When I started collecting decades ago I wanted nice, shootable examples of firearms (rifles and pistols) from major and minor world powers between WW-I through WW-II. Over the years, this has expanded to pre WW-I and post WW-II (oldest now 1862 lock dated Snyder, newest L1A1). I also got sucked into sporters (mostly Savages) and .22LR and Centerfire target rifles.
It didn't help one bit that I wandered off from just simple reloading into wildcatting ... which is another issue.
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