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Originally Posted by DonVoigt
Who says one has to "play safely"?  |
Of course not. Some collectors have their main savings into guns. There is a financial risk associating with that. From pure investment and entertainment point of view, that ratio (gun/saving) should be controlled within 5%. But that's for general non-collector gun players, say, Mr. John Public has a few 1911s, a few ARs, a few AKs, total $5000 out of his $100,000 savings. Big deal? That's very safe. Say, dedicated collectors put more in, 15%, 25%? Of course, you can play higher ratio though, if you don't have other burdens in life to take care of. 70%, 80%? if personal condition allows, you can also do that. It's case by case. Many collectors cannot though.