When you buy them, then sell them it's more like a long term rental. Take outings, shots, or length of ownership and that with money spent verses return. For many that shoot frequently, and without the added cost of range fees or transportation air is a huge savings. For me leaving Long Island is a couple of hours, bridges, tolls and fuel. Until recently it was an insignificant loss. The newer guns have really set the bar we've become accustomed to accuracy, power adjustment, now interchangeable calibers. A couple of weeks back the classifieds RAW, FX's, EDguns, Crickets, some were advertised at a huge discount of what they sold for at their highs. This still offers you a good chance of recouping a significant part of your outlay. Now whack some critters raiding veggie gardens, slay a few raccoons in a Vineyard, I'm eating and drinking pretty cost efficient. All things considered it's not that costly.
