My last gun I'll ever buy... that's it.

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I bought my last gun on Sunday. A S&W 686-5 4 inch 7 shooter... it is my 4th 686 & 2nd 586.
I have given up on ever buying the following:
A Colt Python 6" or 4 " barrel SS or blue.
A Colt Peacemaker SAA 45 LC 1st, 2nd or 3rd gen.
A S&W M29 4 inch blue, like the one I sold!

I have 20 handguns ranging from 1- 9 mm, 8 - 357, 1 - 41, 4 - 44, 4 - 45 ACP, and 2 - 45 LC.
An - AK47, AR15, 10/22, Mossberg 500 and Rem 870 shotgun 12g.

I have sold or traded a few guns. Have heaps of factory and hand loads on hand for each caliber.
I guess what I am stating here is that at 64 I have carefully purchased each gun, enjoyed shooting them, loaded each one with my favorite shooting load... and I am happy.
My Son will have them all with his promise to take good care of them for his future sons and or daughters.

Question is what guns have you realized maybe you'll never own and that's okay at this point in your like.
 
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Of your unobtainable, the python is what is missing from my pile. But I have not given up hope. I don't have the exact missing items on your list because my 29-2 is nickel. But I have the others and I am still not satisfied yet. But if the good Lord was to come take me home before the python is in my pile, I am ok with that. I have others that I can still obtain.
 
walter o said:
Well I'll be 79 in December and am still looking .It's like when i was younger with girls and ladies the chase was half the FUN.Just like chasing after a different gun,With guns i still remember what to do with them though.
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Walter Ooooooooh!
 
Last gun? Yeah right!'

Never cared for the Python. Vent ribs belong on shotguns.

An SAA would be cool. I always admired .the New Frontier .44 Special.

A 5" M-27 is one I'll never own. Wolf & Klar HE 3rd.

Those guns would be cool but at 57 I've reached the point if I don't have a use or time to shoot it much, I don't want it.
 
A transferable M2HB. I had a deal in the palm of my hand back in 2003 for less than one half what they command today. I passed. Living in CT I figured I wouldn't be able to enjoy it much. I regret not getting it anyway, but it's definitely not happening at today's prices....not to mention there's been no such thing as cheap surplus .50BMG ammo in almost 15 years....

As far as not getting any more...I just got another 30" browning safe because every time I told myself I was done, I had to have just one more......
 
Mehutch said:
Question is what guns have you realized maybe you'll never own and that's okay at this point in your like.
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I just turn 60 this month. I got involved in the shooting hobby later than most in life as I never grew up around guns and never really felt the need for one. Then things changed and I took some courses to get my CCW permit, then I discovered I really enjoy shooting.

I realize though I will never have the 'tactical shotgun' for the shack I'd have if I was younger or had gotten into it much sooner in life. That's the only other gun I wish I had.

And it's not so much because of my age but also logistics. I am fortunate that I was finally able to find a nice private outdoor gun club and I was accepted for membership. I can shoot anything there I want. Problem is now I no longer drive full time and when I go out there I have to rent a car and plan it good.

I'd rather plan my trip out there around my new carry piece
BIG Hoss
(which thankfully fills my heart content) :D

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But there is no denying if I had me a shotgun I'd be as happy as a pig in do-do.
 
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A .44 Automag is my unobtainium.


Pythons just don't do anything for me. In fact, other than the SAA and, for fond memory reasons the Detective Special, Colt's don't do much for me at all. For the most part I will be keeping my eyes open for .357 K frames. I expect the only thing that will keep me from buying another gun is being dead.
 
I've herd this before, I'm 66, got more guns than I need. The other morning saw a friend of mine sitting on his porch having
his morning coffee. He is 82, I said what have you picked up?
Same conversation, he wasn't buying anymore guns, he has
at least 50 CF rifles and enough shotguns and handguns. Was
going to unload my tools that afternoon, which took me past
his house again. He waved me down to show me a 03, that
he found in local want adds and had just bought. I was hacking on him about AM conversation, his excuse was it was such a
good deal he couldn't pass it up. Nuff Said.
 
There is always something I'd 'like' but lets see - automag or Widley would be cool, just because.

I had a 4 inch Python, sold it and got my first Luger. I actually much prefer the 6 inch 686 - the feel is just great. Traded a 4 inch for a 6 inch, now wish I had kept a 4 inch...
 
jtcarm said:
Last gun? Yeah right!'

Never cared for the Python. Vent ribs belong on shotguns.

An SAA would be cool. I always admired .the New Frontier .44 Special.

A 5" M-27 is one I'll never own. Wolf & Klar HE 3rd.

Those guns would be cool but at 57 I've reached the point if I don't have a use or time to shoot it much, I don't want it.
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Ha! That got me chuckling. The vent ribs comment. I did handle a python at an LGS and was really, really impressed with that particular guns trigger and all its trimmings. I have to say that, just because. At that moment in my hand, it was not a matter of hype or dragon chasing; just truth. If I had the 2500 to 3 k to spend or haggle with, hell if I had 2 thirds of it, I would have taken that gun home. But, ....
 
My Benelli super black eagle is a fair reminder! Ribs and all! Haha.
 
My first new handgun was a 4 in Python. Traded it for a new 586 and some cash. Never regretted the trade. My only mistake was eventually selling the 586. Have a 686 but something about those blue Smiths. Ahh,
Maybe someday I will find a deal on one.
 
Wilkinson-Webley, Model of 1911. Much better finished than the slightly later MK VI service model. Walnut stocks with a gold initial plate. Hand honed action.
 
A nice HK P7 to replace the one I sold 20 years ago to fund the purchase of a Colt 1911 Enhanced. Dumb.
 
I recently had to move following the passing of my wife and a change of jobs. After moving everything I said "never again!" I am still paring down.

When I was instructing I used to ask my students how they would choose which gun to use in any given situation. Lots of convoluted answers followed. The real answer is whichever one you are carrying at the time will have to do. And I am finally following my own advice.

The bad guys will not wait to let you go home and change out your gear so you may have achieve a perceived competitive advantage over them.

(I hold similarly heretical views about extended magazines...are you really going to be standing long enough to use all 30 or 40 rounds if you are being attacked?)
 
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Unobtainium that I've about quit worrying about "capturing":
1) L96a1.
2) USMC 1903a1 w/8x Unertl that's "real".
3) Remington-Pedersen designed .45 Auto. (prototype pistols built for USN consideration circa 1917)

ETA: Oh, and the Mauser 06-08 pistol in 9x25.
 
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Unless Hughes ever get repealed, anything full auto is unobtainum to me.

Otherwise I'm sufficiently equipped, I don't really have anything I'm looking for on purpose. Any more its a matter of stumbling across somthing that catches my interest and is decent price for what it is, AND is compatible with my cashflow of the moment.
 
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