So I just told my wife.....

[K-man]

15 years? Sounds like a layaway plan.... say, $100 per month for 15 years, gets you pretty close. I don't have that patience or discipline.

 

[rinehart0050]

Where are you stationed now?

Down the road from you- Fort Huachuca.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Down the road from you- Fort Huachuca.

You're not to terribly far from @AZDAVE. I can't remember exactly where he's at, but somewhere in southern AZ.

 

[AZDAVE]

rinehart0050 I work on post also

 

[rinehart0050]

@PHOENIX PHIL @AZDAVE Small world indeed!

 

[enysse]

Best of luck Phil! You have to have the passion for fine firearms otherwise you turn out like me and say I could have went on cape buffalo hunt for the cost of a double rifle.

 

[petrusg]

My counter part had the following reply:
As long as the ring costs double of what you are spending on that toy then thats fine by me.... Still saving for that one

 

[Excessexpress]

Firstly, of course you need a double. It should go without saying.

Secondly, the words you need to know are; "of course you've seen it before, I've had it for years, I just replaced the box/case/finish etc".

 

[Excessexpress]

Also, ensure that any receipts/manuals/records are unable to be found.....

 

[cpr0312]

Secondly, the words you need to know are; "of course you've seen it before, I've had it for years, I just replaced the box/case/finish etc".

 

[ZG47]

Okay, new plan.

I schedule a surprise vacation to France, no kids. That'll soften her up in a big way just to start. After a week or so of touring the countryside and fabulous French cooking, we take a tour of one of the many vineyards/wineries. After a great lunch and a few tastings with a bottle or two purchased, we just accidentally come across the Verney-Carron factory....... she'll be helpless......she won't possibly be able to say no to me ordering a DR!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj_j4eDuNfLAhUC3mMKHcfwDTwQjRwIBw&url=http://www.memes.com/img/592884&psig=AFQjCNHVK9Wdlh0aHA2_lBL-udR8FHaGHA&ust=1458844128324305

Obvious flaw being ... that somewhere along the way, with all your dreaming, musing and showing her pictures and stories about Africa, she will have gained a very good idea of the minimum purchase price for a double rifle. We talk about buying and budgeting ... They LIVE it!

 

[sandman0921]

We talk about buying and budgeting ... They LIVE it!

Ain't that the truth....

 

[Heym 88]

Okay, new plan.

I schedule a surprise vacation to France, no kids. That'll soften her up in a big way just to start. After a week or so of touring the countryside and fabulous French cooking, we take a tour of one of the many vineyards/wineries. After a great lunch and a few tastings with a bottle or two purchased, we just accidentally come across the Verney-Carron factory....... she'll be helpless......she won't possibly be able to say no to me ordering a DR!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj_j4eDuNfLAhUC3mMKHcfwDTwQjRwIBw&url=http://www.memes.com/img/592884&psig=AFQjCNHVK9Wdlh0aHA2_lBL-udR8FHaGHA&ust=1458844128324305

Phil, there might not be enough wine for that. LOL

 

[Heym 88]

Yall make a joke about lay away, but that's exactly how I got both of my doubles. My Heym 88 took me eighteen months, and my Searcy almost two years. LOL Worked for me! Just saying. Trying to keep discipline was horrible. Especially while my daughter was still in college.

 

[stug]

Seems to me like you've approached this all wrong. You need to think like a wife. When they buy something on special they justify it by how much they "saved". So you need to show her some pictures and prices of some Holland and Holland doubles. Once she has got back up off the floor show her a Verney Carron catalogue and show her how much you will save by buying it.

 

[zephyr]

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Seems to me like you've approached this all wrong. You need to think like a wife. When they buy something on special they justify it by how much they "saved". So you need to show her some pictures and prices of some Holland and Holland doubles. Once she has got back up off the floor show her a Verney Carron catalogue and show her how much you will save by buying it.

Clearly Kiwi's are brilliant people! I think this idea has about the same chance as a snowball in the Arizona summer time, but it would be using the logic she used on me a few weeks ago when she bought 5 pairs of shoes.

 

[cpr0312]

We are all anxiously awaiting which "plan" you go with. There seems to be a few good suggestions on here, most recently Stug's

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

We are all anxiously awaiting which "plan" you go with. There seems to be a few good suggestions on here, most recently Stug's

No real plan of action. I bought @cal pappas book, Double Rifle Primer, a few weeks ago in an effort to have more than a cursory knowledge about doubles. The other night when I started this thread I had just put the book down after a bit of reading. Donna was sitting beside me and this is when I turned and actually did say to her that I need a double. And she actually did laugh out loud. I just thought it would be a fun thread to start.

The truth is I have a wonderful wife who outside of the Harley (she was deathly afraid of motorcycles at the time) has never told me no on the things I wanted to pursue. When I first mentioned going to Africa, she was all over it versus a reply of "I want to go to Europe" or something else. And she can't wait to go back to do her own hunting. But the fact is there are kids to get through college and that comes first. But someday I do hope to have a DR and when I do, I want to be educated on the purchase. So for now, learning will suffice and will prepare me for when I go from tire kicker to buyer.

 

[cpr0312]

Hopefully someday you can get one! Always good to have dreams and goals!