What is a gun collector called?

[YeshuaIsa53]

Guns are better than drugs, so call me a medicine man of many calibers with plenty of gauges.

 

[soFlaNative]

Firearm Friendly

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

OLD GUY WITH MONEY........

 

[CH4]

Gunologist!

Good one!

That’s what my ex called me.

 

[03hemi]

Remember, there's a big difference between a "gun collection" and a "collection of guns".

 

[lkabug]

Maybe call them GUN BROKE?

 

[ladder13]

Thrill seeker

 

[glenwolde]

So are reloaders Ammunitionists? Cartridgolosists?

 

[Buford57]

I recall reading "hoplophile" (based on the Greek for lover of guns) in a gun rag many moons ago. The opposite is a hoplophobe - one with an irrational and pathological fear for firearms.

 

[Spurdann]

I am going to say “Normal”, yep that’s what I call myself.

 

[Bekeart]

Broke, Impoverished, Over Drawn

Bekeart

 

[Protocall_Design]

That is why a major .com site is often called Gone Broker.

 

[lihpster]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3ygE6H7PU[/ame]

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I recall reading "hoplophile" (based on the Greek for lover of guns) in a gun rag many moons ago. The opposite is a hoplophobe - one with an irrational and pathological fear for firearms.

AFAIK the term "hoplophobe" was coined by Col. Jeff Cooper BICBW. The point of the term is to describe someone afraid of inanimate "things", particularly guns.

The root:

The soldiers that fought for the Greek city-states were known as hoplites. The word hoplite is thought to come from the word ta hopla, meaning tool or equipment, which also describes the main piece of equipment that a hoplite carried, a large round shield called a hoplon

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Tool. Equipment. Inanimate, useful things. Thus, soldiers carried useful things and were identified by those things.

Oplo, as noted above, is the current Greek word for a gun.

Truth be told, I think I'll stick with gun collector and avoid foreign words that are meaningless to almost everyone. An accumulator is just a parallel term.

And then there is jimmyj:

8. He An't Right

 

[pasound]

I asked a couple of friends, both gun owners, the same question. They know I have a small collection of Smiths, Rugers, and others. 42 firearms? They both said "obsessive-compulsive". I think I finally agree.

 

[steelslaver]

around here "Normal"

 

[llowry61]

OLD GUY WITH MONEY........

Old guy with money to buy all the stuff we wanted and couldn't afford till now.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

pasound;142077977 42 firearms

That's called a good start as I recollect!

 

[desmobob]

"Broke" was the first word that came to my mind...

 

[Model 19 6"]

I can not say on this board the words my wife uses!!!