Only keep 10 guns?

[OutAtTheEdge]

Day 3 List. Guns I have owned but no longer.

1. Reminton 660 6mm Rem.
2. Savage (Valmet) 333 O/U w/ 12 & 20ga barrel sets
3. Valmet 76 legally converted to select fire .223
4. S&W M19 4" nickel .357 mag.
5. S&W M34 4" nickel .22LR
6. Custom Mauser 98 (Oberndorf) .25-06
7. Marlin 39-A .22LR (okay, cheating: I owned 1, sold it, bought another)
8. H&K MP5A3 SD 9mm (yes, I really had one)
9. S&W M39-2 nickel 9mm
10. Ruger 77/44 .44 Mag

 

[BarryinIN]

These exercises are kinda silly, yet I play every time!
Ten? I don’t think I’ve done that number. Let’s try.

In no particular order:
-Browning HiPower, custom with better sights etc.
-Steyr AUG
-FNH SCAR 17
-Benelli M1, M2, or M4
-S&W 65 3”
-Winchester 52B Sporter
-M-1 Garand. Probably in .308
-S&W 642UC
-High Standard Citation or Trophy
-Accuracy International AX 6.5CM

 

[Buick]

Browning BAR .243 (inherited from father in law)
Browning Auto 5 12 mag (inherited from uncle)
Browning Citori 12 (inherited from father)
Bernadelli sxs 12 2 barrel set (inherited from father)
Smith model 46 .22lr
Smith model 48 .22 wmr
Colt 1911a1
Colt 1st gen Saa .32 wcf
Winchester model 70 .270 pre 64
Browning BLR .308

 

[bananaman]

Do you mean keeping 10 guns in one spot??? Bob

 

[Capt. F.]

1. Winchester Model 71 Deluxe .348
2. Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 .300 H&H
3. Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 .375 H&H
4. 1923 AH Fox 12 ga SxS
5. Chas Daly 20 gauge O/U
6. Smith Model 29 6 1/2”
7. Smith Model 66 2 1/2”
8. Smith K-22
9. 1st Issue Colt Woodsman 4 1/2” .22
10. Ruger #1 .45-70

 

[TheTinMan]

If only 10:

Springfield Armory Custom Shop 1911 CCO chambered in 9x23 Winchester
Model 66-4 with 3” barrel
M&P 340
Springfield Armory M1A Scout
AR-15 built to be light and compact
*edit* Beretta 686S Silver Pigeon 28 ga.
Sako A III carbine in .270 Winchester
Colt New Service Target 44
.357 Combat Magnum
Winchester Model 64 Deluxe Deer Rifle (.30-30)

My head hurts now… only 1 lever action made the list WHAaaaaaa!!!
Edit to change 308 AR to Beretta… I had forgotten shotguns!

 

[Michaelp57]

This was way more difficult than I thought. Here goes.


S&W 686 pro 5" .357Mag

S&W SD40(PC not sigma)(3 barrels: .40, .356TSW, 9MM)

S&W PPC 5906 9MM

Beretta 96 Steel-1(maybe wrong name, but the all steel 96) .40S&W

Beretta M9A4 9MM

Henry Golden Boy .45-70Govt.

Belgian FAL 7.62X51

Browning A5 12ga

Ohio Ordinance HCAR .30-06Rem

Ruger lc carbine .45ACP


Keep in mind when looking at my list, I have only been shooting for a few years and I find a new gun to pine after at least weekly. The top 5 will never change, but the bottom 5 will probably change by tomorrow.

 

[44wheelman]

Mmmmm, how about we start with 10 cartridges…

12ga, 410(or20ga), 308, 223, 22lr, 32h&r, 357, 9mm, 40, 10mm, 41mag 45acp, 45colt, 44mag, & 454….

Nope, sorry can’t even do that. I could do fifteen cartridges.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Can't do it. Mission declined.

 

[ddmb35710]

this is hard to answer but here we go......

1. Dan Wesson Bruin 6 inch 10mm
2. Nighthawk Chairmen 6 inch 10mm
3. Smith and Wesson 627 Performance Center 8 shot
4. P-220 SSE SAO 10MM
5. P-229 SSE 357 SIG
6. HK USP 45 COMPACT TACTICAL
7. BENELLI M3
8. LTT BERETTA 9MM
9. DANIEL DEFENSE 308
10. 338 LAPUA

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

Day Four: The "No Smiths" list

1. T/C Compass 6.5 Cr (Most accurate rifle I've ever owned)
2. Ruger PC9 9mm carbine
3. Dan Wesson Specialist 9mm
4. Marlin 1894 "JM" .44 Magnum
5. Rossi M92 SRC .357 Mag.
6. Cimarron El Malo II .357 Mag
7. Ruger American .22LR
8. Kahr P45 .45 ACP
9. Winchester SX3 12ga
10. Remington 1100 LT 20ga

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Day Four, a list of the 10 you could not sell fast enough!

