Dilemma: Favorite Gun

[Ivan the Butcher]

Not at all a hard choice: It would be the Essex frame, GI parts, government model 45, I carried in S.E.A., which saved my life one day when a BG thought I wasn't paying attention to his behavior. His mistake. I made it home, he didn't.
There is nothing fancy about it, and it has some slight modifications from when it was worn on my side in the sweat zone. Still, it's the one I'd take with, if I ever had to return to a hot zone.

Llance

Sounds like my carry 1911 I built in 1982!

Ivan

 

[biku324]

W. Richards 12 gauge SxS with side lever. It's tight, and I only fire it with black powder cartridges when my grandson wants to shoot it; he will own it next and will be of the sixth generation in the family to own and use it. The shotgun came from England with my maternal grandmother's father as he passed through on his way to the wilds of NE Iowa from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany in the 1890s.

It's objectively worth a couple of hundred bucks, but is not for sale for a million.

 

[Rudi]

For ease and practicality at a church function I would limit it to a handgun.

 

[mtgianni]

If I am going to lug it around at church, I'll have people wanting to look and touch at a dinner event. That requires a handgun and have a decent holster. I have some that fit but would take a Ruger Mark II target rather than get one of my Smiths passed around greasy hands. Put it in the varmit pistol class.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My plan is to take one photo with the smart phone and leave them all at home except for my EDC. Not problems with people's lack of manners.

Ivan

 

[Llance]

Sounds like my carry 1911 I built in 1982!

Ivan

If yours was put together by a Marine stationed in Barstow, CA, it might be mine's younger sibling. I got it in late 1971 before I started my second tour.

Llance

 

[heeter3]

Thats a nice problem to have Ivan!

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

If yours was put together by a Marine stationed in Barstow, CA, it might be mine's younger sibling. I got it in late 1971 before I started my second tour.

Llance

Like this one?

 

[A10]

For ease and practicality at a church function I would limit it to a handgun.

Church carry? My Glock 43, pocket holster and spare mag.

 

[Heinz]

My Favorites

Favorite Carry Gun. S&W 4516
Favorite Hunting Rifle. 50 cal flintlock, Souther Mountain Style
Hoyt barrel, Roller Lock, and triggers. I made the rest
Favorite Lever Rifle Henry Arms 44 Magnum
Favorite Shotgun: (gentleman do not Pump or AutoFeed.) L. C. Smith 12 ga SXS
Favorite Varment Pistoi. Weimar era Luger 30cal 3 7/8 bbl
Favorite Mil Surp Rifle. M1 Garand
Favorite ww2 Pistol Sauer 38 H
Favorite Target Pistol S&W Model 41
Favorite Target Revolver S&W model 17
Favorite Pistol for teaching friends to shoot, Ruger Single Six, followed by a Ruger Mark IV target followed by a Model 19

 

[Hair Trigger]

At my church this Sunday night there is a "Men's Meeting." There's Food, Bonfire & Fellowship. One of the "Fellowship" Items is: Bring your favorite gun. (No Ammo)

My dilemma is What is my favorite gun? I suppose it would be based on What is my Favorite gun based on a reason. That narrows it down .

Favorite Carry Gun? ...................S&W model 49
Favorite Varmint pistol? ..............T/C 10" 221 Fireball
Favorite Cowboy Action handgun? Rugar OM Vaquero 45 Colt
Favorite Buffalo Rifle? .................Shiloe Sharpe's 1874 45-7
Favorite Woods Carry? ................S&W 1917 BC 45acp
Favorite Pistol Caliber carbine? .....Uberti 1873 44 Special
Favorite AR?...............................Bushmaster AR-15 .223 (1996)
Favorite Lever Action?..................Browning 1886 45-70
Favorite Varmint Rifle? ................Savage 340 22 Hornet
Favorite Long-Range Rifle?............Savage BA 110 338 Lapua
Favorite Survival Rifle?.................Savage 24 C 20" 22/20 gauge
Favorite Sporting Clays Gun O/U?..Browning Citori 425 20 Gauge
Favorite Sporting Clays Gun Auto...Beretta 391 20 gauge
Favorite Pump Shotgun................Winchester 97 12 Gauge (1904)
Favorite Elephant Rifle..................Westly Richards double 450 3.25" NE
Favorite Rabbit upland shotgun .....Browning Superlight 20 gauge
Favorite Military Single Shot..........Citadel Martini 303 British
Favorite Military Bolt Action...........Siamese Mauser 8mm by 52mmR
Favorite Military Semi Auto............IBM M-1 Carbine, T-3 Night Scoped
Favorite Plinking Revolver..............S&W Model 17-3 22LR

Share what your favorite gun is. ROE: Must be a gun you currently own, and what category you put it in.

