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You know you're a gun hoarder when you are seriously considering buying second copies of stuff you already have...and what you're looking at isn't something you normally shoot. It's the pack-rat in me, I guess.

As a serious competitor, you learn to have a primary gun...and a backup gun. Maybe a second backup gun, in case the first two break. For every discipline you take seriously. Then there's stuff you collect...and trade fodder.

I really need to clean out the gun vaults (yes, two of them...and I need a third).
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You're using these words, but I don't have any idea what they mean...
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Had a boating accident a couple of years back
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I might have some duplicates.
I might have expanded to a second safe.
Maybe.
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I know this thread is in jest ... but seriously ...

I was there ..... then realized that much of the stuff I had I haven't shot in 5 years ..... heck .... haven't cleaned it since the last time I shot it. So, GONE. 22 revolvers, FN-49s, SVT-40s, M-39s, SKSes, Pythons, Radoms, etc. etc.

"Pick it up! Look at it! If it doesn't give you emotional joy, GONE!"

With the money (amongst other things including a nice Ford Ranger for my son, which we spent the summer working on, together) I bought a nice high-end MIG welding rig. On to more adventures.
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More of a gun whore, but potato-potahto. :D
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FelixEstrella wrote:I bought a nice high-end MIG welding rig. On to more adventures.
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Fun fact, the 211 is the largest model that will take Millers cheap spool gun. I was planning on buying one until a deal on a Miller Vintage came along..
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FelixEstrella wrote:So, GONE. 22 revolvers, FN-49s, SVT-40s, M-39s, SKSes, Pythons, Radoms, etc. etc.
You didn't call me?! Yer killin' me, Smalls! :shock:

ETA: Sometimes, when I'm feeling low, I think back to shooting your SVT-40, and I feel better. :)
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Weetabix wrote:
FelixEstrella wrote:So, GONE. 22 revolvers, FN-49s, SVT-40s, M-39s, SKSes, Pythons, Radoms, etc. etc.
You didn't call me?! Yer killin' me, Smalls! :shock:

ETA: Sometimes, when I'm feeling low, I think back to shooting your SVT-40, and I feel better. :)
Any time I wanted my cheek-bones beat to shit or feeling like my sinuses needed flushing ..... SVT-40 ..... Accept no substitutes.
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HTRN wrote:
FelixEstrella wrote:I bought a nice high-end MIG welding rig. On to more adventures.
P1261850.JPG
Fun fact, the 211 is the largest model that will take Millers cheap spool gun. I was planning on buying one until a deal on a Miller Vintage came along..
Yup. Got a Spoolmate 150 on order (nice long 20' cord) for outside flux MIGing.
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