[17poundr]

Hello from Finland again! I for one see guns as tools primarily, and as any tool they have a funtional beauty.

I often look at the pictures of guns that I have downloaded, not just because I dream of living in a place where I could own some of them (wallet allowing), but because there is a certain beauty to them. Anybody into revolvers looking at say a Colt Navy, can but be in awe of it's functional beauty.

Threfore, and with the cunning plan to get pics of you lucky US gun owners, I here declare for all participants to list say ten (not a binding number, just list your favourites, but in moderation, say that you can list some reason for each pic) favourite beauty's. Rifle, Revolver, Semiauto, SMG, if it's a one man apparatus, let's hear of it!

Here are my humble and probably too fastly thought of candidates:

1. Colt Navy. Imho, the most beautiful cowboy gun, something about that barrell meeting the otherwize 1800 century's rounded features makes it my fav six shooter (or were they five). And now you can get working replica's, which take a multitude of modern cartiges! (try: www.cimarron-firearms.com).

2.The 'Centucky 50cal', I do not know the exact name of this gun, but it's of the kind that you see in the film 'The last Mohican' with Dainel Day Lewis, or in 'The Alamo' the new version, these were truly great guns, and I belive spurred the next candidate into existence some 20 years ago?

3. The Barret light 50. I saw a good pic of Royal Marines handling this amazing gun, and it's beautiful, deadly as anything, but beautiful...

4. The Lee Enfield. That ww1 style model where the barrel doesnt come out of the wooden grip/covers. It was just so functional, exellent gun as it was used for over 50years as the British army's rifle. And it made an exellent sniper rifle too.

5. The Mauser 'broomhandle'. Yep, this is the teutonic gun for me, it just looks so right, I love it!

6. The US ww2 M1(I hope that was right), carbine.
This is THE carbine for me, it looks beautiful, and like a perfect all rounder. I would love to have one on my dream farm/ranch...

7. The Browning Hi Power. I have been to one of the many threads dedicated to this seminal gun, that has made so many follow up guns, a true benchmark and beauty just like the second gun which is...

8. The AK 47/74. This gun, is beauty and the beast. Such deceptively beatiful curves and a good mix of metal and wood, but inside a truely genious of simpliciy and lethality, it's 'children' include the Israeli Galil and Finnish RK-62 systems, but the original is the most good looking!

9. The Sig-Sauer 226. If one is looking for functional beauty, then here it is, a great gun to shoot, and nowadays, looking like something almost from blade runner. But the new SAS carry models have gone 'retro' and feature feminine shapes and wood, a great gun anyway...

10. I fretted away for this one, and It's a tie between the Colt Python 357 in four inch barrel, and any model of the Browning Buckmark 22lr, which is very similar to the Ruger model 22lr. I need no words for these two do I???

Anyway, I know there is so many more I would have loved to list, but hey, must keep somekind of compactness for interests sake eh?

Hoping to hear from my friends in other countries!
And I'll chuck in a fiew good pics of any gun that make's me feel good just now, possibly an AR-15, as they are cool and should have made the list.

Yours truly: Mr Poundr :)

[BobCav]

For me, my favorite gun is like my favorite beer....it's the one I'm holding!!!

[10-Ring]

Top 10:
1. HK USP 45
2. Custom Caspian 1911
3. Superior Arms / CMMG - AR15 in 9mm
5. RRA AR15 in 223
6. M1A
7. 92 Centurion
8. HK USP 9
9. S&W mod 19-3
10. S&W mod 60

Wow, those 10 were easy to fill up! :scrutiny:

[Radagast]

S&W model 60
S&W model 66
S&W model 27
Glock 17
Beretta 92FS
Bul M5 IPSC model.
Ruger Single Six
CZ452 22 magnum
CZ452 22 Long rifle
Israeli mauser

[Yakko]

M1 Garand
1903 Springfield
M1A
1928 or M1 Thompson
1911
Baby Eagle
1873 Winchester
1885 Browning/Winchester High Wall
M1 Carbine
16"/50 Mk.VII gun (mounted on the Iowa Class)

[ARperson]

1. Garand
2. K-31
3. Finnish M39
4. 1903A3
5. Enfield No.4 Mk II
6. K98K
7. Japanese Type 99
8. M1 Carbine
9. AR15s
10. M38 Carcano


Posted by ARperson's hubby. Hmmm. Got that one in there to screw up the trend, but I think my interests are rather obvious.

[gbran]

My favorites are in the order I use most.

Handguns;

Glock G26
Browning Buckmark Contour (.22lr)
Mil Spec 1911
BHP
Makarov
Ruger SRH 454



Long Guns;

TC G2 Contender with various barrels/scopes
Stoeger side x side 12 ga
Savage 12 Varminter
Win Mod 70, 30'06

[atblis]

In no particular order

S&W K38
S&W 41
CZ Kadet
CZ 75
Swedish Mauser M96
Tikka M695
Daewoo K2/Dr200
Ruger Gp100
AR15
Russian SKS

[byf43]

In no particular order:


Colt Gold Cup NM
S&W model 19 w/ 4" barrel, target hammer, target trigger
S&W model 41 w/ 5-1/2" hvy barrel
Glock G21

Remington 700 BDL in .30-'06
M1 Garand
Springfield Armory M1A
Colt AR-HBAR
K98k Mauser (byf; ar; bnz)

Remington 1100 Magnum
Remington 870 (ANY 870!) Uhhhhhhhh 12 gauge, of course!

O.K. gotta sneak in a couple of extras
Beretta Silver Pigeon II
Marlin 1895G in .45/70
Marlin 1895CB in .45/70

[Old Dog]

and again, in no particular order ...

