The Last Gun You'll Part With
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Very hard question but probably the first gun I shot when I was five. A Colt Scout my sister smuggled into Venezuela around 1960. The runner up would be dad's hand ejector used against burglar before I was even born
Too hard to choose! One would be a four digit serial Model 71 Winchester deluxe made in 1936. Took many a deer with it. The second would be a 425 Stevens Hi Power in .32 Remington made in 1910. Very hard to find. The third would be a tuned S&W 17-3, 8 3/8 that shoots like a rifle. (lousy picture) Also a nickel S&W 29-2. Beautiful piece.! I guess I don't know which one would be the last one,!!! No help here
That 71 ROCKS. I love those. The most powerful factory round chambered in a lever action. I have a Browning 71 and I love it.Too hard to choose! One would be a four digit serial Model 71 Winchester deluxe made in 1936. Took many a deer with it. The second would be a 425 Stevens Hi Power in .32 Remington made in 1910. Very hard to find. The third would be a tuned S&W 17-3, 8 3/8 that shoots like a rifle. (lousy picture) Also a nickel S&W 29-2. Beautiful piece.! I guess I don't know which one would be the last one,!!! No help here
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I have a pre-model number Combat Masterpiece from 1955 and I agree. There’s something special and rare about those pin-barreled beauties.
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My Smith and Wesson M&P 1905 rev 4 38 special will be in my will. I will never part with it. The Nickel plating is in near perfect condition. The serial number places the manufactured date in early 1917.For some of us, that would be an easy choice
shil
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I can imagine your pain. "A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once".Too late for me. I've had multiples of guns I should have never let go.
Divorce will do that.
THE PILGRIM
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As I have posted- it’s my Blue 19, Bought it at the BX, Anderson AFB, Guam - special order, overheard the ordering dude refusing to pay $105, he was expecting $85.
So I stepped up, I’ll take it!
Later took it to SEA. Three trips there, Flew a couple hundred missions.
The 4 screw Nickel ?
It ain’t never been WEST of Gallup!
So I stepped up, I’ll take it!
Later took it to SEA. Three trips there, Flew a couple hundred missions.
The 4 screw Nickel ?
It ain’t never been WEST of Gallup!
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Interesting replies and not what I thought might happen. I assumed that, being a Smith and Wesson forum and all, we would see a lot of Smith and Wesson's. Wrong! I love the variety of responses and the theme for many is that some guns are personally meaningful to us for what and who they represent. Definitely interesting. I wish I had my dad's old Marlin 30-30 (which he said was MUCH better than a Winchester ). He sold it and all his guns after his teenage son took it out for some target practice... without permission.
). He sold it and all his guns after his teenage son took it out for some target practice... without permission.
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uechikid
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I wouldn’t part with my dad’s Hi Standard model B. Made in 1938. Sorry I don’t have any glam shots. 
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Yes, I remembered the serial number. In Aug. 2013 after cashing in a 20 year old IOU from my late wife to purchase an M1 Garand, she suggested that I check with CMP to determine if they had my high school Garand. I followed her advice and, within hours, CMP's Serial Number Coordinator advised me that they were storing it for the Army and that she would annotate my interest in their database. Three years later, CMP took possession of it and sold it to me. Now I just grin when I look up at it in my living room.
MOONDAWG
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For decades I would have said my 3” model 65 .357 mag Lady Smith.
As of late it is my .380 ACP Body Guard 2.0.
It melts into your hand like a single stack but packs 12 + 1 rounds.
An engineering and ergonomic marvel bar none!
S&W knocked the ball out of the park with this design.
As of late it is my .380 ACP Body Guard 2.0.
It melts into your hand like a single stack but packs 12 + 1 rounds.
An engineering and ergonomic marvel bar none!
S&W knocked the ball out of the park with this design.
Capt. F.
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Yes, this is almost an impossible choice. I've already given my very first guns to my sons (Sears single shot .22 LR bolt action rifle; Crosman target .22 pellet pistol; Daisy .177 pellet rifle with scope), and I will eventually give them the WWII guns that my father brought back. That leaves my modest collection to choose from...hmmm, I guess it would have to be my 4-screw .44 Magnum (1958). Or maybe my 1973 Texas Ranger Commemorative, or my 1876 Winchester .50-95 Express rifle, or ? Maybe I'll be able to pick in a few more years!
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She was a real keeper - your wife that is. What a thoughtful and intelligent woman she was.
