What is, in your opinion, the coolest gun youve handled

[Rpg]

Jeff Cooper's custom rifle 'baby'.

 

[Laketime]

I have to admit my love for Desert Eagle's in .50 AE. Big ,over the top,and completely impracticable.By far the most accurate handguns I have ever experienced.At one point I owned four of these behemoths,now down to two.I got into this line by accident.I went to my LGS with intent to purchase a S&W 500,but left with two of these instead.

 

[M29since14]

Being one interested in World War II history, I never got to hold it but still it was a thrill for me to stand a foot or two from it (it was displayed at approximately eye-level) and get a good, close look at General Patton's Colt .45 and think of all the places that pistol had been - and remember that it nearly went into the drink from the Augusta without ever having the chance to go all of those places.

 

[fyimo]

I was in the 4th Infantry in Vietnam in 1969 and I was a platoon Sgt. of the 2nd platoon of B company 1/12. Our Sniper was wounded and when he left the field they told me I could keep his weapon and carry until I left in January 1970. The sniper rifle was a M14 and it was selected because of its accuracy, reliability, and the ability for a quick follow up shot. As a result, in 1969, the Rock Island Arsenal converted 1,435 National Match (target grade) M14s by adding a Leatherwood 3–9× Adjustable Ranging Telescope and providing National Match grade ammunition. This version, called the XM21, had a specially selected walnut stock and was first fielded in the second half of 1969. Not mentioned in the above was it also came with a Starlite scope and it was a great combination.

It was a great weapon and a lot of fun being allowed to carry it and use it in combat during the last 4 months of my tour.

 

[poordevil]

I had the pleasure of seeing and handling and watching the owner shoot, a Model 1911 made in 1914 by the Springfield Arsenal. It was in real good shape and had the American Eagle stamp on the slide like you see on all the American Arsenal made guns going back to even before the Civil War. It is still the only one I have ever seen.

 

[GyMac]

Broomhandle Mauser. Surprisingly nice to shoot!

 

[dr. K]

This is potentially the coolest thread I've seen in a little while.

Let's see, coolest I've handled? Honestly not sure. Just did a bit of a trigger job, bobbed the hammer and added a new, gorgeous set of Altamont conversion grips to a 4" model 64... so, I'll say maybe that one. At least for now. I'll have to go fondle some more guns and get back to you.. thanks to this thread, I can tell my wife it's just for "research."

 

[ContinentalOp]

My experience may not be as cool as some of the others here, but I had a chance to shoot a Tussey Custom 1911 during a training course, including some rapid fire, multiple target drills. That gun was slick. Literally. Anywhere metal moved against metal was polished mirror smooth. Even the striking surface of the hammer where the slide rides over it while cycling. Great trigger, too. One had to work hard to miss with that gun. Fortunately, I'm not a hard worker.

There may be a couple of other guns that could count, including the custom 3" 65 I used to have, but that Tussey 1911 is usually the first to come to mind when it comes to "coolest" guns I've handled.

 

[Art Doc]

H&H double with two barrels in 300 and 375. In fitted leather case. Price was $15,000 30 years ago.

 

[BAM-BAM]

The highlight for me was shooting a Thompson SMG in full auto.

This......^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

and being able to handle 4 Registered Magnums... in one day... at the NE Ohio Bunch gathering.... last year.


Oh ya; my Dad's 1939, 6 inch Colt New Service in .357 magnum with king adjustable sights it was his primary duty and target revolver from 1939 to about 1978.......full of fond memories.

 

[gjamison]

I have handled and fired several rare military handguns. Savage model 1907 trials gun in 45acp, Singer 1911, North American 1911 and Colt 1911 serial number 136. Best day at the range I'll ever have.....

 

[Goblin]

When the Delta Elite 10mm was new in the 80s, I shot one a fellow competitor had customized, a compensated gun. The slide was shortened and the comp shaped like the slide to look almost like a stock gun. It was beautifully done, and a pleasure to shoot. As I recall, it was a Wilson, and if so, it would have been built by Bill Wilson himself.

 

[pharmer]

A local friend has a collection of class 3 weapons. A couple of us pharma reps took him out to shoot on the company dime. Shot 3 pistol caliber mg's and a couple 5.56mm but the "shorty" G3 was nothing short of awesome. The string of .308 empties flying out the port seemed almost as dangerous as the muzzle product. Joe

 

[edge357]

I guess the coolest gun I have ever handled has been a PS90.
It just didn't feel like a real gun. And it made me feel, well sneaky!lol

 

[murphydog]

One of the 6.5" model 29s used in "Magnum Force" and the 2.5" model 66 from "The Gauntlet", courtesy of the NRA Museum and the SWCA. (Photos not on my iPad, sorry ).

 

[DWalt]

I've held and sometimes fired a great many unusual weapons. One I examined, but did not fire, that rates highest was a German Knorr-Bremse light machine gun (the Swedish version). The coolest gun (at least in the sense of being unusual) I personally own is a Swedish AG-42b rifle, very few of them made it into the USA. Often considered to be the inspiration for the AR-15, but there are significant differences. In the handgun line, it would have to be my Davis-Warner Infallible .32 pistol, in the running for the ugliest pistol ever made, right up there with the Nambu.

Modern Firearms - Knorr-Bremse m/40
Modern Firearms - AG-42 Ljungman
Three Davis Warner Infallible Model Semi-Automatic Pistols

 

[Fishinfool]

For just plain grins & giggles, it had to be the MP-5's we were issued. A blast to shoot, especially when the ammo is free. I tried, but I couldn't figure out a way to keep mine when I retired...

Larry

 

[Hair Trigger]

The coolest, and most unusual gun I've handled and fired, has to be the German MG42 machine gun. I got to fire 15 rounds from one in prone position using the bipod, while trying to qualify for the Schutzensnur, a German marksmanship award. I didn't make the minimum score required, missed by a single point. I can tell you that 15 rounds in one of these guns doesn't last very long.

 

[jdgiii]

Full auto Thompson machine gun. Got to empty an early reconditioned drum mag. It was spectacular.

 

[nicky4968]

Browning High Power in .30 Luger.

Dalai Lama's crest.

It was the real deal.

I didn't have $500.