Marlin 336 in .30-30;
Mossberg 500 in 12 ga.;
Winchester Classic Featherweight (in .270 and .30-06);
Colt's 1911 A1 (or hey, just about any 1911 by any maker);
S&W 686 (4" barrel) in .357 magnum;
AR-15 (about any possible configuration);
S&W 36 in .38 special;
SIG Sauer P-228 (9mm);
S&W Model 10 (4" pencil barrel);
Beretta 92FS.

[DDrake]

1. PX4 Berretta 9mm
2. PX4 Berretta 9mm
3. PX4 Berretta 9mm
4. PX4 Berretta 9mm
5. PX4 Berretta 9mm
6. PX4 Berretta 9mm
7. PX4 Berretta 9mm
8. PX4 Berretta 9mm
9. PX4 Berretta 9mm
10. Ruger 10/22



What? Its the only two guns I own :evil:

[Ala Dan]

01. Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special 1911
02. Colt Detective Special (2nd series, 1947-1972)
03. SIG-SAUER .45 caliber P220A (of West German manufacture)
04. Smith & Wesson model 39-2 (9m/m)
05. Smith & Wesson model 18 (.22LR Combat Masterpiece)
06. Smith & Wesson model 19/66 (.357 Combat Magnum)
07. Seecamp LWS-32 (.32 ACP)
08. SIG-SAUER 9m/m P228 (of West German manufacture)
09. Smith & Wesson model 28 (Highway Patrolman)
10. (Tie) Colt Python, Colt Gold Cup Series '70 National Match), and
Springfield Armory XD- .45 ACP

[The Deer Hunter]

Threfore, and with the cunning plan to get pics of you lucky US gun owners

sounds funny when you say that. I guess alot of people in the US take for granted. We all are making a big commotion over an "assault" weapons band and such, even though alot of countries dont allow firearms at all. Reading something like what 17pndr really makes me think and realise how lucky I am.

Still, this whole AWB is a load of crap.

870
M14
M60
M1 Garand
FAL
break barrel shotguns
AK and varients
S&W revolvers
Thompson SMG
Winchester '94
Mosin Nagant

Well, thats 11 in no particular order. Man I realy like alot of guns.

[trueblue1776]

wait, guns were made after 1891? (Mosin-Nagant baby)

[goColt]

Greetings from the USA. Glad to have a you aboard.

My list is as follows, and in pretty much this order although it shifted a little over the years.

01) Python
02) M14/M1A
03) Thompson M1
04) M1 Garand
05) Colt 1911 and variations
06) Colt 1873
07) M2 "Ma-Deuce"
08) Browning Citori
09) Winchester Model 94
10) GE Minigun (Just for pure badness)

[benelli12]

My top ten will be on whats the most fun to shoot...

1. Stevens 12 gauge double barrel with a 12-14" barrel and a sawn off stock.
2. any type of snub nosed revolver thats <44 magnum
3. any semi-auto rifle with a banana clip
4. .22 pistol (auto)
5. .22 rifle
6. pump 12 gauge with <18" barrel, and a pistol grip( i like SBS's)
7. Kimber BP 10 2, or any 1911 .45
8. something full auto in 9mm
9. 44 magnum with barrel length >4"
10. .357 magnum with a 4" barrel


These are my top ten FUN GUNS, some of which I haven't even shot

I love sawn off shotguns, I CANT WAIT until I can get one legally.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=55251&stc=1&d=1174505803

[17poundr]

First of all, thanks for the Deer Hunters thoughtful words!

You might understand how frustrating it is as I have no criminal record, and yet, I cannot go and get the gun I shot probably thousands of times when I was fifteen years younger in the army! It just doesnt figure.

You guys are lucky. but If I ever get there, one of my musts, is buying an AR-15 from either Armalite or Panther, or Rock River or Kel Tec, that is one absolute dream of mine.

Do I understand that they want to ban these now?

And what about on of my favourites of all times the ww2 US carbine (is it an M1, or another name nowadays? Help please!)...

Also, I notice that you guys have signatures, those small texts that always come onto your messages end. I tried to find the place to place my own, but couldnt, any help, links???

Anyway, I'm glad to see good oppinions, and very glad that the CZ got there, I felt guilty of leaving it out, but as it's really a Hi Power, in a European mold, I thought 'just put the original, why is Browning so 'small' on handguns nowadays by the way??? It's a classic gun maker, one of the greatest, aside Colt, S&W, Enfield UK, Walther Germany, Izmash Russia ect...

By the way, any pictures of your fav guns would be greaaat!!! Here are some more of my favs! He, he... ;)

p.s. I was reminded, yep, the M-14 is just soooo, well, I think I put a picture of this great gun (wouldnt you like to see a good shoot off between the m-14 and the FNfal? That would be something, both are really complements to each other)! Any good FN fal pics or M-4s, or the good new Beretta's that are hitting the market. (say, what's that new rotating barrel that the Beretta storm and a couple of others have, where the barrell doesnt move with the recoil action)???

So many questions, and you US guys are the ones who usually know!

As I have asked so many questions I guess one more wont hurt...

