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Why owning only one pistol is never enough?

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#1 ·
OK Guys, I don't know what it is, but every time a new pistol is about to hit the market, it makes the ones you already own seem obsolete. I have read many that said they loved their newly purchased P320's so much, they were now getting rid of their Glocks. But if Glocks do the exact same thing as the P320 vice versa, why even bother making the switch.

I just heard that Beretta came out with the APX Centurian and the APX Compact. At first, I was like gotta go buy that APX Compact but then I was like, I got a Springfield MOD2 with the 3" barrel and it is a real soft shooter, ergonomics it's right up there with the best of the best, why am going to get a gun that will pretty much do the exact same thing as my old one?

Oh well
 
#2 ·
It’s more than just functionality for me. I love the engineering behind it. For Sig I love the customization behind it. I had a trusty SA XD-SC for a few years yet in that last two I know own 3 more Sigs. between being able to upgrade triggers and grips to being gifted a W.German P226 and adding some of the Legion model options to it, I am sold. I can truly make it mine.

For functionality, sure I have specific ones I use depending on where I am going and what I am wearing.

But I still love them all and don’t plan on stopping. P320 X-Five is next and still waiting for the kinks to be worked out for the P365.


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It’s more than just functionality for me. I love the engineering behind it. For Sig I love the customization behind it. I had a trusty SA XD-SC for a few years yet in that last two I know own 3 more Sigs. between being able to upgrade triggers and grips to being gifted a W.German P226 and adding some of the Legion model options to it, I am sold. I can truly make it mine.

I have never understood the desire to upgrade (or Mod to all of the hipsters) everything. I prefer to buy the gun I want to begin with instead of buying a gun and then trying to turn it into something else.


OK Guys, I don't know what it is, but every time a new pistol is about to hit the market, it makes the ones you already own seem obsolete. I have read many that said they loved their newly purchased P320's so much, they were now getting rid of their Glocks. But if Glocks do the exact same thing as the P320 vice versa, why even bother making the switch.

I just heard that Beretta came out with the APX Centurian and the APX Compact. At first, I was like gotta go buy that APX Compact but then I was like, I got a Springfield MOD2 with the 3" barrel and it is a real soft shooter, ergonomics it's right up there with the best of the best, why am going to get a gun that will pretty much do the exact same thing as my old one?

Oh well

I prefer to stick with proven quality ALL metal (no MIM) German guns (SIG / HK / Walther). I refuse to be a Beta tester that pays full price for the privilege of taking a chance of buying a problem. Nothing makes my guns seem obsolete, if anything, it makes me appreciate quality even more. As mentioned previously, most of what is coming out a 'new' is just a 'gimmick' or old product that are being repackaged.


YMMV




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OK Guys, I don't know what it is, but every time a new pistol is about to hit the market, it makes the ones you already own seem obsolete. I have read many that said they loved their newly purchased P320's so much, they were now getting rid of their Glocks.
That's funny, because none of what you said apply to me. And, I'm pretty sure there are many more who feel the same way. ;)
 
#8 ·
I think the OP is afflicted with LCPS (long chain polymer syndrome). When all one knows is guns of plastic, you can never find true gun satisfaction due to the dissimilar materials being too disparate. Yin and yang can never reach a harmonious state of positive balance to achieve harmony in the cosmic reality of it all.

A P229 brings all into oneness. There is no lust after lesser guns. Well, maybe a little.
 
#9 ·
I’ve only been shooting a little under 2 years. My plan was to get one gun to carry. That gun is a Glock 19. I went to the LGS to get a Glock 19.
But the while I was getting my paperwork together I looked at the guns in the case and immediately I knew I was a gun nut or pistol nut.
My main reason for getting a second pistol was to back up the Glock in case it had malfunctions and it had to be repaired.
So I got a P320. The modularity was what attracted me to it and the Sig name. I was familiar with the name Sig Sauer long before started buying guns.

When the 320 drop fire issue happen I figured I would need a back up for the 320 in case there were more problems from the upgrade. But there seemed no issues after the upgrade but I felt like I needed a backup to the backup and that was a M&P 2.0 Compact.

Then came a Sig 1911 Tacops which I bought a few weeks after the M&P. I bought that because I just wanted it and wanted to experience a SAO trigger.

