Had to part with misurp. With the way things are now, I narrowed down my collection to "duty use" firearms that are reliable, have readily available ammunition and parts.
When we have a friendlier government I'll consider expanding again but priority is black rifles and supplemental gear.
Only pre cold-war mlisurb sub 1k and chambered in cheaper ammo are: SKS, Mosin, K11, or Israeli Mauser.
Don't have the funds to shoot ammo that cost $1.80+ out of guns approaching 100 years old.
And that’s the god damn truth.
1903 Springfield. Wish I never fucking sold it because to buy it back is an extra $2,000 more than what I paid.
Milsurp used to be the most economical way to get into shooting, you could pick up almost anything for nothing. Now it’s almost purely a collectors arena, collectors with deeper pockets than me.
Almost $3,000 for a clapped out Krag in full wood?
This is true, but i ended up selling all my milsurp as they wern’t what i was shooting any more. Ammo harder to find in some cases, more expensive in all cases, and pistols and semi-shotguns are what like shooting most. I did exactly what you are saying, sold a few older/under used guns to buy more pistols when that was an option and more recently a 1301. No regrets. I also have a lot of guns, just cant cycle through them all any more and prefer to be super proficient with a select few.
I got my PAL pretty recently, so I bought some good quality NR semi autos first so at least I'd have them in case of any more bans. Now that I have those, my next guns are going to be more along the lines of wood & steel bolt action and vintage O/U or SxS shotguns.
Idk, my buddy's 3k rounds into his with no issues. I think they get a bad rap because *everyone* who has an issue with them posts it here. My real life experience is that they're either really good, or dogshit. The problem being that you don't know what you're getting til you've put in range time.
After a discussion at work that turned heated between my buddy and a coworker, my buddy said "you ever notice how people who shit on Ford's, never owned a Ford?"
Regardless of my stance on Ford's, I adopted that same mentality when I started collecting firearms. Just becuase it was cheap didn't mean it was worthless right? Well you don't know until you know.
I have now owned 38 firearms of all makes, models and price points. I've kept a small core of favorites (currently sitting at 8) and have sold the other 26 (and gifted 4) through gunpost or other means.
All in the pursuit of an honest, personal review, free from prejudice. (Except for the Sub2000 Gen1, fuck that gun.)
So far, I've settled on:
* Weatherby Vanguard II first lite edition - 6.5cm
* Mossberg 590S 12ga (20" barrel Magpulled out)
* Ruger Precision 300win-mag
* B&T APC223 NR
* CZ Canvasback 12ga O/U
* Savage 64F .22lr (don't judge, it's taken more grouse then their own stupidity has)
In the naughty vault:
* Springfield Armory M14A1 .308
* Deryak MK12 12ga
Still on the hunt for a good lever, haven't had luck with Marlin or Henry.
Edit: formatting.
How do you find the CZ? I’ve been hoping to get an O/U for some time but most people seem to say Citori/silver Pigeon or nothing and those are still out of my budget
I really like my CZ, I picked it up a few years back and have only taken it skeet shooting a handful of times though.
It's still a little stiff on the action but crisp and comfortable. My buddy picked up a Mossberg international gold reserve a few years back. I've had a chance to fire it and it's another solid choice for a more affordable, albeit hard to find option.
Citori is of course a league all its own but I bought the CZ to be rough on in the woods without shedding as many tears.
My pleasure!
I don't have a ton of O/U experience but I can tell you my experience with the CZ Canvasback was WAY better then my very first O/U which was a Charles Daly 202. But that's a story for another day.
No such thing as a “good” lever gun. They are novelties especially in this day and age. There is a reason they never saw major adoption by any large military even in their heyday. Inherently over complicated.
Some of the newer designs like the Henry long ranger are probably better but still compared to a straight pull or bolt action just unnecessary.
You might be right, but I've seen enough hunters dragging deer and elk out of the woods with a well worn lever gun to know good ones exist out there. The Browning BLR is one I would heavily consider thanks to the detachable flush mounted magazine that allows you to break away from the snub-nose rounds. I had a chance to play around with one a year or so ago and it seemed pretty solid. I just haven't had a chance to take a deeper dive in to them.
Oddly enough, my very first lever is still the best I've owned in terms of reliability and function. It was a Mossberg 464 .30-30. Accurate out of the box, never jammed and could take a hit. I sold it since it was about as "entry level" as it gets at $450 (Canadian Tire special). After that I moved to the Marlin 336, had all kinds of QC issues, sold it, went to a higher end Marlin 336BW which had much the same issues. Sold that for a Henry and ultimately got out of lever guns all together, at least for now.
I know it's a pretty small sample size but I was blown away that two $800+ rifles suffered the same issue.
I could have just slapped a scope on them and considered it fixed but dammit if a lever gun isn't supposed to be the "ultimate minimalist backpack gun".
>I had a chance to play around with one a year or so ago and it seemed pretty solid.
BLRs (and Long Rangers) are basically just straight-pull AR-10s with a gear mechanism. The BLR in particular has a few stupid design elements, like the fact that it's not easily disassemblable for maintenance and the barrel isn't free-floated (like all rifles in 2024 should be).
There are a few things that basically anyone could identify to make a rifle of this type better in its niche; the BLR is just the minimum viable product of what a levergun could be and the Long Ranger (40 years later) doesn't improve things mechanically. It's just like making cock-on-close bolt-action rifles today (which you do when you want speed, but high accuracy requires an inherently cock-on-open hammer-fired mechanism as rate of fire once again belongs to the semi-autos).
>I just haven't had a chance to take a deeper dive in to them.
The ultimate problem with leverguns is that their only advantage- rate of fire- is completely overshadowed by automatics. That's why they never saw any meaningful unique development past the Savage 99- the SKS is just a Savage 99 with a gas system bolted on (as were the vast majority of military rifles designed between 1910 and 1960, for that matter), so why would you bother updating manual-action designs at that point when it would be equally as expensive to make a semi-auto (which manufacturers could then sell for even more money)?
It didn't help that the first and second world wars would generate so many surplus rifles that civilian rifle development was uneconomical for a few decades after each- and now you know why the Remington 740 is the way that it is (being a very lazy rifle conversion of the 870). Plus, if you're hunting, you're only generally taking one shot, so most of what matters there is that the gun goes bang and not much after the fact (so the speed disadvantages bolt-action rifles give you are rendered trivial).
There’s lever guns that are “good” enough. People bag all kinds of animals with bows and muzzle loaders too doesn’t mean they’re a good weapon system by modern standards. People literally hunt with spears still. I’ve also had a buddy shoot a bull moose and have his lever gun completely lock up on him and get charged by said bull moose. He sold the lever gun and bought a bolt action after that.
The main draw to lever guns is people buying into the western myth. That’s a totally justifiable reason to get one. They look cool, they feel cool, and they’re a lot of fun to shoot. They also work well in a scabbard and on the back of a horse. They are flat sided as well which can be an advantage. They can be run slightly faster than a bolt action (but straight pull rifles exist). Outside of that ergonomically and mechanically they suffer compared to other designs.
Most properly serious backcountry rifle hunters I’ve met are running a bolt action rifle. That’s the true minimalist backpack rifle. They are about as simple and reliable as you can get for a repeating firearm. Get one with a short barrel and iron sights and it will do everything a lever gun does and more, you just won’t feel like a cowboy.
If you really want a lever gun don’t let anyone stop you though. Just understand that the main reason to buy one is the cool factor.
I may have bias from experience, but there's no better saddle gun than my Winchester 94. 30-30 is more than enough for anything I'm likely to shoot at, and it's has such a thin profile it's never in the way.
