Thanks for the advice. I'm in Northern Virginia, so demand can be pretty high given the concentration of military personnel in the area. An acqaintance claiming to be knowledgable about these rifled said that the inter-war era guns had better build quality that the war era guns. If that is true, I would probably focus on that period. I have mixed feelings about collector versus shooter. While there is better long-term value in a collector, my preference is for a shooter since it pains me not to shoot what I buy. In an ideal world, I'd have one of each.