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Your “COOLEST” gun?
Ok, this question is very broad, out of any gun you own, what’s the coolest? Not to be confused with your favorite, the oldest, the most valuable, the newest, etc. Your coolest gun should be bad ask, somewhat unique maybe, but overall just cool!
Mine? This 2.5” Python. It’s just cool. I shoot with a gaggle of millennials and try to slowly expose them to older firearms. THIS is the one everyone gravitates to. Let’s see yours! (TIA)
A very close 2nd is my first year Winchester 9422. Once again, just super cool!
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5" 5 screw .357 w sambar stag and rattlesnake inlayed sheepskin lined holster
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5" 5 screw .357 w sambar stag and rattlesnake inlayed sheepskin lined holster
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Toss up between my 3 1/2" 27-2 and Pre-War Heavy Duty. I've posted the 27 a few times, so I'll go with the HD. It's not pristine by a long shot, but I bet it could tell some stories if it could talk...
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The 3” full lug just finished by Andy Horvath in .327 mag. Presently carrying it, Larry
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Another tough one, but for right this minute I'll go with this specimen.
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For my “coolest” over the years is this 3rd model singleshot. My son and daughters learned to shoot a handgun using it, as did my grandchildren.
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Winchester 1895 in .270 Winchester.
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.38 Super Commander with elk grips and custom serial number.
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Any of my .38-44 HD mutts...Take your choice, They all exude maximum cool...  ...Ben
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My 1858 Remington Army that an ancestor carried through the Civil War.
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Swedish Mauser that is about 110 years old. Shoots as straight as Billy Graham (no disrespect intended).
50 caliber hawken rifle built from a kit when that was popular.
I have others but these are probably my favorites
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And btw, we love pictures!
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Hmmm 4in King Super target is pretty cool I think
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My coolest gun is a toss up between my King's Gun Works custom 1948 Colt Commercial Gov't-
And my Krebs Custom Guns built "Crowbar" S&W 28-2 in .45ACP-
Honorable mention goes to my Clark's Meltdown Colt 1991A1 Compact-
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A Westly Richards under lever, hammer double in 450 3 1/4" Nitro Express! In no way a Best Quality rifle, this was a working man's gun! The cartridge came out in 1898 and these actions were discontinued in 1905. This is the kind of rifle that belonged to a Good Family's second son's second son! (My family was no that good, but I am the second son's second son!)
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Don't really have anything that would be the "coolest", but I can submit this old .357 Magnum for consideration.
It's got a short barrel and a weird hammer, but the Patridge front sight pulls it all together, IMHO.
.............Enjoy
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The Auto Mag is pretty cool also
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Hard to choose.
One of my SBR's would probably be amongst the coolest, but my Polytech AK is the one I wanted the longest. And yep it's a real picture of it I took in my living room.
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I have always loved my 315NG.
Adding the Spegels only helped its coolness.
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Hard to choose.
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Chinese junk! 
It is amazing that during the time these were readily available and cheap, these were sneered at by many as inferior chicom garbage guns. Same for many other Norinco/Chinese imports.
Not so.
Now decades late these command extreme collectors prices ($$$) and are thought of as some of the highest quality imports ever made.
I feel the Turkish 1911s are treated the same way these days. Many looks at them and think there’s no way they can be any good and are made by a Muslim country so must be bad. But I think in a few years they’re going to go up in value.
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Chinese junk!
It is amazing that during the time these were readily available and cheap, these were sneered at by many as inferior chicom garbage guns. Same for many other Norinco/Chinese imports.
Not so.
Now decades late these command extreme collectors prices ($$$) and are thought of as some of the highest quality imports ever made.
I feel the Turkish 1911s are treated the same way these days. Many looks at them and think there’s no way they can be any good and are made by a Muslim country so must be bad. But I think in a few years they’re going to go up in value. |
The Polytech is my all time favorite, but in the AK groups my Maadi gets the most attention. I paid less than half for it too.
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Chinese junk!
It is amazing that during the time these were readily available and cheap, these were sneered at by many as inferior chicom garbage guns. Same for many other Norinco/Chinese imports.
Not so.
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The Chinese SKS rifles are generally considered the most accurate of the breed.
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I guess it has to be this one; the Walther PP in 7.65mm (.32 Auto),
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NOTE: The gun which appears on screen in the film is actually a PP, like yours.
I own two PPK/S Models myself.
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I had this Meriden Model 1915 .22pump.
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When we have a shooting get together I have three that everyone wants to shoot. The first two are blackpowder, an 1870 Springfield Trapdoor in .50-70 and an 1881 Colt SAA in .45 Colt. The clouds of smoke from these two brings a smile to your face. The third is a little more modern, a Coonan .357. The .50-70 Trapdoor is the top one in the photo.
