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    sparko is offline One of Tiger Woods' lovers...
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    Not sure where I`m going.....But I`ll get there someday

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    Hoarding

    Collector maybe not but I am a self confessed hoarder.

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    that is funny Geezer.
    I particularly like 8 & 10!

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    It’s official then..,

    8/10….. but To be fair I only got: 2. You own guns you have never fired.
    Because: 5. At least one of your guns has been in pieces in a box for over a year.

    Once it’s together it’ll get shot relatively regularly.

    Enjoyed that, thanks.
    Matt

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    Hmm, 7/10

    Worrying.

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    Ten signs you might be a collector

    Quote Originally Posted by I. J. View Post
    6/10. There's hope for me yet.
    Only 8 out of 10 for me, I'm afraid; but I'm getting much more picky these days!

    John

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    9 for me but being from oop norf, I think of Kempton as a place for old nags to finish their days

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    All of them apart from 5&6. and l have a lot more books on airguns, plus antique firearms books.

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    the signs.

    Core blimey i can account for 80% of those, i had better erase the numbers before the wife starts getting nosy. Its a bit early for a brandy i shall have to suffer.

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    Amateur

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    look no hands is offline Even better looking than a HW35
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    Well I'm defo a collector, I added another two Airsporters to my collection on Saturday, I also bought some walnut grips for a CP88 that I don't own yet.

    Pete
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in

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    Yep, very well observed 😁

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    No I am in denial....I dont know how many guns I have but I dont have every book!!
    We have just moved house and the wife has gone mad.... She said how many guns have you got?? She doesn't believe that I really dont know.

    Does she mean parts of guns, or complete guns?? Stocks, actions....I think she should be more specific.
    The fact that I am still finding some I had forgot about might mean I have a problem.
    BASC

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    You might be a collector if:

    1. You genuinely have lost count of how many guns you own.
    2. You own guns you have never fired.
    3. You own spare parts for guns you no longer own.
    4. You own spare parts for guns you have never owned.
    5. At least one of your guns has been in pieces in a box for over a year.
    6. You own pellets in a calibre that you don’t posses a gun for.
    7. You have every edition of Walter’s and Wesley’s books.
    8. If someone says “Kempton Park”, you think about guns not horse-racing.
    9. You own at least two guns of the exact same model and vintage.
    10. You own two guns of the exact same model and vintage, but one has a tiny difference that can only be spotted and appreciated by ten other people in the world.

    I certainly recognise a few of those traits in myself

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    You might be a collector if:
    1. You genuinely have lost count of how many guns you own.
    So, if you keep an excel spredsheet with entries of all your airguns you have aquired, given away or sold, and thereby know how many you have, theres no danger of beeing a collector. Thats good to know, I'll carry on then.
    Too many airguns!

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