To me versatility is the word as I'm a shooter, hunter & a Collector.........
Started shooting & hunting at a young age & ever did since......Over the years I've developped fancy tastes like most of us. I use High Grade O/Us for upland Hunting & I'm into Big Bore rifles for game hunting ( 416 Rigby's & 458 Winch class....) I'm getting a 404 Jeffery custom built for next year...
I hope one day I'll get a nice double either in 450/400 or 470........
I shoot modern handguns. I do have favorites like 1911s, M29s, Glocks, S&W 357s, 380 PPk, etc.......I do mostly long range shooting as I teach & practice ``defensive shooting`` on a weekly basis. Best ever long range shooter is........a LUGER !! 1 1/2 inches at 100 yds........( Built 5 in 30 Cal Shooter ) Shooting is part of every week of the year........
The Collector: Been collecting for 25 years........First ``real `` Collection was SAAs........2nd & 3rd Gen. A nice set up of 15-20 pieces including Buntline, Sherrif's Models & Storekeeper 45s.......Sold them all ( we all do mistakes ! )
Next were modern Military Rifles / SMGs........a few years later & walls displaying 30-40 of those.......Canadian Laws got in the way ( 5 rds mag cap max on ALL AR & SMGs ?? ) I sold the whole Collection........Nice memories includes : MACs, Galil ARM, G3s, XM177s, RPKs...
Then I got into German Lugers......which are still my main area of collecting even if I expanded to include other Military pistols of German manufacture. Design, fit & finish, historical importance & lots of variations & proofmarks to get / research & discuss........Some C96s, 7.65mm III Reich pistols, Mauser P38s and Lugers are included in the family. My favorite category of Lugers is III Reich but I have others including a nice Erfurt set....
Sure enough I have others as I will always appreciate nice firearms.......Like an Pre War Commercial 1911, an Irwin Pedersen Carbine or a Winch 92.........
Friends say to me that ``firearms have always been an important part of my life`` .........I tend to agree...
MARC
