I greatly regret not keeping and not buying more antique Colts and especially Winchesters from the 1970's/80's. Less than a $10,000 investment would be retirement money now. High quality and grade mean everything.

As for investment in general, there are basically three things in which you can invest: collectables, real estate, and the stock market. For much of the past few years, the money has gone into the stock market. If you watch it, a huge jump or crash could happen at any time. The Obama "recovery" is non-existant. We are a capitalist country, and only a capitalist economy will start a true recovery. Obama is a Marxist. The numbers lie SO badly! There is no inflation because food has been removed from those figures that are counted. Jobless rate decreases? Count the people who have given up looking or at part time jobs. With any hint of calamity, the stock market could crash again. With a conservative president and Republican Congress, the economy would go off like a Roman candle. The big corporation have not reinvestited huge amounts of cash. The banks are cash rich, too, not loaning out available monies. With the future unknown, expect the same miserable, very slow improvement, or less.