Entirely subjective thing.
If you think you are one, you probably are.
If you think you are not one, you probably aren't, but may well fit someone else's definition.
I have met people who proudly proclaimed to all that "I'm a gun collector!" because they bought every gun that seemed reasonably priced in every pawn shop or gun shop they could get to, often having little or no knowledge of any of their 'collection'.
Others focus on one brand or type while being extremely knowledgeable about one or more brands or types, and still don't consider themselves a collector.
Condition has little to do with being a collector, beyond seeking the best example possible among those available. If you collect Indian War guns, western lawmen SA's, Viet Nam captures, or police issued guns, you can tie up a fortune in a very impressive and historically significant collection that does not have a single high condition gun in it!
I do not even fit my own definition of 'collector'.
I have my fondnesses, and I've never met a Hand Ejector I didn't like, but focused I am not. I love them all.
I am simply an accumulector, or, if you prefer, a colleculator.
