A new perspective for BUYING GUNS.... (the next level down the AG rabbit hole!
) Please, share:
What is a GENERAL PRINCIPLE that guides you when you make gun purchases? ➠ My general principle has recently changed. This is what happened:
ALLROUND GUNS: For years I have been at the stage of owning a couple of
allround guns that were supposed to
do it all: quiet urban pesters, long range slug shooters, and everything in between [now stop laughing at me!!

].
SPECIALIST GUNS:
Now, I think I'm moving to the next phase (yes, "moving to the next phase" is an euphemism to describe the disasterous "falling a couple of stories down the AG rabbit hole" — but let's just keep pretending).
This next phase was introduced by realizing that this hobby is here to stay (and will require a larger financial committment).
And now,
instead of buying more
allround guns — I'm trying to buy
specialized guns (and scopes): Guns (and scopes) that do
one thing, and do it really well. A gun/scope
for each shooting scenario that I eventually encounter, like:
● Shooting scenarios: ▪ XLR — e
xtreme
long
range shooting, I'd like to pop baloons at 300y across canyons and lakes in the Peruvian Andes mountains at 17.000ft.
▪ Destroyer of pests — perfect devastation at close & mid range
▪ Mass pigeon pesting 5 to 50y
▪ LRH —
long
range
hunting: glassing & shooting
▪ Close quarters ratter
➠ This makes me look at guns and calibers and scopes that were totally outside of my view, like: .30cal, pistols, semi-automatics, red dot sights, etc.
➧ See you at the next level of the rabbit hole!!
Matthias