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<blockquote data-quote="Danny1788" data-source="post: 1685662" data-attributes="member: 19965"><p><strong><em>Age</em></strong></p><p>31 Married for the last 4 years. Been with my wife since high school. </p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Occupation</em></strong></p><p>Oil Field Process Control Operator I work a 7-7 schedule so I have lots of time off every other week. My wife works full time in the office of a landscaping company. We live a great life and don't really want for much, unless its more toys or vacations. </p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Kids / no kids =</em></strong></p><p>1st daughter Born in April, going to have at least one more.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Dollars invested in custom rifles and attached scopes. </em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000">ENDLESS..</span></em></strong></p><p></p><p>My wife and I both work and have very flexible schedules and do not pay for day care( yet anyways). But this could all change. House I bought when I was 25, bought at a good time in the market and its only gonna make us money. I drive a 4yr old truck and my Wife drives a some what newer car that is paid for. </p><p></p><p>Started buying rifles and reloading when I started making money in the oilfields right out of high school. Bought new trucks and new rifles and money wasn't really a problem. This is where the dark rabbit hole got me hooked. Had three semi custom rifles built and while I still have two of them. I started build my own personal rifles 5 years ago.</p><p>first lathe, learned to use and sold for a profit to buy a better lathe.</p><p>Second lathe learned a lot more and got way more than my money out of it. Sold it for a profit still. </p><p>Third lathe I still have. Not to mention a Mill last year. I cant even count the amount of tooling, reamers, cutters, oil gauges, measuring equipment. It doesn't really matter anymore. </p><p></p><p>How much money do I have into all this???? I have a safe full of full customs that I have built they all shoot great. Use mainly two rifles now for hunting. I don't do PRS or any comp shooting. That's not really my thing. I like building tac driving hunting rifles and like to shoot them at distance for fun and hunting only. I have an entire room setup for reloading which I have no idea how much money I have into that. If I had to guess in total maybe <span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>$50k or more into my hunting rifle building obsession. Because that's what it is to me is an Obsession now. </strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">So now im 31 and I have so much invested into building rifles, O well most of it is paid for. If I had to sell all of it I could make some of my money back. But I love it so I cant put a price on it. I'm just getting excited to start building small rifles for my daughter to shoot. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny1788, post: 1685662, member: 19965"] [B][I]Age[/I][/B] 31 Married for the last 4 years. Been with my wife since high school. [B][I] Occupation[/I][/B] Oil Field Process Control Operator I work a 7-7 schedule so I have lots of time off every other week. My wife works full time in the office of a landscaping company. We live a great life and don't really want for much, unless its more toys or vacations. [B] [I]Kids / no kids =[/I][/B] 1st daughter Born in April, going to have at least one more. [B] [I]Dollars invested in custom rifles and attached scopes. [COLOR=#ff0000]ENDLESS..[/COLOR][/I][/B] My wife and I both work and have very flexible schedules and do not pay for day care( yet anyways). But this could all change. House I bought when I was 25, bought at a good time in the market and its only gonna make us money. I drive a 4yr old truck and my Wife drives a some what newer car that is paid for. Started buying rifles and reloading when I started making money in the oilfields right out of high school. Bought new trucks and new rifles and money wasn't really a problem. This is where the dark rabbit hole got me hooked. Had three semi custom rifles built and while I still have two of them. I started build my own personal rifles 5 years ago. first lathe, learned to use and sold for a profit to buy a better lathe. Second lathe learned a lot more and got way more than my money out of it. Sold it for a profit still. Third lathe I still have. Not to mention a Mill last year. I cant even count the amount of tooling, reamers, cutters, oil gauges, measuring equipment. It doesn't really matter anymore. How much money do I have into all this???? I have a safe full of full customs that I have built they all shoot great. Use mainly two rifles now for hunting. I don't do PRS or any comp shooting. That's not really my thing. I like building tac driving hunting rifles and like to shoot them at distance for fun and hunting only. I have an entire room setup for reloading which I have no idea how much money I have into that. If I had to guess in total maybe [COLOR=#ff0000][B]$50k or more into my hunting rifle building obsession. Because that's what it is to me is an Obsession now. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]So now im 31 and I have so much invested into building rifles, O well most of it is paid for. If I had to sell all of it I could make some of my money back. But I love it so I cant put a price on it. I'm just getting excited to start building small rifles for my daughter to shoot. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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