I'd like to add to this topic about collecting. In the US there is practically no notion of arms collecting. If you buy a gun in US, it is assume that it is for some evil purpose, at best for home defence. There is a C&R FFL, a federal firearms collector licence for buying guns >50 years old, but no one knows about it. And, unlike in Europe, there is no ammunition collector licencing at all. If you buy more than 2 guns, they ask why do you need so many. If you have 100 rounds of ammunition, you are planning something. An idea that firearms may have historical value is never present at all.