My Personal Gun Buying Plan - Page 2

745SW · March 26, 2017, 01:41 PM

I never had a plan of any sort, just bought what I thought I liked at the time. The internet has much info than the time I started accumulating stuff. IMO most will initially cycle thru a number of arms before they settle on particular pieces.

I've spent much of my pistol experience with the 1911 and eventually moved most of my actual shooting away from that type of pistol. I still prefer the 45auto for recreation and use a different platform. Unfortunately what I prefer usually has poor or non-existent support. The need to have to have multiples of a particular piece is real for me.

Much of what I like isn't practical but that doesn't reduce my want by much. I would have had a stainless 4" Python well over a decade ago but the chain store that had it in their sales flyer only had one scratched up piece in their entire inventory.

SocialAnarchist · March 26, 2017, 03:07 PM

I have a plan too.

Tier 1: Buy guns

Tier 2: Buy more guns.

Tier 3: Buy what I haven't bought yet!

Seriously, due to other financial needs, remodeling my house, helping my wife fund her new business, buying new guns is mostly at a standstill right now but I have a pretty solid list of additional wants. I will get back to buying more guns.

Rockrivr1 · March 26, 2017, 03:51 PM

Plan? What plan? My plan generally is run by my gut and want.. I know I want it in my gut when I see it. Then I buy it or I lust after it until I do.

Then I have to take into account the occasional impulse buy. Lets not forget ammo either....

peggysue · March 28, 2017, 07:46 PM

I used to want one of every gun out there. I mostly accomplished this over 45 years. No real strategy. I fancy the guns then I buy them. Money has not been an issue because this is my #1 addiction and always has been. I have accumulated a lot and keep on buying the darn things cause I want to. 4 this year so far.

Soclosenotnear · March 30, 2017, 07:47 PM

Firstly, I manage a pawnshop so I'm constantly coming across things I want. I also find it impossible to save money in a savings account but somehow can accumulate guns in the safe. So, lately I've been doing things like so:

-It must be a gun I can recover my money out of aka a good deal. Also it should be something that I foresee holding its value or appreciating.

-Naturally the things that interest me are generally what I look at

-I always have one(or more) on layaway at my work. That way I just throw dollars at it here and there as I collect paychecks and on occasion, it's time to pick one up and put it in the safe.

I admit I don't shoot very often and I have several I haven't yet shot. But if I ever need money, it's nothing more than a trip to the shop. Hopefully that never or rarely happens so that I can keep collecting. One day it'll pay for (a small portion of) my daughter's college or something of that nature.

745SW · March 31, 2017, 02:19 PM

Just an opinion, for those who think they use logic beyond a few firearms I believe your dreaming. The vast majority of us.here on TFL have a thing/want/desire for firearms. Even those in the profession are influenced by just a single event and marketing. The 1986 FBI Florida shooting with Pratt and Matrix probably caused many to churn or acquire more arms. Market timing appears to have been perfect for Glock. That event had zero effect on me.

But the various bans within the state caused me to go overboard on long arms like the AR and AK.

15plus1 · April 2, 2017, 10:53 PM

The plan: set aside $20 from every paycheck, when I have enough saved for what I want, ideally I can buy it.

The reality: my wife tells me we are coming up short on a bill.

Current gun fund status: $100

And she just got put on early maternity leave. C'est la vie

Don Fischer · April 4, 2017, 12:11 PM

The most rifle's I've ever had at one time was about 20. Think I noticed then was as a young man I couldn't afford to shoot them all. I had just a few that I shot a lot and what do you know, they were favorite hunting rifles. Right now I think I've got more handgun's than I've ever had at one time, think I have six, I'm not much of a handgun guy. I do have four shotguns now, more than I ever had before at one time. The thing that keep's me in line today is the gun's I'd like to have I simply can't afford. I like wood stock, blued metal, bolt action rifles. I also like SxS shotguns, got three I can't replace, all AyA's, inexpensive models but it say's AyA right on the guns!

I think the thing that hold's me back anymore is social security, I don't get enough to get thing's I'd like. Recently bought a new rifle. A 243, already have one with a plastic stock and took a while but got it shooting very well. The motivation was I saw a photo of one and the thing was right up my alley. Mossberg Patriot, got it for $299! I could swing that. If you just look at it, wood version, it's screams, buy me! I did. Most gun nut's are gonna see Mossberg and walk away. I liked what I saw and had to try one, again no use for it at all! Take it apart and lot's of plastic but I'm not concerning myself with that. What I do concern myself with is how it looks, feel's and the way it shoot's.

