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Well its finally happened… The Proof of the Pudding.

The economic situation we now all find our selves in is to say the least confusing. Yet, collectible gun prices are stronger than they have been for a long time. It is now becoming increasingly difficult as a dealer to buy at auction, simply because prices are very strong. There is no sign of let up in the increasing value of these valuable collectibles. Our area of collecting is a speciality that few people fully understand, and even one that many folk steer away from because of their misunderstanding of gun law. Consequently, we are retaining our exclusivity and the art of collecting weapons remains contained amoungst a particular group, which is spread world wide and even relatively unconcerned with the exchange rates.

This is all fantastic news for our micro-ecconomy, we are remaining strong and unaffected by the rest of the worlds rash financial behaviour. Yet, we have always been the stade slow spenders, whom most do not understand. More than once friends around me have been taken aback by prices paid (should they find out) for old rusty guns or a tired sword, and the phrase ” you could have bought a new one for less than that!!!” has been heard. But we knew it would happen and now in short these items are worth more than money in the bank. Point made.

Good luck and keep collecting. It makes sense.

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As time passes by it becomes more and more difficult to find the kind of brave fellows who stood up to be counted in conflicts from days gone by and did that exact thing. What was it like to actually pick up a rifle and point it at a fellow human being and pull the trigger in the full knowledge that the direct result of your actions would be the immediate or even painful end to a life filled with promise and expectation. Today we can if we wish, and thats an important point, “if we wish” join a club for recreational purposes and posses and old service rifle for the purposes of target shooting. Then, before too long we can find ourselves handling the very same weapon that some brave or scared witless soul has had to that same thing, but, when “we have a go” the most damgerous thing we have to contimplate is the actual gun in OUR hands, Not the one in the other fellows hands, pointing at us at the same time. Skill? Sheer guts? Determination? Fear? Which acts first? At the target range we have all the time in the world to pull the trigger, this would have not been so in the past, split second decisions from very ordinary people plucked from the ranks of Joe Public and put in an extrodinary situation where they experience life, death, elation, sadness & releif all packed into a few moments or days all behind the sights of an Enfield or a Mauser for example. I have nothing but respect for these fellows on both sides of the field of battle. I’ve tried it - its not easy - even when nobody is shooting back! You may not beleive in the whole activity and wonder why anyone should dabble in such things, I say because it has given us ALL the choice to have an opinion and take a stand one way or another. Many old chaps that were there will not talk about it, that gives us a clue as to what it was like and probably says more than many words. Respect.

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