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What long guns satisfy like a pre-numeral Smith Revolver?
I know about the Pre-64 Winchesters.
What other long guns give the ego the same bang for the buck?
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The 1934 Model 94 winchester that belonged to my dad.....
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Model 12 and Model 42 Winchesters.
I have four nice M12s, and one perfect M42.
Now I just need a M21.
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M38 Mosin Nagant.
Dunno about the ego thing, but it's a blast to shoot.
You don't happen to own an X frame .500, do ya?
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Model 12 Winchester in 16ga
Model 12 Remington pump with original Lyman tang sight
Marlin 1894cl in .32-20
CZ 550FS in 6.5x55
Model 141 Remington with Lyman Tang
LC Smith 12ga Sxs that belonged to my Grandfather
just to name a few, also the most special gun I own, or ever will, the Remington M514 ss that my Great Grandfather let me shoot in 1965, I was 4 perhaps 5 years old and we visited him in rural TN from Michigan. We shot snakes from a bridge that day and I still remember the feel of that gun and the smell of the burnt powder like it was this morning. It started me down a life time love of firearms.
I still have it in my safe, it must be worth a whopping $75, but I would sell every other gun in there before that one.
Thank you Willard Gunn for a very rewarding hobby.
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i second the mosin.. just pure shoulder hurting fun
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Gotta add Mannlicher-Shoenaur rifles. I missed one about 14 years ago(in 9.3 by 62 if I remember right) and have been looking for one ever since......
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Springfield 1903 and 1903A3 rifles.
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My Browning Superposed Grade ll and Browning A-5 both made in Belgium in the late 1950's. They get used VERY often for Hunting, Sporting Clay, Trap & Skeet. LOVE 'EM!!!!
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A Krag sporter that has seen 80 or 90 years of hunting use.
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i'm very fond of these two takedowns. A 1950 Rem. Model 81 in .300 Savage and a Win.Model 92 .44 WCF choke full of custom features (round barrel, shotgun butt, pistol grips, tang and folding rear sights). Both shoot great.
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Well,I used to collect Belgium Brownings,but then this revolver thing got a hold on me. When the prices peaked a few years ago,I sold off a bunch,but not all of 'em.
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A very nice Stevens Walnut Hill would do it for me.
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Remington model 722 or model 700 in 222. Classic rifles in a classic chambering!
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M21 Winchester and a J.P. Sauer SXS hammer gun. Larry
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Sako .222. Precision of a fine watch.
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Colt SAA, Winchester '73, 03 and 03-A3 Springfield, M-1 Garrand and Kentucky rifles. Yeah, the Mosin is slightly addictive.
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It is a hard question...
This one got a special place in Swissmans collector's heart..
But this is my #1... I got this rifle since my first week in the Swiss-army.
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But this is my #1... I got this rifle since my first week in the Swiss-army.
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Find ones that match up. I got through putting together a "U.S. Rifle Model of 1917" last year. So this year my hunt has been for a S&W 1917 to match. So far only thing in my price range I have got is a Colt 1917. Still looking for the Smith.
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A Colt Monitor. About 125 were manufactured in the early 1930s.
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It is a hard question...
This one got a special place in Swissmans collector's heart..
But this is my #1... I got this rifle since my first week in the Swiss-army.
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Lots of machine guns in the hands of lots of citizens.
Good reason Switzerland is not an attractive takeover target.
P.S., with the pistol grip and the flash suppressor that is probably a gun we cannot have in Joisey
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Garands, Browning Superposed, Mausers, particularly Swedish, Persian and Argentine if they are in nice condition.
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treat to look at or carry
Just one of those that makes me smile!
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Nice idea for a thread.
Right now, for me, it's Winchester Model 12 shotguns and Marlin 39 rifles.
Of course that's subject to change.
Of course side by side shotguns will always be something I love, but the ones I really like are far out of my price range!
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P17's, Garands, 1903's, 1903A3's, M1A's, Marlin levers.
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Model 12 and Model 42 Winchesters.
I have four nice M12s, and one perfect M42.
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Ditto, I have 3 unmolested Field Grade 42's. There is just something about them that is just "right."
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I saw thousands of them at Tulsa. Any old Winchester lever gun with a case hardened frame, Greener Shotguns, Garands, anything that says "Holland & Holland" or "Rigby" or "Westley Richards", and a good looking, all original, Remington 40X .22LR.
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Certainly the Pre 64 Winchester model 70 and Sako's in general.
Of the ones I currently have...
Older Remington 700 in 6.5-06.
Colt Sauer, I have the .243 & .300Wby.
Belgian Browning made by FN, mine's a 30-06
1917 Edystone, mine has been sporterized by a pro.
There's others I'd like to get, some I have but don't measure up to the general consensus, but they make me smile when I look at them.
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How about a couple of Marlin Cowboys? A 1894 in .45 Colt and a 1897 in .22lr.
They even look good in with my N & K frames.
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1922 model 94 in 25/35
1948 model 94 flat band in 32 spl
1950 savage 99 in 300 savage
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Any fine doublegun. There is something about them that is just timeless and classic among sporting long guns. There are many modern shooters who never learned to handle them, or prefer the latest automatic of the day, but a good double, or even something as pedestrian as a Stevens 311A from the 50s, carries a certain "something" about it. I prefer older L.C.Smiths and Foxes, but the Browning BSS and even the Ruger Gold Label are more recent SxSs that have that quality of ... quality.
Then there is something about an original Win 1892 that is in good shooting condition. Even more so, it's big brother the 1886. The Browning or Win repros are pretty fine too.
And don't forget the fine single shots like the Win Hi Wall, or even the more recent Browning 78 or 1885.
Then there are the classic, simple bolt action 22s from the 50s and earlier... say a good Rem Model 510 Targetmaster or a Win 69A, real walnut and blued steel, ... or a solid Marlin 39 lever action, adult proportioned and with a feel that just says 'big game' in a 22 rimfire and you know they are going to shoot well.
Yep, lots of good stuff out there.
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54 Winchester from 1921 (IIRC) 30 Gov't 06
C. Sharps 45x2 4/10" (45-90 to the Winchester guys)
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Savage model 99 lever rifle. Blue, Walnut, chambered in .250 Savage. (.250/3000)
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I have to agree with this also: "Any fine doublegun".
A straight stock English double is a wonderful thing indeed. (especially in 16 gauge)
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