How many is too many

[Charlie]

I've been on the hunt for single shot or side by side, any gauge, for awhile and found a few.
Bought one for 25$
My new truck gun

Pics or it didn't happen!

 

[Tonyt915]

I know there’s a general shotgun pic thread but what about HD shotguns.
these would be my 4 if I don’t sell the 1300
Top-bottom Winchester Defender 1300, Benelli M3, Benelli M4, “Ohio National Guard trade-in” Remington 870

 

[oldag]

Never sell, unless forced to by dire economic straits.

 

[Tonyt915]

Never sell, unless forced to by dire economic straits.

Usually hate to sell any gun, but wife and I have an agreement. If I sell a gun that money goes back into buying more guns. So usually when the prices peak I’ll sell a few I don’t want or collect, to get something I normally couldn’t afford when prices settle back down

 

[rotor]

Peaked? Buy low sell high? Great wisdom but being a fortune teller is a skill I don't usually have.

 

[Surplus Guy]

Surplus Guy,

GT DISTRIBUTORS often have Model 870 police-surplus shotguns at GREAT PRICES.
(In 2020, I bought one at the Austin store, in "near mint" condition, for 175.oo. = That day, they had over a dozen 870s in "perfectly acceptable" condition from 150-225.oo.)

yours, satx

Thanks I will check it out.

 

[single stack]

I consider myself to be a shotgun guy.
A couple or three 12 gauge, a couple 20 gauges, some 28 gauge and a different .410 for everyday of the week.

Too many?

Maybe not, since I fondled a little Spanish .410 double at the local gun shop today after sporting clays.

Maybe just one more.

 

[deemus]

I've mentioned it before but you're new so you may not know and your picture is the perfect prompt for me to tell the story again.

My mom loved shotguns. She never spent more than $100 for a gun at a garage sale but she aggressively looked for guns at yard sales. I know I have two of those Winchesters; I may have three. Knowing mom got them all for probably $50 each kinda warms my heart these days.

Well, that and the $50 or $100 Colt .32 revolver and the $40 no-name 12 ga SxS and, well, let's just say "a few more".

Come to think of it, when it comes to guns I wish I was half as smart as my mom was. To wit:

• Back when we lived in a more isolated location, when I was a kid, on every trip into San Antonio for supplies she'd buy 1000 rounds of .22LR.
  • "You can never have too much .22LR."
• She was the one who convinced me to buy my SKS and encouraged me to get several.
  • "It's a functional, reliable semi-auto rifle that shoots cheap ammo for $70. You should buy a half dozen."
• She insisted I go to Academy and get at least one 1000-round box every time aluminum Blazer 9mm went on sale for $3/box.
  • "Isn't that the caliber you shoot the most? Didn't you say that was cheaper than you could reload it? Well, then you can never have enough."

You may have had the coolest mom of any of us on here.

 

[mountainbull]

I trimmed the barrel down a bit(18.25)still legal, added the shell holder,butt pad
Photo soon, need the sun to break thru the clouds

 

[mountainbull]

Sun finally broke thru

 

[Dougw1515]

Surplus Guy,

GT DISTRIBUTORS often have Model 870 police-surplus shotguns at GREAT PRICES.
(In 2020, I bought one at the Austin store, in "near mint" condition, for 175.oo. = That day, they had over a dozen 870s in "perfectly acceptable" condition from 150-225.oo.)

yours, satx

Sell me the one you got, for what you paid for it, and then you can go get you another'n!

DEAL????

 

[Spcwolf]

Surplus Guy,

GT DISTRIBUTORS often have Model 870 police-surplus shotguns at GREAT PRICES.
(In 2020, I bought one at the Austin store, in "near mint" condition, for 175.oo. = That day, they had over a dozen 870s in "perfectly acceptable" condition from 150-225.oo.)

yours, satx

Just wait until TDCJ starts unloading their 870s, I wouldn’t buy one of theirs. They are ROUGH.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

The question reminds me of the old joke about marriage: What do monogamy and polygyny have in common? They are both one wife too many.

 

[Coop45]

Lol I mean I want them but don’t need them, I also have half a dozen hunting and sporting shotguns

I'm not a mental health professional, but I know all the questions they ask. Did you daddy not have a shotgun?

 

[Coop45]

Peaked? Buy low sell high? Great wisdom but being a fortune teller is a skill I don't usually have.

I wasn't either until I had breakfast at the Sheppard golf course. Now I made a lot of money guessing age, weight and sex if they are confused about that. I'm 95% on age and weight, but 17 1/2 % guessing sex.

 

[Jakashh]

I have a 1200 defender I picked up for a song years back and it’s just so smooth to operate I don’t see myself ridding it from my stash.

 

[Leadeye]

Still a great shotgun and can be found with some persistence, the HS 10-B.

 

[Axxe55]

Anyone that ever asks me if I have enough guns.

My reply is, "I'm always two short of enough!"

 

[Coop45]

X BIL had a Winchester Model 42 that was so much fun, but he up and sold it one day.

 

[motorcarman]

I want a Win 42 and almost bought one for $800 at a gun show years ago. I probably should have.