Age of milsurp collectors
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Might not be a bad idea to have a supplementary poll asking how long they have been collecting. I am in the 26-30 range but I have been collecting since I was 18. Really ramped up my collecting in the last year or two though
Mr. Dynamite
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- Northern Alberta
Interested in seeing these results over time as well. I have been advised that I am sinking money into a collecting market that will see the value dry up (eg. Brass-era cars or ceramic figurines) but I believe that every ww2 movie and video game creates new future enthusiasts and collectors.
26-30 group myself also
26-30 group myself also
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I collect the affordable new/surplus stuff under $500. I got SVT 40s, mausers, sks and mosins, k31. Im 28. I like my surplus stuff mint tho limiting what I buy.
The old guys can keep there m1 grands and enfields, Couldnt care less about them. No one I know my age has any intrest in most surplus stuff. WW2 generation is a thing of the past, I grew up playing games and movies with stuff like P90s, UMPs, G36, ARs ext. Thos are what I want....
I would buy a FN P90 over a M1 grand any day....Sorry
The old guys can keep there m1 grands and enfields, Couldnt care less about them. No one I know my age has any intrest in most surplus stuff. WW2 generation is a thing of the past, I grew up playing games and movies with stuff like P90s, UMPs, G36, ARs ext. Thos are what I want....
I would buy a FN P90 over a M1 grand any day....Sorry
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Those old guys can keep their hands off my Enfields. The Lee Enfield is the superior bolt action battle rifle of WW1 and WW2.
This is exactly what I am talking about.
You being an older fellow (I am assuming based your posts in the past) are getting out of the game, by choice and not by death, to be blunt. However it sounds like somebody else (your kids) is stepping in. I would select your age in the poll and have your kids, if they are members, select their appropriate age group.
My kids are interested in my guns (my oldest boy specifically), but he isn't old enough to know if he is serious or is it a passing fancy for him.
Interesting results. It appears that a generation of pickles not very excited about milsurps came after the older generation, but the generation after than has picked up the noble cause. The uptick in milsurp prices tells me my investment is safe, soiled diaper Trudeau and friends notwithstanding.
I am in the 26-30 group. I started collecting when i was around 13 saving my pennies cutting lawns and cleaning school. Parents supported it as dad had the PAL and my first milsurp was a yugo 59/66, then enfields, k31’s, mausers... i like all kinds. I agree should have some lower age groups in the polls but you wouldnt see the numbers now like 30 or more years ago i think.
I'm in the 51-59 group.
My milsurp interest is predominantly WWII era USGI: Winchester M1 Garand; IBM M1 carbine; Colt & contract USGI 1911A1's.
I do have a '42 Husqvarna M38 in 6.5x55mm and a full wood No 4 Mk 1 in .303 Brit with PH5 target site, though.
And a pre-WWII Walther PP "shooter" in 7.65mm [not Nazi marked].
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My milsurp interest is predominantly WWII era USGI: Winchester M1 Garand; IBM M1 carbine; Colt & contract USGI 1911A1's.
I do have a '42 Husqvarna M38 in 6.5x55mm and a full wood No 4 Mk 1 in .303 Brit with PH5 target site, though.
And a pre-WWII Walther PP "shooter" in 7.65mm [not Nazi marked].
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Excellent, I am old. As I age and continue to mature (hopefully), I find I most value in family and friendship more than any possession, including collectable milsurps. Don't regret my time collecting but its a different world now, different game. The sleeze was always there, as it is with every hobby, but the internet has made it worse. Used to drive hours or even days on the lead of a collectable milsurp, meeting collectors face to face, the chase was always fun. I just don't get the same rush from internet forums or importing.
But I'm still here, maybe it's not totally outta me yet.
But I'm still here, maybe it's not totally outta me yet.
Iam;48 and WW2 and earlier guns. Oldest 1855 Enfield musket and newest would be the Sks. My friends just laugh when I tell them I am having a British or French day. Love the straight pull bolts. Always been interested in old military guns. Been getting a few older military handguns lately. Some people invest in stocks,I also but my stocks have a barrel attached. Currently finding I have the bug for pre WW1 Winchester 94's especially if in38-55.
I was around the same age when I got my first milsurps. First two was 1943 BYF K98 (Russian capture) and a 1943 Mosin Nagant I bought together at Al Flahertys in Toronto. Took lots of chores and odd jobs! Next was Russian SKS and took off after that. I like to think the whole reason I worked so much during end of middle school and throughout high school was for my passion for guns.
