When you don't need another but this one is so nice

[bantam5s]

So you already have one that you love and really don't need another,  but you find one that's very nice at a reasonable price what do you do ?
Do you pass or go for it?
Keep the new one and pass along your first one or keep them both ?
Me I'm typically a one and done kind of guy when it comes to airguns, I have my Blue streak and no desire to own another.
With the exception of the Crosman platform where the sky's the limit I typically don't go for having multiple examples of a gun unless I'm looking for a better more original example or something.

[Struckat]

I try to avoid redundancy. So far so good. But another HW30 calls to me.

I did buy two Prods, but one is now a rifle so that doesn’t count, right?

[buellm2]

If you really like it, you should buy another one in case the first one craps out for some reason.

[lefteyeshot]

Done it several times. Like a while back off ebay I bought a .177 Benjamin Regal NP. Nice Remington like stock with a white spacer, a full metal shroud and had a GRTIII trigger. Paid $190. Not a mark on it.

Just got another from AoA with a stock trigger and a UGT 3-9x40 lum mildot AO Bugbuster. $125 shipped. Put a Quick Shot trigger in it. Little different than a GRT. Mounted a BSA 3-9x50 mildot AO I had on the shelf. Don't care for Bugbusters. I'll probably give it to a bud at our fun shoot Saturday. Not a Mark on this one either.

[bantam5s]

If you really like it, you should buy another one in case the first one craps out for some reason.

I can repair any well made gun worth repairing,  so I can't really use that as justification.
After all I have other guns and can shoot them while waiting on replacement parts for the gun that's down.

[bantam5s]

A great example of an exception for me would be the slavia 618.
I have one that I enjoy shooting quite often , however I found another 618 available for a reasonable enough price that happens to be in really great condition no top of having some very eye catching wood on it.
From a practical standpoint I do not need another, but I had to make this gun into a good shooter so I keep telling myself I should also have one that's all original and unmodified.

[splitbeing]

If you really like it, you should buy another one in case the first one craps out for some reason.

You mean like my avatar?

[lefteyeshot]

I have a Daisy Powerline 11A1 1911 co2 bb pistol, two of the Winchester Model 11 versions, two of the Model 11K black and silver version. A Sig Spartan and a Max Michel 1911. They're all the same gun. I just like'em.

Got 10 or 11 Daisy Powerline Model 93 S&W clone, half of them with the cases, about half the black and silver and two the 93A. Like'em a lot.

GI got 4 Gamo V3 co2 bb pistol. Might get another from AoA.

[brewbear]

Thank you for your post @lefteyeshot, it makes me feel better. I started with one Crosman 150, I still have about 12 or so after I gave my nephews and friends 6 or 7. I have another 5 Ted Williams Crosman 150s (keepers!) and only one Crosman 157 _ the dang pellets are too small for these fumble fingers. I only have 5 Crosman 600 and I decided it is time to stop.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I usually start with an idea of a gun I’d like to acquire.  Then I agonize over every gun of that model that I see for sale.  The coincidence of disposable income and an available gun will determine when and what I end up with.

My Crosman 1400’s were acquired at the beginning of my airgun collecting.  I was looking for a 1400 to replace the Slim Line model I had as a teenager.  I found a 2nd model with wood that was too good to pass on.  It turned out to be a good shooter too. I was still looking for a Slim Line when I was offered a Sears model 126 19300 (1st model 1400 with a dovetail).  I couldn’t pass that up.  A year or so later I was offered a Slim Line.  I figured by then that I was collecting 1400’s.
I’ve admired quite a few 1400’s on line since then without the slightest urge to purchase.

I also figured out that I wanted a 2200 with a chrome receiver.  Finding one took about two years.
I’m usually on the look out for several guns at the same time.  Right now I’m in the market for a Crosman model 1 but if a nice model 101 or even a 140 popped up I’d grab it.

[lefteyeshot]

Carter, you and I are collectors.

[splitbeing]

When I got my crosman 100 from mike baker last year (or was it the year before? [scratching head, stroking chin in the face of that funny thing: memory]), he also had some 101s.  I am very happy with my 100, which mike resealed.  It replaced the 362 (inaccurate, needs barrel swap) and dragonfly mk I (shot the heck out of that for a few years!) as my daily spread pumper.  The peeps work great with my eyes, it is accurate, and the trigger is great.  The all wood and metal, aged look, and experience of cocking and loading are enjoyed when I shoot it.

[plymouthairrifle]

Theresa said I have 2 more airguns then a sane person so I guess I am not the person to answer this question.

[bantam5s]

I usually start with an idea of a gun I’d like to acquire.  Then I agonize over every gun of that model that I see for sale.  The coincidence of disposable income and an available gun will determine when and what I end up with.

My Crosman 1400’s were acquired at the beginning of my airgun collecting.  I was looking for a 1400 to replace the Slim Line model I had as a teenager.  I found a 2nd model with wood that was too good to pass on.  It turned out to be a good shooter too. I was still looking for a Slim Line when I was offered a Sears model 126 19300 (1st model 1400 with a dovetail).  I couldn’t pass that up.  A year or so later I was offered a Slim Line.  I figured by then that I was collecting 1400’s.
I’ve admired quite a few 1400’s on line since then without the slightest urge to purchase.

I also figured out that I wanted a 2200 with a chrome receiver.  Finding one took about two years.
I’m usually on the look out for several guns at the same time.  Right now I’m in the market for a Crosman model 1 but if a nice model 101 or even a 140 popped up I’d grab it.

See that makes perfect sense because they're all different enough to eliminate the redundancy.
For me I could easily see myself doing the same thing,  that is unless I already had a 1400 that was very sentimental to me like I do my blue streak.
In that situation having one already that's my favorite gun and very sentimental means I don't want to have any others that could potentially displace it.

[airgunaut]

If the one I had were obsolete, yes, I would buy another one like it. This might depend on how many guns already owned, though. In my case, there is only one obsolete model, out of a whopping 4 air guns. I have a self-imposed limit on number of guns, so owning two of the same kind isn't a big deal.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I tried having a “self imposed limit”.

Unfortunately I have no self control.

Fortunately I am married!

I try to limit myself to two new airguns a year.  It averages out to about five.

[buellm2]

I tried having a “self imposed limit”.

Unfortunately I have no self control.

Fortunately I am married!

I try to limit myself to two new airguns a year.  It averages out to about five.

My verbal agreement deal with wonder wife is for every two guns I sell, I can buy one.  Lately I haven't held up my end of the deal.   I've been accumulating quite a few guns and only sold a few.   

[bantam5s]

I haven't really needed to limit myself when it comes to airguns, because a vintage gun I want has to come along at the right price at the right time.
I think I may have actually bought 6 guns last year, but there were a couple of package buys in there.

[45flint]

If your a collector you are always trying to buy an example better than your last and your can sell to upgrade.  I have also bought a second and took the best parts of the two to make a more perfect gun.

[lefteyeshot]

I don't ask Miss Baby. But she says it's less than my bar tab use to be.