A gun to which you are "sentimentally attached"

[Mule Packer]

I've posted this picture before, but this is the one to which I probably have the most sentimental attachment. It's my Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt. I've had it now for almost 40 years. It has gone with me on practically every pack trip I've taken with the pack string into the back country.

For almost 30 years I lived in an area with a very large population of black bears. I kept this gun loaded with some fairly hot loads...240 grain semi-jacketed hollow points going over 1,000 fps. Never felt under gunned at all.

 

[Smoke]

Glock 19 and my Buck 110 Slim. I carried both at work every night at FedEx and my last assignment as a Rover.

I never did anything with them but carry them. Maybe cut food with the knife but that's about it. I'm not sure why I feel an attachment but I do.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Two from my Dad. he called me to his house in1978. he gave me his Winchester 94 and a half paper sack of ammo. Some was marked $4.00 a box.....said he couldn't see the sights anymore.....We then bought him a 308 with a scope.
Second was his Winchester 12 ga model 12. 2 barrel set.......In his his prime he could shoot that mdl 12 like a machine gun on a covey rise. I've killed a lot of deer with it while dog hunting. When I take the dirt nap they will go to my son.

 

[S&W Fan]

Here are my 3, quickie cell pic:

 

[Puller]

For those leaving a special firearm behind some day for a son or daughter or grandchild, etc., please let them know ahead of time and why it's special to you. In these cases, sometimes the story actually is worth more than the gun.

 

[Valmet]

Glock 19 and my Buck 110 Slim. I carried both at work every night at FedEx and my last assignment as a Rover.

I never did anything with them but carry them. Maybe cut food with the knife but that's about it. I'm not sure why I feel an attachment but I do.

Some folks may never understand an attachment to something like a Glock but if you spend enough time carrying one specific firearm, one develops an attachment (at least I would). To be fair I’m a shameless Glock guy.

 

[roycohutta]

Nostalgic for my old revolvers

Lately, I've become nostalgic for the revolvers of my early days in law enforcement before we transitioned to semi-autos. I traded and/or gave away some I wish I had kept. Also wish I had been able to buy my duty issued 13-3 3" HB RB B and am now looking for a 3" HB RB Model 13 in mint condition (should have done it in the 90s). I like my current J-frames a lot though and here is my beloved 13-2:

 

[DR505]

I have two:

I got this 27-3 for my first police academy. It set me on the financially ruinous path of acquiring S&W revolvers!

I bought this Combat Elite the day I received my USN commission.

 

[BE Mike]

The ones I carried went to my family members years ago. One treasures them and the other...who knows? May have sold them. The two that I have sentimental attachments to now are a S&W model 19-3. I bought it from a Deputy U.S. Marshal who got it from a Border Patrolman. I gave it to my father who carried it as a police commissioner. The other one is a Clark accurized "hard ball gun" that I used to get my Distinguished Pistol Shot badge. I have other 1911's in .45 ACP that I shoot a lot and could get rid of, but probably not this one.

 

[.38SuperMan]

I’m attached to several guns but these 4 are special. The Luger is a bring back and sat in a sock drawer most of its life. Thirty years ago my wife bought it for the first birthday I had after we married. It’s all original 1941 Mauser with all matching numbers inside out with correct proof marks. The original holster is with it in very good condition along with the two matching magazines.

The Python was a total surprise from my wife when I retired.

The M66 was my dad’s that I inherited when he passed. I have the box, papers and original grips. Beautiful revolver!

The M29-2 was a gift from my dad. I was leaving his home and he said wait a minute, walked to the back of the house and reappeared with his M29 in the presentation case with tools and all. I had no idea he was going to give it to me. I was speechless.

 

[mm93]

I seem to own quite a few that have great sentimental value to me, although some not much monetary value.
For handguns it's my S&W Model 25 8 3/8" .45 Colt in wooden presentation case. It was one of the first S&W handguns I bought, and I've owned it for over 40 years. I still love shooting it more than almost any handgun I own.
For rifles it's an old Marlin Ballard scheutzen rifle I've also owned almost as long as my Model 25 S&W! I collect Marlin Ballard rifles, and stopped at a local gun shop one day just as a young guy was in the store selling it to the shop owner. As soon as the deal was done I immediately asked if he was selling it, or keeping it? He looked at me like I was stupid and told me everything was for sale, but he had to make 50% on used guns he buys! He gave $300 for it, and I gave him his $450 quickly!! The top of the barrel is marked "Geo C Schoyen Denver, Colo" and it's in .38-55 cartridge. Schoyen is one of the finest custom gun makers of the late 1800's and early 1900's, and I was thrilled beyond my dreams to get one of his guns!

 

[Redwood32R2]

Have a Remington model 12a 22lr that I inherited at 8 years old from my grandfather on my moms side. Got it because I was the oldest grandson at his passing. My dad taught me to shoot with it. I still have it at 72. The first handguns I ever shot were my dads WW2 bring backs from Europe. A Browning 1922 32acp with holster and extra magazine and a Sauer & Sohn 1913 32acp with holster. Still have them and shoot them at least once a year. Also my 1981 S&W model 66-1 snub that was from my dept that I was able to purchase when we changed over to semi-autos.

 

[VaTom]

My 64 (no dash) 2” I bought new in 1976 ($145) for my off duty carry when I began my career as a LEO. Carried it as my primary weapon when I became Director of a Campus Department until we went to Glocks in the 1990s. Still have it and hope to pass on when I am gone.

 

[TheTinMan]

Several firearms come to mind. The flintlock musket that hung over the mantle in my grandparent’s Maine farmhouse when they bought the place in the 1930s. The Mauser C-96 that my father got in Southeast Asia in 1946 when he was on the Merchant Marine. A couple years after my hand loading mentor and good friend passed away, his son honored his request to give me right of first refusal on a 1930s Colt Officers Model 22. Of course I have it.

But this Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless has the most value to me. The same grandfather carried it during WWII on shore patrol, looking for submarines off the coast. He was a fine man.

 

[lawandorder]

A total loss house fire in 1993 took out most of my firearms.....

.... both using ones and keepsakes from family and friends. Had two revolvers left ,a Model 66 no dash 4 inch purchased in 1973 and carried at 3 different agencies and a model 631 from 1990 that I have carried since then until 3 years ago when the hammer stud broke. Still in the out of service pile.

Just passed on a couple of Semi autos to a cousin who is career army.
One a Pre war Walther PPK my Uncle gave me and a 1903 Colt .32 I bought for my Father in 1972.

We are all just temporary caretakers of items.

One that is still in the safe deposit box is a Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W still in the original holster carried by the Sheriff of Howell County, MO. Shot and killed by Freddie Barker and Alvin Karpis in December of
1931.

History preserved.

 

[pasound]

I have two, both .22's.
First is my 5.5" Ruger Single-Six convertible. Shoots .22LR high velocity and .22Mag to the same point of aim, without changing the sights, just swap the cylinders and go. (The magnum just does it at twice the distance.)
Second is my 6" K-22 pre-17 Target Masterpiece. Another point-and-shoot revolver, and also never need to adjust the sights, no matter the brand of ammo.
Everything else can go away if it has to.

 

[Frailer]

The gun I am most attached to my a humble Ranger(Stevens) 101.6 20 gauge side-by-side shotgun that belonged to my dad. He traded a cow for it as a teen, and it was the only firearm he owned throughout my childhood.

That gun performed every task asked of it, from hunting squirrels and quail to dispatching vermin. It once even held a would-be thief at bay until the sheriff could arrive.

It is battered and scarred, and I haven’t shot it in many years. But it’s not going anywhere until the day comes for my son to inherit it.

 

[Drm50]

I have several guns with sentimental attachments. They will be passed down to family members, the rest are just guns. To pick one it would be the Marlin 1897 my old man bought me for my 5th birthday. Was my prized possession as a kid. That’s the day I more or less put toys aside and was only interested in guns and fishing tackle. The old man dickered the guy down from $10 to $8
on the 97. I had to listen to that story for 30yrs. That was 70 yrs ago.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Good stuff fellers......Just goes to show......Sometimes a gun is much more than just a gun.

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

My father's Remington Rangemaster model 37. It was his best shooting rifle and the best of mine as well. I've shot a 5 shot group.227 at 50 yards, cold bore with CCI SV. It does that with Eley Match regularly. There's also a Colt Woodsman series one with a custom bull barrel. It's another target wonder.

I really wish I could have bought my S&W #10. Issued new to me in '73 and turned in, in '87 when we went to Sigs. It went to the police academy with me and years later the FBI firearms Instructors school. That one I will always miss. It was a shooter too.