1. I tried to like a Mini-14, all 5 would not hit a barn if shot from inside.
2. M-4 type AR, assembled by someone to use every part that didn't work
3. poorly sporterized K98
4. Jennings
5. Browning UTI 12-gauge Sporting Clays with misaligned barrels
6. Bersa 380
7. RG 21, 22 Short
8. Ruger 77 300 Win Mag, a solid 5 MOA gun!
9. Ruger Blackhawk 30 Carbine, sold to save my hearing (OK otherwise.)
10. Early Rugar Blackhawk 357, spit more lead sideways than down. range!

Of the several hundred guns I bought and sold since 1974, it was hard to come up with these 10. Even great gunmakers let a lemon get out once in a while.

Ivan

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

This thread is basically un-American. The idea was suggested that we should start a thread of only keeping 10 guns from the accumulations of our lifetime ...

Most Americans did not have a Gun Collection until after WWII.

A better question is who has more than one Gun Safe?

 

[BB57]

That’s a tough one:

1) I’d need a very reliable compact sized self defense handgun - my CZ 75D Compact PCR.

2) I’d need a decent medium long range rifle, for both longer ranged hunting (500-600 yards) and steel plates out to 800 yards - I have three options but the most flexible of them in a Rem 700 in .308 that I’ve built and modified to my tastes.

3) I’m a big lever gun fan for brush hunting and I also like .38-55. It would be a really tough choice, and an offense to my various pre 64 Winchester Model 94 rifles and carbines but I’d probably keep my Model 94 20” Trails end takedown rifle in .38-55.

4) I used to shoot a lot of Service rifle competition with an M1A super match before I switched to a an AR-15. But I still have an AR-15 and it’s a very versatile rifle. However I also have a BM-59, and would be a toss up between them. The M1A is more accurate and has more applicability to service rifle type competitions. But the BM-59 would be a better battle rifle in the mythical EOTWAWKI scenario. But M1A.

5) Everyone should have a high end .22 LR sporter capable of at least 1.5 MOA accuracy at 100 yards. I have three Model 52 Sporters and I’d keep one of my Model 52B reissue sporters, the one that won the wood lottery.

6) My best general home defense firearm is a suppressed MP5 In the A2 configuration, binary trigger and suppressor.

7) I still like to shoot small bore three position, and I have a customs stocked Anschutz 64 Match that shoots far better than it has a right to shoot. But I also have a very nice Winchester Model 52 unmarked A. I’d give up points but it’s a classic that I’d just refuse to sell.

8) I’d have to choose between several 1911s but I’d probably keep my Kimber Gold Match II in .45 ACP for bullseye purposes.

9) Along similar lines I’d keep the oldest of my two High Standard 107 Victor .22LR pistols for bullseye shooting.

10) I’d keep one of my AR-15s. Probably my M16A1 clone, a M16A1 upper half purchased as department surplus and assembled on a NDS 602 lower. It’s accurate, reliable, light weight, handles well, and has some sentimental appeal given I was issued the M16A1 way back in the day.

Now…of course I’d cheat here on the 10 gun limit and keep:
- the upper half from my 20” SP1;
- the upper half from my 16” pencil barrel AR-15 carbine;
- the upper half from my XM177E2 clone;
- the upper half and match trigger from my AR-15 match rifle;
- the upper half from my 20” bull barrel Varmint AR;
- the upper half from my dedicated .22LR AR-15;
- the upper halves for my Colt 6430, and a 8.3” and 16” 9mm AR-15s; and
- probably the upper half of an M4gry just because I can.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Thanks for playing! I have enjoyed all the viewpoints of limited gun collecting.

I am glad we can own as many of what we want (in the most free parts of the country) and are not constrained like many people around the world!

Some of the guns I had opportunity to buy but didn't were:
First and Foremost, will always be the H&H like New 4 Bore Double Rifle! It was $70,000, and I had just bought our first house for $32,000.