Ivan

You're like me, can't decide an absolute favorite that surpasses all others, so you pigeonhole each and every one into its very own category, making them ALL your favorites. I can play that game.

Favorite carry revolver......S&W M66-1 snubby
Favorite carry semiauto.......SA EMP4 .40S&W
Favorite single action revolver......Uberti 1875 Remington clone .45 Colt
Favorite large bore revolver......M57
Favorite.357M......S&W M520
Favorite semiauto.....BHP MkIII .40S&W
Favorite pocket semiauto.....Colt Model M .32 Auto
Favorite lever action......Henry Big Boy rifle .45 Colt
Favorite long range rifle.....custom AR in 6.5 Grendel
Favorite US military rifle....M1A Loaded
Favorite non US military long gun ....... Mosin Nagant M44 carbine
Favorite shotgun......CZ Hammer Double 12 ga.

I could subdivide all day long and get every gun I own listed.

 

[Darkenfast]

Early Gen 1 Glock 17L (six-inch slide and barrel). It's my answer to the "If you could only have one gun..." question.

 

[Chrisj357]

I can't decide between the 6.5" S&W 500 and the mint Marlin 1894 .357 lever rifle.

 

[jaydoc]

Favorite gun overall is a 1966 S&W model 57 that is as close to mint as you can get in a gun you occasionally shoot. Original grips in the safe and nice Spegel grips on the gun

 

[jaydoc]

I can't believe this thread doesn't require pictures

 

[Riposte1]

I would be hard pressed to name a favorite gun, and would likely have a differen't one tomorrow.

Not quite as hard is naming a useful gun: this one sthands out (the load is a 260 Lee loaded out long to allow for the use of 2400 or a like powder - the group is three shots at 25 yards - it is sighted POA/POI at 75 yards and hits exactly 2" high at 25).



The gun is a 1955 Target - no model # made in 1955, it is a 5". It was finished in black chrome by the previous owner.

Riposte

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Heck..................Iffen I had to carry a favorite.........I'd need a turck bed............

 

[huntsman22]

That's pretty cool. Kinda like Show-and-Tell for grownups.....

 

[sheepdawg]

Favorite last firearm I bought,
S&W Shield 45acp.

Favorite 100 year old+ milsurp.
Carl Gustafs 1901 m94/14. 6.5X55.

Favorite Bolt Action Sniper Rifle
Carl Gustafs 1918 m41/B, 1942 AJACK 4X. 6.5X55

Favorite carry,
1974 Colt Cobra 38spec.

Favorite firearm with a well known history
1972 S&W mod.66 357mag.

Favotite firearm handed down from dad.
1916 DWM Luger 9mm.

 

[fredcoyote]

Makes one grin filling in the list!

Favorite Carry Gun? ...................S&W 432(old model over new one, less snags from pocket)
Favorite Varmint pistol? .......Magnum Research Lone Eagle 22 hornet threaded
Favorite Cowboy Action handgun? 1920 Colt SAA 45 Colt 7 ½" w/ivory grips
Favorite Moose Rifle? ...Winchester 1886 Express sights, button mag, shotgun butt, 40-65(great grandpas')
Favorite Woods Carry? ................S&W 60-10(3" 357)
Favorite Pistol Caliber carbine? .....Timberwolf 44mag pump(IMI)
Favorite AR?.........................Brownell's Retro 16E1 w/retro carry handle 4x scope
Favorite Lever Action?..................Winchester Trapper 44 magnum w/ ghost sights
Favorite Varmint Rifle? ................Winchester Mod. 43 22 Hornet
Favorite Long-Range Rifle?............Balser R93 .308
Favorite Survival Rifle?.................Springfield M6 22lr/410
Favorite Sporting Clays Gun O/U?.. Browning Citori 20 Gauge
Favorite Sporting Clays Gun Auto...Remington 1100 20 gauge
Favorite Pump Shotgun................Winchester Mod 12 16 Gauge
Favorite Elephant Rifle..................Only one, Baikal 45-70 SxS
Favorite Rabbit upland shotgun .....Beretta S55 O/U 20ga(European mod. w/ sling!)
Favorite Military Single Shot..........BSA Martini custom 30 carbine
Favorite Military Bolt Action...........Krag carbine 30-40(customized to Mannlicher stock)
Favorite Military Semi Auto Rifle............M1 Garand tanker conversion 308
Favorite Military Semi Pistol...Brazilian Air Force 1911 45(unsure why but shoots/feels best over my much nicer ones??)
Favorite Plinking Revolver..............S&W K22 Combat Masterpiece 22LR


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