...sometimes when I open the gun chest it amazes me too.
I look at almost all of it as investments. Very few of the guns I have are currently made. One of my best friends lived across the street. He bought many of my "castoffs". He died in March and a couple of months ago I helped the widow sell off most of the collection.
There were ten guns....he broke even on one of them. The other nine made between 10 and 400% on his investment... The best was a Marlin .357 Carbine..the stainless 16.5" LTD. Marlin made 251 of them. He paid $650.00...it sold for $3075.
Better than money in the bank as it makes more and you can enjoy it...
Bob