No tiers for getting new gun's If I have the money at the time and want it, I just buy it. I'm old and trying like hell to die deeply in deat! :-)

March 26, 2017, 01:41 PM	#26
745SW Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2011 Location: California Posts: 776	I never had a plan of any sort, just bought what I thought I liked at the time. The internet has much info than the time I started accumulating stuff. IMO most will initially cycle thru a number of arms before they settle on particular pieces. I've spent much of my pistol experience with the 1911 and eventually moved most of my actual shooting away from that type of pistol. I still prefer the 45auto for recreation and use a different platform. Unfortunately what I prefer usually has poor or non-existent support. The need to have to have multiples of a particular piece is real for me. Much of what I like isn't practical but that doesn't reduce my want by much. I would have had a stainless 4" Python well over a decade ago but the chain store that had it in their sales flyer only had one scratched up piece in their entire inventory.

March 26, 2017, 03:07 PM	#27
SocialAnarchist Junior member Join Date: April 16, 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 508	I have a plan too. Tier 1: Buy guns Tier 2: Buy more guns. Tier 3: Buy what I haven't bought yet! Seriously, due to other financial needs, remodeling my house, helping my wife fund her new business, buying new guns is mostly at a standstill right now but I have a pretty solid list of additional wants. I will get back to buying more guns.

March 26, 2017, 03:51 PM	#28
Rockrivr1 Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 271	Plan? What plan? My plan generally is run by my gut and want.. I know I want it in my gut when I see it. Then I buy it or I lust after it until I do. Then I have to take into account the occasional impulse buy. Lets not forget ammo either....

March 28, 2017, 07:46 PM	#29
peggysue Junior member Join Date: May 20, 2014 Posts: 1,835	I used to want one of every gun out there. I mostly accomplished this over 45 years. No real strategy. I fancy the guns then I buy them. Money has not been an issue because this is my #1 addiction and always has been. I have accumulated a lot and keep on buying the darn things cause I want to. 4 this year so far.

March 30, 2017, 07:47 PM	#30
Soclosenotnear Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2016 Location: Summerville, sc Posts: 163	Firstly, I manage a pawnshop so I'm constantly coming across things I want. I also find it impossible to save money in a savings account but somehow can accumulate guns in the safe. So, lately I've been doing things like so: -It must be a gun I can recover my money out of aka a good deal. Also it should be something that I foresee holding its value or appreciating. -Naturally the things that interest me are generally what I look at -I always have one(or more) on layaway at my work. That way I just throw dollars at it here and there as I collect paychecks and on occasion, it's time to pick one up and put it in the safe. I admit I don't shoot very often and I have several I haven't yet shot. But if I ever need money, it's nothing more than a trip to the shop. Hopefully that never or rarely happens so that I can keep collecting. One day it'll pay for (a small portion of) my daughter's college or something of that nature.

March 31, 2017, 02:19 PM	#31
745SW Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2011 Location: California Posts: 776	Just an opinion, for those who think they use logic beyond a few firearms I believe your dreaming. The vast majority of us.here on TFL have a thing/want/desire for firearms. Even those in the profession are influenced by just a single event and marketing. The 1986 FBI Florida shooting with Pratt and Matrix probably caused many to churn or acquire more arms. Market timing appears to have been perfect for Glock. That event had zero effect on me. But the various bans within the state caused me to go overboard on long arms like the AR and AK.

April 2, 2017, 10:53 PM	#32
15plus1 Member Join Date: March 5, 2017 Posts: 57	The plan: set aside $20 from every paycheck, when I have enough saved for what I want, ideally I can buy it. The reality: my wife tells me we are coming up short on a bill. Current gun fund status: $100 And she just got put on early maternity leave. C'est la vie

April 4, 2017, 12:11 PM	#33
Don Fischer Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2017 Posts: 1,868	The most rifle's I've ever had at one time was about 20. Think I noticed then was as a young man I couldn't afford to shoot them all. I had just a few that I shot a lot and what do you know, they were favorite hunting rifles. Right now I think I've got more handgun's than I've ever had at one time, think I have six, I'm not much of a handgun guy. I do have four shotguns now, more than I ever had before at one time. The thing that keep's me in line today is the gun's I'd like to have I simply can't afford. I like wood stock, blued metal, bolt action rifles. I also like SxS shotguns, got three I can't replace, all AyA's, inexpensive models but it say's AyA right on the guns! I think the thing that hold's me back anymore is social security, I don't get enough to get thing's I'd like. Recently bought a new rifle. A 243, already have one with a plastic stock and took a while but got it shooting very well. The motivation was I saw a photo of one and the thing was right up my alley. Mossberg Patriot, got it for $299! I could swing that. If you just look at it, wood version, it's screams, buy me! I did. Most gun nut's are gonna see Mossberg and walk away. I liked what I saw and had to try one, again no use for it at all! Take it apart and lot's of plastic but I'm not concerning myself with that. What I do concern myself with is how it looks, feel's and the way it shoot's. No tiers for getting new gun's If I have the money at the time and want it, I just buy it. I'm old and trying like hell to die deeply in deat! :-)