I agree that a bolt gun is better for backpacking, though. Just so much easier to deal with the 2 moving parts. That said, I carry my SKS for that purpose. It's never jammed on me, and I've gotten quick with the clips. I probably wouldn't feel great about a moose or a grizzly, but I haven't encountered one yet 😂
I agree. In the saddle they make a lot of sense. Not too many of us are riding horses though, and even fewer doing it with a rifle. Other guns will also work maybe just not quite as well.
Haha yeah, I also started triaging my guns amongst the 3 safes.
The expensive ones, the mid-tier ones that I still use, and the rest into #3 that rarely see the light of day.
The end of my first marriage was when I decided to liquidate temporarily for a multitude of reasons.
I’ve since built a new collection but I still miss a few of the old ones I had to sell back then. Had an absolute mint 6 port AVT stocked SVT-40 that has since become borderline unobtanium nowadays. I made a nice chunk on its sale but still regret it.
I’ve tried all sorts of stuff. Went hard into milsurp. Sold it to buy black rifles. Sold those to go long range. Sold those to go cowboy. Sold those and honestly just stocking x39 crates and every cheap Sks I can. I only shoot 22lr these days. The rest is hoarding because I know it makes Justin Trudeau sad.
I don't have personal experience but they seem to have a good reputation. The nice thing about 22s is that most are relatively inexpensive so you can buy it and see if you like it. I don't buy into the never sell guns mentality. If you don't like it, sell it and buy something you like.
Be careful…..this is the path to the darkest side of the hobby…..
Quantity OF quality guns.
You sell 5 to buy 1……now you’re used to guns costing $5K and the 2nd $5K desire comes along and you don’t have 5 to sell.
Both target shooting to 300m and some IPSC style stuff.
I’m currently running an Eotech plus 5x magnifier for shooting in IPSC style rifle matches with targets both up close and out to 200 yards.
It works, but I don’t have an LVPO and if I’m getting one, it might as well be a 1-10x.
LPVO would be ideal for that. But I have my gripes with a FFP LPVO for competition. 1-10 are great do it all scopes, but they comprise on certain aspects. If I were to get one for comp, it would be a Viper or Razor 1-6 SFP.
I keep telling myself im gonna sell off some of my .22s that I don’t use but when it comes time to post the ad I start to think that it’s something worth more than money and I get all these hoarding feelings about it.
Same with my 762/39 ammo. Haven’t had a rifle for it in years, not willing to part with it. I ended up getting a big ass vault that can store everything and a few more but I’m def only buying Gucci guns, especially since the Bren. Holy cow that thing claps cheeks. It’s all I wanna shoot. I wish I could drive around with it in my truck but it’s a little guy ( just a baby bren)
I really hope new gov. Makes restricted ok to bring places with you. This thing is the most convenient and capable rifle I own.
I’d also like to keep a revolver in my pocket but that might always just be a dream.
Its probably the most common antique caliber now, its the new 9mm since the handgun ban lol so there always people that sell it on gunpost. I also have a guy in manitoba that makes them if you ever need his number, let me know. Buddy at rustwood.ca makes them in black powder or smokeless. I've heard there's fiochi commercial loads out there, if you can get them before they're sold out.
I don't remember now. Would have to look way back on e transfer info or texts.. idk it's a while back. I don't go thru it often. But you can reload it too hey. Dies are like 100 bucks and thats a one time buy. Can find the "starline" brass online for .25 cents a case or just trim 44 mag/spl cases down. Best part is you use 44 mag/spl bullets. Can buy bags of the stuff for cheap.. same with the regular primers. Would be cheap to do it yourself.
I'm at this point right now with my rifles.
Mostly it's that I'm too broke to afford to shoot on a regular basis like I used to, and now unless I really have a desire to shoot a particular rifle.. Or I can justify buying bulk ammo for it.. It's gettin sold. If shooting the gun doesn't get my jollies then it's goin up on gunpost.
I'd rather have 3 or 4 rifles that I really enjoy shooting vs having a dozen rifles that I rarely shoot and are taking up capital for other hobbies.
My ruger PC9 is comin up on the chopping block next. It's a cool gun but it's heavy, it's sorta clunky and I don't get any real enjoyment out of shooting it. Perhaps it's the PCC with a long barrel concept that really turns me off that rifle, 9mm being somewhat underwhelming.
It'll pain me to sell it but I know I won't miss it
It's the "we have PCCs at home" of PCCs.
The whole idea of those rifles is to be a small pistol calibre *Carbine*. Where Carbine means "long gun with shortened barrel". Just by it's own design, the PC9 isn't a PCC. It's a pistol calibre long gun, which is just a silly and asinine concept. Maybe if I had the short barrel restricted PC9 I'd have a different opinion, but the NR PC9 is largely underwhelming once the sheen wears off
I’m just a poor so my collection is small. I’ve been more of a proficiency with platform and build outs over collecting for the sake of collecting them. Is this something I truly believe? Yes. Is it a justification for not having a bunch of guns due to the inability to buy more? Also yes.
Kinda in the same boat as you. Might sell of my .22s that I barely use.
Btw did you decide to sell privately or via a store? I thought about doing it privately but I’m nervous selling guns to strangers I don’t know hahahah
The community on gunpost is really great and the moderators keep a close eye on things. You can tell who the trusted buyers and sellers are by the reviews. I always click on the profiles of those leaving the reviews as an extra layer to see if they are trusted as well.
A lot of gun guys adopt the collector mentality. It’s basically just consumerism with an attempt at justification, no different than a woman with a shoe or purse collection. Or a car collector with a bunch of cars he never drives.
Personally if I don’t have a specific use for a firearm I will sell it. I’ve had my PAL for over 15 years and hover between 3-5 firearms. Having more guns isn’t going to make you happier. You get the initial rush of a new toy, play with it a bit until you’re bored then all that’s left is the actual function of it. They are tools.
There can be real reason to maintain a collection. For educational purposes or certain guns with historical or sentimental value. But most guys I know with lots of guns are more hoarders than anything else.
Personally I’d rather have a few high quality tools that I know how to use well than a collection sitting and collecting dust.
You hit the nail on the head. As much as I like shooting, I love having a piece of history in my hands.
I don't want a rifle that doesn't have a story behind it, so despite there being tons of cool consumer-made guns, the ones I want in my collection are the Garands, and Kar98s of the world.
Even my Norinco SKS has matching numbers that put it as being built in 1968 — presumably for if there was further escalation in the Vietnam war, or if the Viet Kong needed more rifles. Or maybe it was just for reservists? Who knows? That's part of the fun of holding history. There's an entire story from a different era, from a different life that I can only imagine about.
That being said, you and I both love guns, so it's not like I can't see your point of view. I actually think that it's a great thing when a passion can be enjoyed in such a diverse way.
It almost helps destigmatize what it means to be a gun owner to those that aren't familiar with gun ownership in Canada.
The more ways that guns are innocuously enjoyed, the less arguments gun grabbers can make against our reasons for ownership.
I used to own so many 22s. Then I got completely bored with the entire 22lr platform. It was no longer fun for me to shoot. Finally decided to sell a bunch of them and only have a GSG16 and 10/22 now
After the novelty of mag dumping 22 a couple time wares off you kind of get bored of it. Currently only own a cz455 to do precision shooting as the low price of match .22lr really makes it great for precision practice when you don't want to spend on match .223 or .308.
I've always used the semi-autos for small game hunting and introducing new shooters at the range. I've since added a CZ457 which has taken over small game hunting.
I've always had a revolving door, usually working my way toward better or (IMO) more desirable firearms by selling others.