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I have 2 guns that are about as far apart on the technology spectrum as possible but sadly neither are S&W's.
First is a 1878 Springfield Trapdoor. While the gun is not particularly accurate it is a blast to shoot, throwing those huge 405 - 500gr bullets down range and it always draws attention at the range. It is impossible to fire it without envisioning its place and use in history.
Second is my Full Auto HK MP5A2. Completely reliable and extremely accurate for what it is designed to do. Firing it suppressed is even more fun and it won't bankrupt you to exercise it every now and then.
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That would be my 1936 Serial Number 820 Winchester Model 71 Deluxe in .348 Winchester.
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Mine would be my nearly 100 yr old Winchester Model 1911 sl in 12ga.
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My British Mark VI Webley revolver in the original .455 caliber. One of the local judges who is a member of one of my clubs would probably break his wrist reaching for his checkbook if I told him I was selling it.
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09-22-2023, 11:01 PM
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My British Mark VI Webley revolver in the original .455 caliber. One of the local judges who is a member of one of my clubs would probably break his wrist reaching for his checkbook if I told him I was selling it.
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11-21-2021, 01:21 AM
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"Coolest" is a tricky criterion. I have milsurps that other collectors would find very cool, but then I have modern guns that are cool because of the novel ways they operate.
In the milsurp world, I have a US built Mosin that has been through multiple rebuilds and likely served with Imperial Russia, folk in the Finnish revolution, the Finnish Civil guard and maybe their army in the wars against the Soviet Union. Another candidate would be my Enfield No.1 MkVI rebuilt as a No4 Mk1, one of 1025 or less.
For a modern weapon, I would say my Strike One or one of my Grand Powers are the coolest.
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11-21-2021, 01:39 AM
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Cool is a 3 1/2" 27-2 from the late '70's. Joe
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11-21-2021, 01:45 AM
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As of today it would be this one. 28-2 4" with moose grips by bigmtnman. Old school is cool.
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I've got two that are pretty cool.
Top Right: 2nd Model .44 HE. Factory letter shows gun was shipped January 22, 1924 to Police Department, Joplin MO.
Center Right: 3rd Model .44 HE (Post War)
Letter states this gun was shipped July 22, 1946 to George Lawrence Co. Portland Oregon ordered for John H. Young, Portland Police Dept.
I wonder what stories these guns could tell?
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11-21-2021, 04:29 AM
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I think my coolest would be my S&W 1006 with my 4506-1 a close 2nd.
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11-21-2021, 01:34 AM
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My coolest right now is my Blessed and tuned 3rd gen Colt SAA. Mostly because it is a tack driver. 5 shot groups at 20 yds.
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11-21-2021, 04:38 AM
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Probably this Garrett Arms 1863 Sharps Cartridge Conversion;
or my 3-1/2" 27-2 (BTW, the 3-1/2" 27 is by far the coolest S&W)
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11-21-2021, 05:28 AM
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Many of my friends rank my Winchester 1887 lever shotgun at the top of the cool scale:
I'm partial to my Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32acp pistol.
But it's not the gun itself that makes it cool, it's the combination of the cigar box that I converted into a hideout for it, that carries it over to being cool:
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The High Standard “Space Gun” was pretty radical in the late 1950’s. I guess that counts as cool!
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My Coolest Currently
Is my 1st Series 3rd variation Kokura Arsenal made Japanese 6.5mm Arisaka Type 44 cavalry carbine.
This little carbine is in incredible shape.
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I think the "coolest" one I've got now is this USFA, SAA. I got it a few months ago, almost by accident. I'm not a single-action guy, but stopped to look at it in the case at the LGS. I thought it was a Colt until I asked to see it and noticed the letters US on the grip rather than the prancing pony I expected to see. It had the box, papers, cloth bag and such. I was going to put it back but my wife told me to buy it. "It's pretty."
I've got other pictures, but this one shows the case hardening so well, I end up using it all the time.
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I still didn't really know what it was until some people on the forums educated me.
One other candidate. At least I think it's "cool" and maybe someone else will. A Umarex replica "Thompson M1A1" in CO2, BB. All metal construction, with the exception of the plastic wood furniture, it looks, feels and operates just like the real thing. Fires full and semi auto, loads 30 BB's (and two CO2 cartridges) into the magazine. Comes in around 9 pounds.
Personally I always wanted a Thompson, but a real one is just out of the question. This is about as close as I'll ever get to one I suppose.
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Kimber Micro 9 for size comparison. It's a big, solid feeling piece.
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My 1930ish Westernfield 30 double-hump. On the far right in this pic off the net. One guess what it’s named!
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