He who dies with the most unused guns looses. Also applies to loaded shells. Winners have lots of empties, well cared for guns and lots of memories.
I wanted one special gun for almost 30 years. It was very unique action, rare, something that I would never have some idiot tell me his grandfather had a better, or one just like it. Well I got one and it was even more expensive than I dreamed it would be. Fit and finish was everything that I dreamed of. I shot it so badly that I checked POI and barrel convergence several times. Had the stock bent and bent again. If I had to use that gun to shoot myself I would have live till 100.
That was the one gun that I never thought I would sell. It is gone. All my collection and accumulation can be had if enough green comes along. Family guns, that I cared about, have already been passed along. The rest are toys and guns just waiting to be exchanged for money.
