The one gun you would never sell

[DNolan]

Of all the guns you own or have owned, what is the one gun you would nevr sell but pass on to family?

Mine would have to be my Colt Woodsman that I purchased from my Dad. Used to shoot it as a young boy. Always wanted it. On day my Dad asked me if I wanted to buy it for $50.00. (next best thing to a gift. With Dad something you earned/bought had a lot more value then something that was given.) Couldn't get the cash out of my wallet fast enough! My second oldest daughter is A LEO and a shooter. It will go to her when the time comes.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

That would be my blue Model 19 that I bought in the BX at Guam and carried in SEA.

 

[Hillbilly77]

I'd never sell my 586 or my Savage .30-06 hunting rifle.

First, they are both my babies. Second, I have too much money invested into both of them in upgrades, etc. to ever get my money back out of them.

 

[A10]

More'n one......Dads Winchester, Dads HD, Dads WSP Commemorative, my Singe Six(first revolver, when I was 15). Got a couple others too, that will get passed down. Three of the four grandkids love to shoot!

 

[brucev]

There are two revolvers I would never sell. One is a 6" 28-2 that was given to me by my identical-twin (deceased) brother. I went up one weekend to visit. We went shooting that Saturday afternoon. We fired about 500-600 rounds of .38 Special and about 200 rds. of .357 Magnum. He had two 6" 28-2's. We shot them both throughout the afternoon. When we ran out of ammo, we were picking up and getting ready to leave. He asked me which revolver I thought was the best. I pointed to the one I'd been mostly shooting and the told me to take it on home.

The other revolver is a 18-2 that I bought in 2002. At the time I paid to much money. I bought it from an acquaintance who was in the final stages of lung cancer. He was selling off a few of his things, one of which was the 18-2. I didn't have enough money, so I sold a Yugoslavian M-98 along w/ some ammo to raise the needed cash. It is a startlingly accurate handgun. It also has for me great sentimental value.

I have other firearms that mean a great deal to me. But, these two would be the very last ones I'd ever let go.

 

[sophie]

In 1962 my wife bought me a Marlin .22 lever action rifle. It is a Marlin 39M Golden Mountie. I guess of all the guns I own it would be one I would never sell, just because she bought it for me. It has not been shot much in a long time and is still like new.

 

[carpriver]

For me it would be my 4" model 686 and my 5.56 semi-auto rifle and my M-1 carbine. Now that I think about it, the M-1 carbine.

 

[Cholo]

The 1st handgun I ever bought, a '75 Ruger Super Single Six compliments of the federal gov't. I got a $150 "rebate" from Uncle Sam when I was in college that March and so broke I had to eat dirt to stay alive. So what does any red blooded male do with a windfall like that? $90.25 on the Ruger, $10 on a holster, and a whole bunch of .22's. The rest of the $? Probably on gas for my '69 Nova.

It's sure not my most valuable gun, but nothing else I own has the memories I have in that old Single Six.

 

[imashooter2]

A 1917 vintage commercial Colt 1911. It was Grampa's, then Dad's, now mine. Grampa and Dad shot competitive Bullseye with it and there is no telling how many thousands of rounds have been down the pipe. I remember the very first time I was allowed to shoot it. Grampa drove us down a dirt road on the outskirts of Raymond, NH and we put some old cans up on a wooden fence. Grampa had it stoked with his competition loads, an H&G #130 over some tiny charge of Hercules Bullseye. Real softball loads they were, but I was 8 years old and had only shot .22's up to that point. Old slab sides made quite an impression on this kid.

Grampa was the one that soldered on the Patridge front and bobbed the hammer. No doubt killed any collector value, but no matter... It's priceless to me. I have a lot of handguns that I shoot more, but they are just things. This gun is my heritage.

 

[arjay]

My dad's 30-06 .He gave it to me about 40 years ago.The darn thing was a keyholer so I had it rebarreled with a Douglas (sp?) barrel and it shoots moa.Someday I'll give it to my son.

