Wow, this group, many of I have known since 97-98,

by D. Sikes, Tuesday, November 06, 2018, 14:39 (2210 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

Jim Taylor's and John Taffin's Sixgun Forum of the mid and late 90's... WOW... I wonder how many of us that joined back in the 90's of that forum are still hanging in here on this one... and the FB pages... I feel like a dinosaur...

and I do so know about selling off guns to fund medical bills... this last year when we moved to Texas for 9 months wiped out my guns down to my carry and a few black powder guns... all those years of collecting beautiful pieces of art ... gone... the Colts, the S&W's, the Winchesters, the AR's... all gone...

I guess when you and family are faced with mortality and money comes into play... you have to make priorities... will I start another collection?... will I acquire new guns?... well.. probably a couple of essential and cheap (cause that's all the funds I have now) guns for practical farm use now and that's about it...

I ended up getting a cheap ($200) SAA (Bounty Hunter) in .357 for use around the farm since all I had left was my 1911 Commander (my carry)... I'm looking for a cheap pump shotgun that both my wife and I can use for home, probably a Mossy in .410 cause my wife can't handle the recoil of anything bigger... I do have a single shot .410 snake gun in the corner... and I'd like to get another levergun for hunting, but the prices are ridiculous... I can get a .308 bolt action with scope for half the cost of a lever these days... and I'd like to get another AR just because... but all these cost money I don't have...

I guess to get to the topic of this discussion... I'm down now to bare minimums and really don't have anything to pass on except if my kids want to keep any for mementos ... none I have now are worth more than the price of a used utility gun.. so much for past hopes and dreams...