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

[bushmaster1313]

Most of us probably have one or more guns that cost a noticeable amount more than the others we have accumulated.

Have the relatively pricey residents in your collection met your expectations?

My "high end" guns include a bolt action rifle and a SxS shotgun.
The rifle is nice, but I am really enjoying the shotgun.

 

[walkin jack]

For sure! My most expensive gun was my Lew Horton 24-3. I could not keep my hands off it. It is the most beautiful and most accurate revolver I have ever owned.

 

[arjay]

My most expensive (at the time I bought it) is beautiful,but disappointing as a shooter.

 

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

I have two firearms that have far exceeded all my expectations. They cost less than others I own but my S&W 5903 (LEO turn in) and my SIG 226 DAK .40 S&W ( also LEO turn in) are really top notch shooters. Dollar for dollar they are the best buys I've made in firearms, even-though I do enjoy others.

 

[shouldazagged]

The most expensive gun I ever owned was a gift. It was a Browning A5 Light Twenty, 28" modified, vent rib, gorgeous Circassian walnut furniture.

I loved the gun, though on doves I shot better with a 20 gauge Stevens side-by-side choked full and modified.

In my drinking days I sold the Browning. I wish I hadn't.

 

[growr]

My most expensive firearm was and still is my 1813 Anschutz that I have used for 25 years in NRA 3&4 position smallbore.

This once belonged to none other than Lones Wigger Jr.!!( serial number 001) When I feed it good ammo like Eley Tenex...it will shoot 5 shots under a .30 calibre hole on the 50 meter target.

I won the State Prone Outdoor match with it in 2009 and 5 Regional Championships in USA shooting 3 position.

Yeah, the gun shoots!!!

Randy

 

[Skeet 028]

Oh yes.. I have a really pretty Bavaria Grade Kreighoff O/U that I paid a lot of money for about 30 yrs ago. I have put more than 3/4s of a million shells through it. Still nice and tight but it goes back to the Kreighoff gunsmiths every couple of years for a going over. Heck it's so pretty ...even when I miss I look good. Shot a 546/550 at the world skeet shoot with that gun. Just to replace the Dockweiler wood is beyond my means now... Ran all but one of my hundreds in the 410 with that gun. I did come close a few times with the Win 42 I used. And did do the one 100 with the 410 from a 4 gun D grade 1100 set. Pretty pretty guns. I still hunt doves and pheasants with a D grade 1100 410.

 

[pawngal]

Initial disappointment, my Model 65 Ladysmith. I need to get different grips on it. After all, what's not to like about a 3" K-frame? Fits between between by 2 1/2 in Model 66 and my 4 in. Model 19.

Model 57, 41 mag, love from 1st boom.

1911 Springfield 45, like, learning curve for me. Not a lot of experience
with centerfire semi-autos.

 

[Rpg]

The most expensive guns I own are Parkers.

They are so good that it's hard to overpay if you plan to shoot them.

 

[Ed Fowler]

While some of my other firearms have increased in value over this one it remains the one I paid the most for.

S&W 952, love her dearly and try to shoot her every day.

 

[longhair]

A sig 210, what's not to love. A Les Baer longslide with their accuracy guarantee, what's not to love.

 

[American1776]

My new production Ithaca 1911 (custom level hand fitting and forged /machined parts). They run ~2k right now, and it absolutely is worth it. In fact, I think the new Ithaca 1911's are at the same quality / fit of the more costly high-end 1911's (wilson, nighthawk, etc).

 

[Skeet 028]

I forgot the Wilson Combat I have..yep really expensive guns but I got this from a friend in a kinda fire sale. He was made to sell all his guns by his daughter. But she found out he bought another and she shipped him out of his house. 3 months later he passed. As far as the Wilson..it is the most reliable 1911 I have ever had the pleasure of owning...and I have had many. You would think it would also be pretty for the money they cost. I have had(and have) Kimbers that are prettier by far. It is my cold weather carry gun. A 3 inch Kimber or the same size LDA Para are my summer guns. That Wilson is accurate and just shoots where I look. Have shot 37 coyotes with that piece on the ranch here. all except one standing from 20 ft to 50 or so yds. One was a running dead away shot at a measured 120 yds. Held over him and plunked him with the 3rd shot. Probably the luckiest shot I ever made especially with a handgun. But of course at the time it was what I was expecting..yeah..exactly LOL!

 

[sheepdawg]

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.

 

[Evil Dog]

Definitely ......

 

[GKC]

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.

 

[SmithNut]

Not only met my expectations......

My most expensive purchase not only met my expectations, it exceeded them by a mile.

Still - to this day (it's been about 10 years now) - I marvel at the quality, the beauty, and enjoy very much just holding it and thinking back to how these revolvers were made back in 1935....

Enjoy

 

[rwsmith]

None of my guns are.....

None of my guns are 'expensive' but I went out on a limb to get my 686 and it definitely met my expectations....and more. If you watch me with that you would actually think that I could shoot.

 

[wbraswell]

The two most expensive guns I own are My Model of 1950 .44 Target, that I got from a forum member a couple of months ago, and my Remington 40XB .22 LR. I am extremely happy with both.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Bought a Dan Wesson 1911 that exceeded my expectations.

Used to own a Smith M&P R8. Trigger was horrible.

And a Colt King Cobra. Wasn't impressed.

 

[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