Thoughts on Collecting
COLLECTING FIREARMS HAS provided me with an immense amount of pleasure over many years. Furthermore, firearms represent some of the best investments I have made – not that I intend selling any. Collecting has also put me in contact ct with some wonderful people – and a few scoundrels to . I occurred to me hat some of my thoughts and experiences may be of interest to Magnum readers.
As do most novice collectors, at a young age I feverishly started accumulating every old firearm I could lay my hands on. However, with time, I realised this was not the way to go and I collected only those firearms in which I had a special interest, and got rid of the others. As a result, when new legislation required that we collect according to themes, it was no hardship for me – mine was already in themes. The days when someone might just give you an old Martini or other 19th century firearm that had been standing in a bedroom cupboard for years, are long over. Almost all new additions must be bought, and my
