Gun Buyers Anonymous


Hi, My name is Ronny and I'm addicted to buying guns.....

I have far too many to shoot now but, Somehow a new one always seems to follow me home every few months. It's gotten to the point where I sneak them into the gun room so the wife doesn't find out.

Anyone else need to hop on the Wagon.


Reloader

I would like to remain anonymous!

I have not got a habit but I feel that if needed I could get into one!

I too have many firearms but, I, if it weren't for this damn work thing, would have plenty of time to shoot them all at least once or twice a month!!!!

I have to admit that one or two of the firearms in the safe, Mrs. Smed don't know about.


Am not sure if this is the right place or not to post but, I believe that I have more of a leaning towards a reloading addiction!
(that kinda feels good to get out in the open)

I have a reloading addiction!

I have taken the first step!

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ar too many to shoot now but, Somehow a new one always seems to follow me home every few months. It's gotten to the point where I sneak them into the gun room so the wife doesn't find out.

Lol. You need to learn the 'art' of 'window shopping'. That's where you look and admire but don't actually buy. You could go along with a buddy armed with a taser, just in case you weaken and start pulling out the plastic.

hi,
my name is Rich and I have GB&R Addiction.

The biggest part of the addiction is my inability to earn enough money to expand my addiction to include DR's.

Rich
DRSS

Hi, my name's Larry. I have the addiction also. I don't lie to my wife about it because it is cheaper to take the ass chewing than to have to sell them all in the divorce.

My latest addiction is buying old mausers that NEED to be turned into nicer rifles. I hear them call at night when I can't sleep. I listen to the voices in my head...7x57...pencil thin Douglas octagon barrel.....new bolt handle.....you have that piece of English walnut for a reason...

You get the idea.

Now I know what that strange feeling was in the gun shop last week--the strong urge to buy but nothing I "wanted" . . . But, what does that have to do with it? Haven't been back to the pawnshop with the sporterized .30-40 Krag for $699 though.

Am I addicted? At last inventory I had 57 guns. Last year I hunted with 4 centerfire rifles, 1 22 & 2 shotguns. I have only bought 3 new rifles so far this year, man did I get a deal on a 99f.

I don't have a problem !!! Leave me alone .....

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It's gotten to the point where I sneak them into the gun room so the wife doesn't find out.

There's a solution to this.....get rid of the wife!

I am definitely a member of the club. I've almost got it down to a science. Buy a gun and leave it in the truck until the wife gets busy at night. Sneak it into the safe. Then mix it in with the rest of them. By the time she sees it, I just say, "Oh, I've had that one for a while."

I can quit anytime I want to........Really!

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It's gotten to the point where I sneak them into the gun room so the wife doesn't find out

My name is Paul I am addicked to buying and/or building guns.

I'm so terrible I got my sweet wife addicked as well.

So now we just have mine, hers and ours.

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There's a solution to this.....get rid of the wife!

I hear ya! Only problem is alot of the guns would probably go with her after her fancy lawyer was finished

Reloader

My name is Don, but I don't have a problem. I walk into a store, see something that tickles my fancy and buy it,,,no problem.

Dodging the high velocity cast iron skillet once I bring it home is where I have an issue

Not really, I just owe my wife a nice night out and a prime rib dinner whenever I buy a firearm.

hi my name is steve no problem just always leave the house with an empty case when i come home and its full just had some work done on it
no problem

Hi I'm John and I'm NOT an Addict!

Actually I'm a reforming firearms buyer. I no longer want to own a lot of firearms, I now just want to own many very nice firearms! Hey, its progress

Hi, my name is Doug.
My addiction is not so much twards guns, as it is gun componets (receivers, barrels, WOOD, ect.). I have gotten to sneeking them in thru the egress window in the basement. Then at some later time a firearm just shows up. I tell the wife that they have been breeding in the back of the safe again.
Thanks, Doug

Hi my name is Jim.

My family and I recently moved to SW Colorado. In the process of packing my wife realized that I own 47 guns. I noticed that she owns over 75 Longaberger baskets. I've got a little catching up to do. I think I'll head over to Gunbroker.com now........therapy for the soul.

Life is good
JJL

Just on the face of it ,the gun buying addiction doesn't seem to be the problem that the wife reaction is.

Before my wife and I married in our early 40s ,30 years ago, I itroduced her to fishing and shooting. The interest in fishing is still there with her but the shooting only lasted about 10 years and her interests were diverted by arts and crafts and than fine painting. It would appear that this created a guilt feeling for her in that she had let me down. Since, any expenditure for gun related items were no problem.

The real bonus came the day we sat down to talk about GIFTS. I told her that it was easy to buy things for her that she liked, and it is, but nobody ever buys me things that I really go for like guns. I have more shirts than I can wear in a month. Realizing the truth in this she immediately tried to surprise me with a new rifle. The surprised was ruined when the dealer told her that I would have to come in and fill out the paper work. Begrudgingly I did.

Now at Christmas, my birthday ,fathers day and anniversaries, she asks me," Roger what kind of rifle am I buying you?" See! No problem. roger

To quote my late father who was addicted to nicotine, "I can quit anytime I want but I don't want to."

And as long as I don't bug my wife about her jewelry addiction, she doesn't bug me about mine.

My name is Phil, I'm an addict. I also work in a gun shop, so its like giving an achoholic the keys to the distillery. My gf's dad owens the gun store so she can look at the log book and see how many i've bought. She doesn't give me much crap, as she enjoys shooting and hunting with her's and mine.