Does Your Gun Collection Have a Theme?

[TripleThreat]

I was talking to a fellow gun owner yesterday and he told me about someone who's Gun collection was based on having every gun from the movie Terminator. Very interesting.

I know some people may have only 9mms' or mostly 1911's. I've always "wished" I could have one of every popular handgun that I found worth having, that also included a variety of different popular rounds:
*Buckmaster 22LR
*Browning H.P. 9mm
*Beretta 92 9mm
*CZ SP-01 9mm
*Glock 40 cal
*1911 45cal
*Sig P220 45 cal
*Python 357 mag
*DE 50 cal



Does your collection have a theme or specific rational for obtaining?

[Army GI]

US military service rifles from 1873 to present. Started collecting in 2005 and finally finished this year:

• 1884 Trapdoor Springfield
• 1898 Krag-Jorgensen Rifle
• 1903 mk1 Springfield
• 1903A3 Smith-Corona
• M1 Garand Springfield
• M1 Carbine IBM
• M1A Springfield Armory
• NM AR15

US military pistols:

• Colt Single Action Army
• Colt M1911

plus extra fun guns: .45 hi-point carbine, Winchester 94, Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm

Unfortunately my AR15 and hi-point were stolen , so I'm working on replacements but that was my list at it's completion.

[Vacaville]

Each gun in my closet meets a purpose: Small-game scoped tackdriver, Hunting/Go-To rifle, full-size handgun for open carry, small-frame handgun for CCW. I also have a .22 lr rifle and a .22 lr handgun for extended practice/plinking. Oh, and an M44 because they are cheap and fun.

[the86d]

Zombies... All collections have something to do with Zombies, or you are just a collector...

Ruger 10/22, Beretta M9 (Walking Dead, and others), Zombie Defense AR (M16A2 Clone [just no burst])

"ZOMBIES!"

Actually I wanted all the stuff I used to be issued in the Corps (M9, M16 cloned AR-15), and build from there. The 10/22 is just for cheap shooting.

Now... about the MK19, the SAW, the M60, and the 240G, I guess I will just have to move to AZ.

[disturbed1]

Yes, a theme of, if you're on the barrel end of the gun, you in trouble.

[louscamaro91]

Anything that fits.

[The Gleam]

Well, no theme among the guns themselves, but when I open the safes, depending on the day and my mood, I tend to hear "The Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner.

Other days I hear the theme song from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by John Williams, which I think is instigated by the abundance of cosmoline.

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

Yes, a theme of, if you're on the barrel end of the gun, you in trouble.

What he said!

[zinfull]

Most of my collection is WWII German pistols and odd balls of that time period.

jerry

[mosinnagantm9130]

My collection is mostly WW2 C&R stuff.

[chucksolo69]

Not really, but I do have certain criteria I adhere to in my guns. I love classic guns and have 4 1911's, a Browning Hi-Power and CZ 75B and classic revolvers (Colt SAA, Colt Detective Special). I like the "tactical" .22s and have 3 of them (GSG-5, Colt M4 .22 and SIG 522) and recently bought the Browning 1911 .22 A1. I guess the only real "theme" I adhere to is in regards to my .22 rimfire collection, which is essentially all military replicas. I don't now, and probably will never have, any any polymer framed, striker fired guns. I do however have a SIG SP 2022, my only concession to the "modern" age.

[Swiftyjuan]

The theme for my collection is that it must go "BOOM"!

[MMA]

no theme, just anything that interests me (which explains 23 different calibers)

I admire that people collect and preserve the classic guns, but it's not me -- I like shooters.

[compulsivegunbuyer]

Yea, it has a theme....Don't **** with me

[12:13]

Yup. Black & Tan