I am addicted.....

[dverna]

All my life I have been addicted to guns and reloading stuff.

When I was young and poor, I could not afford too feed my habit.

About 25 years ago, things changed. I became a junkie. I bought many guns...way too many...so many that some never got used. I have sold at least 15 but still have guns I have never fired. I have owned ten progressive presses.

Last year I bought four more guns but two were gifts. At least I shot the two I bought for myself...I am getting better...but I also bought a second 1050 that I do not need....hard to shake the addiction.

I have decided that no matter what I want, I will wait at least 6 months before buying anything else. And I will sell something first. I currently have a 550, 1050, and a dozen rifles I do not need.

I am so weak that I doubt I will be completely successful. Guns are my addiction. My fiancé likes guns too!!! I have a rough road ahead.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Hello, my name is _________ , and I'm a gunaholic.

Bet you've got lots of company here.

[alamogunr]

Except for a slightly shorter time frame(20 yrs) and fewer presses, my experience is about the same. When our sons got out of graduate school, I started back into guns. I guess the big difference is that I haven't sold any. Just acquired.

[1989toddm]

Is it a coincidence that while halfway through reading your post, the daily verse popped on my phone and it was this??
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored."

[daloper]

My wife tells me that I am walking the fine line between Hobby and Addiction. I tell her I am not that bad but then a box will show up from Titan, MidwayUSA or Graf and Sons. No problem here.

[bedbugbilly]

The older we get, the more we seem to reflect on such things - at least most of us do. You aren't alone! LOL That's why I am weeding out and down sizing slowly - I don't want my "addiction" to be a burden on my wife when it's my time to "cross the river".

I think that maybe todd has something there . . . . maybe a "sign"? Thanks for sharing that Todd - makes a person think doesn't it?

[Sig556r]

Hi my name is Sig, gunaholic...

[RED BEAR]

I hate to admit it but i have guns that have been in the safe for 30 years that has never been shot not just by me but never. Its not that this was by design i started sporterizing a 6.5 Swedish back in the 80's was almost done in late 90's had some health problems and had to put it aside for a good while. Finally finished it last year and started looking for a used mold on ebay everything i found was so close to the price of a new one it didn't make since. I finally bit the bullet and bought a lyman mold and cast my first bullets last week . I have been getting everything together and finally there now i have about 3 or 4 days worth of sizeing of 32 bullets and i willswitch over and size these hopefully will be out on the range in a week or so finally.

[Hawks Feather]

I can totally relate.

[Cast_outlaw]

https://youtu.be/KPgAEi1E6Eo First min is priceless
https://youtu.be/KzgiZpCIj1c Part two priceless to

[fatboy]

well shoot i feel pretty good reading your post, im not an addict. i only have two progressives and 14 single stage press's. several guns i havent shot and i havent sold very many over the years. Hey wait it sounds like i am AM an addict. Oh i can stop anytime i want to, i just dont want to...

[blackthorn]

NEED --- has nothing to do with it! It is simply a highly selective form of OCD. Sometimes I just sit in my reloading shed, amongst all my treasures and think about getting rid of some of them, but then I think --- "oh well when I go, if this stuff aggravates someone, so what? It aint like they can get at me or make my life miserable! Nothing wrong with me!

[fast ronnie]

Those ARE funny.

[725]

You are not alone, brother. I want to sell some of my "treasures" to make room for future treasures.

[trails4u]

When my wife wants go get on me a bit....I'm quick to remind her that things aren't so bad. After all....it could have been heroin and hookers, right?

[avogunner]

Kindred spirit.....

[Chainsaw.]

Same here. I’ll be done once I get that one last gun, or peice of reloading gear.....just one moooore,,,,,almost there..

[Froogal]

No such thing as too many guns. You just need more places to safely store them.

[Texas by God]

I have to shoot gun(s) and reload ammo every few days or I start jonesing BAD. Tobacco and alcohol were easy to quit! I won't own one too nice to shoot. I've even laid a flashlight on the ground shining on the target so I could shoot at night. Problem? Not me!

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[Arkansas Paul]

Don't expect any support here.
We're a bunch of enablers.