@EZBake...You are correct but it really sucks when you are bitten by both bugs :-(
The bug has bitten me. I now have 8 firearms since buying my first in August of this year. Definitely in Phase 2 on ezbake's list.
If EZBake is correct, then I'm somewhere between phases two and three. The bad part is that the cheap crap that I'm thinking of parting with to buy nice quality stuff is mostly stuff that belonged to a deceased uncle. I just can't bring myself to part with them.
Never ate a gun before.
guns are addicting but tend to have a specialized use for me. i hunt,plink and collect. my collection has settled in to about 15 hanguns and 30 long guns. i have not added any for awhile now.
Holy cow the bug bit you badddd!!!!!!!!!!
I liked the line that said guns are both tools and toys. For me the tools stay and don't get sold, the toys can find new homes from time to time. I'm not a bunker type of prepper but if my primary weapon/s is a "" then having a second "" for a backup makes sense maybe even a set of springs and a fresh firing pin. I went through and sold a bunch of guns..then I bought a few and standardized my caliber selection to make ammo investments easier to focus on. Now if I do want to buy a new """ then I just make sure it's within my family of calibers.
I guess I'm in the later phases, definitely past the hoarder stage. Guns has/is a hobby. Have shot alot of different weapons and the ones I really like stay, all the rest go. I do revisit and buy guns from the past that I have sold off, sometimes buying and getting rid of them many times over. Such is the case with a current sp 101 and a gp 100, I've had probably 10 of each over the years and these will be going away to.
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