Worst excuse to buy a gun

[rlongnt]

"This old thing? Oh I've had that for a long time now Honey"

Yep... I've had this Gen 5 Glock 19 for at least five or six years LOL....

 

[rickm]

hmmm first time was when i got my first 1911 had a set of grips and nothing to put them on so away i go and get a 1911,
second time was when the wife came home with 8 sets of dies she picked up at a yard sell cheap and low and behold there was a set of 444 marlin dies in the mix and i didnt have any use for them so away i go to the lgs and has him to order me one.

 

[John6185]

My wife's favorite question is, "when did you get that?"

I have to answer that all the time. "Oh, I bought it long time ago."

 

[n423]

I tell the wife "it's an investment", she has no clue

 

[n423]

I have to answer that all the time. "Oh, I bought it long time ago."

I have said the same.....

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Hmm... I've got this spare AR bolt catch.. I should build a gun around it.

Although I subscribe to @65ny's view, no bad reason.

Just build one and give it to me since you don’t need it. I won’t mind at all.

 

[D. Hargrove]

So on the flip side, spousal element and I were shopping around for a new revolver and of course I really liked the Ruger GP100, but did not buy it as I needed to buy a few replacement head of cattle first. I was in the safe a few weeks later and sitting in the revolver rack was a brand spanking new GP100 with a note on the tag.."Knew you would not buy this, happy Thursday". So I asked her why she bought the gun knowing cows were the priority and her response was "It's not like you never wasted money on a gun before, enjoy it". And I have...

 

[Mystery]

I just bought a HK USP compact in 40 S&W. I justified it cause I have 2/3 a box of ammo when I owned a gun in that caliber.

Not that we need a reason to buy firearms, but which ones have you given in the past.

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You're not the only one who's done it. I'm guilty for sure of the same thing, most recently (7 months ago) on a .308

 

[MacFromOK]

So on the flip side, spousal element and I were shopping around for a new revolver and of course I really liked the Ruger GP100, but did not buy it as I needed to buy a few replacement head of cattle first. I was in the safe a few weeks later and sitting in the revolver rack was a brand spanking new GP100 with a note on the tag.."Knew you would not buy this, happy Thursday". So I asked her why she bought the gun knowing cows were the priority and her response was "It's not like you never wasted money on a gun before, enjoy it". And I have...

She sounds like a keeper.

So does the wife...

 

[TerryMiller]

Well, my first real handgun was a Rossi 38 Special revolver, believe it or not, purchased in California, but back in the '60's.

Then, we talked once of me taking a night job, so we went out together and she purchased a S&W Lady Smith in 9mm and I got a Glock 23C. I wanted her to have more protection at home if I got the night job. Turns out, I never applied for the night job because it didn't pay enough.

Several years later, somewhere around 2008, the wife says that if this one guy gets elected, she is buying more firearms. Well, he got elected and we got more firearms. At one point she had more handguns than I did (maybe still does), but I had the long guns.