How you make gun buying decisions

[std7mag]

I have 2 categories.
Need.
Want.

If it in 25 caliber, 7mm, 45ACP and the price is reasonable for me, then I need it.

If it's in anything else, it's a want and has to be a really good price.

 

[The boogalorian]

Can the OP please provide a link to this good deal on a night hawk 1911? Just want see what this deal is for research purposes.

 

[sdbob]

No wife…. Decision is easy!!!!

 

[Kracken McGraw]

There’s some bad juju once you get a custom rifle built, you immediately start planning the next one.

 

[Ranger188]

There’s some bad juju once you get a custom rifle built, you immediately start planning the next one.

Funny, that's so true.

 

[slm9s]

Lately I don’t buy much unless it’s a really good deal on something that will upgrade a similar item I already have.
The Florida Guns Waypoint deal and the Minox zp5 at eurooptic this year for example.

 

[WileyG]

With nobody to support other than my self I buy what I want but can usually be reasonable with the amount I'm willing to part with. I've recently bought a couple of fairly rare rifles in .308 which is my favorite centerfire rifle caliber. One was way underpriced and the other was a little on the high side so it all worked out. On the other hand, I might have gone a little overboard when I bought 7 Remington 541 22LR variants in just over a year. I had always wanted one...........

 

[Woollybugger]

Had to stop going to gun shows.
Kept finding thing I didn't know i needed

I’m the guy on the other side of the gun show table, but it seems I always bring home more than I sell.

 

[swadiver]

I just saw a custom nNghthawk 1911.That was beautiful and a good price.But was just more than i'm willing to spend. To get a nighthawk right now would be a steal of a purchase.

For other guns , I'll spend whatever I need to get what I want. Like my Vudoo competition 22 rimfire. Same amount as that Nighthawk.

Performance definitely drives my purchases, but sometimes the best performance is just more than that.I'm willing to pay.

I think that mostly applies to handguns. I guess, I have a price max .I'm just not willing to go beyond. I got my Sig P211 GTO, but I think that's just the max I'll pay for a handgun.

But for rifles, PCC /SBR, and even full auto (back in the day) I'll pay more. Even then, that Vudoo was the max Iwas willing to pay.

So I guess my question is, am I weird or do other people make buying decisionsThe same way ?

i show a picture of the rifle to my wife. if she says the stock is pretty, i buy it.

 

[358WCF]

How? Do I like it? Do I need/want it? Do I have enough $$ in the gun fund?

That big dead oak tree next to the house needs removed 1st though. Tree guys sure got expensive since I helped Pappy take a few down. Priorities & trying to be responsible are surely overrated... dammit.

Thinking I'm about done buying new guns anyway unless something really outstanding pops up. There a few redundant, used up pieces with good actions sitting around. With the new/same old hoplophobes in charge of VA again, new barrels on old actions sounds like a plan. Jumping thru hoops for a new gun buyers permission card every 5 years my ass. Maybe I'll buy an AR soon just because they dont want me to have it.

 

[30378]

Majority of mine are absolutely on impulse. almost anything if the price is right.

 

[GetReal]

i show a picture of the rifle to my wife. if she says the stock is pretty, i buy it.

You have a foto editor to make all stocks pretty....

 

[linebaugh]

I talk myself into stuff I dont need all the time. I always think I'm older and smarter but it always ends the same even when I talk myself out of something. Biggest problem I have is I dont buy cheap anything so its always a reasonably large expenditure. I apparently like to live with some kind of regret at all times to make sure im not overly happy.

 

[SD guy]

I go and look in my safes and to see if I have enough room to squeeze another one in

Then shake my head no. Guess I'll need to purchase another safe after purchasing the firearm I cannot let slip by today.

 

[dryhumor]

As long as I designate money for needs, I don’t tend to pull out of it for wants. Firearms are more in the wants category any more.

That said, a friend of mine let me take his Kimber HS in .22 home a couple months ago. I scoped it, shot it with different ammo, kept the targets, un scoped it. He would never put a price on it, I would never offer one up. I’m almost certain the barrel has been shortened based on crown and muzzle.

I finally offered to trade him a scope he has his eye on. Nope, but at least I’ve got an idea of what money he wants out of it now. More than I want to spend…

It is however, still in my spare room… not sure what to think of that.

 

[snert]

If I were honest, I would say my purchasing is done "poorly". Either I am poor, will be poor, or make poor decisions, (poor me.) And the second generalization is that I buy high, sell low.

 

[Steve h]

My Dad’s buying philosophy: “If you see something you want, and you got the money to pay for it, it’s not too expensive “. He didn’t like borrowing money!

 

[pdugas]

First thought…. “I need another gun like I need another hole in my head.” Then low and behold someone comes out with something I can’t live without so I chew on it a bit and then research it and if I still want it , I buy it. I have a wife that’s very supportive of my gun sickness. She makes it too easy. I’ve pretty much given up on gun shows as far as getting a good deal. Most of the dealers want more for a used gun than a new one.

 

[charlie b]

I just ask myself, how much will I shoot it? If the answer is, not much, then I don't buy it. If the answer is, every week, then I buy it. If that means a current gun is not used, it gets sold.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I buy things because I want them.

My Dad’s buying philosophy: “If you see something you want, and you got the money to pay for it, it’s not too expensive “. He didn’t like borrowing money!

Your Dad and I think alike.