Curious about the initial “one gun only”

Great thread Augie. I started with some cheap Walmart break barrels I found on clearance, ended up with several. I ended up gifting some friends all but two. Then I bought a Benjamin Armada and hand pump. Break barrels still collecting dust lol. I shot the Armada in stock form for two years then I found out about modding and tuning. Now I have 3 marauders and 2 armadas ranging from 17 cal to 30 and a benjamin fortitude as well. All heavily modified! So yeah I've failed miserably at a one gun scenario. These days its more like I tell the wife I plan on doing this to this rifle, lol. This hobby is very addicting on many different levels.

As far as air rifles go, I still adhere to the "one gun" rule. I'm shooting a Taipan .25 Standard right now, and for the most part, it's a pretty decent piece of equipment. I think I've had it about 3 years. Sure, I see other rifles that tempt me, like the Taipan Longs and the Brocoks, but If I bought one, I have this internal rule that the current rifle would have to be sold.

From the time I fell in love with guns to the time I could actually get one,I became well versed in what was out there;Being a born collector of all things of man...I have had hundreds,some because they were popular,or famous ,most because I read good things about them....I was a born trader,had to be because of little money...it was fun and I met a lot of like people on the way....nowadays I am a backyard plinking ,my "other" collection has been dwindling down...say goodbye old friends,hello new air gun friends.

I don't know what I would do these days without a "passionate" hobby to keep me interested and active, one can only take so much yard and house work and dog walkin', I won't say haven' just one airgun is impossible bit I'm bettin' it's the exception to the rule. No place I would rather be than home and out on my deck to be specific fresh air and sunshine....shootin' the next one in the rotation of course.

That ended by the time I was 9 years old, lol 

"One at a time"

It’s like having that “initial” potato chip or drink... can’t/won’t stop at one...

Variety is the spice of life. It's nice to have options. Sometimes you want to plink, sometimes you want power.

Augie, I'm pretty sure you meant one gun PER DAY didn't you? LOL. I thought an Mrod .22 would be my "one gun" but was sorely disappointed. Since then there's been about 8 "one guns". (Had to edit ) If I had a one gun it would be my Royale 500.

I don't have one yet but with the fx Dreamline or the impact you can have multiple guns in one. you can go from .177 to .30 cal. on the Dreamline, you can change from a classic to a lightweight to a bullpup. Also, you can buy one quality scope for the system. But I am sitting at 3 PCP air rifles 3 break barrels and one co2. lol. It's hard to have just one. 

I started out getting my son a Gamo Swarm Maxxim for a Christmas present.. Then a couple months later I got myself an FX Impact. Not sure what happened. HAHA!! Hopefully that will be it. But I still like looking at all the different airguns out there.

I just have one. One pcp, anyway. My lowly Maximus (.22 scoped w/TKO and trigger mod) shoots more accurately and hits harder (800+) than any of my previous dozen airguns (mostly springers). It's a no fuss rifle that works every time it's called on. (Excellent pester, btw.) Sure, I've looked around, but I'm just running out of energy for "stuff". Besides, when I start collecting things, I notice that I become more of a custodian and less of a participant. I don't like that. 

Hope that makes some sense, and no offense aimed at anyone else. Cheers!

MJS.

Well, I never made the one gun commitment, but am down to only two that I shoot often, well, maybe 4, I forgot about the pistols.

Started with a Marauder. Modded it with a couple extra parts, and shoots really smooth these days.

Next was a Crosman 1701P Pistol. 10 meter gun, and it shoots like it. Fantastic! Little heavy, so on to the Beaman

$30 Beaman pistol. Single stroke, shoots like a dream.

Last and the gun I shoot the most, FX Impact. Shoots like a dream. Not problem free by any means. I did some stupid stuff, and paid the price, but currently shooting incredibly consistently. Currently waiting for a Power Plenum, so rather than shooting and wishing I had the plenum, I'll go back to the Marauder fora bit.

While I have more than one gun, I tend to shoot one at a time. I get used to the trigger and ergonomics, hard to switch back and forth.

Maybe it's time for anther Impact in another caliber?

At one time, reconfigurable platforms were appealing to me but I’ve mostly lost interest by now.

It pretty much all comes down to confidence. With any airgun I am likely to use on a living thing, I want it set up in such a way that I have supreme confidence it’s going put the pellet exactly where asked when the time comes. That means figuring out its absolute best pellet, making sure I have a good range card with holdover points, and I will have checked and re-checked it a dozen times on different days with slightly different wind conditions and temperatures to ensure it holds zero (and that I actually had it zeroed well to begin with), that there’s no evidence of reg creep after sitting idle, that it doesn’t shift after being handled/propped up/laid down/picked up, and so forth. If it lets me down under any circumstances, I set about to determine why. Only when it’s proven itself to this degree will I use it on a living thing. Central to this whole regimen is a mental element that allows me to perform better by removing any doubt it’s going to perform.

Changing any setting sends this whole thing back to the start as far as I’m concerned. A limited exception would be using a power wheel (transfer port restrictor) to back off the power for short range stuff where precision isn’t so critical. Pest birds or rats in a barn, for example. But for anything that involves swapping the barrel or even adjusting the hammer spring tension…nah, I’d rather have another airgun that’s already been set up and validated for the task.

All guns need friends.

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And their friends, need friends. 

I never thought about having only one gun. But I have evolved with my powder burners to delete a gun to add a gun. I decided too many safe queens. Hopefully I will be able to keep the no safe queens policy with airguns. But a person needs at least enough that if friends are over everyone has a gun to shoot