What is the difference between a bantham shotgun and a normal one??? And are the moder semi auto shotguns as reliable as pump auto's (we had really mean ones in the army, but no sights! I never got that, even rudimentary ones would have improved my shots which always went high, but give me an rk, or anything with sites, and I was doing pretty good I must say, so any answers 'and pics' :rolleyes:

[iamkris]

Here's mine in no particular order, except #1 (and it varies depending on my mood):

1) FN FAL
2) 1911
3) Garand
4) 1873 Winchester
5) 1874 Sharps
6) Swede Mauser M96
7) Springfield Armory M1A
8) Colt SAA
9) Colt Python
10) Ruger Mk II

wouldnt you like to see a good shoot off between the m-14 and the FNfal? That would be something, both are really complements to each other

All ya gotta do is ask and stop by...you can shoot mine my FAL and M1A all you want. I make it over to Denmark all the time for work...the least you could do is stop by my place :)

So 17pndr, for your viewing pleasure (like I said, stop by and you can shoot any of these)

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http://i13.tinypic.com/4d2j5fp.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/4i72tsj.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/2nkrogo.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/2eluqt1.jpg

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[joevilla71]

1911
CZ 452 .22 rimfire bolt action rifle ... varmint
CZ 452 .22 rimfire bolt action rifle ... Lux ... Awesome sites
Springfield XD ... any cal
AR-15
Springfield Armory SOG (newest model ... just awesome)
US Marine SAW!!! Uuuurha!!!
Remington 700 ... 308
Smith & Wesson Model 41 .22 yeeha!!!
Browning Citori 12 Ga Over and Under ... any of them !!!

[possum]

bushmaster ar15a4
s&w model 19
kimber pro tle II lg
m1a
sa xd in any caliber and the 4" variety
m1 garand
m242 25mm chain gun
h&k mp5sd
h&k usp 9mm
ak varients

[waynedm]

No particular order:

CZ 75 and variants
1911s
Sig 220
Ruger MK II,III
P22
Remington 597
870
AK47
Hi Power
MP-40 (not to be confused with M&P!)

[amprecon]

Hmm, well, I feel that I already own my favorite guns in no order of favoritism:

1. Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun
2. Remington 700 .30-06
3. Springfield Armory M1A
4. M1 Garand
5. AK-47
6. Marlin 60
7. Glock 21
8. Glock 23
9. Kahr P9
10. S&W 442

[single action]

In No particular order:

1. #4 enfield
2.M1 Garand
3. M1 carbine
4. 1928 Thompson (gotta get me one!)
5. Ruger Blackhawk
6. Ruger sp101
7. 1911 a1
8. savage 311 12 ga. ( They were affordable and lasted forever)
9. winchester 94
10. Ruger single six

[TimboKhan]

In no particular order:

1. 1903 A3 Springfield.
2. K31
3. Swedish Mauser in 6.5
4. AR
5. SKS
6. Ruger P-90
7. Ruger Red Label in 12 gauge
8. Taurus PT-1911
9. Ruger MkII
10. Ruger 10/22

So, really, all I did was look around my room and list what I could see, except for the red label, which I don't actually own. Kind of a cheaters way out, but there are so many guns that I think are cool that I don't own, it's to hard to pick favorites. At least 5 of the above guns would probably make an all time favorite list anyway, so I am not cheating that badly...

[arthurcw]

10. Tie! SKS (with the nod going to the ChiCom 16” bbl) and the Tommy Gun (Full auto .45 ACP goodness!).
9. Mosin Nagant 38
8. 1911
7. K 31
6. S&W Mod 65 .357 3” bbl
5. Any 16” bbl .357 lever gun
4. Winchester 1894
3. M4-geries
2. M1 Garand
1. M1 Carbine

Someday they will all be mine!* MUWAHAHAHA!

With honorable mention going to the P-3AT. I know, I know! But you said MY FAVORITE, not the best.

BTW: Can you tell I like Carbines?

*Well… at least some. D@mn I need a better job!

[doberman]

I don't think I can list ten but I will try. I can list a few that have paid for themselves, been true keepers, and have been used as real tools in real life experiences.

I own many more than ten, but these have been the most useful and economically the "best bang for the buck".

Ruger 10/22 - Most fun, cheap to shoot, and has put food on the table.

Marlin 39A - See above (I switch between the two)

Benelli M1Super90 12Gauge- By far the most used and best $ spent. Taken deer, ducks, rabbits, grouse, pheasants, and more. Not so much geese. See below.

Benelli Nova Pump - This used to be my main shotgun before the M1Super90, but at 9 pounds it got a little heavy for upland hunting. It has a 3 1/2" chamber while the M1 only has a 3" so I only use the Nova for geese now. I hunt geese in a boat so I don't have to carry it on long walks and the 3 1/2" gives me the advantage needed to take geese clean.

Smith & Wesson Model 642 - Best everyday, everywhere you go self defense gun. No more explination required.

Smith & Wesson Model 66 with Marlin 1894 .357MAG partner. Count this as one. If you have the skills, there is really not much you cannot acomplish with this combination.

Up to six now...??? hmmmm.

Glock 19/23 OR 17/22 Depending of caliber choice/size. Regardless, I know this is a great platform. Some say the Glock is a non-userfriendly weapon system for a noobie. I disagree. I carry a 23 daily.

The 1911 Platform - Definitley a favorite. Worth a whole new thread(considering the amount of makers out there). That being said, I have retired my Kimber Pro-Carry for a Glock. 1911's Rule, but plan some time to baby them. I'll leave it at that.

Room for two rifles.

I'm stumped now.

Probably a good quality bolt in .308 and something in the line of
an AK or AR.

