Stuff

[C.O.B.]

I just hate to throw something away because as soon as you do then it's going to be needed. An extra pair of bird pants, a vest or two, the boots with the worn souls (I have a pair of Red Wings I just had resoled after I bought a new pair of Danners) a couple 3 orange hats, the gloves with the trigger finger worn out. In a pinch a little duct tape will put those gloves back in the hunt. Well you get the idea and this is where stuff comes from.

[Bill Murphy]

You don't throw away anything orange. When going to a preserve or an out of town hunt of almost any kind, your companion will not have realized the requirement for orange. What, you want him to have to buy a new piece of hunting apparel without careful study? Of course not. You dig through your stuff and give him something orange. Throw it away? Give me a break. After the hunt, do you let your friend keep the orange stuff? No way, you take it back to lend to others and you send your friend shopping. After all, he needs to accumulate some orange stuff himself. Let me know if my take on hunting equipment is somehow flawed. I wouldn't want to do the wrong thing. I repeat, I am not a hoarder, certainly not a hoarder of shotguns or vests.

[C.O.B.]

I don't think you can hoard shotguns these (at least the good ones) fall into the collectible catagory as do rifles and handguns. I'm not much up on the handgun catagory, I own a couple of Colt .22's and a S&W M29, a Browning (Belgium) Hi-Power 9mm, a couple other .22's and a .45ACP but thats about it.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

I don't think you can hoard shotguns these (at least the good ones) fall into the collectible catagory as do rifles and handguns. I'm not much up on the handgun catagory, I own a couple of Colt .22's and a S&W M29, a Browning (Belgium) Hi-Power 9mm, a couple other .22's and a .45ACP but thats about it.

I own a couple of dozen pistols, from old Navy Colts to a modern 1911, but I am a big fan of the Browning Hi Power and own one. Mine is a newish pistol and is a very nice shooter.

[MarketHunter]

You guys are all worrying about what your wives think of your stuff. I've got that one by the short hairs, I don't have a wife. Hah!

The girlfriend is a little baffled by my stuff, but at least she sort of collects a few things herself. A girl that has the flea market urge isn't as hard to get along with when it comes to stuff as a woman who just wants everything new and useful.

My worst problem is shotgun shell hoarding, I have no idea how many rounds I've got but it's scary. Just bought a box of 1 1/2 #2 and #4 Remingtons at an estate sale the other day because hell they were only $5 a box! I'll add them to the two cases I have of the exact same loads.....


Destry

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Destry L. Hoffard

My worst problem is shotgun shell hoarding, I have no idea how many rounds I've got but it's scary. Just bought a box of 1 1/2 #2 and #4 Remingtons at an estate sale the other day because hell they were only $5 a box! I'll add them to the two cases I have of the exact same loads.....


Destry

Well, Destry (rides again?) you have a couple of things working for you. If your girlfriend buys something at a yard sale then you have an excuse to buy a few more boxes of shotgun shells. Neat, eh?

Concerning collecting shotshells.....can you bring yourself to shoot them? That might be problematic.

I'm afraid of the anti-gun backlash from the Colorado shooting. They are trying to limit the # of shells we can have. As all shotshell users know, we buy them by the case. We have to because we shoot them by the case.

I have yet to buy some through the mail, but I want to.

Say, I've got a few boxes of old shotgun shells that go back to the 60's. I'll list some if you are interested, before I shoot them up that is. I've shot almost all of the old Win AA's at skeet/trap. The rest are 2's and 4's, etc. A bunch of 3" 20's that I'll never shoot. Some are quite old.

[Ronald Moore]

He who dies with the most TOYS wins, me 7 cars ,three trucks, over 100 guns, 6 generators, some stuff is missing but eventually I will find it, NO WIFE, been there done that finally learned my lesson.

Massamoo

[Robert Delk]

..6 table saws,2 lathes ,over 200 carving tools,60 woodworking planes,8,000 feet of walnut lumber,1200 gun catalogs and 2000 hardback books and bermuda shorts I've had since I was 16.I'm not married anymore either.

[charlie cleveland]

list them steve a lot of us are interested in old shells....espicall shotgun...some of my shells that are old i shoot on game espically squirls but most are just for looking at... charlie

[MarketHunter]

Steve,

I've got what I call a "collection" and that's out on display. Then I've got what I call "the horde" and that's stashed in the closet and under the bed. Anything in "the horde" is up for grabs as far as shooting. There's everything in there from 2 7/8 paper 10 gauge to .410 buckshot loads for The Judge. I shoot paper shells at squirrels, preserve pheasants, and stuff like that. I ain't afraid to put a paper shell to the use it was intended. I did sell some recently though, a full factory 20 box case of Redhead skeet loads in 12 gauge. I bought them for $2 a box at an estate sale and just didn't have the heart to break them up.


Regards,
Destry