 

[wyccad915]

It's tough to say. I am a new gun owner really. But I currently up to 4 guns, 2 handguns and 2 rifles. I would say if there were to be any I am hesitant to sell it would be the handguns. All I have though is a sd9ve and a ruger mkIII. I just recently bought my winchester 700 in .308 win and it's my most expensive firearm so far (with having to buy a scope as well), but I could see myself selling it and the other rifle is just a mosin nagant. The only way I can see myself selling the sd9ve is if I were to trade up to maybe a m&p 9

 

[625smith]

Here is my 66-1 that has a recessed cylinder but no barrel pin S/N 114K2XX. I bought this revolver used from my friend who is also an FFL. This was the first new gun that he sold as a FFL. The fellow that he sold it to new later traded it in to him. The 66 was sold again to another customer. Once again the 66 was traded in but this time I took possession and have owned it since 1987. I just might have to take this one with me.

 

[Badkarma 1]

My first purchase a S&W model 28-2, the M1 Carbine that I bought for mr Dad who's a Korean War Vet, and my Grandpa's Belgium Browning Sweet Sixteen. Dale

 

[Hayden]

No history behind it but..... I really could never let go of my Marlin 45-70 Cowboy. God I love that dam thing. Remington 405g slugs just make me giddy.

Hayden.

 

[DR505]

Either my first LE gun, a 4" Model 27, or my first .22, a Remington Nylon 66 Apache Black, will always be with me.

 

[perrazi]

the model 15 that I got from my dad for Christmas when I was 16. he has been gone for almost 32 yrs. now and that one will never leave.

 

[Waywatcher]

I suppose its my Colt 6920.

Even at doubled value, during the frenzy, I still wouldn't sell it.

With its iron sights, I can hit 8" steel plates at 200 yards, first shot. I have over 1500 rounds through it since last cleaning. Never malfunctioned.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Of all the guns you own or have owned, what is the one gun you would nevr sell but pass on to family?

Mine would have to be my Colt Woodsman that I purchased from my Dad. Used to shoot it as a young boy. Always wanted it. On day my Dad asked me if I wanted to buy it for $50.00. (next best thing to a gift. With Dad something you earned/bought had a lot more value then something that was given.) Couldn't get the cash out of my wallet fast enough! My second oldest daughter is A LEO and a shooter. It will go to her when the time comes.

How much will you ask for?

 

[shouldazagged]

None of the few I have left. They'll all go to my son when I croak. In turn he'll pass them down to his three boys.

 

[Fishinfool]

It would have to be my Ruger Deer Stalker .44 mag carbine. Interesting story behind it.

My father was a stonemason. We lived in CT. Back about 1961 or so, he ended up doing a stone fireplace for Bill Ruger. They talked hunting and guns quite a bit, and my father, who hunted Maine every year for bucks and blackbear, suggested a .44 mag lever action. He hunted with a Winchester 94 in 30-30, but for some reason was fascinated by the new 44 mag as a brush gun.

As the story goes, the old man spent a few weekends extra doing some additional stone work around Rugers place, and he was thankful for it. He told my old man there was a new rifle coming out he might like, but could not give any more details.

About six months later, my father got a call from the old Sportsmans Den in Stratford to come pick up his gun. The old man didn't know what they were talking about, but they insisted it was his, so he drove down there. Waiting for him was a brand new, first production run 44 mag Deer Stalker carbine with a beautiful figured stock, and a note from Bill Ruger thanking him for the work he had did on his house, saying he had picked one out for him with pretty wood, and wishing him luck on those big Maine bucks.

It was that fall that the old man retired the model 94 (it later became mine when I was old enough), and spent the next 30 years hunting with that .44, and taking more than a couple nice bucks, and a black bear.

Over the years that note from Ruger, along with the box were lost, but I still have that rifle, after my dad passed in 1998.

I took it to Maine in 2000 and shot a decent buck with it, then retired it to my safe. Its not for sale.

Larry