A gun to which you are "sentimentally attached"

[bigmtnman]

Hard to believe .... but when I moved from Virginia to Colorado in 2000, only ONE center fire handgun made the move with me. I had sold off the majority of what I owned to help finance the re-location. My new wife and I loved to go camping and we went a lot. That center fire was my carry and camp gun for many years. It was/is an old Argentine Ballester-Molina .45 acp (shown). I had held onto it because it was utterly reliable, accurate, and shot perfectly to point of aim. I am definitely "sentimentally attached" to this old warhorse for all the time it shared with me in the great Colorado outdoors.

So, to what firearm might you have a "sentimental attachment" .... and the reason for it ?

 

[dwh]

The model 94 my uncle gave me as payment for putting in a new pasture fence for him. I thought I was putting in the fence just because he asked me to.
My model 70 30-06 my first rifle and shot my first of many deer with.
My model 17 I just love that gun.

 

[30-30remchester]

Two I will die with and will go to my grandsons. Both are worn and has bluing loss. First is a 1948 vintage Winchester model 70 in 30/06 that has kept my family fed since 1990. Without checking my book, IIRC it has accounted for 27 elk, 27 antelope and 30 some mule deer. With the money I save on meat I was able to pay 2 years college tuition for one of my kids. The other is a much-worn prewar Colt Woodsman that has been my constant companion for more decades than I can recall. I have made some extraordinary shots with it on flying birds and several head of big game has been put in my freezer thanks to it.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

My Model 19.
Bought it in Guam, took it to SEA, flew with it on three trips there.
Later carried it in different places stateside.
Like when those Hair Goats out in West Texas were sneaking me in the dark, I pulled down on them with my 19.
When I informed them that I’m a Gringo who loves Cabrito, they got out of there Pronto!

 

[JohnRippert]

The M65-3 I bought Dad back in the '90s, that came back to me in 2013. Wish I had not gotten it back so soon.

 

[Grayfox]

Mid-1950s Remington 11-48 12 gauge. My father's quail gun. I learned to shoot on it. One day it'll belong to my oldest son.

 

[LVSteve]

A Steyr M9 that belonged to my first wife would be tops. I guess the first pistol and rifle that I purchased are also important to me.

 

[Ματθιας]

I have an SA-85M, a Hungarian under folder AKM. I got it when I was in high school. The guys at the LGS let me put it on layaway until my 18th birthday. When I went to pick it up, a week later (AWB waiting period) they gave me a tin of ammo and 7 mags as a B-day present! I was working at McDs at the time.

I have three handguns, same thing the guys at the gunshop let me put on layaway until my 21st B-day. The first one was a Beretta 92FS, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon sold me. They gave me three or four hi-cap mags as the AWB was in effect.

The second and third ones are two Colt Gold Cups that I picked up a year or so later. I walked in to an LGS and they had two, one brushed stainless and another is polished stainless. The brushed stainless is my shooter and been with me for forever. The polished stainless is unfired in the box. The movie, The Getaway remake inspired the purchase.

I won't ever part those, at least while I'm alive.

 

[Golddollar]

All of the guns I inherited from my dad, to start. Because of my admiration for the Finns in standing up to the Russians, the next would be my L-35 Lahti pistol from Finland.

 

[BC38]

The only two I really have any sentimental attachment to are the Stevens 58D 20ga bolt action shotgun that Dad bought me, and the smoothbore percussion-cap that he hand-built 100% from scratch.

Neither of them have any significant monetary value, but they are both valuable to me because they remind me of my dad.

 

[bedwards]

My wife bought me a Dan Wesson 15-2 pistol pack when we first got married and didn't have money for much of anything. Will never part with it and haven't really shot it much like my other guns.

 

[schutz5]

A Colt 1903 in .32 acp that my father gave me.

Second might be my first revolver bought in 1983. A Python.

 

[Dvus]

All that I inherited from my dad. The Double-Nine that I learned to shoot handguns with, the Marlin 20a pump .22 that was my rifle trainer and a Steven's 59A .410 with a Mossberg 500 20 ga. that we used to hunt with.

 

[reccpd101]

Sportsman

I hunted with my grandfather many times over 60 years ago. He had the only grocery store in our little mountain town and, during the late depression years, traded staples like coffee, flour, etc for fishing rods, guns, etc. He gave me a Winchester 20 single shot. He carried an H&R Sportsman 22 and a 16 gauge LC Smith. If the small game was not moving, he pegged it with the 22 and if it was moving, he dropped it with the 16 bore. He seldom missed. I learned to shoot a revolver with the 22 and carried one or more from 18 yrs old until I put it in a drawer before dinner tonight. When my grandfather passed I inherited the 22 revolver and my first cousin got the LC Smith. I still own the Winchester but the H&R 22 is where I am really attached. Every time i pick it up I hear my grandfather's voice say "FRONT SIGHT, FRONT SIGHT!".