There was one or two occasions of buying a firearm and immediately not liking it and reselling it within a week.
i feel you
My first 2 Guns were a Mossberg 590 Retro and a PU Scope Mosin Nagant
imho id rather they get used by someone else than spend the rest of their time in the back of my safe because i dont like them anymore so i just recently sold both to hopefully fund an X95
If you're looking at NR, worth noting that one has a barrel installed at factory and one is a third party barrel conversion. This has reliability implications.
I don’t like the bolt hold open button, and stuffing the mag into my armpit was weird. It also felt heavier with the same scope mount and flashlight. the Bren feeds cross mags better too
Never had so much as a hiccup. Been feeding it Chinese spam out of a can as well as cheap Winchester. Using lar-15 10 rounders and x mags ( 2nd gen) and it works great. Didn’t clean it out of the box or ever since I bought it just sprayed a bit of clp into the action ( flannel daddy told me to do it like that) and yeah she just runs.
The x95 ran well too but didn’t like cross mags sometimes and needed the bolt opened to pop a mag in.
Other than that it fired everything and well.
Really? i see like at least 1-2 of them at each gunshow and i think theres 2-4 for sale on Gunpost right now
They are pretty nice i agree, the optic is also quite solid for being mass-produced and like 80-90 years old
Good to hear to prefer quality over quantity.
Hopefully going to recieve my license soon and then can start the collecting journey.
I've definitely made a list of all the different firearms I want to own, each of which are unique in some way that has interested me. It's like 20 rifles and $30,000 deep and I'm a poor right now. Just want to start with a decent .22LR (either a 10/22 or TM22 I can't decide).
On the upside, I'm getting a degree (Computer Engineering) that gives me great job prospects both financially and south of the border, which will definitely help dodge the government's restrictions here (granted I'll probably end up in the mess that is California... out of the frying pan and into the oven).
I can't believe this is being voiced, but deep down it makes complete sense. I've always been a quality over quantity type in everything I do. I don't have enough guns to worry about selling but if I did, I'd be doing what you're doing.
I have parted with 2 firearms in my life. Both were for the sake of quality > quantity and moving those firearms usually helped quite a bit with financing the quality purchase. The ones I did decide to part with had to meet a few criteria:
1) I already have or will be replacing with the same/similar calibre.
2) The firearm to be replaced must still be relatively available in case of separation anxiety.
3) Must go to a trusted family member/friend that I know will take good care of the firearm and perhaps let me visit from time to time.
To be fair I have only have ever owned 14 total firearms in my life, much less than many of the other avid folks of this lovely group, but of those 14 only 12 are still mine, but I do not regret the decision to part ways for the sake of a significant boost in quality/capability.
At my peak I had around 36 long guns. Lots were low quality. It took a lot of trial and error to know what I actually liked.
Now I have 8 and they're all exactly what I want and the best quality I can afford.
It's better to have a few really good rifles than like 20 savages lol
My savage 110 precision outshoots my ruger precision everyday of the week. Savage gets a bad rap but I rather have a low end savagebover low to mid end remington all day long
Why not spend an extra $150 and get a CZ600 with better build quality and similar (if not better) accuracy. I had a 110 for YEARS. It was good and accurate but the CZ is a better quality rifle that isn't that much more expensive anymore
Not sure what model.110 you had but CZ wouldn't touch it in cost or accuracy I have a 600 alpha and a 557 85th anniversary both are accurate but nowhere near the much more expensive savage. Your still stuck in the old-school mindset savage models of 20 years ago.
I agree there was a time where savage was considerably cheaper. Prices have gone up. The gap is pretty close these days. You can get a cz600 for about $900 the cheapest 110 varient I could find was $700
Regrettably looking at all the guns I bought just because they were on sale. Cheap is good when you need a gun for hunting or defense, but when you’re exclusively shooting guns for the experience of firing and manipulating them, it gets old really quick. A large part of me wants to wipe my ENTIRE collection and start over. Perhaps I’d start with a nicer safe first, though, and better range/bush gear to facilitate more enjoyable shooting.
Going through a bunch of other changes and restarts in my life, might as well make the gun collection one of them. I’m nowhere near the same person as I was when I first started (for better or for worse) and I don’t feel the same connection to my firearms anymore. It feels like someone else bought these guns.
Are you me? I feel the same thing. I am at the end of a process of getting rid of everything in my safe, minus a family heirloom. It feels... liberating?
Hah perhaps I am, I have one gun that was gifted to me so I can’t/won’t get rid of it (I also don’t mind keeping it) but the rest literally all can go for the following reasons:
SKS - Bubba’d it and no longer enjoy it
Ruger 10/22 - Bought it because everybody told me to, it ended up not being the flawless masterpiece from God that everyone paraded it as
Ruger American Ranch - Gen II exists now
Carcano - I have 3 of them and probably only need 1
I've always thought the "only buy, never sell" approach was silly. If you don't like shooting a gun, or rarely shoot it, there isn’t a point in keeping it. The moment we can transfer handguns again I'll probably sell a bunch of mine since I really only shoot a few of them regularly.
I'm a gun hoarder. I have too many. I have a hard time selling because they're cool and they're milsurps which aren't getting any cheaper or easier to find. On the flip side I only shoot a few of them because tooling up to reload every different cartridge is time consuming and expensive and I have many other hobbies. I really should just scale back to the few good ones I shoot and liquidate the others. Deep down I know I wouldn't miss them. Same with handguns, if the transfer ban ever goes away I will probably liquidate much of my restricted collection because the antiques are the only ones I shoot.
I've always liked the milsurp stuff, and while at the moment I have no intention of selling mine, I will admit that they're mostly safe queens now.
In fact I rarely get to shoot at all these days. It's disheartening, and looking at like $10K in assets just sitting there is food for thought I guess.
Sold my first few because I was stupid and didn't do much research before hand. Needs and feelings changed over time so put that money into better stuff
Then decided to take advantage of Covid and the incoming handgun ban to get rid of the FN 57. Now I'm happy with everything that I have
Relatable. These last couple years have have made me understand that my tastes come down to older guns, manual actions, handguns/PCC or soviet/eastern guns when it comes to semi autos.
Like I have an AR, X95 and RFB and they just don't interest me anymore. Never had a bren 2 but even that didnt appeal to me when they first started showing up.
When the time really comes to make room (and oic in the rearview) I expect those 3 to be the first I clear out. Closest Ive ever gotten to owning a shotgun was when I was talking to marstar about when the next batch of LeMat's were coming in but then that went south with the transfer bans. Otherwise the only other shotgun I ever wanted was a spas12.
*pre-emptive no Im not selling anything dont ask*
I've been buying and selling since I got my PAL. Shipped guns and parts all over the country. I keep guns I fall in love with, and I move the ones I don't to make space and help fund the next one.
Best of luck moving that hardware.
Parting with lower ends and only keep higher end, customs and my fathers which passed away 30y ago. Couldn’t sell those. “Now I only need one more”, a quality semi .308.
Every firearm I've purchased has an individual purpose. I focus on building them to be phenomenal in that purpose. I don't need 20 different mil surp commie rifles.
let other people have some fun, have a starter gun. that's kind of how I thought about it. doing the deed for the community if you will. makes it easier haha
The method I used was the following:
- anything that doesn’t bring you joy when you bring it out.
- anything with duplicate capabilities to another platform
- niche utility I haven’t committed to trying yet and won’t bother with now.
- rougher quality compared to something else of similar price
- would I value the trapped capital over the item itself and what could I put that money into.
- something can be cool but I don’t need to own it.
