Argh, Temptation Is Killing Me

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Argh, Temptation Is Killing Me

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1978 336 Straight Stock, hard to tell from new, $360 @ Welcher's Gun Shop........ I've already bought two guns this year.....must...stop....need intervention.... :oops: :oops:
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you have come to the wrong place. What caliber? Do you have one already? Do you need it? :wink: :wink:
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Temptation causes stress, and stress can kill you!
Buy the thing and claim it as a medical expense. :twisted:

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I probably bought more guns this year than anytime before. It seemed when one "found" me I would loose sleep until I made the purchase. Been sleeping like a baby lately......
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BlaineG wrote:1978 336 Straight Stock, hard to tell from new, $360 @ Welcher's Gun Shop........ I've already bought two guns this year.....must...stop....need intervention.... :oops: :oops:

This year is only 9 days old! :shock: :lol:
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i know how you feel, a remington model 14 in 35rem, is calling my name.

i don't even [usually] care for pumps, but this one is cuter than a speckled pup. :lol:
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They say trials are from God and temptations are from the devil. I view your predicament as a trial in which you must accept the fact you have to buy a high condition hard to find Marlin even though it is an act of faith you will be able to make ends meet after that. :lol:
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Just go buy the darned thing, worrry about it tomorrow, or maybe the next day. Whatcha gonna do with all that money, take it with ya? :D
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Since we don't have a 12 step program you'll have to buy it to preserve your sanity.
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"Give yourself to the Dark Side"!

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:P Lot's of help to be found here, fer sure..... :lol: I may have to go get it monday......
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HEY LOOKEEE HERE BLAINE BOY, IF I CAN RESIST EVERYTHING BUT TEMPTATION YOU CAN DO THE SAME....YOU HEAR ME ???
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rjohns94 wrote:you have come to the wrong place. What caliber? Do you have one already? Do you need it? :wink: :wink:
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Let me see so far This year I've already been temped by a 1893 marlin, a ruger redhawk in .45 colt,a vaquero ,a mossberg riot gun,building an EBR of a FAL,a 6.5 barrel for a mauser......if you don't buy it you will always wonder.........I'm absolutely no help!
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BlaineG wrote:1978 336 Straight Stock, hard to tell from new, $360 @ Welcher's Gun Shop........ I've already bought two guns this year.....must...stop....need intervention.... :oops: :oops:

That is a good deal. A straight stocked 336 is hard to find. 1886.
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How I deal with this:

1. Stay away from anyplace where I can touch or feel a gun I don't already own.

2. Go shooting at the range, preferably with a kid.

3. Sometimes this works, for a while. ;)
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jhrosier wrote:Temptation causes stress, and stress can kill you!
Buy the thing and claim it as a medical expense. :twisted:

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If it's in 30-30 you MIGHT be able to resist. (Not likely...)

If it's in 35 Remington, you MUST have it. Now!! :twisted:

(Uh, did that help?) :lol: :lol:

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I’m currently buying quality-fishing gear as a Methadone replacement
drug for the gun heroine addiction.
Yea it’s working out well, I just bought grips for a gun I don’t even
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If I found one like that, at that price, there would be no stopping me! Temptation is never going to kill me, I just give into it! :lol: Seriously, if I'm not in a position to buy a gun, I stay away from gun stores and want ads. It's bad enough sometimes seeing everybody's guns on this forum and most of them aren't for sale! I've said it before, this forum is not some kind of support group, we're all enablers! :lol: :lol:
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[I've already bought two guns this year.....must...stop....need intervention.... ]

NOW, BLAINE ! Stop THAT, or you'll put your eye out ! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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:wink: My Buddies........ :P
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Buy it now! Put it in your safe and forget about it until the guilt of buying it passes. Then surprise yourself with a new found friend that has been hiding in yer safe.
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Can't speak for you and only semi-teasing about it:

I find if it's one I really wanted, that smug feeling of having overcome the temptation to buy a gun goes away a lot faster than the regret over having let something desirable slip through my fingers...

Can always resell or trade it later if it's such a bad idea to've bought. Kind of like catch and release! :wink:
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Ya gotta get it because I brought home its identical twin brother from son's house. You can't let me be the only guy around here who has one.....

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You know once you buy it if you want another you already have a cover because it will look like what you already have-worked intill I ran out of space to hide things anyway..........
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You have been reading all the posts here for all these years, right Blaine? We're all a bunch of enablers (you too - and you know it! :wink: :lol: ) :D
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I might...it's real nice and priced so I could flip it if I have to......I'd prolly flip something else, tho.....I have a 32-20 safe queen that I'm just holding for a good flip in my retirement.....
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Up until about 2 years ago, I had a streak of buying fever such as you describe. I got over it pretty good with abstinence and locking myself in a closet at times. But gun bug, which is like a mosquito bite in comparison, got took over by a bite that's like a crocodile bite when I started looking at 95 horsepower John Deeres on line and at the dealership, and talking to a salesman. One of those adds up to some real serious Marlin money in a hurry, I need help too Blaine :wink:
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brucew44guns wrote:Up until about 2 years ago, I had a streak of buying fever such as you describe. I got over it pretty good with abstinence and locking myself in a closet at times. But gun bug, which is like a mosquito bite in comparison, got took over by a bite that's like a crocodile bite when I started looking at 95 horsepower John Deeres on line and at the dealership, and talking to a salesman. One of those adds up to some real serious Marlin money in a hurry, I need help too Blaine :wink:


Je's right --- there are more serious addictions out there than guns and tractors are one of them (although its easier to justify a a tractor to the wife if you are in a rural setting than another gun to add to the pile sometimes)


I am going through the same process with a sweet Sharps repro (no, not a Shiloh, a Pedersoli) ------------ i may layaway it -- gives me 3 months to think about it
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rjohns94 wrote:Do you need it?
What is this "need" you speak of, Master?
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