 

[robvious]

All my sentimental guns are touchstones to my ancestors and friends now gone... I have one grandfather's shotgun, one uncle's shotgun, my father's first pistol... I have had a few tribute guns made replicating ones that I didn't inherit... and a couple purchased from friends now gone... picking just one, it would be my late father's first gun.. a Ruger 22 pistol... with only a 4 digit serial number...

 

[charlie sherrill]

I've got several, including some I carried on duty during a 40+ year career in law enforcement. Two of them I'm especially attached to. One is a 4" nickel S&W 15-3 that I bought new for my mother many years ago. It includes silver box, papers, and the receipt for $69.00. She passed away in 2007 at age 84. She loved to shoot and had several trophies she had won at matches with her model 15. The other is also a model 15-3. I gave it to my wife Jackie Sherrill when she joined the PD in 1974. At that time we had to furnish our own duty weapons. I couldn't find a model 15 anywhere. They were a popular police sidearm at the time and were in short supply. I found a police supply house in New Orleans that was supposed to have a few. I had just pulled into the parking lot of the supply house when a New Orleans officer pulled up. When he got out of his cruiser he pulled his nickel 15 out of the holster, opened the cylinder, unloaded it and started toward the door with the cylinder open. I asked him what he was going to do with the 15. He told me he had shot a guy the day before with all six rounds and he still shot back at him before he died. He was trading it in on a .357. I told him I would give him $5.00 more than they offered on trade. He went inside and almost immediately came back out and told me they offered $75.00. I handed him four twenty dollar bills and headed home. For Christmas a few days later, I gave my wife a large box with many smaller boxes inside. Each box contained something I knew she liked. The last box was the model 15. I got a big kiss for that one. A few years later the department we worked for issued model 66's. She kept the 15 with her when she wasn't on duty. On New Years Eve 1984 Jackie Dole Sherrill was shot and killed in the line of duty. Those two model 15's will go to my son after I'm gone. I turned 77 today. Google her name. You have to sort through a lot of stuff about Coach Jackie Sherrill but there are several interesting articles about her.

 

[Hair Trigger]

A Colt 1903 in .32 acp that my father gave me.
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I'd have to say the same, except it was my stepfather.

All the other guns I currently own are guns I bought myself with no prior connections to anyone.

My stepdad was a WWII veteran and was a NCO courier. His CO gave him a Model M to carry concealed, in addition to the 1911 he wore in a belt holster. He gave me the Model M before he passed in 2000. I rarely shoot it, and it's in great shape, is a US Property marked gun made in 1944. I treasure it as much as or more than all my other handguns or long guns.

The only other gun I'd consider is a Remington Model 510 Targetmaster .22LR rifle that was given to me by a family friend when I was 9 years old (1963). I paid that gun forward 38 years ago to a guy who I worked with to give his son who was about that same age. He still has it and has expressed a willingness to let me have it back if I want it. We recently reconnected after not seeing each other for 30 years.

 

[SWFan27]

I have a sentimental attachment to all of my firearms. Some maybe more than others. I do not own any that I would be willing to part with.

 

[Rpg]

I’ve been downsizing my collection a bit at a time.

Every month or so I go through my remaining pieces and pick out one or two to sell.

So far, I haven’t sold any that I miss after selling them but I’m getting closer. Of those that remain, I’m particularly attached to a Parker 16 ga DH, and two other 16ga sxs European guns. I have a few Colt 1911’s that I’ve had work done on so they have the features I prefer.

 

[Valmet]

Several for me-

Two are S&Ws. An Aug 1944 shipped Victory Model that my grandad brought home from Europe in Dec 1945. He’d been there since Dec of 1944 and wasn’t a fan of his issued 1911 so he grabbed the Victory when he was able to and carried it the rest of the war. Even had a German POW make custom grips for it. It was his nightstand gun from then until summer 2000 when he gave it to my dad and my dad gifted it to me in Jan 2015. Got a letter which verified it was shipped to OSS Norfolk VA Aug 22, 1944.

The second is an early Model 17-3. Dad acquired it from my uncle around 1980 and I grew up shooting it. When I turned 17 back in 1998 it was my bday gift. Got it lettered and while it’s a -3 the yoke is marked “17-2” as S&W was using up -2 parts on early -3s. Shipped to Sturgeon Bay WI in June 1968.