1911 guy
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The answer is, of course, highly subjective and personal. Take another piece of machinery for example, cars. Five cars would be too much for me and my wife. Purchase price, insurance, maintenance, etc. would eat us alive. However, someone with more driving family members, more diversity in vehicle needs and more income to devote to vehicles would be just fine with five cars.
Same with guns. Someone with narrower interest and less disposable income will find X number of guns to be excessive, while someone with wider interest (perhaps collecting variants or multiple disciplines/sports) and the money to support it will find need for the same number the first person found excessive.
I guess that's the beauty of the shooting sports and firearms in general. Sports and purposes are so diverse as to lend distinct individuality to one persons collection, tastes and purposes versus another's. My own collection suits my perceived needs well, others find it too large, many here would find it too small. Some would question why the variety when they are interested in collecting variants of a model, others would see too much commonality.
I own two action types of rifles, bolt guns and ARs. I own one action type of shotgun, pumps. I own one type of handgun, 1911s. There are variations in my collection, but some would find the lack of diversity boring while others could say I should consolidate to all autoloaders.
Personal preference.
Same with guns. Someone with narrower interest and less disposable income will find X number of guns to be excessive, while someone with wider interest (perhaps collecting variants or multiple disciplines/sports) and the money to support it will find need for the same number the first person found excessive.
I guess that's the beauty of the shooting sports and firearms in general. Sports and purposes are so diverse as to lend distinct individuality to one persons collection, tastes and purposes versus another's. My own collection suits my perceived needs well, others find it too large, many here would find it too small. Some would question why the variety when they are interested in collecting variants of a model, others would see too much commonality.
I own two action types of rifles, bolt guns and ARs. I own one action type of shotgun, pumps. I own one type of handgun, 1911s. There are variations in my collection, but some would find the lack of diversity boring while others could say I should consolidate to all autoloaders.
Personal preference.