A discussion on selling guns to buy nicer ones - Page 2

Daniel G Rainey · 07-23-2018, 01:44 PM

All this debate about selling to up grade is just part the the game. If I sold most of my guns for the "IT"gun. Two weeks later another "IT" would come along.

6pt-Sika · 07-23-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel G Rainey

All this debate about selling to up grade is just part the the game. If I sold most of my guns for the "IT"gun. Two weeks later another "IT" would come along.

I've been fighting the "it" battle for darn near 50 years now !

Only problem is I like my "it" to be in multiples

King Cobb · 07-23-2018, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Cripps

Finding, mining, hunting, discovering, whatever you want to call it is the most exciting part. Collecting old lures one or two at a time for the past 40 years satisfied my need and bank roll to collect. 20 years ago I cashed in about 70 of them to buy two tickets for a cruse to Alaska for an anniversary. Ten years ago I was able to buy a Custer era Colt. That was sold to fund several Parkers. Another lure collector had a number of guns that he wanted to trade for lures. (I love it when that plan comes together) Made that trade- sold off most of them and bought more Parkers and some Foxes. Have since sold off four of the Foxes and am waiting on the next Parker.

Stay active. When you quit moving someone will want to put you in a box and bury you.

Yeah, for our 10th anniversary about a month ago, I sold off my Colt AR that I never shoot, a 6.5 grendel upper I had acquired, and a Colt woodsman to buy the Mrs. the infinity band ring from Tiffanys to go with the engagement ring and wedding band I shocked her with when we got married.

Mike Poindexter · 07-23-2018, 05:23 PM

I am on the opposite end of the scale. Similar to Dean, I shoot and rotate most of my shotguns, and the few times I had a gun worth more than 5 grand I sold it, preferring a good shooter to a closet queen. Thus, I love my G grades, P's, V's, and Trojans, but have no use for D's or higher. I prefer a 16 to a 20, and enjoy the price difference in my favor. What I need to do now is get rid of some of the duplicates. But it is hard--each has its own personality it seems. That's the fun of collecting--everyone can take his or her own path to satisfaction.

Mills · 07-23-2018, 05:39 PM

No two Parkers are exactly alike. Despite what our wives sometimes say

fred · 07-23-2018, 11:54 PM

After using a gun a few times I have a hard time deciding to part with it. The longer I keep it the more attached It becomes.

Alfred Greeson · 07-24-2018, 01:36 AM

I don't really have the words to describe why I like the old Parkers so much but growing up in an area where only two were known to exist in the entire county...never thought of owning one, much less a few. So many collectors that we admire and to share the thoughts of collecting and shooting them and to understand the pure joy of owning them, I think it takes us back to when we first saw one and the people we admired who owned them and some great souls who we wish were still with us to enjoy them. Maybe that is why we have such a hard time letting them go, so much to enjoy, like hearing what you guys are up to on this forum, good times.

Bill Murphy · 07-24-2018, 02:14 AM

My Parker collection is a shooting collection. I love the small bores and the high grades, but they don't have to be in mint condition. Because of this, I have enjoyed many more different Parkers than if I had always been on the hunt for mint guns. Some of my Parker collecting mentors of the almost sixty years of collecting have not been shooters. They have missed a big part of Parker collecting. I shoot my Parkers several days every week. On another subject, I have the "it" gun in sight, but am not working very hard at selling enough to pay for it.

King Cobb · 07-24-2018, 03:09 AM

I agree with you on those points Mr. Murphy. All my guns are shooters and only one is close to being in the same zip code as mint.

Craig Larter · 07-24-2018, 06:45 AM

If I find something I like better I sell off gun(s) to obtain a better example. I do regret selling but that goes away quickly. My only self imposed rule is to not allow my collection to exceed a total number. I do hunt and shoot with 90% of my guns but I do enjoy having a couple of mint guns just to have. I focus on American made duck guns sxs's so my collection includes examples from four different makers. The best part of this hobby is sharing and shooting with like minded addicts.