Having 3 of the same gun weird ?

Weird or not, it's your choice. I have several S&W 3rd generation semis, they all work the same. I like them and find them reliable. A couple I don't think I'll ever carry, but I still own them. If it makes you happy, do it.
 
any gun thats modern say 80's and newer isnt worth collect IMO. Mainly they made literally a shit ton of them, ie they aren't rare. Also the quality of new guns isnt the same.
 
3 identical East German Makarovs only because I kept finding them for excellent prices. I would have 4 but I sold the one with the giant importer's paragraph on the slide.

Consecutive years of manufacture 62, 63 and 64. One of them is my summer carry gun.
 
Makes perfect sense to me - I just recently found the gun that I like enough to want multiples of.... a S&W 3913 (3rd gen semi-auto 9mm). They don't make them anymore so I've got a reason to hord them[grin].
 
I remember reading about a jewelry store owner that bought 7 or 8 identical .38 Special revolvers, that he kept loaded and hidden in different locations in his store, he then trained all his employees to shoot with them. The theory was that if a robbery went down, none of his employees were more than a few feet from a loaded gun, that they've already trained with.
The day came when there was a robbery, and a shootout with multiple scumbags ensued. The placement of those guns was a crucial factor in the outcome benefiting him and one of his employees. The store owner fired the first gun until empty, and then grabbed another one and continued the fight. One scumbag was hit several times and expired, the other was also hit, but ran off to later be caught by police.
After the incident, the store owner discovered he wasn't all that happy with the stopping power of the .38 Special, so he upgraded to .357's.
 
That's known in some circles as a NYPD reload. Instead of reloading their primary weapon, they draw their back up and continue fighting.

I know a cop in Texas that always has at least two, usually three, guns on him. He's 6' 7" tall, so he has plenty of places to keep them.

I'm not sure I'd do that on a daily basis, but there are times...


Zappa said:
I remember reading about a jewelry store owner that bought 7 or 8 identical .38 Special revolvers, that he kept loaded and hidden in different locations in his store, he then trained all his employees to shoot with them. The theory was that if a robbery went down, none of his employees were more than a few feet from a loaded gun, that they've already trained with.
The day came when there was a robbery, and a shootout with multiple scumbags ensued. The placement of those guns was a crucial factor in the outcome benefiting him and one of his employees. The store owner fired the first gun until empty, and then grabbed another one and continued the fight. One scumbag was hit several times and expired, the other was also hit, but ran off to later be caught by police.
After the incident, the store owner discovered he wasn't all that happy with the stopping power of the .38 Special, so he upgraded to .357's.
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Yes, it's very weird.

One, sure. Two? Maybe if it's something really awesome.

But three of the same thing? At that point it's a collection, and you're not going to think twice when you see a good deal on #4 and pick that one up too. Then five and six, and at some point in there they get their own safe, and...

So yeah, stopping at three is weird.
 
not having 3 guns the same is weird, just wish I could afford 3 of everything
I have 3 1911s all the same model
3 garands
3 mosins(no where near enough)
3 ARs all A2 models
dont even get me going on the 22lr rifles!
 
Sounds like a missed opportunity (or two) to me? Instead of 3 G19's you could have a G19, G23, and G27....

Meh, to each his own.[cheers]
 

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