Gun collecting- definition?

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I don't find my self to be a "collector" of guns. I just enjoy shooting them and admiring the mechanical marvels. However I have have found myself in a predicament. In trying to justify the purchase of other guns to uncover new experiences I've considered selling some older ones. Except I can't get myself to part with any of them! I always seem to find reasons to hold on to them. Does this make me a "collector"? Or a gun guy obsessed with wanting to try new firearms? Most of my guns aren't "collectables" so to speak... mostly modern defensive handguns that I always want to shoot.

Are others suffering in such despair?? [smile]
 
What you are feeling is PERFECTLY normal!

I keep buying guns, and have yet to sell even one of them!
 
You sound like a typical "gun nut" to me...

[smile]

You might be a "Gun Nut" if:

-----you have ever loaded a drawer up with so much ammo that you can't open it

-----when someone asks how many guns you have, you have to think about it for a minute

-----you have ever bought ammo in a caliber that none of your guns fire

-----the guns you took to the range cost more then your car

-----you carry a different gun every day of the week

-----whenever you can't decide which gun to get, you get both

-----you get your wife/girlfriend to wear Hoppes 9 instead of her usual perfume.

-----you take so many guns to the range and don't shoot half of them.

-----you have an extra room in your house just for ammo and guns.

-----your home page is set to a firearms related webpage.

-----you count the number of bullets that people shoot in a movie and then scream a top of your lungs BULLSH**!!! when a guy using a revover mows down a battalion of criminals without reloading.

--- you know more about the Constitution than your lawyer.

--- your wife leaves you and you don't mind. Your dog gets run over by a truck and you barely flinch. But you accidentally drop your favorite gun, gets scratched and you cry a river.

---- if you ever thought to do your own "Gun Buy-Back" program. Let's face it, even a Saturday Night Special for a $20 Blockbuster Gift Card is a good deal.

---- if you have more holster than Imelda Marcos had shoes.

---- if you never stop looking for pre-ban hi-cap magazines... even in a supermarket.

-----if you can field strip any firearm you own hanging upside down and blindfolded

-----if you have ever bought a gun to fill an old holster someone gave you. (So many times I can no longer count 'em.)

---- if you have ever bought a gun to shoot up a half-filled 20-round box of ammo someone gave you, because you didn't have a rifle in that caliber yet. Ditto for when someone gives you an old set of reloading dies in some obscure caliber.

-----if you have ever accidentally run a pocket pistol through the wash and spin cycles, still in your pants pocket.

----- if you do not own a single fabric-based item (clothing, bags or suitcases) that does NOT set off the explosives trace detector at the airport.

-----if you have ever bought a gun that is identical to TWO you already own, because the first two are out-of-production NIB examples and you can't bring yourself to shoot them.

-----When buying something with pocket change, you have to pick the dimes and quarters out of a handful of loose ammo.

-----if you regularly find guns around the house and in far corners of the safe that you have no memory of buying ... and such discoveries no longer surprise you.

-----if you have ever busted a spring on your car from piling too much ammo in the trunk on the way to a shoot.

-----For you NFA junkies: You know the birthday of your BATF examiner, even though you can't remember your wife's.

-----if you have ever researched a firearm you own to find out the date it was manufactured ... and then thrown a birthday party for it.

-----if you go to WalMart for back-to-school supplies, then must explain to your wife why that includes 1k of 9mm Win white box.

-----if your dog is "Dog" and your cat is "Cat," but each of your guns has a name. (Well, at least the guns you're closest to -- ya know, the ones you've bonded with.)

-----when you say "Damn ! That is a sexy looking piece!", your wife knows you are not looking at another woman.

----- whenever you see a story on TV about a gator spotted in a neighborhood, you think "Crap, there goes another target of opportunity."

----- if your AR, after installing all the new gadgets, now weighs more than a FAL.

----- if any time a wheather person on TV gives the latest update on the hurricane du jour, you wonder if you have enough ammo.

---- if your hurricane panels have shooting ports.

-----if you have to have additional homeowner's insurance specifically for firearms.

-----if the cops have ever called Homeland Security after pulling you over

-----if you have ever carried more then two guns at once

-----when the local gunshop needs an obscure magazine, they call you

-----when you call your local rep's office, the guy who answers groans and says "I'll tell him again not to vote for AWB" as soon as he hears your name

-----if you have more holsters then pants

-----if the movers all groan when they see your gunsafe

-----if you spend half an hour bitching about how the good guy in the movie killed 20 badguys firing full-auto from the hip

-----if your spend another half an hour explaining how the movie would have been over in 10 minutes if any of the bad guys victims had a gun

-----if you regularly just sit and stare at your guns for a while, and the rest of your family doesn't find this strange

-----if you reach into your pocket for change at the local 7-11 and pull out loose ammo along with your change.

-----if the guy working at the 7-11 knows you and isn't surprised.

-----if you can actually take a nap in a gun range.

-----if you felt a knot in your stomach when they showed US Soldiers destroying a cache of brand spanking new AK-74 on the news.

-----if you considered that the cheaply goldplated HK MP-5 was reason enough to oust Hussein.

-----When you mount a tripod, bayonet and flash suppressor to your N.A.A. 22 MINI MAG

------If you do a complete breakdown of all your weapons just to stay in practice - "especially if you haven't made it to the range lately"

------if you find more .22LR than loose change when you clean out your car.

------if your nightstand is stacked with gun rags and firearm technical and reloading manuals.

------if you build a portable reloading system so you can reload in the family room and not miss your favorite tv-show.

----if the local SWAT teams stop by your house for guns and ammo before heading out to the big bust.

http://americandrumslinger.blogspot.com/2005/05/you-might-be-gun-nut-if-you-have-ever.html
 
I'm the same way...

I've sold one gun. I didn't really care that much about it, and I wanted my Motorcycle more. And the other one, it's up for sale...but no one has bought it and I'm thinking about taking it back.

I loved the gun, but the only reason I was selling it was to buy another one similar with a different finish...and he doesn't have it anymore. So I really have no reason to sell it.
 
I see nothing wrong with acquiring enough guns to entirely fill whatever designated area you have. Be it a box or a room, if you have the space, fill it with guns. [devil]
 
Well.... last night the wife was concerned when she found me in bed asleep with my new Kahr K9 in my hand. I was dry firing- no ammo- just snap caps. :)
 
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