Closest I myself ever got to collecting was when Enfield were a dime a dozen. I believe I had six at one time, and a Webley, all chosen with respect to places of origin and dates of manufacture that invoked bygone theaters of war.
Over time I discovered tho that if I wasn’t gonna be shooting a gun I didn’t have much use for it so sold/gave/traded ‘em away.
My worst offense has certainly been a British 200 yo 1/2 gallon brass trade kettle I haul around and set out with my reenacting gear. It’s considerably more beat-up now that it was for the first 194 years
