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Keep $500 to $1,500 in your first year of owning a gun.

Twelve years behind a gun counter, written down so you buy right the first time.

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450pages
60methods
3printables
The Gun Owner's Buying Handbook

The honest math

What it's forWithout a planWith this book
Practice ammo, 1,200 rounds (boxes vs. case)$360.00$300.00
Defensive ammo used for practice (300 rds at $0.86 vs. $0.30)$257.40$90.00
Transfer fee on an online buy$75.00$25.00
Counter add-ons you didn't need (example)$250.00$60.00
A first gun that didn't fit (example trade-in loss)$300.00$0.00
Total$1,242.40$475.00

$767 stays in your pocket, in year one. Fixed line: the gun, sales tax and state fees.

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What's inside

450 pages, 60 numbered methods. A few of them:

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Josie Vance

Josie Vance

I grew up behind a gun counter. My father opened our shop outside Amarillo before I was born, and I worked that counter for twelve years: selling, answering questions, and watching a lot of good people spend more than they needed to.

“Price the year, not the gun.”

Questions

Paper book?

No, PDF.

Is this a shooting manual?

No: buying and owning; take a class for shooting, Method 38.

Legal advice?

No: what to ask a lawyer, state by state.

Subscription?

No.

Lost file?

Email link.

$39?

Less than one box of defensive ammo.

Free online?

Scattered and out of date; this is in order, checked 2026.

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