It’s safe to say, if I only bought guns for their reliability and ease of use (the way a lot of women choose their husbands) I would only buy Glocks.
Recently, I bought an H&K USP Combat Competition because I liked the way it looked. I liked the way it felt. I loved the sound the slide made when I racked it. I loved the look of the flared magazine well. I love the translucent 18 round magazines that may or may not be reliable. I love the red fiber optic sight. Honestly, this may not be the Combat Competition version as it doesn’t have the adjustable match grade trigger. The Gun is nothing more than a tricked out USP, but the way the gun was set up felt special to me.
I could have bought two Glocks for the price I paid for this one USP. If I didn’t have Glocks would I have bought the USP Combat Competition? Depends.
Basically, I took a page out of the older woman’s, “my clock is ticking so I need to start a family” book of choosing men when choosing my carry guns. On the other-hand, I resort to the, “date every guy who is most likely to piss off her father, Y.O.L.O., hot 21 year old girl school of thought, when it comes to every other gun I purchase.
Is it worth the price to buy an HK Mr762A1 when I can buy a rifle that functions just as reliably or better at a cheaper price? if reliability and function are all I’m looking for — hell no. This post isn’t about HK guns as it is about buying guns that people think are overpriced (Sig Sauer, HK, FN, Wilson, NightHawk, etc).
Believe it or not, a lot of people buy guns for superficial intangible reasons. People buy guns based on feeling, experience, and aesthetics. Essentially, some people buy guns for the same reasons the guy in my building spent 100k on a ZR1 that gets 14 miles to the gallon. The same reasons some women spend $15,000-$100,000 on a Hermes Birkin bag (Ok, even I think $100,000 for a purse is f***ing ridiculous) that is less recognizable than a $200 Michael Kors 
bag.
I think that, too often guns are viewed under an overly pragmatic lens. Most of our guns spend countless days locked in a safe or tucked in nightstands by the bed. Statistically, the chances of having to use any of our guns to save our lives is not extremely high. However, we spend a good amount of time looking at our guns, taking them to the range, and showing them off to friends, so buying additional guns for less than practical reasons is actually practical.