[Nomad, 2nd]

Those I own/Have owned:
1911
Hi Power
S&W 3" K frame .357
S&W 649 .357
M1A Scout
Ruger Mk 2
Ak 47
CZ 452

Weapons I have used but do not own:
Barret M82A3
Thompson SMG

Honorable mention:
Marlin .357 leveraction with Peep sites
K-31
M1
M1 Carbine

[delta53]

#1 1921ac Thompson
#2 1918 BAR
#3 1918A3 BAR I have one of these
#4 50cal Browning
#5 1917a1 Browning
#6 1919a4 Browning have one semi:D
#7 G-3 have some
#8 M16/Ar15 have some
#9 Hk USP 45 have some
#10 Ruger Speed Six have one great gun/good hammer to

[Geno]

Today’s Top-Ten:

1. Armalite AR-50
2. S.A. M1A “Loaded”
3. S.A. M1A Scout Squad
4. Bushmaster A3 H. BAR
5. Bushmaster Carbon 15, Model 21
6. AK-47 carbine (milled receiver)
7. T/C Encore
8. T/C Contender or G2
9. Colt 1911A1, .45ACP
10. BHP, 9mm Luger

As me again tomorrow, and the list will change. Ask me the day after tomorrow, and the list will change. No genuine firearm aficionado could ever possibly limit himself or herself to 10 firearms. J

[Shipwreck]

1. Walther P99 A/S
2. FN PS90
3. Walther P99 A/S compact
4. SW99
5. 1911
6. Beretta 92FS
7. HK USP


Could only do 7 - the others I have owned or tried - I wouldn't rank high enough to be in the "top 10"

[alucard0822]

1. 1911
2. S&W 686
3. M1 garand
4. 20" Hbar AR-15
5. savage 10fp choate
6. ruger vaquero 45lc
7. marlin 336
8. beretta 92
9. 10/22
10.rem 870 police

In order of frequency of use, most others I have don't come out often, or quickly get expensive to shoot, or kick too much to shoot often
wishlist:
1.M1A
2.45acp S&W revolver
3. K98 in 8mm
4. 500 S&W magnum
5. Browning hi-power

[Black Majik]

1) 1911
2) Classic SIG P226 (none of that beavertailed EE railed crap produced today)
3) HK USP
4) Remington 870 Wingmaster
5) AR-15
6) M14/M1A
7) HK P2000
8) M1 Garand
9) SIG X5
10) Glock 19

[Essex County]

I probably have upwards of 65 at tne present time. Some overlap but I just could'nt choose, I bought them all for a reason. I think this is an excellent question, though. My best to shooters in Finland. Sincerely, Essex

[Firehand]

No particular order, of those I've fired:

Finn M39
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
1911A1 pistol
Webley Mk VI revolver
Winchester Mod. 94
BSA Martini Model 12
Swiss K31
S&W Model 13 revolver
Lee Enfield #1 Mk III and #4 Mk I both

[battlehatch]

1. Accuracy Intl. AWM
2. EDM Arms Windrunner Takedown .408 Chey
3. Sako TRG
4. M40A3
5. Springer XD45 Service
6. Steyr AUG
7. Arsenal AK47 SLR-101
8. AR15 M4
9. S&W Airweight .38spl
10. Savage Model 10 .22-250 (because I have one and it's fun)

Numbers 1, 3, 4, and 6 are ones I have never shot, but I imagine they are alot of fun and they look cool.

[MrDig]

Well, of the guns I have owned and or currently own

1, Westernfield Bolt action .410, The first gun I paid for with my own Money I was 11 or 12
2, Marlin 336 30-30, Shot my first deer with it.
3, Mossberg 500a, The third gun I added to my collection.
4, Ishapore 2A, 7.62/308. Fun, inexpensive and easy to restore.
5, 1911A1, Design form and function all in one sweet package.
6, Hi-Power 9mm see #5
7, Benelli Montefeltro 12 ga. Truly a fun gun to shoot even if I haven't scored any geese or ducks with it yet.
8, Ruger GP100-161, why did I wait so long to get one of these.... .357 goodness and a well balanced frame to shoot it from Wohooo
9, Marlin 1894c in .357 Nice combo when added to #8
10, NEF/H&R Handi-Rifle in .243 with a bull Barrel and 6-18x50 Scope, Need more practice with this to make use of it's range.

The only one of the guns listed that I do not Own currently is the 1911A1, never ever will I sell a gun to please a spouse or GF again, NEVER!!!!

[sturmruger]

I currenlty own most of my top 10.


Ruger 10-22 Custom
Ruger Mini 14
SKS
Bushmaster AR15
S&W 637
XD 9
XD 40
Ruger 22/45
Marlin 1893
Mossberg 500

[aguyindallas]

Also in no particular order:

1. Glock 23
2. Glock 17
3. S&W 642
4. Glock 19
5. AR in 5.56
6. Savage in .270
7. Glock 22
8. AR in 6.8SPC (well, ok I hope...shooting for the first time this week)
9. WASR-10 AK47
10. Glock 26

As you can see, I dont really like Glocks much.....:neener:

[whited]

1. H&K USP .45.
I really do believe this is the finest pistol available (within reason)

2. AK47

3. Ithaca 37

4. Any quality mid/large size .357 mag wheel

5. M1

[HiroProX]

1. FN FAL
2. M-14
3. M-1 Garand
4. Remington 700
5. Tie: Ruger P-series/ S&W M57
6. AR-10
7. Mauser 98
8. SKS-45
9. AK-47/74
10. AR-15

[mnrivrat]

Penn/Ken Flintlock Long Rifle
1874 Sharps Rifle
1876 Winchester Rifle
1893 Marlin Rifle
Colt Peacmaker
1911 Colt Auto
S&W 19
1903 Springfield Rifle
Winchester Model 42 Shotgun

hummm ? I no longer own any of these !

[Clipper]

While I do own several of my all-time favorites, several remain on my 'hope to get' list...

