[wterrell]

Building a collection of rare handguns SHOULD be the fodder of the young.
But, the whole thing is backward. There are many very good reasons that older guys are able to be successful collectors and a man must be older than dirt to put together a fine collection.

The following is a numerical list of a few of the reasons that the young cannot be very good collectors, and should leave the field for us older guys:

1) Researchers say fellers under 30 years old think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more that 28,000
additional seconds per day to concentrate on Lugers.

2) Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky collector is a dangerous collector and a buyer with which to be reckoned.

3) A younger man is too considerate of his wifeâ??s opinion. If we, older men, can't persuade our wives to let us acquire a valuable Luger we'll complain them into submission. "My back hurts!" "I'm hungry!" "Where's the remote control?"

5) A young guy doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m. so they donâ??t get to the gun show before the rare bargain guns are gone. Old guys have no problem getting up early (to pee).

6) If old guys donâ??t buy a rare find immediately when we see it, we forget where we saw it. In fact, trying to remember if we already own a better example of a particular model can be a real brainteaser.

7) Youngsters are too soft. The â??dog houseâ? (where our wives banish us) is actually easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we actually like the out of doors.

8) We've developed a deep appreciation for guns and rifles. We like them almost better than naps.

10) A young man has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to actually carry on a conversation, to wear pants without the top of the butt crack showing and the boxer shorts sticking out, to learn that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 200-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda Accord can rupture an eardrum and detonate a magazine of bullets.

The above are all great reasons to leave the Luger collecting to the old farts and to learn a little more about life before going off to financial ruin in pursuit of the rare Luger. Let us old guys track down those handguns. The last thing your wives would want to see right now is a couple of dozen new acquisitions in the gun vault instead of a new baby stroller for Junior.