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    Default Almost at the half-way point

    I'm one gun away from having sold as many guns as I presently own. Not that this means diddly squat, just an interesting milestone to me. I started off as a Ruger man, and I think most of my purchases were indeed Rugers. I've outgrown that phase and now prefer S&W and have a boatload of those and treasure them. I still have two Kahrs, some Bersas, one Glock, and a Citadel 3.5" 1911 for handguns. I don't really miss any that I've sold, at least not so much that I kick myself or am looking to buy another one. It was probably dumb to sell my Remington 700, but I only took it to the range once.

    What's funny is occasionally I have a dream where I open a drawer and discover two or three guns I'd forgotten I had. I suppose one day that'll happen in real life.

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    I have sold many more firearms than I own. It's ok........................I kept the one's that I shoot best, and sold the rest. I don't believe in letting guns sit in a drawer or safe. Life goes by fast. If you don't use them, lose them.......................everyone goes through phases I guess. I started out as a S&W wheelie guy, then went to Ruger, then had Beretta's for a long time. Never thought that I'd own a striker fired firearm, or a plastic one either for that matter. Now have both. These days, it seems to be HK"s, and short barreled wheelies that trip the trigger. Would I like to have more? Of course, but I'm past the fondling stage. I like to shoot what I own, otherwise, down the road.

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    I've not sold many and I regret every single one I did. I made some incredibly foolish sales to fund something else I wanted more.

    I'm still in the fondling mode I guess.

    My wife just last night said she hoped she went first so she wouldn't have to deal with my man cave.

    That won't happen. I won't allow it.
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    I'd really like to get down to a small handful, otherwise I get range angst. I want to go to the range, but I can't decide which guns to bring, and I can't carry all of them. So because of the paralysis of analysis, I end up not going to the range at all.

    I have two K-frames, a 2 1/2" and a 2 3/4", so since they shoot about the same I only need to bring one. Right? Wrong! Then, I want to give my 640 a work out, but why not bring my 63 and shoot some .22LR? Already there's about eight pounds of steel to lug around...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnR View Post
    I'd really like to get down to a small handful, otherwise I get range angst. I want to go to the range, but I can't decide which guns to bring, and I can't carry all of them. So because of the paralysis of analysis, I end up not going to the range at all.

    I have two K-frames, a 2 1/2" and a 2 3/4", so since they shoot about the same I only need to bring one. Right? Wrong! Then, I want to give my 640 a work out, but why not bring my 63 and shoot some .22LR? Already there's about eight pounds of steel to lug around...
    This is me right here. I tell myself I'm only bring 2 or 3 guns and will focus on those. Then bring 10, shoot a handful of rounds through each basically accomplishing nothing. I seldom get to the range anymore myself.
    I love to shoot, I just don't like getting ready and getting there.
    Same with fishing, love to fish, hate getting ready.
    I need a nice range and a good bass lake off my back porch and life would be near perfect.

    Maybe have Greg as a neighbor for a shooting / fixing partner.
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    John, you should try the Springfield XD line of pistols. They operate 100% right out of the box so no break-in is required.

    I guess I am lucky, I live in the country and can stay on my own place and shoot every gun I own. Makes target practice just 200 yards away. I haul my guns and ammo on my riding mower.

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    I rented an XDm and really liked it. I'm interested in the new XDe with DA/SA and exposed hammer, but not enough to buy one. I have plenty of plastic semiautos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnR View Post
    I'm interested in the new XDe with DA/SA and exposed hammer, but not enough to buy one. I have plenty of plastic semiautos.
    There you go. Thats me. I held one the day they released it at the NRA meeting and its nice. Easy to rack, nice trigger, and DA/SA with dec0cker just floats my boat. Ditched my glocks for CZ and never looked back. Good riddance.
    The only thing better than having all the guns and ammo you'd ever need would be being able to shoot it all off the back porch.

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    I ditched my DA/SA Rugers for striker fired guns, with the logic being if I need a "goin' to war" gun I'll want something with a rapid rate of fire, and striker fired does that for me. I still would prefer DA/SA in a concealed carry gun, for safety. I don't want a light short striker fired gun down my pants, holster or no. Revolvers do just that.

    I'm kind of glad I still have some of my "budget" priced guns, as they aren't as precious to me as my bright shiny revolvers and I can toss them around, put one in the car, etc. and not care if it gets scratched up.

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    I've bought Rugers, Remingtons, Smiths, Colts, Kahrs and kept most of them. The AMT, two KelTecs, & NAA Guardian I traded off.
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