Collections can be reduced, but at great peril. When an airgun is removed from the cabinet, it creates an negative vortex that spills out mind-bending waves. I will avoid all the quantum metaphysical sciency stuff, but this vortex causes other airguns to be sucked into the now empty space, creating mental emotions of guilt, depression and general malaise until the gap is plugged. The negative vortex is very strong, and typically takes mulitple airguns to fill it. Some folks have been successful filling the gap early using an airgun lined with money - Whiscombes are the most successful. It might be less costly financially and emotionally to keep the ones you have than to deal with the negative vortex.
Just as an exercise, last night I went down my list in my signature and found justification for every one of them for keeping them. The great ones ya gotta keep, extras would go to my son, the oddballs because, well, they're odd (and no one would buy them anyway)....
Quote from: Stinger177 on September 21, 2018, 01:32:05 PMJust as an exercise, last night I went down my list in my signature and found justification for every one of them for keeping them. The great ones ya gotta keep, extras would go to my son, the oddballs because, well, they're odd (and no one would buy them anyway)....Dennis, You inspired me to list my collection, both current and past. I discovered that I currently own at least 65 airguns, 20 of which are fairly desirable that I want to keep, about 20 that I'd love to sell, but they're too cheap to make shipping worthwhile, and the rest are in between where I think they're cool to own, but I don't shoot them much and wouldn't feel too bad to let them go, I don't have the list on me right now, but I think I sold, traded, or gifted about 40 over the years, some of which were more valuable than anything I own now.The good news is that my want list is pretty short right now, except for the purchases of whim and opportunity that keep the collection growing. I do love the experience of getting to know a new gun.
Other than guns, I occupy much of my time playing my guitars, I have 9. Why 9, well just like guns those of us who play guitars get a bug we call GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). My guess is it happens with any activity one has a passion for, be it guns, cars, motorcycles... At only 3 air guns and 6 powder burners to my name, I am desperately trying to make that a limit. I know, go ahead and laugh at me.
I would also like to purchase an underlever springer at some point in the future to get rid of the bad taste of spring guns.
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