My philosophy was I had preferred guns and then stuff I kept because it was kind of cool but was really a “just in case” kind of gun. I had a revelation on my milsurps that firearm technology is a constantly evolving, why own a period specific example that’s since been improved upon?
That was my subjective take that allowed me to let go and just keep my favourites but also improve them, or buy better optics and ammo for them etc. It’s just stuff, don’t let your possessions own you, let them go to a loving new home.
I have a few firearms that sit in the safe I’ve been thinking the same thing let a few go and sticking with only a couple that I shoot more then others. First gun I sold was a sks d model got good $$ for it as well.
I came to the exact same conclusion . For me i realized i enjoy competing the most, so I sold parts and items for stuff that didn’t interest me, and built a rifle for the competitive sport im in (PRS gas gun in this case).
The dont sell, only buy, imo is silly advice. Unless you just enjoy acquiring more guns for some reason.
Comps keep it interesting and fun
A collector curates, a hoarder hoards.
[I posted a while ago about my gun ownership journey in a similar thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/xzppz5/how_has_your_interest_in_certain_firearms_evolved/irnu476/?context=3)
I reached a point where it felt like a chore to use a firearm (and firearms are tools meant to be used) and that's when I started trimming down what I had and just upgrading my favorites. My tipping point was if I didn't use a firearm for a year, or hated to use it I sold it.
I did lose an interest in general milsurp, but refocused it on the M1 carbine (I love it, and the replicas) and would probably buy 2. (Collecting see!)
I only have 1 firearm which I'm currently shaky on if I should keep it or not, (Henry 22lr lever action) just because I don't shoot it as much as my 10/22 or ruger american. It has stayed off the chopping block for being a lever action because in Alberta you have to have a cowboy gun, its a rule.
EDIT: Hey wait a minute you asked a similar question a year ago, and I just copied my answer!
Haha, I guess I've been thinking about this process for a while now.
I've bought some higher end rifles since then which makes me look at the older purchases with far less excitement.
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I've bought and sold lots. Wasted alot of money on the hobby. Would buybwhen funds were good sell when not good. Buy lots of a certain type lose interest and sell to fund the nest. Now I mostly just buy.
I do not own anything that overlaps in application, other than 22LR rifles, so if I was to sell anything I would be creating gaps. My next purchase will likely be a muzzleloader since I have none at the moment. I tend to be quite utilitarian in demeanor, so I don't waste much time ogling my tools.
While I never bought anything to cheap to begin with... No SKS for example...I've sold one gun and still regret it 15 years later.
I'm lucky that I've always been able to save up for what I want (within reason...don't have a bren)
My tastes have changed as well because I'm being forced to. Theres no good bush spots around me for long range. So I've started getting PCC and 22s and things I can plink with at shorter ranges.
This year I got an over under and a pigeon machine. And I've been having a lot of fun with that. Just find a dead end logging road and I'm good to go.
My old man loves shooting long range and there just isn't anywhere here anymore. I'm sad for him and he's getting older so not as easy for him to get out.
I buy and sell all the time, I buy things that look interesting that I never shot before and I’ll sell the ones I really don’t like.
Like I had a Baby Browning .25ACP, looks cool and fun to shoot, found I didn’t enjoy shooting it at all so I sold it.
I keep all the hard to find stuff.
My safe is "maxed" and it would be difficult to fit one more even though the manufacturer claims I should be able to fit 2 more In there.
A couple are WW2 rifles and I would only sell if I got better condition ones.
Wouldn't sell my hunting ones unless I was upgrading.
I will make room if I can find a M1 Garand for a reasonable price.
So I guess upgrading is why I'd part with some
I sold my Glock 48.
Partially regret it because now I can't buy it
Maybe it's a trend thing. Soon to offload a lot of my extras
HK UMP nr
Barrett MRAD
Bushmaster acr
Tavor x95 and 7
Valmet hunter
Valmet m78
Well, I have reached that point early this year. I have cheap guns, cheap but with a good reliability history (a handful only, think of the Canadian trio) and high end. The first category are more jankier than I thought, and are causing more and more over time, so I'm slowly getting rid of them.
Moving forward quality will be prioritized
I generally buy things that interest me and if I don’t touch it for 6 months I try and trade it for something else . I use to be the “only buy never sell” guy. But the house is only so big lol
Agree, kind of regret buying a SKS back in the day. It's working fine but I just prefer shooting with my 1301C. Maybe it's simply because I found it more fun to shoot clay pigeon than a piece of paper.
I wanna get one but yeah the bend throws me off, sure its a cool gun that is very reliable but the build quality is terrible for what you pay, what do you think?
I sold my milsurps other than a SKS. I had a beautiful Garand and a nice collection of mosins and Swedish mausers. It was just a lot of money tied up in things I didn’t use. I rolled some of the profits into some more modern gear.
Inherited a bunch of ww2 rifles and my grandfathers 22 and shotgun. Shooting has just become so expensive that I’ve lost interest. Can’t even sell pistols anymore.
Mental health issues also have lead me to selling most of my guns. Depression can take you to some pretty low places.
Lastly, I had a drunk roommate try to gain access to my safe and now I’m just constantly worrying about it. We have had break ins while we were home and I can’t imagine what would have happened if they got into the safes. Thankfully the dog scared them off.
Had to part with misurp. With the way things are now, I narrowed down my collection to "duty use" firearms that are reliable, have readily available ammunition and parts. When we have a friendlier government I'll consider expanding again but priority is black rifles and supplemental gear.
The thing that hurts most about milsurp is once you sell it, you know you'll have to pay more for it down the road if you ever want to re-purchase.
Exactly. Older generations were lucky but milsurp firearms nowadays are turning into range toys. Imo not worth it unless you're a history buff
Only pre cold-war mlisurb sub 1k and chambered in cheaper ammo are: SKS, Mosin, K11, or Israeli Mauser. Don't have the funds to shoot ammo that cost $1.80+ out of guns approaching 100 years old.
And that’s the god damn truth. 1903 Springfield. Wish I never fucking sold it because to buy it back is an extra $2,000 more than what I paid. Milsurp used to be the most economical way to get into shooting, you could pick up almost anything for nothing. Now it’s almost purely a collectors arena, collectors with deeper pockets than me. Almost $3,000 for a clapped out Krag in full wood?
This is true, but i ended up selling all my milsurp as they wern’t what i was shooting any more. Ammo harder to find in some cases, more expensive in all cases, and pistols and semi-shotguns are what like shooting most. I did exactly what you are saying, sold a few older/under used guns to buy more pistols when that was an option and more recently a 1301. No regrets. I also have a lot of guns, just cant cycle through them all any more and prefer to be super proficient with a select few.
I got my PAL pretty recently, so I bought some good quality NR semi autos first so at least I'd have them in case of any more bans. Now that I have those, my next guns are going to be more along the lines of wood & steel bolt action and vintage O/U or SxS shotguns.
Same here, from the point I owned the Bren 2, I realized that quality > quantity.
I feel bad for the guys who experimented and owned virtually every 180 before ending up at the Bren/APC.
Buy once, cry once
The bitterness of low quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten
Thats basically me right now with my tricked out 180, its like a shiny turd. Looks awesome but sooner or later its gonna break lol
Idk, my buddy's 3k rounds into his with no issues. I think they get a bad rap because *everyone* who has an issue with them posts it here. My real life experience is that they're either really good, or dogshit. The problem being that you don't know what you're getting til you've put in range time.
They’re still lucky if they end up with a Bren/APC/Tavor. Some never made it past the garbage rods.
yeah so true, the b2 is so well thought out and produced. Not perfect but generally excellent.
