Survey: Largest Airgun Collection

I am new to this sport and have amassed 4 in the last 6-8 months. Hammerli 850 22, Evanix Max ML 22, FX Revolution 22, and Vulcan 25. I don't know from experience but I would think that a large collection of air guns might be different than having firearms. From experience, I know that firearms can be oiled and stored for years and years and still shoot like the day they were new. I would fear that a large collection of air guns that can't be cycled and shot routinely would result in storage problems such as o ring degradation. However, I am speculating and interested in others experience. Four is about all I can manage to shoot fairly frequently.

Aj3 I very much agree with you!
I have at this moment 12 airguns. 5 of these are PCP (Steyr hunter 5 / Daystate air ranger 50 / AA Ultimate sporter / FX Bobcat / FX Wildcat). On preorder now, the FX Impact in all the calibers.
My problem now Is exactly your point. How to maintain and shoot them all. And I kind of feel the pressure from all that air pressured rifles waiting for me to take them to the range........ .
So I have to do something about this situation, and take my numbers of PCP`s down. But which rifle to go, when I have a personally connection to all of them!!
I think this is a dilemma many of you out there is struggling with also.
My problem is that the interest for airguns in my country is very limited. It is burners that counts, so the "used market" is not a realistic option. Bitfrost and ledlobber may disagree, but this is the situation in my part of the country anyway. (Westernmost point of Norway).

Of those that I "collect": 21 BSA Mercury (various versions, mainly Mk3/4/S in 177 & 22) & 6 Daystate Air Ranger (all 22).

I rather keep a small Airsenal, 4 would be the perfect number I have 5 now and would want to sell one, but it's hard to decide which one to let go

I have owned 5 but never more than 3 at a time. 25 Vulcan 22 cricket and 177 Evanix Rainstorm

No where near the largest but I own 7 PCPs. Three are Sumatras, two 22 cal and a 25 cal. My opinion Sumatras are the most versatile hunting rifles around. On my 25 cal I can dial the power anywhere from about 15 FPE up to 84 FPE (with pellets-bullets get over 100 FPE) and it's super accurate. The 22 Sumara is the same, depending on the pellet and power setting it can be dialed from 12 FPE up to mid 70s FPE and these guns seem to shoot just about any pellet well. I also have Career .357 cal which is very similar to the Sumatras. I have 3 different Hatsan PCPs, 22 cal long which is modified and regulated. I get 40 shots at 32 FPE and it's very accurate, 25 cal short version it's also modded for 42 FPE for 18 shots and the 30 cal. It's still being modified but right now it's set up for 100 FPE for 14 shots. I do very little hunting and normally just do long range plinking. I use the Hatsan 30 cal and Sumatra 25 cal for anything from 150 yds and over and the Hatsan 22 & 25 cal and 22 cal Sumatra for out to 150 yds.

I have over a dozen rifles, and yes, it is too many. I will take at least three or four to the Hickory show, but might wind up bringing home new ones. Having been sort of the lone airgunner in my area, I have wound up buying rifles I would have been content to test out if a friend had had one. Expensive learning process. I only have a couple I would not part with, and only a few I am curious enough about to think about purchasing. Kinda hoping one or two of them might be available to test at the show, so I can find out whether they should 
stay on the future-purchase list.
The largest collection I am aware of is Frank Korn's. I believe he resides in the Nethelands. He has literally hundreds. I have seen pictures of some of his gun racks. Truly astonishing, considering he has few if any duplicates, though many variations of models.
Jack
The two I would not part with are a DaveG rifle and a Titan MPT.

"regsmeeton"I only have a couple I would not part with...

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Those are the ones you need to list.

I have a spun gun. Would this count as part of my arsenal? I have it rig up to shoot from combustible gas and compressed air.

I've been at this for many years and I had 50 at one time. I sold a bunch and vowed never to break the 30 mark. I now have 29 and that's too many. I plan on selling a bunch and keep it under 15 from now on.

I personally know people with over 300 and that's a drop in the bucket compared to some collectors. Cecile Whiteside had an enormous collection before he died. There are some $500K+ collections out there.