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Offline Big Hext Finnigan

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Do you buy guns just cause or to fit a need?
« on: August 11, 2004, 05:58:26 AM »
By that I mean..
Are your purchases dictated by cost, cartridge or appearance?  Or even something else?

I find that I buy mostly on cost, at first, then sift through, selling off the excess or ill-fitting.  Then I buy more specifically to complete a set or look.

What about y'all?
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2004, 11:20:07 AM »
Hmmm? Never thought about it much.. I guess I tend to buy to fit a need. As in: I need this gun/guns to do a specific job.

However I bought my Open Top just because I always wanted one! :grin: Turned out to be a great buy because it's become my main match revolver when I compete in "saddle Tramp". 8)
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2004, 02:31:47 PM »
I got my first set of CAS guns so I could play.  Then added to it as the right deal came along.  Right now pretty much done with acquiring firearms and will spend the year coming up shooting and hollaring.

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Offline Col. Nathan C. Riddles

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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2004, 03:21:56 PM »
Well BHF, I certainly can't say that I buy from need. I have 3 sets of CAS pistols, 4 CAS rifles, & 2 CAS shotguns with a 3rd on the way. That doesn't count my wife's guns. Add to that a pocket pistol & a derringer. I also currently have 4 sets of leather, + a Montana skeleton shoulder holster, & a Huckleberry rig. She has two sets with a 3rd coming soon.

That doesn't count my non CAS guns.
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2004, 08:55:13 PM »
I buy 'm "just cause" I have a "need" for things that go boom!  :shock:
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2004, 03:04:15 AM »
I buy CAS guns to fill a need......I might need another .38/357 pistol, rifle or .12 gauge shotgun!  Seriously, am pretty well set right now and happy with what I have......

However, in the non-CAS world (really Guys, there is such a place.....) I bought a 91/30 Mosin-Nagant "just because......"
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2004, 07:33:22 AM »
I tend to purchased a gun to fill a percieved need, then factors like caliber, cost and style/fit are used to decide on models etc. Of course sometimes impulse comes into play.
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2004, 04:53:29 PM »
I buy them just cause.  If I see a deal on a BP pistol (C&B), I get it.  Don't matter that I already have 14.  Can never have enough C&B toys.
SXS are the same.  I have quite a few, hammer & hammerless & 1 87 original that I would never sell, but still use on occasion.  Rifles - only 2 cause 44/40 in anything other than a 73 or Marlin ain't good.  Unless it be a 66, or maybe a henry.
  You can never have too many toys.
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2004, 05:57:49 PM »
Got almost everything between 51 and 92, but still missing my time period.  Still need a 66 and a hammer shotgun.  You know, I used to have 2 Rossi's in 12 and 20ga. when we first started our club.  I just don't know what I was thinkin when I decided to let them go.  :x  :-)

A lot of stuff was bought because the price was right or had an opportunity on a good trade.  I guess now I'll be buying for need. :grin:
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Offline Big John Wyatt

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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2004, 03:24:09 AM »
Price dictates most of my purchases, although on a rare occasion I will see a gun I want and providing the price is in line I will buy it.
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