I also enjoy this thread! I promised I was going to cut back this year. This is a follow up on my 2018 resolution to not buy anymore guns. That lasted until Jan 3 2018. Year end total was 9. This year I made no such resolution but did say I was going to try to keep myself in check.
So far this year, I have been on a rifle kick. In Jan. I bought a Marlin in 45-70, a late 70s - early 80s model with no cross block safety. really nice gun. Then I got a chance to buy a Rem. 721 in 300 H&H, I have been on the hunt for a 300 H&H for a couple of years. This one was/is a little rough but it was the first one I have seen for what I considered a reasonable price. Then, I was in the local shop paying off a layaway when a guy comes in trying to sell a new model Win. model 70 in 300 H&H. The shop manager told the guy she was not interested in buying but pointed to me and said "He might be interested." I was! For about the same money as the clunker 721, I came away with the Model 70 and a sack of new Win. brass (4 1/2 boxes) a box of factory ammo, a box + of once fired brass and a few loose cases.
Yesterday I went to another shop in town to buy a Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel. As I entered, the owner was pricing out a consignment gun. A CZ 527 in 6.5 Grendel. Really Good price! Especially since it had a Burris 4x14 mounted. A never been shot, used gun! Bought It! For less money than the Ruger and didn't even try to dicker.
So, that is my year, so far. But I suppose I have to count the gun I had picked up from layaway (a 686 Pro S&W) when I bought the Model 70 and the AR build in 6.5 Grendel that I put together a few weeks ago.
I am SOOOOOO weak!
Update: 5-14, added a Rossi 92 in 44 mag. The 20 in. barrel model. Been on my grail list for a while. Local shop had a sale so I broke down a bought. Looks like Rossi is starting to get a few of these to dealers again.