1. Winchester M-12 (and of course by extention, the M-42)
2. Winchester M-70 featherweight (Blue & wood, no plastic or stainless)
3. Mauser C-96 broomhandle
4. Luger artillery model
5. Winchester M-71 (Deluxe, please)
6. Winchester M-1895 (7.62X54R, thank you...)
7. AR-15 (A-2 type)
8. Browning BL-22 (the older model with the folding rear sight)
9. Ruger security six
10. Auto-Ordinance M-1927 Thompson

[MinScout]

1. Winchester 94 30-30

2. Marlin 336 30-30

3. Malin 1894 44 mag

4. CZ 527 7.62x39

5. Winchester 9422m 22 wmr

6. Marlin 1895M 450 Marlin

7. K98 German Mauser

8. Enfield No. 4

9. Lyman Deerstalker .54 cal

10 Ruger 10/22

[Cosmoline]

1. Finnish M-30 Mosin-Nagant or nice 91/30
2. Polish M-44 Mosin-Nagant
3. Ruger Speed Six
4. Ruger Old Model Blackhawk (a new favorite)
5. Sig P225, one of the only semis I really like
6. Schmidt-Rubin 1911 long rifle
7. Winchester '94, pre USRAC, no safety
8. Ruger No. 1, in spite of everything
9. S&W Model 36 & siblings
10. The horrible old Nagant '95

[STAGE 2]

Geez. I don't think I could ever come up with a definitive list, but as Ala Dan said, for this week here goes... at least for pistols.

1. 1911 of the milspec flavor
2. S&W model 27/28 with a 4" barrel
3. HK USP
4. P210
5. PPK
6. Makarov
7. Any of the SIG P series big 3 (220/225/226)
8. Bren Ten
9. Webley... cause no matter how you dice it, top break is cool
10. SAA of any flavor

[Anarion]

01) My grandfather's 1874 Sharps .50
02) Savage 99EG in .300 Savage
03) M1 Garand
04) SigPro 2022 -3 calibers (.357Sig/.40S&W/9mm) from same setup-Way Cool!:D
05) Kimber Pro Stainless TLE .45ACP
06) Sig P229SAS - .357 Sig
07) Beretta Px4
08) Springfield '03
09) Sig P225
10) CZ 75B in .40 & w/ Kadet .22 Conversion

:evil: :D

[bogie]

Well, I shoot Lapua brass and Vihtavhouri powder...

[Michael Zeleny]

1. SIG P210 in 9x19mm, 7.65x21mm, and .22lr
2. SIG AMT in 7.62x51mm
3. Winchester M12 in 12 gauge, 20" cylinder and 28" modified choked barrels
4. 5" S&W pre-war .357 Magnum
5. FN 98/30 Mauser in 7x75mm
6. K11 in 7.5x55mm
7. FAMAS in 5.56x45mm
8. Darne V22 in 12gauge 27" modified and full choked barrels
9. AI AWSM in .338 Lapua Magnum
10. DWM LP08 in 9x19mm

optional:
11. Colt pre-war Government Model National Match

[10 Ring Tao]

AK
Rem 870 pump shotty
Beretta gas operated shotty
Glocks in 9mm, .45, 10mm
Kahrs in 9mm and .45
Keltec mouseguns
Garand
Ruger 10/22
FAL
Surplus bolt guns in 54R.

[230RN]

Ahhhhhhh....

[No_Brakes23]

1911A1
AK47
AR15/M16A3
870
K31
Python
597
CZ75
FN FAL
P226

[ARKIESTEEL]

1100 Rem 12 gauge stays by the bed
629 classic 44 mag stays in the truck
686 .357
1911 .45 lives in the with the socks
single six .22lr / .22mag combo
10/22 fun gun
870 3 and a half inch kills lots of ducks
rem 700 in 30 - 06
springfeild stevens single shot .22 the little gun with the straight pull hammer

the gun i like the most is my 45/70 marlin guide gun.

[Matthew Temkin]

My favorite shooters...

Ar 15

S&W Model 10

Winchester Model 94

M1 Carbine.

Ruger 10/22

Winchester Model 70 (.308)

Glock 19 & Glock .22 conv. kit.

Colt 1860

[willbrink]

Can't have a top 10 list without the 1911 on the list. BHP granted, but no 1911? Impossible! :scrutiny:

[Michael Zeleny]

Can't have a top 10 list without the 1911 on the list. BHP granted, but no 1911? Impossible! :scrutiny: My Top 10 goes to 11 (http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=3227916&postcount=49).

[Brother in Arms]

here are my top 10 that are beutiful in form and function. I Simply couldn't choose 10 total, so I chose 10 domestic and 10 foreign designed fiearms.

Domestic top 10 in no particular order

M1
M14
1887 Winchester lever action shotgun
Ithaca M37
1911A1
1917 S&W
1919 Browning Machine gun
M1927A1 thompson sub machine gun
Remington rolling block
Stoner 63


Foreign top 10 list in no particular order
AKM
Makarov
Mauser C96
M96 Swedish Mauser
PPSH
Martini Henry
MG-42
Ultimax
Lee Enfield
Steyr AUG

[17poundr]

Great pics! Absolutely great!

First of all, is that old looking short shotgun meant to be like that or has some cowboy in the day, shortened it himself???

And as for the collection of 'IAMIAN'.... Well, words are not enough really. AAaaamaziung!!!!!

God , I wish I could have a go on at least half of those guns!!!

The AR, and the M1 and M14 being absolute musts, oh and the FN-FAL. and ... Well you get the picture, I wish I could shoot them all! (Does that good looking cowboy gun shoot factory made ammop, or do you have to make or have made your own)??? I would love a Cowboy classic, which is shooting some factory made slugs. I hear they still make the ammo that the Colt peacemaker used, what was it's nomination again?

