…When you find another pistol you prefer to carry more?
For me, it’s my Gen 3 Glock 19. I got a Gen 4 Glock 32 with the intention of it being a “woods” gun. Well it turns out I really like the Gen 4 features. I prefer the texture (Less slippage), the mag release (Bigger and reversable), the slightly shorter grip (Less pinching) and of course the changeable back strap.
I like the gun so much I carry it all the time now and my G19 is a “stash/spare gun”. I already had a gen 3 G19 “stash/spare gun”. Both have been reliable for thousands of rounds.
So what do I want? I’d like a gen 4 G19.
At what point does it make more sense to sell even “old reliable” carry pistols to fund ammo and training?
Just wondering what some of you folks do. (Kinda ties in to my “how many defensive pistols do you need?” thread)
I just find a new role. I don’t have any kids or guests often so I typically have one gun in each room. Something like that. Or a gift to a good friend.
I have sold a good number of guns, don’t really regret selling any of them as they weren’t being use.
I haven’t had to retire a good carry gun yet, as I’ve only been seriously carrying for the past 5 years. My first carry gun was an XD9SC and it gave me issues after 18 months, so I had it repaired and sold it. Moved on to the HK P2000SK which is one of my two EDC (Walther PPS is the other, depending on clothing, temperature, etc).
I’m considering trying a P320 Compact in the next couple of months and I think if it supplanted the SK, I’d probably keep it for the time being.
No sense in selling a good carry gun unless you really need the money or you haven’t shot it in years. I see so much of the “Carried a <insert quality gun>, the saw the <flava of the month>, love it, sold the original carry gun. Couple months later it didn’t take, so I’m looking for another of the one I sold”.
My rule is - 6 months untouched in the safe and it goes on the chopping block. The exceptions are these: guns I got as gifts, guns with sentimental value, and guns the are hard to replace. For instance, I have a P7M8 that comes out of the safe maybe once per year - but I won’t part with it because I could never replace it. Same with a custom S&W Model 28 that was converted to a 3.5" .45 LC - never going anywhere.
But a Glock that became surplus wouldn’t stay around long…
Generally speaking, and like others have stated, if it bares no sentimental value and hasn’t been used in a while it usually goes up for sale/trade.
As for your specific situation, I find myself in a similar one as moving to the Gen4 Glocks has my 19 Gen3 sitting more often than normal. I always wanted to do the 19/26 hybrid or short grip conversion and really don’t want a Gen4 26 because the texture might be too aggressive against my skin in the summer months. Therefore I am most likely going that route with it. If you don’t already have a backup or a stash gun here and there, having a 19 tucked away in some obscure spot (assuming no kids) isn’t the worst thing in the world.
There’s 2 shooters in my house and 2 vehicle’s, carry guns, beater /trainers, and then loaners because I have friends and family who shoot as well. Probably going to be borrowing a long gun to my sister for a while because she just moved to a shity area and only has pistols. I try to slim it down as much as possible because I’d rather focus on ammo, lights, optics and spare parts. I’m a shooter, not a collector but I keep finding a void in my armory. It bugs me to think about having to spend money on a gun instead of ammo. Id rather have one rifle and pistol and shoot as much as Haley or the like but I keep needing more. Just glad that I can help keep loved ones shooting as well though.
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I’d just work it into the rotation once in a while. No reason for me to sell any more guns off. I’ve got 3 of every gun I carry normally and I love them all, 2 of the 3 do work and the extra sits in my safe waiting for the day I need to the put it into rotation. It’s just pure security.
I typically have a good (or at least one that I’ve convinced myself is good) reason for selling a gun. If for some reason I felt I’ve made a mistake, it’s typically a trivial matter of reacquiring another one. That’s assuming you have any of the mass produced guns currently on the market. I’d be less inclined to sell something like a quality P7, but something like Glocks are power drills to me.
