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As far as showing off fine collections of guns, that’s nice, but I know guys who have a lot of guns and they don’t show them at all.

I think a lot of collectors don’t want to display their guns. They keep them under lock and key. Some of the people who can afford it eventually build some kind of place to show their gun collection. I know guys in the CCA who have vaults and have their guns hanging up on display in there so they can just go in and look up and enjoy them any time they want, but that costs quite a bit of money.

RS: When someone decides to get into collecting, is it customary for them to identify some niche that interests them, and then concentrate on it? I’m thinking, for instance, of collecting all variations of the New Police, or Single Action Army or Pre-1911 Colt Semi-Autos.

Ed: I think the urge to collect stems from someone’s background with guns, like in hunting. They find a gun that interests them and they read a little and begin to learn more and, pretty soon, they find another gun that is of similar interest but maybe just a little different and they buy that and read and learn a little more.