Anyway, thanks for the imput, keep 'em coming!

Here is some of my fav's (more I mean)...

[jungleroy]

Well, I, Wear a Glock model 22 every day rain or shine.
I am not sure it would be my top choice, but I am very familiar with it, and have 2 hours of range time and 2 hours of training every week.
I love my Ruger super red hawk 454 Casull, and my Kimber custom TLE 2, but do not think I will lug them around daily.

[rudolf]

Barret M82A2 (.50 shoulder fired)
Jugoslaw 20mm Hispano Suiza single shot rifle (shoulder fired)

MG42
FG42

Keckler & Koch P7 in .45 (original)
Luger in .45 (original)

the .32 FN that started WW1
the derringer that killed Lincoln

Holland&Holland .375 double

Quad 20mm German Flak for my garden (in case a XXX Helicopter wants to land)
(Why German? Sort of matches the MG/FG 42)

Makes me wonder why most of you name guns you can easily get. No dreams left in your life?

[Rattlesnake]

I'll do it by design... no particular order

CZ75
GLOCK
HK P7
AR15
M1/M1A/M1 Carbine
1911
Remington 700
Winchester 94
Ruger MKII/III
870

[Jeff]

S&W 586 .357
H&K USP .45
CZ P-01 9mm
Ruger MkII Target .22 w/red dot scope
Remington 700 LTR .308
Ruger 10/22
SIG 556 .223 (hopefully next purchase)
Remington 1100 12ga
Ruger GP100 .357 (still have to get one someday; 4" SS)
S&W 57 5" Nickel .41 (would love to get my hands on one of these)

[17poundr]

OK Rudolph!

The Bren gun, proper British steel!
Japanese Nambu.
The original winchester 73 (like in the film).
Bofors 40mm (ha, now try landing helicopters)!
A pak-40 75mm German anti tank gun...
That Russian semi auto rifle, that had a front site like the AK-47, dont know the name though...
A Suomi 31 smg, with the drum clip!
A 1600 century musket &
A 1400 century longbow!!!
A timeless horse archer Asian compostite bow! (Persian, Attila the hun, Greek, Mongol, Arab explosion 'after the death of Mohammed' , Early Ottoman Empire all used it)...

Still, would love a good Lewis gun, or the Dekjatyeff (sorry, still can't spell it) lmg, and ofcourse a Lee Enfield, and a Maxim gun, and a Finn version of the Mosin Nagant...

[Bricky62]

I can list 10 favorites but the order depends on what I'm doing and what season it is:

Model 94 Winchester (authentic not clone)30-30
1899 Savage 250-3000
Colt Single Action Army .45 (God created men, Sam Colt made em Equal)
Pre 60's Remington 700 30-06
Pre 60s Winchester model 70 .270
1911 Colt .45 auto
9422M About as handy of a coon and rabbit hunter as is made.
Baltimore (Or Lafever, Greener, Whatever) circa turn century side by side
12ga. (The more engraving and fancier the wood the better)
Winchester model 12 12ga to actually hunt with.
Winchester 1890 or 1906 .22 s,l,lr or wrf for plinking.

[17poundr]

I sympathise with Briky's list! Now, as shotguns are conserned, I must tell that I know nothing.

We did shoot what was called an 'Assault shotgun' in the army, it was pump auto, all black (we trained agressive building and room entry, so you can imagine that one guy would have a shotgun), it fired about one and a half dozen rather large pellets, that would rip a car tire hanging from a rope to shreads on the point of hit from about seven-ten meters... No sights to talk about, my aim was always high... (meaning the guy would have got a headshot every time)! :evil:

But, as I said, we only trained a bit, just like we trained a bit of Suomi smg, a check lmg firing ak-47 ammo in a belt, two sniper guns, and a sten, but our primary weapons that we really shot a lot with were the rk-62, and later the rk-62 with folding stock, and the FN-9mm Hi Power copy with ten round clip.

So, what does gauge mean? Yep, I do not know, I just looked at the stylish shotguns in the new Ruger catalogue I ordered, and tried to look if the 12gauge was thinner barreled than a 20gauge, no seemed the same, the length was stated in inches, so what is a gauge???

Also, I read in a guns and ammo mag article that people are loading too agressive loads for home defence, apparently people are going for 12 pellet loads that can penetrate walls!!! Not so good if your daughter is in the next room and you miss eh???

We, used a version of what are called 'wolf pellets' I belive, and they have 16 to 18 pellets in them, and this was the army's heavy stuff!!!

So, I belive that a 20-30 pellet load is good for home defence, it's also a bit more forgiving from a longer range imho...

Still, in our day (1990-91), there was only lead pellets, now I see tungsten and all kinds, I see those one slug things, that are aerodynamically made to fly 100meters straight!!!

Well, I'll put some pretty pics so that somebody will take mercy and explain the gauge thing to me...

Mr Poundr... ;)

[EricTheBarbarian]

heres some of my favorites

1. k98 mauser
2. mosin nagant 91/30 and m44
3.wasr 10
4. sprinfield xd .45
5. mossberg 500

[Michael Zeleny]

So, what does gauge mean?The number of solid spheres of a diameter equal to the inside diameter of the barrel that could be made from a pound of pure lead. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_%28bore_diameter%29)

[aerod1]

M1A
M1 Garand
AR-15
Swedish Mausers m96
K-31 Swiss ( Schmidt - Rubin)
Springfield Armory M1911A1
Ruger P series pistols
Ruger Super Redhawk
Old Smith & Wesson revolvers (model 10)
Glock pistols

[Drifting Fate]

In no particular order:

1. Colt Python
2. S&W 19, really all K-frames
3. Browning Hi-Power
4. Sig P226
5. Ruger 10/22
6. Remington 870
7. Marlin 39A
8. Browning Buckmark
9. AR-15
10.Colt SAA

[FIFTYGUY]

Rudolf wrote:
Jugoslaw 20mm Hispano Suiza single shot rifle (shoulder fired)

That's the Croatian RT-20 semi-recoilless. Yes, pretty darn cool. One of the highest power-to-weight ratios for an anti-tank/anti-material gun, with only the Gustav m/42 full-recoilless 20mm doing better.

