KY Jon, the symptoms you describe is an incurable illness called Gunitis. I am 81 and been inflicted with this for 50+ years, I thought I had cured myself once but when I retired it reinfected me. I still find myself buying guns that I know I don't need and will never even use. Maybe we can start Guns Aynomous(I know that is spelled wrong but my dictonary is buried under a pile of guns and parts) maybe we can meet here once a month and confess our problems.
Jim A.
It is a disease I continue to fight, even as I go through relapses (new purchases)
I tried hard to argue myself into believing I only "needed" three shotguns, Light, Medium, Heavy. I sold my collection of 38 Shotguns down to three. But then I came up with the "Bad Weather Gun", then the "loaner" gun for when a friend needs a gun, then a "wife's" gun (have not brought this one yet), then the "curiousity" gun, say something in 14 gauge. As a good drinking buddy of mine once put it (when we were 16) "great nations live at a deficit, why not us?" Just before asking for another beer. At least I solved the debt problem and only buy with cash. I have never solved the desire challenge.
The disease is endless and can breakout in different viral forms. The next disease outbreak appears to be on the rifle side. For 30 years I owned two rifles, .300 Savage M99, and Marlin .22 M39. Lately I have added two double rifles (in calibers completely unsuited to deer in my state) and a Martini Henry single shot.
