Collecting Enfields -How many?

[Fred G.]

I'm not a seasoned collector of Enfields by any means. I've only owned about seven in my life. But I've been collecting various types of other rifles, mostly U.S Krags, 1903's and antiques, for 36 years. Out of the 160 or so long guns in my life I've owned over the years, I've only bought something on line twice. Everything else has been found at guns shows where I found them on a table and was able to examine them in detail. That included putting them to my shoulder and getting the feel of them. If I then fell in Lust for the rifle, I'd buy or trade for it. I've only owned, at the most, about a dozen old rifles or muskets at any one time due to limited cash available at the time, but I've owned many types over the years and have learned everything I could about each type. Usually, after studying up on and reading about specific events in Military history, I began yearning for such a rifle or musket that was involved. That's all it took to provoke me to go out and find one at a show. Fred