MG42

Or MG3, simply because I'd only want it in 7.62 NATO.

FG42

Cool, over $100,000 these days in the U.S., and wildly impractical in full-auto.

Keckler & Koch P7 in .45 (original)

You mean, "Heckler & Koch"? They made the P7M10 in .40 S&W, but I don't think they ever made one in .45 ACP.

Luger in .45 (original)

Very expensive in the U.S. again, but why a Luger?

Quad 20mm German Flak for my garden (in case a XXX Helicopter wants to land)

There's a few privately-owned Flak 30/38's out there in the U.S. I've got some of the original Nazi ammo in my collection, as well as a 20-round mag. Pretty much a longer version of the Solothurn S18-1000 mag (I've got one of those), but of course not interchangeable at all with the Lahti M/39 mag (I've got one of those mags as well...).
With a quad AA setup, each gun running around 600 rpm, you'd need four or five of your buddies running around to keep those 20-round mags going!

[22LongRifle]

M1 Garand, I think Gen George Patton said it best!

The Long Rifle, in .36 or .40 caliber

Colt Navy, like stated before.

Colt Pocket Police, it doesn't get better than this!

1873 Trapdoor, clean that weapon trooper!

1903 Springfield

P-35 or BHP, I won't qoute JMB cause alot of folks will start to cry!

Thompson 1927 machinegun, they had to ban them so they must be great!

1898 30/40 Krag, helped Teddy take that hill!

M1 Carbine, war baby!

I know they are "old", and most are longguns, and no shotguns. But I'll stand by them.

Jerry

[FIFTYGUY]

17pounder wrote:

The Bren gun, proper British steel!

You mean Czech. :p But still, Bren's are very classy!

Japanese Nambu.

If you mean the pistol, Dear God WHY?

Bofors 40mm (ha, now try landing helicopters)!

You mean like mine? :D

http://members.aol.com/fiftyguy/featherduster.html

A pak-40 75mm German anti tank gun...

Nice gun. Big brother of the 37mm Pak 38.

Still, would love a good Lewis gun,

I've always liked the Lewis - very simple design. If it weren't for the mysterious animosity of General Crozier, Colonel Lewis' gun would have helped end the Great War sooner.

or the Dekjatyeff (sorry, still can't spell it) lmg,

Degtyarev? aka the RPD? Some say it's the most practical LMG ever made...

and a Maxim gun,

I would expect you, of all people, to prefer the simplified, more compact Vickers version! :p Although those solid brass Vickers tripods feel like they weigh a ton! :cuss:

Very reliable guns. They really don't build them like they used to... Eight Maxim guns at the Somme killed about 60,000 charging British soldiers - eight percent of the entire British army - in one hour! :eek:

[pcf]

FN M240G (shoot not carry)
Browning Buckmark
Ruger 10/22
S&W 686P
Sig P226R DAK
Remington 870
Beretta 390
Marlin 336
AR15
1911

[Geronimo45]

FN FNC - a FAL in 5.56. I like the looks of the FALs. Like the low recoil/price of 5.56. Also takes AR mags.
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as24-e.htm
Thompson, 1928 model with the C-drum - no honest man needs less than fifty rounds in his submachine gun. :evil:
American 180 - magazine capacity alone gives the VPC cold shivers - capacity's over 200 rounds with some mags. That's enough rounds to take on dozens of squirrels, Russian paratroopers, or to thin out mosquito hordes a bit.
Walther 2000 - it's got a new look with style to it.
Baby Browning - tiny size and a neat gun. Classy.
1911A1 - so many accessories for it - lasers, conversion kits - and it's a great natural pointer for me... extremely practical. And fun.
CZ 75 - everybody needs at least one high-cap 9mm.
CZ 83 in .32 - a high-capacity mousegun. I like having a lot of bullets.
Kel-Tec PLR-16 - another 'give-the-Brady's-a-fit' gun. Shorter than any SBR that I've heard of, while not being nearly as expensive. Takes AR mags, also. Great wilderness pistol, I reckon.
Webley Mark VI cut to .45 ACP - Europeans seem to have had major issues in getting a revolver to look right to American eyes. Look at the Nagant, for example. The Webley looks like a revolver ought - tough and rugged. The Webley's just dripping with character - from the big stirrup latch and automatic extractor to that hexagonal barrel. I love it.
Honorable mention: FN Five-Seven. If they came out with an all-steel model, I'd love it - just a matter of looks, not of distrust of polymer.

[17poundr]

To my esteemed gollegue aka 'The filthy guy', I like your oppinions, and I'm very jealous about your helicopter, perhaps if I come to the US, and happen to be in you neck of the woods we can go for a ride, after going to do some shooting on a range on my dime??? :)

But about the ww1 battle of the Somme, you have it a bit off old chap, the British army suffered almost (just under a fiew hundred), 60 000 CASUALTIES!
Now, you probably know that casualties is a word used for KIA, MIA AND WIA, THAT'S, killed, missing in action and wounded in action.

