How much money have you spent on guns, gun assesories, range trips, ammo ?

[VAHEVAHE]

Just a poll to see how much people have spent on there guns/ accessories i have spent about 7,000

[JeffM]

Is property for hunting/shooting an accessory?

[five.five-six]

I decline to state

[VAHEVAHE]

Is property for hunting/shooting an accessory?

If you have bought the land specifically for that reason then yes

[joelogic]

I plead the 5th. Plus I wouldn't want to know as it may ruin my fun.

[JeffM]

I decline to state

+1.

[Noypi916]

If it's going to year to date. I'll probably hitting the 20K now.

[JMB1911]

I definitely would have discretionay income if it weren't for this hobby.

[duenor]

you really shouldnt ask yourself questions like this.
then you start wondering things like, "why don't I own a house yet?" and "how come I havne't bought my girlfriend a ring?" or "why have I not had my kidney stone looked at yet?"

[PorkLover]

I plead the 5th. Plus I wouldn't want to know as it may ruin my fun.

me too!.....besides my wife may be lurking......

[Colt]

Who wants to know???!!!???

I ain't tellin'.

[762cavalier]

Did my wife put you up to this?!:eek::eek:

I think I'll plead the 5th:TFH:

[scrat]

im not going to vote or take the pole. However i have been shooting for over 20 years. possibly close to around 30. So with that many years its hard to put a number on it. Thats like saying how much money have you spent on gas in the last 8 years. Who the heck knows. its a lot but i have no idea

[BroncoBob]

I could have bought a very nice car with what I have spent on my hobby. Oh well it's my money, I earned it and I'll spend it as I wish. Then when I die my kids can open a gun shop.. LOL


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[Blackwater OPS]

Including legal fees, 75,000-99,999...

[5968]

I refuse to state the amount that I spend for fear the wife may find out.:eek:

[USN CHIEF]

I say about 60k plus in a 5 year period. :eek:

[doc66]

Not more then the amount I've/we've put in those darn machines at the casino! Oh well! Life is a gamble! And who knows, put $20 in and 3 pulls of the arm- Cha Chaaang! Enough for another addition to the armory!

Its now 4:38pm, Saturday evening- guess where we are headed!

But to answer the original question- about 2k so far- since January.

[ojisan]

30 years shooting.
1-3 guns purchased per year.
Occasionally a few sold.
BRD.
Reloading...start w/ a single and then a progressive press.
Dies, tumblers, scales, bullets, primers, powder, brass, etc
Gun safe.
Range fees.
The Black Powder phase.
Optics. Mounts. Holsters.
Trips to desert and mountains to shoot.
Handgun competitons a few years on-and-off.
A zillion accessories from the gun shows.
Gun-specific tools.
A large supply of different gun locks I have been forced to buy.
Just the DROS fees alone is substantial.

I'm sorry you asked.

:)

[ldivinag]

Dude,

You know wives, GF and SO's read this forum.... Right?????


;)

[sorensen440]

Including legal fees, 75,000-99,999...

That sucks big time

[forynot]

I plead the 5th for it may incriminate me in the Divorce Proceedings if My Wife really knew how much I have spent.:shock:

[IdpaSteve]

don't know...

don't really want to know...

but how much FUN have ya had:D

[ivanimal]

FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY FIVE CENTS ....PLUS TAX.:cool:

[Experimentalist]

FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY FIVE CENTS ....PLUS TAX.:cool:

I want to meet your tax preparer.

Back when I raced cars as my primary hobby there were stories of guys who would go racing with the rent money.

Addiction is never pretty. :rolleyes:

[r08ert209cali]

If I totaled it up I would puke!!!!

[gorvibub]

enough to buy a very nice car or a really cheap house in another state.

[Fobjoe]

I HATE when people ask me that. I just figure whatever I paid, it was obviously worth it, so why think about it. That being said, I know my total cost is FAR less than 10,000 since I've only been doing this for a year and a half.

[fal_762x51]

Over 6 years, about 22k.

[Pugster]

Too much that I would like but it's something I love doing. Who says money can't bring happiness :P

[Turbinator]

I am amazed that there are people in the $100K+ bracket.. those must be some awesome collections.

