Chino74
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That's easy, a .44 AutoMag....an original Pasadena vintage cased with all the trimmings. But at 3K & upwards for the few that show up on Gunbroker it's out of my realm of possibilities.
What's the one gun that has always been in the back of your mind...
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Benchrest1
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A Ted Yost 1911 is one I would want.
trapshooter870
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625 in Long Colt. Prices just keep going up.
I've had a hankering for an M-1A, sorta, because from time to time I've remembered how well I shot an M-14 rifle in '64-70.
It's funny; back then I carried that rifle and threw that thing around like it was a toothpick. In recent years, I had a craving for its clone, the Springfield Armory M-1A, so I went to the local gun shops and looked around. Picked up a few, worked the bolt, shouldered them, and put them back. Did you know that at age ~70+, a ~ten lb. rifle weighs 32 lbs.? Neither did I until then. And ammo is awfully expensive. Sigh..........
It's funny; back then I carried that rifle and threw that thing around like it was a toothpick. In recent years, I had a craving for its clone, the Springfield Armory M-1A, so I went to the local gun shops and looked around. Picked up a few, worked the bolt, shouldered them, and put them back. Did you know that at age ~70+, a ~ten lb. rifle weighs 32 lbs.? Neither did I until then. And ammo is awfully expensive. Sigh..........
Model 48, 3-T's
Some time around 1983 an acquaintance let me shoot his 6" full target Model 48 at the local shooting range. I was living in the Dallas area at the time. To say I was impressed with that gun would be the understatement of the decade.
I've been looking for one ever since, and have never so much as seen one up for sale.
Some time around 1983 an acquaintance let me shoot his 6" full target Model 48 at the local shooting range. I was living in the Dallas area at the time. To say I was impressed with that gun would be the understatement of the decade.
I've been looking for one ever since, and have never so much as seen one up for sale.
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Colt anaconda i passed on to pick up a saiga 12 in 2013. Seller Offered me $800. Doh!
Whitwabit
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For me it was a S&W 686+ PC .. Wanted one after shooting a friends years ago but couldn't afford a new one and never found a used one ..
My wonderful wife bought me one on my birthday .. My FFL's wife called and said your guns in .. but told her I hadn't ordered one .. Well after a few days my wife walks in with it and surprised me !! It is the first time she really surprised me I had no idea she had bought me one !!
OLDSTER
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Manurhin Model 73 revolver and Sig 210.
double-dipper
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That's easy a P&R 629 no dash 8 3/8
I've always dreamed of owning a MP 40. Not S&W's plastic handgun, but the German WW2 submachine gun.
Too illegal, too expensive, too bad.
Too illegal, too expensive, too bad.
Four inch, factory round butt, Model 19 preferably P&R'ed.
Can't explain it as I have 3" 66s and a factory round but 4" 586-4 (?) from 1996
Ok I'd settle for one of the 3" 19s from the 70s.
Can't explain it as I have 3" 66s and a factory round but 4" 586-4 (?) from 1996
Ok I'd settle for one of the 3" 19s from the 70s.
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6.5" pre-29 would fill the bill for me, but I can't justify the current prices when my collection already consists of a bunch of 29's and 629's from 4" to 12".
There is something about the early ones though................
There is something about the early ones though................
Well, for me, I will stick with S&W, other than I would like to have my Colt ultimate Python back that was NIB and had for 10 years. Should never have sold that.
But to answer the question, I think I would like to have a M27. I kind of swore the idea off while I have 3 M28's, but I really like them
But to answer the question, I think I would like to have a M27. I kind of swore the idea off while I have 3 M28's, but I really like them
"Always" is a very long time when you are as old as me.
Going back as far as I can remember, a Colt Python might be the best answer. They were, and still are, far outside my financial reach. 
But more recently (last 12-15 years or so), I yearned most for three vintage handguns: a Model 18 (or pre-18), a Model 39-2 and a Browning Hi-Power in 9mm... all pristine perfect as I don't do "used & abused."
I'm pleased to say that I now own the first two... but a genuine Browning Hi-Power is probably never to be. 
That's truly the "one that got away" and fits the OP's question best.
Wow I cannot give an answer of 1 I don't think. Certainly a Colt Python and a Registered Magnum are up there. I supposed if you were to give a pick of any gun in the world and only 1 without money restrictions it would probably be a WW2 M1 Gerand with provenance of having landed at Normandy. Or the Baby Chief Special owned by J Edgar Hoover? Also the prototype 1911 in the Museum in Ogden Utah designed by Browning. There are just too many.
Pasadena 44 Automag
Easy. A Parker SXS in 20 gauge. I don't know enough about the grades to tell you which particular model, but I'd know it when I saw it.
Actually I saw one that was nicer than I'd imagined, but it was tagged at $5,000.00. Man! That thing was pretty.
Closest I've ever come is a 20 gauge Stevens 311.
Actually I saw one that was nicer than I'd imagined, but it was tagged at $5,000.00. Man! That thing was pretty.
Closest I've ever come is a 20 gauge Stevens 311.
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nachogrande
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WHAT???
NO 28 gauge? A VERY FAST handling shotgun, little recoil, and noticeably less loud. Of course using smaller gauges (like the 410) can kill game, they require a better shooter which I am not.
NO 28 gauge? A VERY FAST handling shotgun, little recoil, and noticeably less loud. Of course using smaller gauges (like the 410) can kill game, they require a better shooter which I am not.
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