New rule puts the hurt on me....

[GLWenzl]

Originally Posted by Oso Polaris

My wife and I made a deal about Shoes and Guns. For each new purchase you have to make room by getting rid of something that you already have. It is a gut check of how bad do you want it.


I am about to do some Spring cleaning and make some room in the Armory. That said, I have a double barrel .410 that I learned to shoot with as a young child. I will never get rid of this gun and would love to work it in for some bird shooting!

Seems like I’ve read this before from you but forgot about it. Very good point!

I have an old singleshot 410 that my uncle gave me (and of course there are stories behind that)... luckily on eBay a guy was selling a barrel with one choke tube. It was modified and I already had the full. $5.00 was the shipping back them and that’s all he wanted?? I still have the rest of the barrel and another part.

I wanted to use it as a hunting shotgun over my GSHPs and shoot a quail, pheasant and a grouse. The quail was easy and lots of fun. But pheasants was thin that year and it was late season. Finally I get the best shot I had all year (actually the only shot). The rooster got up about 20 yards ahead of me. I had a 3” load of #5 copper coated lead reloads. The rooster went down but not hard in grass over my head. Pretty soon I heard the beeper collar goung off and one of the dogs had the bird on point. The rooster looked pretty healthy and I was ready to shoot. Gave the command and Jake got the roost situated in his mouth and brought him to me. That bird still healthy! I only got one wing.

Anyhow the dog and I had a little photo shoot and that was the end of my hunting with the 410. Figured I’d never get close enough to grouse and was concerned about if I was a good enough shot to use it on a rooster. Maybe someday I take it after quail? That was lots of fun!!

Thanks for sharing your wife deal!

[GLWenzl]

Originally Posted by rickiesrevenge

I kinda did the same thing a few years back. My solution now is to have everything be a switch barrel. A new barrel isn't technically a new gun......

Aaron

Uh... I kind of went crazy assuming the same thing with contender barrels the last couple months

[georgeld]

Must be a difference in us.

I never part with a gun unless it's to pay for another, or
it's not doing what it was intended to do.

They do seem to self propagate on their own.

[GLWenzl]

For many years I was a 1 gun guy. 22-250 would do everything I could ask to do in Nebraska (until my mid 30s and after 10 years of sobriety). Then I got one shotgun and 1 pistol.

It all went down hill once I found this site lol (just kidding but there is some truth to that)

[Double D]

Lever action smoothbore. Hum does it go in the lever action safe or the Shotgun safe. Well it's not a Martini so it doesn't go in that safe.

[georgeld]

I've often wondered how much money some of you guys

"LET" this board spend for you. Gary, Bob, Harold, Ray H, Alex, Charlie etc--?

I haven't let it get into me very hard.
Still five rifles, possibly $4-6000 though.

One just ain't enough, that's for sure!

Couple things, I'm single and limited income, or else I'd have a
whole lot more than "only" around 50 guns by now. Strange thing,
I had five end of '03 when the wife died. Has to be at least 8 around
here I've never fired yet. Need to do something about that soon.

Cheers as they say down under!

[Oso Polaris]

Originally Posted by georgeld

Must be a difference in us.

I never part with a gun unless it's to pay for another, or
it's not doing what it was intended to do.

They do seem to self propagate on their own.

I once left a gun safe in my closet and when I came back in the Spring there were two?! I am waiting for the debate that a cheaper or less liked gun , which no longer has priority spot in safe, does not classify it as modern art for decorating ”my space”. If I were to win that argument then her first follow-up question would be “Where’s the staple gun?”. I’d come home to find the hallway decorated with “less favored” shoes tacked to the walls!

[218bee]

Originally Posted by borkon

A .410 is a " very marginal" slug gun!!?
It's one of those rumors that never die
And yes, I've hunted with them for year

The real rumor is that it won't work. Deer are not wearing Kevlar vests

GLWenzel,

If you compare the weight of projectile and muzzle velocity of the 410 slug you are very close to a 30 carbine.

[GLWenzl]

Originally Posted by georgeld

I've often wondered how much money some of you guys

"LET" this board spend for you. Gary, Bob, Harold, Ray H, Alex, Charlie etc--?

I haven't let it get into me very hard.
Still five rifles, possibly $4-6000 though.

One just ain't enough, that's for sure!

Couple things, I'm single and limited income, or else I'd have a
whole lot more than "only" around 50 guns by now. Strange thing,
I had five end of '03 when the wife died. Has to be at least 8 around
here I've never fired yet. Need to do something about that soon.

Cheers as they say down under!

Good point George and well taken.

I’ve been down this discussion road a few times....

I guess the way I see it is in the past I have literally blown thousands of dollars on chew, cigarettes, beer, whiskey, cocaine, weed, women, music, motorcycles, mussel cars and the list go on. I’ve lost everything in life including coming very close to losing my life. None of the material things in life are all that important. Only by the grace of God have I have been sober, clean and free from drugs and alcohol since 9/8/81. Other than spending money on my family and living expenses I really don’t do anything else including watching tv.

Many years ago my dad (a one gun guy) expressed his thoughts about me and my guns (with a beer in his hand and a chew). I said dad, I don’t drink, chew, smoke, do drugs, golf or do anything else. I ‘deserve’ to have some kind of fun in life. My wise dad didn’t say a word, he just had a hurt look on his face and not another word spoken that day. On my way home I got to thinking about it and what I truly deserve... realizing I don’t deserve anything and has been very blessed to just be living I new what I needed to do. Next time I saw dad I said remember out gun discussion? He looked down and softly said yes. I said well I got to thinking about it and you are right. And I truly don’t deserve anything and an lucky to be living and have what I have. I said but it probably won’t stop me from buying another gun... Keep in mind all I had was not much and the Rem bdl 22-250 I bought was done so by giving up drinking a pop in the morning, one at noon and one in the mid afternoon and one in the evening at 50 cents a pop. (True story)

Anyhow you have very valid points, thanks for sharing it

[fat cat]

If I had only one gun it use to be the 22 mag, but now I've changed my mind it would be 22 Hornet! I can load my hornet like a pellet gun or a 222! Can't do that with the magnum.