CarolC let me tell you an old story about experts who had to take war seriously. Italians decided to surrender peacefully and not support the Nazis after the allies invaded. There were thousands of Italians who owned military firearms that never surrendered them. The USA and Britain held an amnesty to recover privately held military firearms. Thousands of old shotguns,bolt action rifles and revolvers were handed in to the "Expert weapons collectors"   while many thousands of sleek, modern semi automatics and machine guns were greased up and hidden away. They were never found.

Yours, Aye. Dave