Duckandswing Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I think that following on from my previous post, that many are secretive about their purchases or at least the cost of them, I know I am, and according to many gunshops that I have visited, I'm certainly not in the minority. Maybe others have more understanding partners. Well my Browning 525 was £300. I always knock a grand off the price for good measure. She thinks shotguns are very good value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliver90owner Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Types? Only four? Not even started yet. Apart from the suggestions above, how about including: muzzle loaders, blackpowder and nitro, damascus, side lock and boxlock to go with bolt action, sliding actions and self openers, skeet, dtl, sporting, game fixed and multichokes, rifle shotguns. Some may be variants within a type - and then there are different styles of stock...... So plenty to go at. I have never needed too many and have been satisfied with my sidelock o/u game gun for many years. But I still hang on to my Dad's hammer gun, after restocking it to fit me (it was broken over sixty years ago). Not pretty now, but still operational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a303 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Yep, same here. I'm on 9 and still looking for a 10th. Can't help myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Shot 1958 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) Thank God I am not the only one, most recent purchase was a SB muzzle loader brings me up to 20 guns ,now I am looking for a DB muzzle loader, this has to stop. My wife and daughter suffer from a similar addiction/disease namely shoeitis !!! Edited May 26, 2015 by Lucky Shot 1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I dare not go and see my doctor about it as she is just starting to clay shoot and loving it. We would start talking about guns and i would forget what i went for in the first place :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye18 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I happily suffer gunitis.started in 82 and gets worse.got 6 and keep buying bigger cabinets but then theres a space and you know you gotta fill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I'm a chronic sufferer. I'm usually greeted in gun shops by, "Not you again! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I thought that I was fairly normal in regard to how many guns that I have and a LOT of kit /eqpt >> until I read somewhere that the norm was one shotgun and two firearms! Not many and I would have t hought that it would be more likely to have been two shotguns to one fire arm. A past feo told me that I had too many! I asked him what did he consider to be too many? I then told him that you only need One to go out and do something stupid. Anyway his job relied on me having guns or he would gat his p45. Excess to requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I think I might have this illness upto now I have 11 air rifles,3o/u in 12/20/28 and 2 sa in 12/20g think I might need some pills for this affliction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 i suffered badly before i got my SGC... the mrs had enough when i got to 42 air rifles, so i thinned them out and used the money for a deposit on my house... then i got my SGC, and in 2 years i had run out of room for adding new guns on it. im currently having to write them on the blank area that D&C usually print on... i got a bit of a ticking off for that not long ago, so have slowed my buying and selling before im forced to become an RFD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 i suffered badly before i got my SGC... the mrs had enough when i got to 42 air rifles, so i thinned them out and used the money for a deposit on my house... then i got my SGC, and in 2 years i had run out of room for adding new guns on it. im currently having to write them on the blank area that D&C usually print on... i got a bit of a ticking off for that not long ago, so have slowed my buying and selling before im forced to become an RFD. this is my argument, its a great way of saving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Well my Browning 525 was £300. I always knock a grand off the price for good measure. She thinks shotguns are very good value.haha that's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Serious answer..... I believe because we are 'hard wired' to hunt we also like to collect new or different hunting tools, if it has the ability to make the chase easier then we want it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Serious answer..... I believe because we are 'hard wired' to hunt we also like to collect new or different hunting tools, if it has the ability to make the chase easier then we want it... so how does that work with women and shoes? does it relatete to escaping some sort of act Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Not bothered about shoes. I tend to live in Crocs unless its raining or need to dress up. Now leather handbags are another matter including the one with slots for 12G cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolkngood Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 It's a problem isn't it. I have a friend and he's had his ticket years and has one gun, he's had others but always ends up going back to that one and doesn't seem to have any interest in any others now. The thought "beware of the man with one gun" comes to mind but he's a distinctly average shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cpD73365Y8 Glad I wasn't standing next to the woman at 1.49. That was an accident waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I find that if I get a gun that I like I tend to stop there as I see no point in buying more than I can shoot. I do get tempted by a bargain but i dont keep them even though all mine are old and not very pretty, but they are rock solid and reliable. I have two .177 air rifles (one with a day scope and the other a night scope), a cheap Chinese air rifle for the kids and a Baikal hammer gun. I do have too many knives though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sco77w Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 My signature shows my current collection but I can easily rattle off a wish list of another 4 lever and pump action 12g shotguns I would like to own along with .308 and some barrel stuffers. And as for pistols, I don't know what is the worst, missing out on the hand gun thing like I have or having them and having to give them up like so many people have. There's so many iconic pistols and revolvers I would love to own but never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johnbaz Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I've been collecting for a few years but it really took off when I stopped spending £70 a week of fags!!I now have 135 airguns!, Not been able to buy any for a while though as i've been off work for ten months with a gammy knee, There's been no money coming in for around three months so we've been living on the money that we saved up to get the house done up!!We're still ok but eventually I may have to start cashing the guns in to pay bills Here's a few of them though a few are living elsewhere now due to trading!!! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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