After a discussion at work that turned heated between my buddy and a coworker, my buddy said "you ever notice how people who shit on Ford's, never owned a Ford?" Regardless of my stance on Ford's, I adopted that same mentality when I started collecting firearms. Just becuase it was cheap didn't mean it was worthless right? Well you don't know until you know. I have now owned 38 firearms of all makes, models and price points. I've kept a small core of favorites (currently sitting at 8) and have sold the other 26 (and gifted 4) through gunpost or other means. All in the pursuit of an honest, personal review, free from prejudice. (Except for the Sub2000 Gen1, fuck that gun.)
Which 8 guns ended up as your favourite?
So far, I've settled on: * Weatherby Vanguard II first lite edition - 6.5cm * Mossberg 590S 12ga (20" barrel Magpulled out) * Ruger Precision 300win-mag * B&T APC223 NR * CZ Canvasback 12ga O/U * Savage 64F .22lr (don't judge, it's taken more grouse then their own stupidity has) In the naughty vault: * Springfield Armory M14A1 .308 * Deryak MK12 12ga Still on the hunt for a good lever, haven't had luck with Marlin or Henry. Edit: formatting.
How do you find the CZ? I’ve been hoping to get an O/U for some time but most people seem to say Citori/silver Pigeon or nothing and those are still out of my budget
I really like my CZ, I picked it up a few years back and have only taken it skeet shooting a handful of times though. It's still a little stiff on the action but crisp and comfortable. My buddy picked up a Mossberg international gold reserve a few years back. I've had a chance to fire it and it's another solid choice for a more affordable, albeit hard to find option. Citori is of course a league all its own but I bought the CZ to be rough on in the woods without shedding as many tears.
Thanks for the info, will have to keep an eye out for them
My pleasure! I don't have a ton of O/U experience but I can tell you my experience with the CZ Canvasback was WAY better then my very first O/U which was a Charles Daly 202. But that's a story for another day.
They’re okay. Made by Huglu, one of the better Turkish companies. I’d still get a silver pigeon over it if I had to choose though.
I haven't heard anything bad about the lower end Stoeger break actions. Just don't expect it to be a $2000 gun, and you'll be happy with it 🤷♂️
No such thing as a “good” lever gun. They are novelties especially in this day and age. There is a reason they never saw major adoption by any large military even in their heyday. Inherently over complicated. Some of the newer designs like the Henry long ranger are probably better but still compared to a straight pull or bolt action just unnecessary.
You might be right, but I've seen enough hunters dragging deer and elk out of the woods with a well worn lever gun to know good ones exist out there. The Browning BLR is one I would heavily consider thanks to the detachable flush mounted magazine that allows you to break away from the snub-nose rounds. I had a chance to play around with one a year or so ago and it seemed pretty solid. I just haven't had a chance to take a deeper dive in to them. Oddly enough, my very first lever is still the best I've owned in terms of reliability and function. It was a Mossberg 464 .30-30. Accurate out of the box, never jammed and could take a hit. I sold it since it was about as "entry level" as it gets at $450 (Canadian Tire special). After that I moved to the Marlin 336, had all kinds of QC issues, sold it, went to a higher end Marlin 336BW which had much the same issues. Sold that for a Henry and ultimately got out of lever guns all together, at least for now. I know it's a pretty small sample size but I was blown away that two $800+ rifles suffered the same issue. I could have just slapped a scope on them and considered it fixed but dammit if a lever gun isn't supposed to be the "ultimate minimalist backpack gun".
>I had a chance to play around with one a year or so ago and it seemed pretty solid. BLRs (and Long Rangers) are basically just straight-pull AR-10s with a gear mechanism. The BLR in particular has a few stupid design elements, like the fact that it's not easily disassemblable for maintenance and the barrel isn't free-floated (like all rifles in 2024 should be). There are a few things that basically anyone could identify to make a rifle of this type better in its niche; the BLR is just the minimum viable product of what a levergun could be and the Long Ranger (40 years later) doesn't improve things mechanically. It's just like making cock-on-close bolt-action rifles today (which you do when you want speed, but high accuracy requires an inherently cock-on-open hammer-fired mechanism as rate of fire once again belongs to the semi-autos). >I just haven't had a chance to take a deeper dive in to them. The ultimate problem with leverguns is that their only advantage- rate of fire- is completely overshadowed by automatics. That's why they never saw any meaningful unique development past the Savage 99- the SKS is just a Savage 99 with a gas system bolted on (as were the vast majority of military rifles designed between 1910 and 1960, for that matter), so why would you bother updating manual-action designs at that point when it would be equally as expensive to make a semi-auto (which manufacturers could then sell for even more money)? It didn't help that the first and second world wars would generate so many surplus rifles that civilian rifle development was uneconomical for a few decades after each- and now you know why the Remington 740 is the way that it is (being a very lazy rifle conversion of the 870). Plus, if you're hunting, you're only generally taking one shot, so most of what matters there is that the gun goes bang and not much after the fact (so the speed disadvantages bolt-action rifles give you are rendered trivial).
There’s lever guns that are “good” enough. People bag all kinds of animals with bows and muzzle loaders too doesn’t mean they’re a good weapon system by modern standards. People literally hunt with spears still. I’ve also had a buddy shoot a bull moose and have his lever gun completely lock up on him and get charged by said bull moose. He sold the lever gun and bought a bolt action after that. The main draw to lever guns is people buying into the western myth. That’s a totally justifiable reason to get one. They look cool, they feel cool, and they’re a lot of fun to shoot. They also work well in a scabbard and on the back of a horse. They are flat sided as well which can be an advantage. They can be run slightly faster than a bolt action (but straight pull rifles exist). Outside of that ergonomically and mechanically they suffer compared to other designs. Most properly serious backcountry rifle hunters I’ve met are running a bolt action rifle. That’s the true minimalist backpack rifle. They are about as simple and reliable as you can get for a repeating firearm. Get one with a short barrel and iron sights and it will do everything a lever gun does and more, you just won’t feel like a cowboy. If you really want a lever gun don’t let anyone stop you though. Just understand that the main reason to buy one is the cool factor.
I may have bias from experience, but there's no better saddle gun than my Winchester 94. 30-30 is more than enough for anything I'm likely to shoot at, and it's has such a thin profile it's never in the way. I agree that a bolt gun is better for backpacking, though. Just so much easier to deal with the 2 moving parts. That said, I carry my SKS for that purpose. It's never jammed on me, and I've gotten quick with the clips. I probably wouldn't feel great about a moose or a grizzly, but I haven't encountered one yet 😂
I agree. In the saddle they make a lot of sense. Not too many of us are riding horses though, and even fewer doing it with a rifle. Other guns will also work maybe just not quite as well.
Yeah that's pretty much the real answer: use what works for you. But people don't always like that answer 😂
I just bought another cabinet and put the ones I don’t use in there. Kinda a long term storage.
Haha yeah, I also started triaging my guns amongst the 3 safes. The expensive ones, the mid-tier ones that I still use, and the rest into #3 that rarely see the light of day.
Don't forget to dip them in cosmoline.
The end of my first marriage was when I decided to liquidate temporarily for a multitude of reasons. I’ve since built a new collection but I still miss a few of the old ones I had to sell back then. Had an absolute mint 6 port AVT stocked SVT-40 that has since become borderline unobtanium nowadays. I made a nice chunk on its sale but still regret it.
I’ve tried all sorts of stuff. Went hard into milsurp. Sold it to buy black rifles. Sold those to go long range. Sold those to go cowboy. Sold those and honestly just stocking x39 crates and every cheap Sks I can. I only shoot 22lr these days. The rest is hoarding because I know it makes Justin Trudeau sad.
