Quote Originally Posted by Weatherby Fan View Post
Theres different ways to skin a cat, if a guy doesn’t mind buying something entry level to start with and maybe even a second time.....then like you say if he gets serious can always sell and move up.....or save up for something better to start with, I think guys that have gone that route tend to realize how important good optics are so they try to save some fellows the entry level step/s into optics by going to the “buy once cry once” theory.
Sure, but theres also guys who buy high end stuff and realize they're just not that into it and they could've been satisfied with a lesser item and had $1000 for something else.

"Buy once cry once" is dumb because people assume someone asking here for advice has 1 hobby, hunting.

Maybe the guy just spend $3000 on top of the line skiing gear and $3000 on scuba gear - and it took him a while to save up for it all. Theres no need for him to spend $3000 on one hunting item if scuba and skiing are his priorities. Buy once cry once just doesnt make sense for him!

If you're buying once for everything you own, then youre not crying once. You're crying all the damn time!