Simplifying ones self
So around this time last year I got the AG itch. I’ve had it before, and was able to scratch it with a Gamo or something similar. But last years itch was bad! First time you ever spend over a thousand dollars on an airgun is kinda nerve wrecking. So it began with an Airwolf, then a Cricket then I sold the Airwolf and bought a Cricket carbine and an Edgun. Then eventually sold the Carbine and was down to the two bullpups.
So for several months I had the Cricket and the Edgun, I don’t know if its some sort of OCD or what but I recently sold my Cricket and I felt a little relieved…? I’m down to just the Edgun and the other day I was doing some plinking and thought…”This is nice, just can leave the one fill probe, just need to maintain the one gun, just can focus all my efforts into one gun.”
I’m not someone to keep something if I’m not using it. But this is a bit different, I was using both the Cricket and the Ed but would get annoyed if say I shot the Cricket and then moved on to the Ed and my groups weren’t as good, or vice versa.
I sold the Cricket because I got an itch for RC Crawlers/Trucks. I hope by the time that itch is scratched the Colibri will have debut and reviews will be abundant…other than that I am completely content with my one Edgun.
Anybody else ever felt good about reducing ones AG collection?
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Recently I sold out some stuff, and wanted to sell my Mrod .22cal but my wife was so kind to face me not to selling it. … she said this was your first PCP and first Benji Mrod in Iraq as well, she persuaded me. …
But Btango, i totally agree with your opinion. .. keep one good thing. …
Also about you KIBA, it has been more than3-4days that im reading on those new S&b 3-27 …they are at top of quality and features, and top expensive scopes ,, I posted a comment on Facebook for that S&B and OpticstradeEU replied if you have such a finest quality scope, then you don’t need anything in rest of your life. ..
But still I say if I have enough money I will buy it in a heart beat. …and sell rest I have….
same here I have a safe full of PB and don’t shoot them at all. Need to thin out and buy more pellets……………. :biggrinn:
Zonk
I’m with you , AA S510 is for sale ,let my Eddy 25 cal go , Let my p12 go, I just love my Eddy r3m 22 cal, that’s all I need, and loving it . :7: :fishinghole:
The .25 R3M is now wearing an S&B 3-20. Previously had a Bushnell 3-12 x 44 FFP G2DMR on it.
I’ve had NF & USO in the past on other rifles. Was satisfied with NF, didn’t care much for USO as they were big & clunky IMO but I do like their “made to order” system. May pick up a Nightforce BEAST in mil/mil to compare to my S&B 5-25s. Haven’t owned one of the new Steiner 3-15 or 5-25 but I have spent time behind them on friend’s rifles and they are very nice scopes (just not ideal for air rifle use IMO given the 55Y minimum parallax.) Would like to try one of the new S&B 3-27 or a new Hensoldt 3.5-26 but their prices border on lunacy– I’d have a hard time justifying $6500-7000 for a single scope. 😯
May I ask what scope you have on your .25? Nightforce? US Optics? Steiner :winkn:
Yep, did something similar with my airguns and powder burners about 2 years ago.
Decided I strongly preferred quality over quantity so I sold off guns that had overlapping purposes and also sold those “back of the safe” guns that were purchased on a whim but never or rarely shot and slimmed down to only my favorites that I used frequently. I sold 8 powderburners and on the airgun side of things I sold off a couple of rifles that I didn’t really shoot all that much (Daystate Air Ranger, Air Wolf, and Edgun .22) which left only my Edgun .25 long as that’s what I shot 95% of the time.
After selling all the redundant or “back of the safe” rifles I also sold off *all* of my middle of the road optics and used the profits to put high-end optics on all of the rifles that remained. I may not have as large of a selection anymore but whatever I pull out of the safe has no compromises and I’m very happy with the decision– I don’t miss those seldom or never used rifles at all.
So yes, simplification can be a good thing. 🙂
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But still I say if I have enough money I will buy it in a heart beat. …and sell rest I have….
I could buy an S&B 3-27… I just don’t see it as being worth twice the price of my S&B 5-25s. Maybe my opinion will change if I get a chance to use a 3-27 but I don’t think that will happen anytime soon. Everyone I’ve spoken to that currently owns an S&B 5-25 feels the same way as I do and doesn’t think the 3-27 is worth 2x the price and they’re sticking with their 5-25. I almost bought a 3-27 a couple months back but bought two more 5-25s instead and outfitted two more rifles. I’m quite happy with my 5-25s & 3-20s.
If I had a place around to frequently shoot very long range (think 2000M+ with something like a .338 Lapua) then the S&B 3-27 does have one big advantage over the S&B 5-25 in that it has more available elevation travel and is available with a 36 mil DT elevation turret; the 5-25s are limited to 26 mils of elevation due to the turret design. 26 mils of elevation will get you WAY out there, but some of the extremely long range shooters are beyond that 26 mil limit. However, the new Nightforce BEAST 5-25 has 35 mils of elevation and is half the price of the S&B 3-27 and would also get the job done. It’s a non-issue for me right now anyways as the longest range I can shoot at on a regular basis is 1400Y.
I still have 3 rifles I’d like to sell to slim down even more… but I probably won’t until the next “market fluctuation.”