Turby

[CSACANNONEER]

Just a poll to see how much people have spent on there guns/ accessories i have spent about 7,000

Well, last weekend I took one rifle (that I have over $5K into) to a match. Of course, I also took front and rear rest (figure over $1K), a weather station and a bunch of other little things. I drove a total of 1660 miles at 12mpg, paid $110 in match fees, shot about 130 rounds of match quality 50 BMG at about $4.00/round plus time (which were loaded with my reloading equip that I probably have about $2000 into (just to load 50BMG))......Oh, should I mention the truck, softtopper shell and truckbedz air mattress that I bought, in part, to attend matches with? Then, there was food, and gambling expenses. Lodging was free! Oh yea, don't forget that I tok time off work to do this so, add a few more bucks to the total.

OK, I'll be honest, I made a week long trip out of it and went fishing and shooting at the Boca shooting facility too. Yea, I had more than one gun with me. Probably about 25 more (would have made an interesting traffic stop!) but, I was illustrating the point that, including the cost of one rifle, I had more invested in one two day match than the OP has invested into shooting in his lifetime. That's not to dis the OP, everyone is different, has different levels of disposable income and different levels of interest and commitments to shooting sports. I remember when I was in college, It took me a long time to be able to build up the cheapest competitive smallbore silloutte rifle that I could. I think I had about $350 in it after the cost of the rifle, scope, rings, drilling and tapping, bedding, stock shaping and refinishing and re-blueing and that was a lot of money to me. Heck, it still is. The amount of money that one choses to invest in this sport isn't as important as the amount enjoyment one gets from it. Until your choice of vehicles is determined by: "will my rifle case fit in it?", "is there enough room for all my shooting gear? (that I need for each trip)", etc. don't worry, you aren't spending too much money on this hobby.

[ProlificARProspect]

People in the 100K don't supprise me, I've seen Collections with 15k, 16k Guns with other awsome Guns in their collection that will blow all of us out the water with 1 gun.

[radioburning]

I'm really depressed now. I could be driving a really nice car at this point.

[Glock30]

I think I've spent about $5,000 to $7,000.

Oh, and that's just since March of 08.

I would like to know how much my grandfather spent on his collection, he has passed though, but he has 200+ rifles and old guns. Mainly Colts and 1911's.

I think the collection is valued around 300k+ I can't wait to get my hands on those 1911's.

[Thefeeder]

One man bought a perfect original 68 Camero in 1970 for 2500.00 took great care of it and left it all original. Bought a used Toyota to commute to work.

Another man Bought the exact same 68 Camero and tricked it out for racing.

Guy #1 has a $250,000 car collection

Guy #2 has no bank account and a used racing car

DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT ?

[Blackwater OPS]

One man bought a perfect original 68 Camero in 1970 for 2500.00 took great care of it and left it all original. Bought a used Toyota to commute to work.

Another man Bought the exact same 68 Camero and tricked it out for racing.

Guy #1 has a $250,000 car collection

Guy #2 has no bank account and a used racing car

DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT ?

So, the purpose of life is to collect the most valuable stuff?

[goathead]

19.95

[RingTone]

Rather than focus on how much I've spent I prefer to think about how much I "saved" by buying all that stuff years ago :D

[Glock30]

So, the purpose of life is to collect the most valuable stuff?

lol, and to never use anything.

But will man #1 actually sell the car for 250,000?

Man #2 may have no bank account but I'm sure he has better stories then man #1 :p

[blackberg]

is this lifetime? year? quarter?
we have teens to seniors here, so a lifetime number can be very misleading.
If I spend what I have spent this year so far, till I reached the avg lifespan age, it will be easily over $200k, assuming prices stayed the same, and they are not.

...this is long way of saying "decline to state" or "dont remind me" :D

-bb

[Thefeeder]

So, the purpose of life is to collect the most valuable stuff?

NO.....The purpose is to keep the valuable stuff collectable. Historic conservation.

[ghost]

i dont want to know:eek:;)

[ghostwong]

Is that per month. per year or just so far?

[liketoshoot]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb32/quester1000/Zipp-IT.jpg

I plead the 5th.

[jeffyboy]

My wife reads the board...so...no way am I listing what I have spent...I like being married :p

[ibanezfoo]

I don't keep track. I don't even want to know.

-Bryan

[Full Clip]

Erg, this is almost like totaling up gambling losses... but at least I still have the guns and stuff!

[Wyseguy]

Having a nice gun collection - "PRICELESS"