A riff on "collectors"

[JettaKnight]

"Why does anyone "need" more than one of the same gun?"
I like 938s, but they don't all look alike.

Haven't you heard? "Two is one, one is none."

 

[Mongo59]

What does "need" have to do with it?

 

[ditcherman]

A question to collectors

In the last several years I have been collecting what I refer to as "Weapons of War". I have one each of the biggies, that is a Garand, Mauser, Luger, Enfield, etc. What is really beginning to bug me lately is the difficulty in my quest for a Colt model 1909/M1917 revolver. Sure, there are some out there but the examples I have been offered are either in really bad shape, painted, or just too darn expensive. I'm not looking for a trophy, just a clean battle worn example that I can shoot. Is that too much to ask?
What gets my ire up is when a person has one for sale and in our discussion mentions to me that he has 8-10-12 of these fine old revolvers in his "collection". Why do you want so many? It seems to me that you are depriving others like me of the opportunity to own one of these fine relics. How many do you need?
I know I'm probably whizzing into the wind about this. Please don't judge and I'd like to know how others feel. Does anybody agree with me? I'm just attempting to start an honest discussion on this and maybe, just maybe, appeal to those which have so many to assist those of us with honest desires.

This isn’t aging well, considering your latest ad to rid yourself of the evil scary black gun.
Don’t be a flake.
Probably too late though.

 

[drillsgt]

This isn’t aging well, considering your latest ad to rid yourself of the evil scary black gun.
Don’t be a flake.
Probably too late though.

I didn't see that one, hopefully nobody ever uses one of his other weapons of war, probably should just sell all of them to be safe.

 

[Ingomike]

This isn’t aging well, considering your latest ad to rid yourself of the evil scary black gun.
Don’t be a flake.
Probably too late though.

Crazy posting. LOL

 

[JettaKnight]

This isn’t aging well, considering your latest ad to rid yourself of the evil scary black gun.
Don’t be a flake.
Probably too late though.

I just had to look at the ad... sorry I did.


I just plain don't understand that mindset.



I did check the AR in my vault - nope, not a single sign of misbehaving. Weirdly, it's as if it's an inanimate object incapable of being good or evil on it's own.

 

[JettaKnight]

Crazy posting. LOL

IKR.

That WTS, and this thread about gun socialism (You can't have more than I say! Give some to others!)

SMH.



Someone asked what the definition of a "Fudd" is - here you go.

 

[Dean C.]

This is absolutely hilarious , I have been wondering when the "evil gun" sell off would begin. Would not mind picking up another nice AR on the cheap.

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Please don't judge and I'd like to know how others feel. Does anybody agree with me? I'm just attempting to start an honest discussion on this and maybe, just maybe, appeal to those which have so many to assist those of us with honest desires.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

The biggest irony to me in all this is that we have a guy who doesn't want to have an AR-15 around, supposedly because an AR-15 was used to murder innocents. This same guy likes to collect WW2 weapons, including German ones.

Who's going to break the news to him?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The biggest irony to me in all this is that we have a guy who doesn't want to have an AR-15 around, supposedly because an AR-15 was used to murder innocents. This same guy likes to collect WW2 weapons, including German ones.

Who's going to break the news to him?

 

[ditcherman]

I just had to look at the ad... sorry I did.


I just plain don't understand that mindset.



I did check the AR in my vault - nope, not a single sign of misbehaving. Weirdly, it's as if it's an inanimate object incapable of being good or evil on it's own.

“The” as in singular?!? That’s the problem. You need more than one, so they can talk and scheme and then figure out who the sucker is of the group and get him to break out of the safe.
Not that I have more than one.

 

[Johnk]

In all of this what someone does with something they own is.....well......their choice.

I get it I really do.

thanks Churchmouse. I appreciate your support.

 

[Protest]

Fair reply, but not my intention.

It was your intention. Can the man who owns one house tell the man who owns two homes that he is immoral? If so, can the man who owns two homes tell the man who owns three that he is wrong?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

This isn’t aging well, considering your latest ad to rid yourself of the evil scary black gun.
Don’t be a flake.
Probably too late though.

WOW! Looks like if he was truly revolted he’d just saw it in two and junk it. That is, to keep another school shooting with an AR from happening.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

WOW! Looks like if he was truly revolted he’d just saw it in two and junk it. That is, to keep another school shooting with an AR from happening.

Gotta be careful about sawing guns in half, though. I seem to recall some lefty politician sawing an AR-15 "in half" as a political stunt, but all she ended up doing was cutting part of the barrel off, thereby illegally making an SBR. Of course she was never prosecuted, being a leftist politician, but the average Joe on the streets who has to follow laws might not be so lucky...

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Gotta be careful about sawing guns in half, though. I seem to recall some lefty politician sawing an AR-15 "in half" as a political stunt, but all she ended up doing was cutting part of the barrel off, thereby illegally making an SBR. Of course she was never prosecuted, being a leftist politician, but the average Joe on the streets who has to follow laws might not be so lucky...

Good point. Maybe a police department but back? Get those weapons of war off the streets forever!

 

[ditcherman]

Good point. Maybe a police department but back? Get those weapons of war off the streets forever!

You misspelled “get those weapons to Mexican cartels immediately”.

 

[ditcherman]

This is absolutely hilarious , I have been wondering when the "evil gun" sell off would begin. Would not mind picking up another nice AR on the cheap.

Just thinking of MCgrease’s old sig line about you not doing anything cheap when I ask this, but surely you don’t mean this one?

Also, he said “high moral character”.

 

[Dean C.]

Just thinking of MCgrease’s old sig line about you not doing anything cheap when I ask this, but surely you don’t mean this one?

Also, he said “high moral character”.

I cannot really argue any of those points some one let me know when someone let's a LWRC go out of guilt, I will be interested then lol.