The Last Gun You'll Part With

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Jealous of you. My kids don’t care anything about my irons, save maybe a couple heirloom pieces.

I agree. A lot of my cop partners left firearms to their children and/or grandchildren just to sell them for pennies on the dollar. Same thing with classics cars.

"Grand Torino" is a great movie but a great lesson for the Senior Community.

 

[03hemi]

All of them when I die, they come in, but they never leave.

 

[Gun Relics]

... they come in, but they never leave.

You can call your collection "Hotel California".

 

[Gun Relics]

Here's a model 57 I have no interest in selling. Thank you George_in_SD!

 

[BillyKframe]

The last of my guns to go will be the last one my relatives get rid of. I won't know or care because I'll be in Heaven shooting all the unbelievable guns they must have there.

 

[crasig]

4 hand guns. The FEG/MAUSER model 80SA Hi-Power clone - I re-built, My 1905 Savage.32, My S&W N frame .45 DA (delivered to Brazil the month & year of my birth). Nickle S&W 38 spl 1902.

 

[LEGION12]

 

[Hoya74]

You were able to locate your high school M1 Garand, the same actual rifle?

In Sept.1966, I joined the National Defense Cadet Corps at Ballou SHS, Washington DC and was assigned M1 Garand rifle s/n 5838065. Fast forward 50 years and, through the courtesy of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) in August 2016, I was able to purchase this first of various weapons issued to me during my high school and college cadet experiences and later throughout my Army career.

The rest of the story:

In Aug. 2013 after finally cashing in a 20 year old IOU from my late wife for a "DCM M1 Garand" for a CMP Garand, she suggested that I check with the CMP to determine if they had my high school Garand. I followed her advice and, within hours, CMP's Serial Number Coordinator advised me that they were storing it for the Army and that she would annotate my interest in their database.

Fast forward to July 2016, CMP informed me that they had taken possession of 5838065 and would make it available to me for purchase once it had been processed. It was delivered late August 2016, thank you CMP!

 

[Neumann]

I won't know until I part with one

 

[Eddie Southgate]

1956 Ruger Blackhawk. Given to my pap by Bill Ruger . That's the handgun . Rifle is my dad's Browning 81 Steel BLR in .358 Winchester. No explanation needed or you have no soul. Shotgun is a 2.5" chambered 12 gauge Watts double made in the teens. Straight stock checkered butt and full English scroll engraved , nice tight scroll . Reason , It's perfect.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

All of them when I die, they come in, but they never leave.

Same here...........I didn't buy "em" to sell.

 

[JimW]

My .45 Colt SAA gen. 2. Born in 1956 just like me. The original grips are kept off the firearm since I shoot it every week or two, year round.

 

[peterdeb]

One....ONE???? You must be kidding........

 

[duke2002]

My girls divided up my stuff already. I was 45 when they did. They all shoot so hopefully they enjoy my stuff when i tip over lol! Last gun i would get rid of. Its a toss up. A 4 digit M1A or a 1950 target. Time will tell.

 

[Rocketmedic40]

I honestly don’t know, but that’s part of the fun. I’ve got a lot of things I like, but the only three firearms I’ve got that really have emotional attachment are my inherited Marlin 336 (first rifle I ever fired, with my grandfather), a RIA 1911-CS compact that was the first pistol my wife and I ever got together, and arguably my Beretta M9 for familiarity’s sake. The most ironic thing though is that eventually those three will be the first to get passed on to family because it’s not about the money but the memories, and those memories deserve to outlive me.

 

[Model29-26.5]

Naturally my “Dirty Harry” gun.
First I owned.

 

[stu1ritter]

Last to go, over my very cold body, would be my Mike Curtis built 1911 wad gun.
He built mine and another for a friend just as he left the Marine Corp. AMU. They were his first
civilian built guns around 1992-1993. It is still a sewing machine. With the red dot in
its bullseye clothing and with open's, the way it is now. A pure joy to shoot.

Stu

 

[Raf1963]

A difficult but timely question for me, as I am considering shrinking much of my collection. At 75, I just don’t shoot the amount I used to, and most of the firearms stay unused. Plus some just are true hanger-queens, like my 1883 Colt 10 gauge hammerless DB. So, in the last couple months, I have been contemplating this question, to some extent.

The ‘single most’ is not hard, and is one of my 1911’s; one that my father made. He was the R&P Coach on the USS Pennsylvania, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, and he made a 1911 (frame and most of the internals, but with stock slide) for each member of his team. In lieu of a Serial Number, he stamped their name on the side of their pistol. He test-fired his on December 4, 1941! The Pennsy was in Dry Dock on December 7, and as a CMM, he was at battle stations in the bowels of the battleship, so was fairly safe. Tell that to their sister ship, the USS Arizona!

Still, I can’t stay with just one! There are a few more that stay, as I inherited them from him, and they are worshipped. One is a Registered Smith, fully engraved with ivory grips (dragon engraved in the ivory) which I have spoken of in this blog. In addition, I inherited his match pistols, a 38-44 Outdoorsman, also with ivory grips and King ventilated rib, and a Colt Woodsman 2nd series. The Outdoorsman was the first firearm I learned to shoot, at around 7 years of age (reduced loads!) and also reload and cast bullets for, so a lot of personal history. Then in the world of rifles, I have a John Dubiel in 300 H&H, built around a Mauser Magnum action, and 3 Winchester 52’s, two of which I’ll keep. I might also keep my other Registered Smith, maybe not…

Man, this is a tough subject…

You ain’t lying about tough subject!
If I could only impress upon my 41 and 34 year old “kids” how much my Smiths (particularly my Fine/Very Fine Model 27 no-dash) mean to me!

 

[JH1951]

What's the last gun you would part with and why? I know it's a tough decision, but which one do you love the most?..........

All of mine are subject to the possibility of finding a new home, but I will never be without a good Chiefs Special and a Winchester '97 riot gun......

 

[valk93]

My Ed Brown EE .45 acp