Avianmanor wrote:
Hey Ryan,
Thought I'd add my two cents worth (with inflation that's probably a penny's worth now) to your dilemma of thinning out the collection to fund the purchase a new, one size fits all, "ultimate" air rifle. For certain those of us with "large" collections of perhaps a dozen airguns or more (my PAL instructors, both ex-RCMP officers, owned over 100 firearms each!), tend to have a few "favorites" we pull out more often then others. Owning multiple firearms however goes beyond simple ergonomics and shooting performance -each and every rifle or pistol we purchase has some kind of special appeal, just like all those wonderful girlfriends (or boyfriends) we've had over the years.
Now, the purchase of an Anschutz 9015, well that would be like marrying a super model, (or handsome Fireman for our lady members) a fine little filly or hunk of a man that performs as swell as she/he looks. And what red blooded guy (or gal) wouldn't want that? But to coin a phrase in one of the Transporter movies, where the beautiful young Russian girl says to our hero "show me a man with a beautiful woman, and I will show you a man who is tired of making love to his wife", you might find the novelty of that one size fits all rifle will eventually wear off, and may have regrets in the future having forsaken those former love affairs.
While there certainly are a few rifles in my collection I do favor in terms of performance, each and every one I own has some kind of special appeal that had me pining for it in the first place ....... I'm emotionally attached to all of them! Unlike a real life marriage however, where one invests everything in one special lady (or man), I can have a super model rifle or two in the closet just for performance, and a little action on the side with the "regular girls" as well, ......... never a dull moment.
My advice is "don't put all your eggs in one basket", you've obviously acquired a mighty fine collection you may regret selling off in the future, to fund the purchase of an "ultimate" airgun today. Find another way to purchase the Anschutz, and once you've had the pleasure of owning the "new girl" for a while, decide then which rifles in your collection have to go.
Avianmanor
Thanks for the input Aaron! I decided to sell a few off, but certainly not all. I (hopefully) carefully chose a few that I felt I wasn’t attached to for whatever reason and could let go.
I’ve only had one or two I’ve sold over the years that I truly regret. One I was able to replace with a brand new one. Time will tell if I regret any of these. Truth be told, the only gun right now that makes me giggle when I shoot it out of pure enjoyment is the FWB 300s. I held on to 2 more of them so I can still enjoy that model whenever I want.
I’ve actually raised enough money to buy the Anschutz. Now it’s a matter of opening up the purse strings to let more than $4000 go in one shot. Kinda having a hard time doing that.
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Tee hee. Not sure where golf fits in there, but other than the golf analogy, which says, "you need more than one club to play the game," with the investment involved here, the ol' "eggs/basket" analogy applies significantly as well. 
