You know you have too many guns when....

[Turbinator]

Oh man! This makes me feel so much better for finding loaded mags in my dryer.

Interesting!

1) The heat didn't cause any issues with the rounds (detonation, etc);

2) Assuming you've since fired off the rounds, the heat and the tumbling didn't do anything significant to the powder either.

Turby

[copenhagen269]

Interesting!

1) The heat didn't cause any issues with the rounds (detonation, etc);

2) Assuming you've since fired off the rounds, the heat and the tumbling didn't do anything significant to the powder either.

Turby

I think that I was very lucky none of the rounds went off. I havn't fired any of the rounds and I'm not sure if I should, I keep them on a shelf right above the dryer to remind myself to check my pockets.

[fal_762x51]

I found a 1911 magazine in a sock in the dresser. I was looking for my DMV paper work in book shelf and found the barrel for my VZ58. There was some lose round of .45 in the kitchen utensil drawer. I found a pound of powder behind the vacuum in the closet. I discover the 1919a4 tripod under the bed.

[rmasold]

Yeah, they make muffled clunking noises during the wash and then really clank around during the spin dry. The cartridges come out sparkling, though.

+1 lol

[Rule .308]

Magazines..... magazines are definitely a bit of a logistical nightmare. Sometimes I feel like I have magazines for my magazines. I do have entirely too many guns for one guy but I keep a fairly tight rein on them. I don't recall ever coming across one that I forgot I owned but I have gone looking for one and had it not be where it should be and had to really tear things up to find it because I put it in the notorious "safe place".

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

...when you start moving a pile of empty pistol boxes on a closet shelf - one seems a little heavy; you open it and discover a MKIV Series 70 that you haven't seen in about 10 years.

[olhunter]

....when you open the safe, look at a gun and think "Huh? Where/when did I get that?"

[maxicon]

Here's the flip side of too many guns - When you spot a gun you've always wanted at a good price, buy it, and get it home, only to discover you already have one.

I do that with gear on a regular basis, but not guns so far. I have more 10/22 mounts than I have rifles...

Magazines are a problem, especially when you have way more spares than you can regularly shoot.

I mark the gun type and mag number with a sharpie on the magazine. That comes off with many solvents, though, and it's easy to lose track of them when that happens. I've considered a paint pen and an engraving tools, but haven't tried either yet.

Once they're marked, I keep the current spares in a soft case with the gun, and the backups in a ziplock bag in a storage drawer. Still, I find them on a regular basis, sometimes full of ammo, and go "WTH is this for?!?" Then you have to cycle them through, one gun at a time...

[liketoshoot]

Note of caution: DO NOT DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH YOUR WIFE!!!

[DeepSeaDouble]

I have washed cartridges, but only dried like one. Public laundomat too, I like hanging out with the illegals

About 95% of my guns I can remember where they are, what year I bought them, where, and what I paid. Amazing since this a 3 digit number and I can't remember anything else worth a damn!

[HowardW56]

I usually remember what I have, but sometimes a specific model will come up in conversation at the range and I'll have to stop and think.... "DO I HAVE ONE OF THOSE?"

[HowardW56]

...when you start moving a pile of empty pistol boxes on a closet shelf - one seems a little heavy; you open it and discover a MKIV Series 70 that you haven't seen in about 10 years.

I did that with a S&W model 48......

[HowardW56]

Note of caution: DO NOT DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH YOUR WIFE!!!

WIFE? When she left I celebrated at the gun store...

[bden]

...when a few rounds of rimfire end up in your Cheerios!

[copenhagen269]

...when a few rounds of rimfire end up in your Cheerios!

Now that's bad, real bad.