Just curious if you ever reached a point where you thought you had enough or even too many firearms?
I have honestly gotten there I think, as several of the last purchases were buying just for the sake of buying something. Seems kinda stupid looking back, but is likely not enough to keep me from doing it again.

I don't think so.

I've certainly hit a point at which I had no safe space.

The solution was to get another safe.

I very firmly believe there will come a time, in the near future or down the line, when we can't get firearms, and our children can't get them. Anyone who weathered decades of the "assault weapons ban" understands the damage that can be done.

The firearms I own aren't just for me to shoot. They're available for a time when they're needed, and hard to get.

The same is true, if not more so, of ammunition.

A government which finds restricting firearms difficult can more easily clamp down on ammunition and components. Simply because things are a plentiful and affordable right now doesn't mean they'll remain that way.

I've been there a few times, but it has resolved by taking the collection in a different direction. I have probably sold/traded as many as I currently own. I enjoy the research, planning, and accessorizing with something new.

I have sold off guns I no longer wanted or needed and the numbers have ebbed and flowed. It's more utilitarian now but I share some of sns3guppy's sentiment wrt availability. I grew up in the AWB era, so I know that time can return.

As long as you aren't in an assload of debt or neglecting other responsibilities, there are far worse hobbies to have than owning firearms. Besides, while they aren't investments, a properly purchased and owned firearm doesn't really lose value. It's like a savings account, you aren't gonna make a bunch of money but you probably aren't going lose much either.

Yes and No. I get on a kick with certain items and may part with other items to help fund my new kick.

There is always joy getting something new and letting someone else enjoy something you no longer "need' or use.

Yes. You reach a certain point in your life when you realize that your days for shooting are growing fewer. Unless you have a ready supply of heirs, you need to stop buying and begin shedding. Too many guns and you can't cycle through them quickly enough.

I've probably owned 300+ guns since the early 1970s. I think the most I've ever owned at one time was 12, right after retirement. I practiced don't buy something unless I sell something. I'm at a place in life now that I can afford to buy what I want.

I don't have a son to leave mine to. I have a nephew but he's more into his GLOCK than my HK, KIMBER or SIG. I want to avoid my wife having to deal with selling to a gun shop. If I could sell mine now, I'd keep only 2 or 3. Each of those would have a specific purpose.

I keep only what I shoot or carry.

In all practicality I have too many.
Unfortunately my mental illness makes me believe that I am perpetually 2-3 pistols and 2-3 rifles away from a complete collection.
Then you get into standardizing.......

I'm almost there. Just a few NFA items and I will be at the perfect number.

I don't really know if there is an answer to "how many is too many?" I have way more than I can shoot on a regular basis but keep them to give to my boys. I've bought/sold/traded a lot over the last 25 years but have settled on what I have and am very happy with it. I have a list of what I want to buy still and the list has gotten smaller over the last few years. The next 6 - 12 months I will spend acquiring more ammo and more mags.

I really only want 2-3 more guns, and i will be where I want to be.....but for how long??? can't say.

One more.

I am there now, actually. It occurred to me the other day that I have a couple of pistols that I have owned for years and never fired and I have a couple that I have no interest in firing again. Likewise, I realized I hadn’t oiled a few in some time and the idea of pulling them all out to oil made me start to think about off-loading a few.

Compound that with the fact that I want to buy another M9A3 and I am left considering the idea of thinning the herd to a more reasonable amount.

I think the answer to this question is very different for everyone. I'd say for most people, we probably have more than what we need...but what does need have to do with anything. We only need air, water, food, and companionship.

However, I think that as you age, your interest varies.

For me, there was a time that skeet and sporting clay was a priority. Hunting was a phrase. Then there was the get all the preban guns. Then I got into the NFA and bought suppressors. Then I did a couple of form 1s.
Then I wanted to buy modern sporting rifle because they told me I shouldn't. Then my daughter got into competition shooting. .22 were the rage. Custom 10/22 was a phase after that. Then they introduced 1911 division. Now, there is a PCC division. Then I needed an o/u to shoot with her. And then the manufacturers start to innovate. I don't know why but I think there is an Archon B in my future. There is also a Luago Arms Alien in my picture. Probably a CZ Shadow 2..because my daughter wants one.

You get the picture.

However, every once in a while, I do thin the herd. Get rid of stuff I don't shoot and make a few $ off a smoking deal to buy something I want.

Yes, I'm happy with all of the ones I have. I sold off a few a while back that I just wasn't that enamored with. Bought one......Now something has to be truly unique to peak my interest.

A wise man once said "you can't have everything, but you can have everything once." Most of the time I'm OK with thinning the herd from time to time, but there certainly have been regrets of things I never should have gotten rid of. Lately, I've been more focused on fewer but better pieces.

I don't understand the question...it makes no sense to me.

If you have so many firearms, that you run out of places to put them, and you start putting them in a pile and the pile gets 18 feet high and one day, you're walking past the pile and a gun falls off the top of the pile, hits you in the head and kills you, you had too many firearms.

There.... It's settled.

Well...

I have only two P220s in 9mm and three in 7.65mm, so I guess I need another 9mm just to make sure...