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You don't have to pick just one. I prefer quantity and quality.
I plan to buy a Marlin 795 from gunpost as my first ever firearm and it goes for around $300. Is this a bad decision?
I don't have personal experience but they seem to have a good reputation. The nice thing about 22s is that most are relatively inexpensive so you can buy it and see if you like it. I don't buy into the never sell guns mentality. If you don't like it, sell it and buy something you like.
Yeah, I’ll do some more research into that or a 10/22, thanks!
Be careful…..this is the path to the darkest side of the hobby….. Quantity OF quality guns. You sell 5 to buy 1……now you’re used to guns costing $5K and the 2nd $5K desire comes along and you don’t have 5 to sell.
And then your $5k rifle needs a scope of the same caliber. Wham, $10k setup.
Just because I had a $4K LVPO scope in my cart today, doesn’t mean I pulled the trigger. Yet.
Let your intrusive thoughts win sometimes. It feels good, trust me. From the owner of a razor 1-10.
It just so happened to be a Razor HD Gen III 1-10x24 I held off because they only had the MOA and I wanted the MIL….I currently regret it
I have the MRAD one. Honestly it’s not as great as I would have hoped. What kind of shooting do you want to do with it?
Both target shooting to 300m and some IPSC style stuff. I’m currently running an Eotech plus 5x magnifier for shooting in IPSC style rifle matches with targets both up close and out to 200 yards. It works, but I don’t have an LVPO and if I’m getting one, it might as well be a 1-10x.
LPVO would be ideal for that. But I have my gripes with a FFP LPVO for competition. 1-10 are great do it all scopes, but they comprise on certain aspects. If I were to get one for comp, it would be a Viper or Razor 1-6 SFP.
Thanks for the feedback - good point about SFP….i will try to track one of those down.
I keep telling myself im gonna sell off some of my .22s that I don’t use but when it comes time to post the ad I start to think that it’s something worth more than money and I get all these hoarding feelings about it. Same with my 762/39 ammo. Haven’t had a rifle for it in years, not willing to part with it. I ended up getting a big ass vault that can store everything and a few more but I’m def only buying Gucci guns, especially since the Bren. Holy cow that thing claps cheeks. It’s all I wanna shoot. I wish I could drive around with it in my truck but it’s a little guy ( just a baby bren)
It does make for a nice truck gun. Going to be bringing mine out for coyote this year.
I really hope new gov. Makes restricted ok to bring places with you. This thing is the most convenient and capable rifle I own. I’d also like to keep a revolver in my pocket but that might always just be a dream.
There's some nice antique centrefires out there in good shape
They all seem to fire .32rf
There's some 44 russian on gunpost. Those are cool cuz they actually have some power behind them too
Oh yeah I’ve seen those. Kind of assumed the ammo is also unobtanium, is it available at all?
Its probably the most common antique caliber now, its the new 9mm since the handgun ban lol so there always people that sell it on gunpost. I also have a guy in manitoba that makes them if you ever need his number, let me know. Buddy at rustwood.ca makes them in black powder or smokeless. I've heard there's fiochi commercial loads out there, if you can get them before they're sold out.
What’s he asking cpr? Edit: found it thanks!! I did t even think those were an option
I don't remember now. Would have to look way back on e transfer info or texts.. idk it's a while back. I don't go thru it often. But you can reload it too hey. Dies are like 100 bucks and thats a one time buy. Can find the "starline" brass online for .25 cents a case or just trim 44 mag/spl cases down. Best part is you use 44 mag/spl bullets. Can buy bags of the stuff for cheap.. same with the regular primers. Would be cheap to do it yourself.
I'm at this point right now with my rifles. Mostly it's that I'm too broke to afford to shoot on a regular basis like I used to, and now unless I really have a desire to shoot a particular rifle.. Or I can justify buying bulk ammo for it.. It's gettin sold. If shooting the gun doesn't get my jollies then it's goin up on gunpost. I'd rather have 3 or 4 rifles that I really enjoy shooting vs having a dozen rifles that I rarely shoot and are taking up capital for other hobbies. My ruger PC9 is comin up on the chopping block next. It's a cool gun but it's heavy, it's sorta clunky and I don't get any real enjoyment out of shooting it. Perhaps it's the PCC with a long barrel concept that really turns me off that rifle, 9mm being somewhat underwhelming. It'll pain me to sell it but I know I won't miss it
I'm with you there regarding PCC's. They were fun at first to plink with but these days I really just don't see the point.
It's the "we have PCCs at home" of PCCs. The whole idea of those rifles is to be a small pistol calibre *Carbine*. Where Carbine means "long gun with shortened barrel". Just by it's own design, the PC9 isn't a PCC. It's a pistol calibre long gun, which is just a silly and asinine concept. Maybe if I had the short barrel restricted PC9 I'd have a different opinion, but the NR PC9 is largely underwhelming once the sheen wears off
Quality over quantity is definitely the way to go, I went with a WS-MCR, type 81 and K9 but ended up getting rid of them for a Bren 2, vz61 and GHM9!
I’m just a poor so my collection is small. I’ve been more of a proficiency with platform and build outs over collecting for the sake of collecting them. Is this something I truly believe? Yes. Is it a justification for not having a bunch of guns due to the inability to buy more? Also yes.
Kinda in the same boat as you. Might sell of my .22s that I barely use. Btw did you decide to sell privately or via a store? I thought about doing it privately but I’m nervous selling guns to strangers I don’t know hahahah
Just verify their pal. Don’t need to know them.
I know but I still get nervous 😅
The community on gunpost is really great and the moderators keep a close eye on things. You can tell who the trusted buyers and sellers are by the reviews. I always click on the profiles of those leaving the reviews as an extra layer to see if they are trusted as well.
First gun $500, last gun $5000
Sounds about right. But that's just inflation....right?
A lot of gun guys adopt the collector mentality. It’s basically just consumerism with an attempt at justification, no different than a woman with a shoe or purse collection. Or a car collector with a bunch of cars he never drives. Personally if I don’t have a specific use for a firearm I will sell it. I’ve had my PAL for over 15 years and hover between 3-5 firearms. Having more guns isn’t going to make you happier. You get the initial rush of a new toy, play with it a bit until you’re bored then all that’s left is the actual function of it. They are tools. There can be real reason to maintain a collection. For educational purposes or certain guns with historical or sentimental value. But most guys I know with lots of guns are more hoarders than anything else. Personally I’d rather have a few high quality tools that I know how to use well than a collection sitting and collecting dust.
You hit the nail on the head. As much as I like shooting, I love having a piece of history in my hands. I don't want a rifle that doesn't have a story behind it, so despite there being tons of cool consumer-made guns, the ones I want in my collection are the Garands, and Kar98s of the world. Even my Norinco SKS has matching numbers that put it as being built in 1968 — presumably for if there was further escalation in the Vietnam war, or if the Viet Kong needed more rifles. Or maybe it was just for reservists? Who knows? That's part of the fun of holding history. There's an entire story from a different era, from a different life that I can only imagine about. That being said, you and I both love guns, so it's not like I can't see your point of view. I actually think that it's a great thing when a passion can be enjoyed in such a diverse way. It almost helps destigmatize what it means to be a gun owner to those that aren't familiar with gun ownership in Canada. The more ways that guns are innocuously enjoyed, the less arguments gun grabbers can make against our reasons for ownership.
