The 1902 Winchester sold to some guy in 1919 for 50 cents. I paid $245 today. Over 98 years, that is 6.5%/year compounded annually. Those Winchesters are big earners. Most guns are 3%.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps