Did your most expensive gun(s) meet your expectations?

[30-30remchester]

My most expensive gun was a pre 64 model 70 Winchester custom built by Griffin & Howe. A long actioned pre war 300 H & H. I did not possess this rifle for long. I purchased it for a trifle and it was in superb condition. There was 2 things that made the rifle go down the road. One reason was the condition itself. It was awesome, but I work with my guns. I do not sit in a tree stand. I walk the mountain, stumble through boulder fields, fall in creeks, use them as walking sticks, and generally not very tender with my guns. The other reason was I had a young family and a small savings account. My kids needed braces more than I needed a status symbol.

 

[Laketime]

My Ed Brown Kobra carry had the highest MSRP,but I paid far less since it was used.very nice gun. But my Desert Eagles in 50 AE completely blew me away.

 

[Step N. Mud]

1886 Winchester in 40-82 cal., with set triggers and tang sight with folding front sight. Black powder loads.

Until I ordered and received a Shiloh Sharps 45-110 with 34" heavy barrel, MVA ELR tang sight, front globe sight, Hadley Magnum eye cup, and now looking for some West Texas waste land property to shoot past a 1000 yards.

 

[Cyrano]

This Springfield Sporter left Springfield Armory in 1929 in the configuration shown. It was built as well as Springfield could build them which was considerable and it represented the acme of a sporting rifle in 1929. The bolt is polished as are the cam shoulders of the bolt and receiver. The top of the magazine follower is polished to reduce drag. That star shaped thing at 6 O'Clock on the muzzle indicates it's been star gauged, although the paperwork showing the measurements has long since vanished. Just wish I could shoot it as well as it can be shot, but my old eyes aren't up to match level shooting with aperture sights. Caliber 30-06, of course, and in 1929 the price was about $70.

 

[Rick_A]

Even my el cheapos have given me many years of faithful service.

 

[gman51]

FN5.7 I couldn't hit the side of a barn with it while inside the barn $1200. Sold it after only 6 months.
Wilson Combat compact 45 I actually liked my Kimber Ultra Carry II more and sold the WC within 6 months. Bought it for $2000 sold it for $2200 on consignment at my LGS.
Most expensive gun ever is my Python and it is a keeper.
My other rather expensive gun is the S&W 627-5 but I am not disappointed in it what so ever either.

 

[BUFF]

My Hamilton Bowen conversion of a 4 inch .38-44 into a .45 Colt. A member here sold me the .38 at a more-than-fair price. Bowen's shop is always stacked up, so it took a while but it is the gun I always wished S&W would have made. Bowen no longer does S&W work, so I'm glad I got it done when I did.

 

[Fishslayer]

Dan Wesson 1911. Expectations met...

 

[therewolf]

First, let me state that buying a good quality firearm has

never been a let down.

That said, I've paid a little more for some guns which

haven't performed half as well as guns for which I paid a lot

less.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Most expensive gun I ever bought is a Grade VI Browning Citori Superlight, I paid over $3400 for it around 20 years ago (have paid lots more for the wife's jewelry) and have actually hunted and shot sporting clays with that gun. I love it! Second on the list would be a Side by Side Rifle in 450 3 1/4" Nitro Express. I really blows up various targets, but I am disappointed that I will never get to hunt what it was intended for, but otherwise it is just fine.

Ivan

 

[CBus660R]

I'm one of the few who voted no. I've never bought anything more than a standard production gun, but my early '90s enhanced series stainless Colt Gov't Model I bought with high school graduation money is a slight disappointment. It's pretty and looks well made, but when you shoot it, you can tell the tolerances aren't there and it's a bit sloppy. For $150 less, the Para-Ordnance P12-45 I bought the next year is a lot more accurate, but not nearly as pretty since it's a basic parkerized finish. One is my shooter and one sits in the safe. Then again, I didn't buy the Colt to be my shooter and I don't regret it either. Both are still in my possession more than 20 years after they were purchased. It's just that as an 18 year old reading gun magazines, the Colt came with a mystique that it didn't live up to and even now at 41 years old, I still notice that when I do pull it out and shoot it.

 

[tops]

I liked my M21 Winchester so much I bought another one so I would have a pair. Larry

 

[Bill Bates]

My most expensive gun purchase to date, wasn't all that expensive. A good shooter grade Registered Magnum would have cost more.

My most expensive gun purchased to date is a little "shot and regulated by Holland & Holland" H&H badged 12 Gauge Boxlock manufactured by Webley & Scott and shipped in the white to Holland and Holland in 1967. It is as close as I'll ever come to owning a real Holland & Holland.

It fits me perfectly and I hit what I'm looking at. I guess I could also put in the Best Shooter thread.

 

[federali]

Sako Custom

I had designed what I considered the perfect eastern deer rifle, which was then executed by custom gunmaker, George Beitzinger.
It's a Sako, Forester, rebarreled to a Douglas, 20" medium barrel in cal 7mm-08 Rem, with the magazine capacity reduced one round to achieve greater slimness through the action. It is also custom stocked. I have four figures into it and it wears a Leopold 1.5-5X scope.

The rifle is extremely accurate for a three round group but groups tend to widen as the gun warms up. To me, this isn't a fault as you're lucky to get three shots off at a whitetail using an autoloader, let alone a bolt action.

I've since stopped deer hunting but I was just a bit ahead of the rifle manufacturers when they started offering comparable mountain rifles with 20" tubes. As a result, attempts to sell and recover at least part of my investment have failed.

 

[Arik]

Yes but I don't have anything that expensive. I think my most expensive gun is a used Springfield 1911 TRP. Bought used for just under $700. Shoots great, feeds everything. I've never tested it's true accuracy since I don't really care about that

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[WC145]

I shop and trade more expensive guns carefully and if I'm not getting my money's worth I'm not buying. I'm into my custom three caliber Colt ORM 1991A1 for something over $3k and it's worth every penny and more. It's wicked accurate with all three barrels (9mm, .38 Super, 9x23 Winchester) and is a great gun for everything from IDPA/USPSA competition, concealed carry/self defense, and hunting. I have other custom and high end 1911s and revolvers that I paid in the $1250-$2000 range, and rifles and pistols that were trade deals with values up to $3500 or so. These guns all look and perform a least as well as expected and I have yet to be disappointed by one.

On the other hand, I've bought several guns at the lower end of the cost spectrum that have failed to live up to the most basic of expectations - reliable function. My last purchase off the classifieds here was an M28 that had supposedly been rebuilt buy the seller (shop owner/gunsmith) but the cylinder binds and it has other issues. Bought a SIG Mosquito that was a piece of junk. Had an ODI Viking 1911 back in the'80s that was horrible, bought another one several years ago in a fit of nostalgia and it was just as bad as the first one!

 

[the ringo kid]

This Swedish m41b was worth it the first time I hit a 10"X10" steel plate at 600 meters. The rifle itself is 98 years old. The scope is a youngster at 74 years old.

Id forgot about the 1913 Carl Gustafstadt Swedish Mauser I had. I gave it to my Nephews for Christmas one year. That thing is accurate to one inch in a mile.

 

[petepeterson]

The most I've paid for a gun isn't all that much compared to some...

An early-issue Colt 10mm Delta. All black. It's everything I hoped it would be.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Yes. I bought a SIG SHR 970 . First time at the range I was firing 1 1/4" groups at 100 yards in 270 Winchester-and I am FAR from being an experienced centerfire rifle shot.

 

[DeathGrip]

Some of my most expensive guns were real beauties...like the Colt Python I bought in 1973 when I got out of the Navy. (Still makes me sick that I sold it for rent money while I was in college.) In more recent times, I've owned a couple of high end SIGs that were real beauties and great pistols.

The biggest disappointments were the three Kimber 1911s that I had...each one was well over $1K and I couldn't run a box of ammo through them without malfunctions. The CS at Kimber was non-existent.

I've been trying to get my Kimber Compact to jam ever since I got it to the first time out and that was because I tried to guide the slide back instead of letting it go under its own power.

A couple of weeks ago I was at the range and we got a thunderstorm stoppage. It was late on a Sunday and most shooters packed up and went home. We waited it out and got in a couple more sessions before closing time. Usually they want slow shooting but this time I wanted to heat things up a little to see what might happen.

They didn't complain as we were shooting aimed shots just not at five second intervals like the rules say. More like one second intervals.

We went through about 400 rounds of perfecta and some other stuff I had loose. Not one problem with two shooters each loading mags for the other.