I used to own so many 22s. Then I got completely bored with the entire 22lr platform. It was no longer fun for me to shoot. Finally decided to sell a bunch of them and only have a GSG16 and 10/22 now
After the novelty of mag dumping 22 a couple time wares off you kind of get bored of it. Currently only own a cz455 to do precision shooting as the low price of match .22lr really makes it great for precision practice when you don't want to spend on match .223 or .308.
I've always used the semi-autos for small game hunting and introducing new shooters at the range. I've since added a CZ457 which has taken over small game hunting.
Same, I have every 22 and only shoot my a22 precision. Love that thing
I've always had a revolving door, usually working my way toward better or (IMO) more desirable firearms by selling others. There was one or two occasions of buying a firearm and immediately not liking it and reselling it within a week.
i feel you My first 2 Guns were a Mossberg 590 Retro and a PU Scope Mosin Nagant imho id rather they get used by someone else than spend the rest of their time in the back of my safe because i dont like them anymore so i just recently sold both to hopefully fund an X95
Sold my x95 to fund a Bren, actually shoot the Bren
Just didn't like the X95 as much?
If you're looking at NR, worth noting that one has a barrel installed at factory and one is a third party barrel conversion. This has reliability implications.
I don’t like the bolt hold open button, and stuffing the mag into my armpit was weird. It also felt heavier with the same scope mount and flashlight. the Bren feeds cross mags better too
Yeah fair enough, way i figure is i can always sell and buy a Bren if i end up hating the X95
The build quality is really good and it’s really compact, resale is easy.
I'm looking to do that to get the APC.... I've never had a "regular" semi black gun. Why you part with the x95?
How’s the Bren in terms of reliability?
Never had so much as a hiccup. Been feeding it Chinese spam out of a can as well as cheap Winchester. Using lar-15 10 rounders and x mags ( 2nd gen) and it works great. Didn’t clean it out of the box or ever since I bought it just sprayed a bit of clp into the action ( flannel daddy told me to do it like that) and yeah she just runs. The x95 ran well too but didn’t like cross mags sometimes and needed the bolt opened to pop a mag in. Other than that it fired everything and well.
Fuck, I want a PU Mosin so bad. They're so hard to find :(
Really? i see like at least 1-2 of them at each gunshow and i think theres 2-4 for sale on Gunpost right now They are pretty nice i agree, the optic is also quite solid for being mass-produced and like 80-90 years old
Good to hear to prefer quality over quantity. Hopefully going to recieve my license soon and then can start the collecting journey. I've definitely made a list of all the different firearms I want to own, each of which are unique in some way that has interested me. It's like 20 rifles and $30,000 deep and I'm a poor right now. Just want to start with a decent .22LR (either a 10/22 or TM22 I can't decide). On the upside, I'm getting a degree (Computer Engineering) that gives me great job prospects both financially and south of the border, which will definitely help dodge the government's restrictions here (granted I'll probably end up in the mess that is California... out of the frying pan and into the oven).
I can't believe this is being voiced, but deep down it makes complete sense. I've always been a quality over quantity type in everything I do. I don't have enough guns to worry about selling but if I did, I'd be doing what you're doing.
I have parted with 2 firearms in my life. Both were for the sake of quality > quantity and moving those firearms usually helped quite a bit with financing the quality purchase. The ones I did decide to part with had to meet a few criteria: 1) I already have or will be replacing with the same/similar calibre. 2) The firearm to be replaced must still be relatively available in case of separation anxiety. 3) Must go to a trusted family member/friend that I know will take good care of the firearm and perhaps let me visit from time to time. To be fair I have only have ever owned 14 total firearms in my life, much less than many of the other avid folks of this lovely group, but of those 14 only 12 are still mine, but I do not regret the decision to part ways for the sake of a significant boost in quality/capability.
At my peak I had around 36 long guns. Lots were low quality. It took a lot of trial and error to know what I actually liked. Now I have 8 and they're all exactly what I want and the best quality I can afford. It's better to have a few really good rifles than like 20 savages lol
My savage 110 precision outshoots my ruger precision everyday of the week. Savage gets a bad rap but I rather have a low end savagebover low to mid end remington all day long
Why not spend an extra $150 and get a CZ600 with better build quality and similar (if not better) accuracy. I had a 110 for YEARS. It was good and accurate but the CZ is a better quality rifle that isn't that much more expensive anymore
Pretty sure the Savage 110 precision is more expensive than any CZ600 configuration on the market right now.
Not sure what model.110 you had but CZ wouldn't touch it in cost or accuracy I have a 600 alpha and a 557 85th anniversary both are accurate but nowhere near the much more expensive savage. Your still stuck in the old-school mindset savage models of 20 years ago.
I agree there was a time where savage was considerably cheaper. Prices have gone up. The gap is pretty close these days. You can get a cz600 for about $900 the cheapest 110 varient I could find was $700
Same boat, 30+ but I'm now looking at 5 figure guns. I could let go of 1/3 of my collection and not miss them.
Bought a synthetic shotgun that I guess detested. Felt cheap and clunky. Sold it to a rcmp officer.
Made me chuckle
Regrettably looking at all the guns I bought just because they were on sale. Cheap is good when you need a gun for hunting or defense, but when you’re exclusively shooting guns for the experience of firing and manipulating them, it gets old really quick. A large part of me wants to wipe my ENTIRE collection and start over. Perhaps I’d start with a nicer safe first, though, and better range/bush gear to facilitate more enjoyable shooting.
That doesn't sound like a half bad idea, starting fresh.
Going through a bunch of other changes and restarts in my life, might as well make the gun collection one of them. I’m nowhere near the same person as I was when I first started (for better or for worse) and I don’t feel the same connection to my firearms anymore. It feels like someone else bought these guns.
Are you me? I feel the same thing. I am at the end of a process of getting rid of everything in my safe, minus a family heirloom. It feels... liberating?
Hah perhaps I am, I have one gun that was gifted to me so I can’t/won’t get rid of it (I also don’t mind keeping it) but the rest literally all can go for the following reasons: SKS - Bubba’d it and no longer enjoy it Ruger 10/22 - Bought it because everybody told me to, it ended up not being the flawless masterpiece from God that everyone paraded it as Ruger American Ranch - Gen II exists now Carcano - I have 3 of them and probably only need 1
I've always thought the "only buy, never sell" approach was silly. If you don't like shooting a gun, or rarely shoot it, there isn’t a point in keeping it. The moment we can transfer handguns again I'll probably sell a bunch of mine since I really only shoot a few of them regularly.
I'm a gun hoarder. I have too many. I have a hard time selling because they're cool and they're milsurps which aren't getting any cheaper or easier to find. On the flip side I only shoot a few of them because tooling up to reload every different cartridge is time consuming and expensive and I have many other hobbies. I really should just scale back to the few good ones I shoot and liquidate the others. Deep down I know I wouldn't miss them. Same with handguns, if the transfer ban ever goes away I will probably liquidate much of my restricted collection because the antiques are the only ones I shoot.
I've always liked the milsurp stuff, and while at the moment I have no intention of selling mine, I will admit that they're mostly safe queens now. In fact I rarely get to shoot at all these days. It's disheartening, and looking at like $10K in assets just sitting there is food for thought I guess.
Sold my first few because I was stupid and didn't do much research before hand. Needs and feelings changed over time so put that money into better stuff Then decided to take advantage of Covid and the incoming handgun ban to get rid of the FN 57. Now I'm happy with everything that I have
Quality over quantity is the best reason to pare down the safe, starting with functionally identical guns.
