

I probably only average one every 2 or 3 years. But what's just as good a question, how often do you sell one. I don't think I've sold more than 5 or 6 but I've kicked myself for every one of them.

based on the amount of time I've owned guns and the amount of guns I have, I average 1 per month...

I keep cash set aside to buy deals I come across. I browse twice a month or so like local pawn shops, gun shops, and gun shows. If there is a deal on something that I am remotely interested in I will buy it, try it, and decide what to do with it. Usually I stick in my safe and let it marinade for a while. I hate selling guns but do it all the time. I spread my money around a lot when it comes to firearms and related items. New firearms are kinda far and few between for me honestly.

I have only started buying in the last 18 months, but I have bought 6 pistols, 2 shotguns and a rifle in that time to augment a revolver and shotgun we already had. I have the blessing and curse of having a wife that also likes to shoot so I am playing catch up for both of us. I suspect when I get to a certain point I will slow down a bit, but I don't know how many that will be.