1983 I bought a 9mm MAC-10 Full Auto w/suppressor, but also didn't get a M1A1 Thompson for the same price!

1986 I could have bought an M-60 for $3000 but didn't.

1996 I could have bought a wonder German army HK sniper rifle w/Scope for $4000 but didn't.

This is only 5 guns but, by not buying these I bought all the others and stayed married! Feel free to make all the lists you wish, I'll be checking in now and then.

Ivan

 

[Drm50]

I actually had this planned out at age 6. I had my trusty Marlin 1897 and Stevens 94-12g already. I felt that I needed a Winchester m70- in 30/06 with a scope. In handguns it was a Colt Woodsman and a 1911. My grand plan only called for 5 firearms. Wanted to keep wait and bulk down because of plans for extensive trips to Africa and such. A life that would require you to have all your worldly belongings with you.
I also had my outline for a complete selection of fishing lures. A Dardevil ,
Jitterbug, Pikie Minnow and a spinner. I already had a Jitterbug one of my Dads buddy’s gave me.
Well the outline was off a bit but what do you expect out of a 6yr old in 1956? I wasn’t smart enough to know all the stuff a guy needs to make it through this world.

 

[NFrameFred]

I'll go with the conventional thinking, but these flights of fancy always boil down to personal preferences/biases. If you think that those who list a single receiver with multiple barrels is 'cheating' , , , technically, legally, the receiver is the "gun" so I'll hide behind the lawyers on that one . Those who don't agree wouldn't look kindly if the 'rules' suddenly specified they could only have one type of ammunition for each gun like, say . . . 9mm hardball for their wonder 9's, only double-aught for their shotguns, and restrained to only 100 rounds for each gun.

12 gauge pump
Tavor X95 5.56
S&W model 29 44mag
1894 Marlin 44mag
Ruger 10/22
S&W model 28 357mag
Rossi stainless model 92 357mag
Colt 70 series Combat Commander 45ACP
Remington 700 HB .308
H&R Handi-rifle with multiple barrels
(.223, 30-30, 7.62 x39, .243)

Since the question was, I believe, 'which ten would you keep ?' I presume we're supposed to choose from what we already have and not what we'd buy (EDIT - re-read the original post and stand corrected) . . . there again, it's just a flight of fancy and we don't need a one hundred page rule book.

 

[STORMINORMAN]

Frankly I am amazed at the number of lists that don't include a single version of the "American Sporting Rifle" (aka, the gun-grabber's evil "assault rifle")...!

So I'll start there...

An AR-15 rifle in 5.56: one of mine built with an Aero Precision upper

A 9mm (standard capacity!) pistol: CZ75

A 12 Gauge shotgun: Mossberg 500 would work

A 9mm compact pistol: M&P 40C with 9mm & 357 SIG conversion barrels

A large caliber pistol appropriate for hunting: SuperBlackhawk Hunter (just in case I run into Griz somewhere?)

A scoped rifle sufficient for big game (well, in the "lower 48", anyway): Ruger M77 Ultralight in 270 Win

A 1911 in 45acp: Remington R1 Enhanced

A 22lr pistol: Ruger MkII Target SS

A 22lr scoped rifle: toss-up between a SS 10-22 and my Winchester Model 61 (which can shoot 22 shorts, longs & long rifles interchangeably)

A S&W revolver: terrible toss-up between the Model of 1955 and Model 66-1

The number of these I would need to acquire: 0

Cheers!

P.S. If the list was stretched to 11 I would add the oldest firearm I have, a Remington RollingBlock in 9mm Mauser (just for old time's sake!)...

 

[peterdeb]

NO CAN DO!!

 

[glenwolde]

Not hard. Being the realist that I am.

Rather than invent a theoretical and broad list of diverse firearms crafted to meet every need (needs I don't actually have), I offer up a list of what I have actually been using lo these many years. Some of these are replacements for similar guns that came before them. I've worn out a few.

1. S&W Model 66 6"
2. S&W Model 14 6"
3. S&W Model 657 6"
4. Ruger New Model Blackhawk Stainless Convertible .357/9mm 6 1/2"
5. Springfield Stainless Loaded Target 9mm 5"
6. Kimber Gold Match II .45 ACP 5"
7. S&W 22a-1 7" .22lr
8. High Standard 10-X 5 1/2" .22

Really, eight is about all I can shoot frequently, and actually want.

Number 9 is going to be the only long gun I own. A short barrel Remington 870 that's for emergencies. I live in a hurricane zone.

The only thing I'm missing is a Model 17. I need one of those. Make that #10 and that's all I need. Second choice, a Single Six.