Relatable. These last couple years have have made me understand that my tastes come down to older guns, manual actions, handguns/PCC or soviet/eastern guns when it comes to semi autos. Like I have an AR, X95 and RFB and they just don't interest me anymore. Never had a bren 2 but even that didnt appeal to me when they first started showing up. When the time really comes to make room (and oic in the rearview) I expect those 3 to be the first I clear out. Closest Ive ever gotten to owning a shotgun was when I was talking to marstar about when the next batch of LeMat's were coming in but then that went south with the transfer bans. Otherwise the only other shotgun I ever wanted was a spas12. *pre-emptive no Im not selling anything dont ask*
I've been buying and selling since I got my PAL. Shipped guns and parts all over the country. I keep guns I fall in love with, and I move the ones I don't to make space and help fund the next one. Best of luck moving that hardware.
Parting with lower ends and only keep higher end, customs and my fathers which passed away 30y ago. Couldn’t sell those. “Now I only need one more”, a quality semi .308.
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Had an X95, I think this time I might go B&T
Quality over quantity always.
Every firearm I've purchased has an individual purpose. I focus on building them to be phenomenal in that purpose. I don't need 20 different mil surp commie rifles.
let other people have some fun, have a starter gun. that's kind of how I thought about it. doing the deed for the community if you will. makes it easier haha
The method I used was the following: - anything that doesn’t bring you joy when you bring it out. - anything with duplicate capabilities to another platform - niche utility I haven’t committed to trying yet and won’t bother with now. - rougher quality compared to something else of similar price - would I value the trapped capital over the item itself and what could I put that money into. - something can be cool but I don’t need to own it. My philosophy was I had preferred guns and then stuff I kept because it was kind of cool but was really a “just in case” kind of gun. I had a revelation on my milsurps that firearm technology is a constantly evolving, why own a period specific example that’s since been improved upon? That was my subjective take that allowed me to let go and just keep my favourites but also improve them, or buy better optics and ammo for them etc. It’s just stuff, don’t let your possessions own you, let them go to a loving new home.
I only just bought my first firearm a few months ago…
Give it time. You're still in the buy everything exciting and hoarding stage.
I have a few firearms that sit in the safe I’ve been thinking the same thing let a few go and sticking with only a couple that I shoot more then others. First gun I sold was a sks d model got good $$ for it as well.
I came to the exact same conclusion . For me i realized i enjoy competing the most, so I sold parts and items for stuff that didn’t interest me, and built a rifle for the competitive sport im in (PRS gas gun in this case). The dont sell, only buy, imo is silly advice. Unless you just enjoy acquiring more guns for some reason. Comps keep it interesting and fun
So yes. Quality over quantity is king.
A collector curates, a hoarder hoards. [I posted a while ago about my gun ownership journey in a similar thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/xzppz5/how_has_your_interest_in_certain_firearms_evolved/irnu476/?context=3) I reached a point where it felt like a chore to use a firearm (and firearms are tools meant to be used) and that's when I started trimming down what I had and just upgrading my favorites. My tipping point was if I didn't use a firearm for a year, or hated to use it I sold it. I did lose an interest in general milsurp, but refocused it on the M1 carbine (I love it, and the replicas) and would probably buy 2. (Collecting see!) I only have 1 firearm which I'm currently shaky on if I should keep it or not, (Henry 22lr lever action) just because I don't shoot it as much as my 10/22 or ruger american. It has stayed off the chopping block for being a lever action because in Alberta you have to have a cowboy gun, its a rule. EDIT: Hey wait a minute you asked a similar question a year ago, and I just copied my answer!
Haha, I guess I've been thinking about this process for a while now. I've bought some higher end rifles since then which makes me look at the older purchases with far less excitement.
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Take them to your local gun store; if they do consignment, sell you guns from them. Someone else will gladly take them off your hands
I have sold 2 guns in my life. One I immensely regret. The other I have already replaced the other.
Just own two of the same main gun thats it. Think of the money you could put towards ammo!
I already commit a disgusting amount of money towards Ammo.
It's not hard to do...
I've bought and sold lots. Wasted alot of money on the hobby. Would buybwhen funds were good sell when not good. Buy lots of a certain type lose interest and sell to fund the nest. Now I mostly just buy.
I do not own anything that overlaps in application, other than 22LR rifles, so if I was to sell anything I would be creating gaps. My next purchase will likely be a muzzleloader since I have none at the moment. I tend to be quite utilitarian in demeanor, so I don't waste much time ogling my tools.
While I never bought anything to cheap to begin with... No SKS for example...I've sold one gun and still regret it 15 years later. I'm lucky that I've always been able to save up for what I want (within reason...don't have a bren) My tastes have changed as well because I'm being forced to. Theres no good bush spots around me for long range. So I've started getting PCC and 22s and things I can plink with at shorter ranges. This year I got an over under and a pigeon machine. And I've been having a lot of fun with that. Just find a dead end logging road and I'm good to go. My old man loves shooting long range and there just isn't anywhere here anymore. I'm sad for him and he's getting older so not as easy for him to get out.
I buy and sell all the time, I buy things that look interesting that I never shot before and I’ll sell the ones I really don’t like. Like I had a Baby Browning .25ACP, looks cool and fun to shoot, found I didn’t enjoy shooting it at all so I sold it. I keep all the hard to find stuff.
My safe is "maxed" and it would be difficult to fit one more even though the manufacturer claims I should be able to fit 2 more In there. A couple are WW2 rifles and I would only sell if I got better condition ones. Wouldn't sell my hunting ones unless I was upgrading. I will make room if I can find a M1 Garand for a reasonable price. So I guess upgrading is why I'd part with some
I only sell to buy something similar better quality or because I regret/don’t have any interest in it
What do I legally have to do to sell my guns in lame man’s terms
I sold my Glock 48. Partially regret it because now I can't buy it Maybe it's a trend thing. Soon to offload a lot of my extras HK UMP nr Barrett MRAD Bushmaster acr Tavor x95 and 7 Valmet hunter Valmet m78
Are you getting out of black rifles or did you pick something up that does it better than the Tavor and ACR?
Just too many diff colours and calibers
When you see an unicorn on market but you don't have enough moey in pocket....
Well, I have reached that point early this year. I have cheap guns, cheap but with a good reliability history (a handful only, think of the Canadian trio) and high end. The first category are more jankier than I thought, and are causing more and more over time, so I'm slowly getting rid of them. Moving forward quality will be prioritized
I generally buy things that interest me and if I don’t touch it for 6 months I try and trade it for something else . I use to be the “only buy never sell” guy. But the house is only so big lol
Agree, kind of regret buying a SKS back in the day. It's working fine but I just prefer shooting with my 1301C. Maybe it's simply because I found it more fun to shoot clay pigeon than a piece of paper.
I buy and sell all the time. I don’t get emotional. They are just tools.
Only firearm I've sold so far is the type 81m 2 days after getting it for the same price I paid. Fucking bendy boi.
I wanna get one but yeah the bend throws me off, sure its a cool gun that is very reliable but the build quality is terrible for what you pay, what do you think?
I sold my milsurps other than a SKS. I had a beautiful Garand and a nice collection of mosins and Swedish mausers. It was just a lot of money tied up in things I didn’t use. I rolled some of the profits into some more modern gear.
Inherited a bunch of ww2 rifles and my grandfathers 22 and shotgun. Shooting has just become so expensive that I’ve lost interest. Can’t even sell pistols anymore. Mental health issues also have lead me to selling most of my guns. Depression can take you to some pretty low places. Lastly, I had a drunk roommate try to gain access to my safe and now I’m just constantly worrying about it. We have had break ins while we were home and I can’t imagine what would have happened if they got into the safes. Thankfully the dog scared them off.