When growing up back in the dark ages, my Dad and my uncle were the big hunters in the family. We had friends and family that were ranchers and all believed in being practical. Everyone I knew owned three guns, a rifle, a shotgun and a .22 rifle of some sort. I developed an interest in handguns as I got older, but kept the same battery of long guns. Over the years many, many guns of all types have come and gone, but I keep thinking back to that basic group. I now have many more guns than I will ever need from a practical sense, but some I just like.
I had a friend who passed away a long time ago. He was a working cowboy his entire life. He owned a Colt .45 SA, a Marlin 39 in .22 and late in life he bought a Winchester 30/30. He said it was all he needed and all he wanted. Sometimes I think he had the right idea. I may never cull down my accumulation to the few that he had, but there are a number of guns I own that were purchased because they were the fad or because of an impulse buy due to the impending apocalypse. The one thing I am doing is reducing the number of calibers I own and if that reduces the guns, that will be a good thing.