its a wide field i myself limit my collecting to carbines in the transition period between musket and bolt action only a small period of some 30 odd years 1860-1890.......i have a snider carbine a snider artillery carbine and a martini henry cav carbine off ticket i shoot a trapdoor/sharps cav carbine and a colt 1878 copy (kodiak 1v)on ticket....
regards
viv