Then I started looking into a DA/SA Pistol and ended up getting a CZ- P07 a few weeks ago.

All this time a shotgun has been in the back of my mind specifically a Mossberg but after getting the CZ I’m looking into a metal CZ possibly a P01.
In reality what I really need is a bigger safe. A bigger safe to put more guns that I’ll end up buying.





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#12 ·
Simply put that the saying "One can never have too many" applies to all hobbies, including this one.

Some could say that they see newer guns that fit their needs better than what they previously had, thus they end up selling their older ones. But I'm sure that if money wasn't a question, they wouldn't sell the old ones.
 
#19 ·
Well have you in Nevada also mate. But think hard. The big positive is that you guy buy any gun you want. The big negative is the impact on your wallet. Lol
 
#15 ·
That actually makes sense to me. I turned my pool aerator off 3 days ago as the pool water was starting to cool off as we approach fall. Soon I'll be putting the pool cover on to retain heat, then taking it off for a swim each day and putting it back on afterwards.

We do have seasons.:lol:
 
#18 ·
I've owned as many as 50 at a time and as few as one. Bought sold and traded hundreds over the years. Over the last few years I have whittled it down to what I still shoot regularly
 
#20 · (Edited)
I have a decent stable. I really enjoy bringing solid old guns back to life. I keep the ones I love to shoot (which is most as I know what I like).

But directly on point - why does the chicken cross the road? Because it can. Similar story with guns. We just keep buying them. Because we can. Many are real pieces of art.
 
#25 ·
People always laughed at me for owning a couple dozen handguns so I started traded and down sizing.

Ended up trading glocks, springfields and hk's for sigs.

1911 tac, Spartan, c3,220x2,229x3,226x2,239,224,320x2

Then they laughed when I said some are strategically hid around the house.

They stopped laughing when I had to show a home intruder the business end of my 320. Intruder in jail now btw.

Now they ask which one and how many.

There is never enough.

You know that 229 sas is looking good.........
 
#27 ·
If you own just one gun you're a closet liberal, or your wife rules the house.
 
#30 ·
I am a shooter and only shoot competitions (uspsa). But the guns I really love to shoot are terrible for uspsa (SIG and Hk service pistols, 226, 229, usp, p30, etc) but I just keep buying more and more of them. I am now really liking the p320 series. For me it's a compulsion. I wish it weren't so, I have way to many guns, close to 25-30, I'd be happy to get rid of a bunch of them but it seems like too much work:) I am pretty much decided that the guns I really like are SIG's and Hk's, so at least I've made some progress.
 
#31 ·
I started out when I was 20 with my first Beretta 92F (Lethal weapon was to blame!). Now 25 years later and I've been through a LOT of guns buying and selling. I'm currently in a selling cycle..

I was a "Beretta guy" for about 10 years and wouldn't look at anything else... then the 1911 bug hit me.. Then I tried CZ... then I got a Browning Hi-Power a couple years ago... Now I have the SIG bug.. Its definitely a sickness! Or shall I say, as you folks have pointed out - Signess!

When it comes to carry - Two is one and one is none for me... If you ever are forced to use your gun for self defense - it will be confiscated. So, I try and have a duplicate of my favorite carry guns.
 
#33 ·
"Carson Valley" labels the area better than the town names. Minden and Gardnerville are snugged up together along Hwy 396, Minden at the north end. Moving away from town, the mailing address for most all the surrounding area is "Gardnerville" (go figure). I'm a bit over 4 miles west of Gardnerville, up against the Sierra foothills, just north of where Kingsbury Grade heads up to Lake Tahoe.

My house is even with the bottom of the lake. 6 miles of granite between me and 700 psi of water pressure. :) I've been working on two of the three springs that come out of the mountain onto my property, making a better diversion point and putting in a pond for two of the water sources to fill for irrigation, wildlife, and fire fighting. The water is so good, you could bottle and sell it ('cept that's not legal).
 
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Edited completely.

Now this is weird. I made a post, went elsewhere for a while, 5-½ hours or so, checked back and no post. Made the second post, didn't show up so I gave up.

Came back today and there were two posts with bumper between them.

That's pretty strange.
 
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