Lets hear some stories. What got you into C&R?

[6-Pack]

$20 Enfields and $120 1903A4's

Don’t forget the $50 Nagants and the $79 SKSs

 

[tallen702]

I had a buddy that collected. I thought it was pretty neat, then I saw how cheap it could be, the rest is history.

 

[coinboy]

He left the site over a disagreement, and I believe he passed away sometime in the last year or so.

Edit: He passed in 2018

https://www.mdshooters.com/threads/novus-collectus-has-passed.225715/

Damn, that's sad. Used to love talking to him on here and joking about the toilet computer memes.

He was a lot of influence in the C&R FAQ too.

 

[K31]

Brother brought home a Westinghouse 1891 Mosin Nagant from High School.

 

[Doctor_M]

My C&R has been an enemy of my retirement accounts.

 

[teratos]

My C&R has been an enemy of my retirement accounts.

Consider C&R a retirement account!!!!

Problem solved.

 

[Doctor_M]

I may have you talk to my wife, brother!

 

[teratos]

I may have you talk to my wife, brother!

Put your C&R guns in a spreadsheet. What you paid for them vs what they are worth now. Show it to her.

C&R stands for “collection and retirement”.

 

[Doctor_M]

Well that should be interesting since the answer to "What did you pay for that?", is always "$100".

 

[teratos]

Well that should be interesting since the answer to "What did you pay for that?", is always "$100".

This should end very well for you!

 

[Red1917]

Realizing I could get an M1 that my friends and I saw in our favorite movies and videogames blew my mind. I saved all my teenage job money and my friend and I got our dads to fill out the cmp paperwork for a service grade when we were 16. Best day ever when those arrived

 

[w2kbr]

Couple reasons. I really liked S&W wheel guns. And with MD collector paper and Fed FFL03, I was very picky that seller recognized my FFL03, and would ship direct to my mailbox via USPS PRIORITY 2ND DAY. Worked out well. Now, my entire collection has been Will bequests to my off spring, now all over 50 years young, and trained and educated in "The Way of the Firearm", and all now living out of MD. It has been a fun ride.

 

[K31]

My C&R has been an enemy of my retirement accounts.

Is "C&R" one of The Big Guys fake emails accounts?

 

[K31]

I may have you talk to my wife, brother!

Dump her.

 

[Doctor_M]

Nahh... I really don't think I could do better. She is a freaking saint, and I'm a giant goofball.

 

[mauser58]

Old machinery has always amazed me. Also strong built rifles of past wars and years. I am also a fan of wood furniture on a rifle. I have collected for like 45 years

 

[Tungsten]

Only rifle I could buy for less than $100

 

[gizzard]

they was cheap, not cheap any more. keep the license in case i see an auction or yard sale buy.

 

[6cylrider98]

Always wanted older firearms from the 2 big wars. @2004 got the C&R and well we know how that goes.lol. Started hitting all the shows from Harrisburg to Richmond for a few years till the toys started to dry up and I got most of what I wanted. A few hole are still there but MD laws and $$$ of them keep me looking. I love the old firearms, just wish they could talk.

 

[lazarus]

I've always liked history and old things. Plus it felt like a stick in the eye for MD ordering handguns and having them shipped to my front door. Well, also easier shopping out of state too.


I actually only have a handful of C&R left. P1, Cz50, Colt OP, Garand, Carbine, and 1903A3. I'll collect more, but I had to downsize with the divorce I have in process. It'll likely be a few years though. I'd really like a 1911A1, and I might get that for myself as a divorce present. Most of the C&R I want these days is $$$, and that just ain't happening for a few years. A couple of cheaper guns I want that are non-C&R that are going to take priority. I really want a Howa mini in 300BO and a bolt gun in 22lr.

I might pickup a Hi Power or Walther PP/PPK in 32acp that is C&R at some point. I am going to let my FFL03 expire this spring rather than renew, as I am likely finalizing the divorce this winter, and then moving spring or summer.