I shed the hangover and lack of sleep pretty well, so I want to ring in the New Year with a little little firepower. As I'm going through the safe, deciding who is going to get some attention this morning, I find myself reflecting on all the guns I've bought and sold in the last decade.
I bought 35 firearms in the last decade, five in 2009. I've sold twelve (including one to a friend), two this year, and transferred two to my girlfriend.
My best acquisition of the year was a mint Browning Challenger II. Of the decade, it's a toss up between my well-loved Smith & Wesson 686, a Ruger Mark II that runs like a champ, and an early Fed Ord M14.
I still regret selling that Beretta (and mags, and ammo, for next to nothing), but I don't miss that commercial M1 Carbine or the Hi Power with the awful trigger for a second.
How about you guys?
I bought 35 firearms in the last decade, five in 2009. I've sold twelve (including one to a friend), two this year, and transferred two to my girlfriend.
My best acquisition of the year was a mint Browning Challenger II. Of the decade, it's a toss up between my well-loved Smith & Wesson 686, a Ruger Mark II that runs like a champ, and an early Fed Ord M14.
I still regret selling that Beretta (and mags, and ammo, for next to nothing), but I don't miss that commercial M1 Carbine or the Hi Power with the awful trigger for a second.
How about you guys?