Age of milsurp collectors

[gaff]

this would never be accurate as 70% or better of the older people with firearms or collections would not say so on the internet . you all should understand that before the long gun registry the RCMP
estimated there were between 14, and 16 million firearms in Canada . they only registered 7 million . thats why Harper scraped it as a failure . there is 7 or 8 million unaccounted for firearms out there.
a better estimate would be gun shows 80% or better of the people at them are over 50 years old.

 

[Keep6]

I've bought some and inherited some to get the milsurp side of gun owner ship going.

 

[Light Infantry]

I would like to address a number of points made in the post below:

this would never be accurate as 70% or better of the older people with firearms or collections would not say so on the internet . you all should understand that before the long gun registry the RCMP
estimated there were between 14, and 16 million firearms in Canada . they only registered 7 million . thats why Harper scraped it as a failure . there is 7 or 8 million unaccounted for firearms out there.
a better estimate would be gun shows 80% or better of the people at them are over 50 years old.

Although I will state again, this is, numerically speaking, a fairly small poll, however it still does provide a good insight into the hobby.

this would never be accurate as 70% or better of the older people with firearms or collections would not say so on the internet .

Do you have real and verifiable stats/surveys for this? What is the reasoning behind only older people not posting? Paranoia? Lack of tech savviness?

you all should understand that before the long gun registry the RCMP estimated there were between 14, and 16 million firearms in Canada . they only registered 7 million . thats why Harper scraped it as a failure . there is 7 or 8 million unaccounted for firearms out there.

I don't see the solid connection here, however i will read between the lines and go with it. That is a bit of a stretch there. The poll doesn't ask for number of firearms, doesn't ask for serial numbers, doesn't ask for addresses, doesn't ask for names. Starting to see a trend in paranoia quite frankly. One should always be wary, however there is a limit.

a better estimate would be gun shows 80% or better of the people at them are over 50 years old.

Again, I would like to see your sources and statistics for this claim. Did you gather these numbers nationwide? From BC to the Atlantic provinces? Or was this regional, from the few shows in your area? Or was it one single show that you attend on a regular basis or just a single show you went to? Did you stand there with a clip board and survey people and ask them their age? Their reason to be there? Strictly to buy milsurps or were there to purchase hunting firearms? Hunting clothing? Or just attended for the sheer curiosity?
Let me posit another theory. More and more people purchase on-line (like this board) than go to gun shows. Anecdotally, it seems younger people are more comfortable to purchase on-line than older people. Hence it is plausible that the age make-up at shows is older, thus it seems older people are possibly over-represented at shows. This is not to say older people don't buy on-line or use the internet (as the poll above hints to), but all of this could skew the numbers slightly. But again, we have a number of respondents in the poll that are older.

The only real way to get a large number of data points is to gather all the data from PAL licences and then extract the ages from that data. However that only would tell you that they are firearms enthusiasts and not milsurp collectors. However all we have that I know of, is the poll above. It would be great to see the number of respondents be closer to 1000. This number being a large enough value to begin extracting meaningful data and trends.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Lmao! Now get mommie to change your diaper!

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

 

[Light Infantry]

Let’s bring this poll back up and see if we can get some more members to post.

 

[can14]

The interesting part of the PAL program is that the collector status isn't included on the original application.
You have to request it after you apply for the PAL.
Then you have to prove what you know about your own collection, sources of information and personal experience 's
So, people who want to join, had better start purchasing books and manuals on your various firearms and their accessories.
The sad part is that, we seem to be running out of sources for non restricted collectable military firearms.
Most of them are 70 year's old or more and require parts etc to rebuild or assemble them , which costs more than you can sell them for.
Parts for most military surplus rifles cost more than the original guns sold for . The big problem of restoration 's of collectable rifles