I have to 'dissapoint' you, in the fact that the actual KIA figure was 20 000, and the rest were mostly wounded and some missing in actions, that is about 40 000 wounded.

This mirrours a ususal breakdown of casualties in modern war, you tend to get about two to three wounded for every killed, ofcourse especially in ww1, many wounded died later in hospital. Unlike nowaday's.

And you are mistaken that it was 8 Maxim's, for even if it was the big killer after the artillery in ww1, the front of the Somme was tens of miles, and there was more than eight mg's there, and surviving riflemen too, I know, I have read a couple of books on the Somme, one was over 500 pages thick!

And some Brit infantry got into the german trenches, and exacted their revenge on the Germans there, actually although MOST of the casualties were in the first hour and a half, the total figure of 20 dead and 40 thousand wounded is the toll for the whole day... And one Scottish remains of a Battalion that had got through the killing fields, continued to remain in their bit of captured trench for almost two weeks, until starvation and their ammo ending forced them to give it up and surrender. Also, modern re examination of the battle of the Somme, which lasted about two and a half months, and resulted in about similar end total casualties for both sides, that being about 350 000 each, and yet strangely the total figure for the Somme, on both sides is one Million men as casualties in three months, from these about 80-85% were British and German, the rest were French, and the whole attack, was pulled as a mainly British event, because the French were in the similarly hellish battle of Verdun, put these both together, and you realize that the German high command was not happy after the 1916 battles, even if the French and Brits had suffered near a half million casualties each, the Germans had suffered double, and they had the Eastern front taking it's toll too!!!

Just so that people get the right impression. But as I said, in essence you wer e right.

btw, the Finnish army still used the maxims in it's heavy companies in ww2... As did the Soviets, and to a lesser degree the Brits and the Canadians, in defencive work, it was a honey, but that tripod, that wasnt nice to carry!!!

Thanks anyway for the reminder! :)

Mr Poundr.

p.s. as I'll be posting ww2 guns this time as my pic gift (where are your pic gents)? ;) I thought that anobody into ww2 would be interested in this site: OH, and I put the ULTIMATE GANSTA GAK pic existing, guess which? :D

http://www.cafepress.com/flumecreek.34739721

[FIFTYGUY]

17poundr wrote:

To my esteemed gollegue aka 'The filthy guy',

Never been called that before ... but I'd have to admit sometimes it's appropriate! :evil:

I like your oppinions, and I'm very jealous about your helicopter, perhaps if I come to the US, and happen to be in you neck of the woods we can go for a ride, after going to do some shooting on a range on my dime???

Hmmm... did you actually check the link? I don't have a helicopter - I've got a Bofors!

But about the ww1 battle of the Somme, you have it a bit off old chap, the British army suffered almost (just under a fiew hundred), 60 000 CASUALTIES!
...
I have to 'dissapoint' you, in the fact that the actual KIA figure was 20 000, and the rest were mostly wounded and some missing in actions, that is about 40 000 wounded.

You are indeed correct! My original source said "casualties". I made the erroneous assumption that meant KIA, since the preceding paragraph mentioned that 11,000 men a week died on the Western Front alone, and that Maxims (of various flavors) were responsible for 90+ % of the 31 million dead of WWI.

And you are mistaken that it was 8 Maxim's, for even if it was the big killer after the artillery in ww1, the front of the Somme was tens of miles, and there was more than eight mg's there, and surviving riflemen too,

WRT to only eight Maxims - again I was misinterpreting the source, which mentioned that there were 8 Maxims at Somme that averaged over 120,000 rounds each and were still running fine at the end of the battle with no appreciable wear. I had assumed these eight guns firing a total of 1,000,000 rounds had to account for a substantial portion of the 60,000 casualties - that would be only one shot in every 15 or 16 fired hitting a different soldier. But you are correct - there had to have been many, many Maxims at Somme.

I've never fired a Maxim, but I have shot a friend's Vickers. All you have to do is give them bullets and water and they'll shoot forever!

I'm also kinda curious about the effectiveness of artillery during trench warfare... most of what I've read seems to imply that it wasn't very effective at infliciting casualties.
FWIW my guess is that disease killed as many soldiers as artillery did.

Just so that people get the right impression. But as I said, in essence you were right.

Thank you very much for the history lesson!

BTW the BAR in the pics you posted is another classy piece of heavy iron - is it yours?

[MikeRussell]

In no particular order...

Dan Wesson Pointman 7 (.45acp)
ParaOrdnance P13 (.45acp)
S&W 629 Classic (.44mag)
EAA Witness Elite Match (.38super)
CZ 75 SP01 (9mm)
Springfield Armory XD45Tactical (.45acp)
Remington 700 (in either .308 or 7mm Mag)
Mossberg 590A1 MilSpec (12ga)
Remington 1100 or 11-87 (12ga)
Springfield Armory M1A (.308)

[17poundr]

To fifty guy. The question of artillery is ambiguous in ww1, at first it was the maxim and rifle that were the big killers, but as the war progressed and the sides started to make more and more Artillery pieces, then at least during the Verdun bloodbath, it was the French who recognized that it was becomming an artillery mans war, and forbade more costly attaks, where the germans poured indirect fire from their howizers, thus making it a double risk, bullets and circa 100mm arty!

Read trhe book called: The myth of the great war, by- Mosier, and you will get a good idea of how the artillery developed into a big killer, and took its place as the number one, so that in ww2, about 70% of casualties were artillery caused and 30% from firearms, ofcourse this depended, in Staligrad, the big killer was the smg, and in the Tali-Ihantala defencive battle of 44, where the Finns finally managed to stop the Russian great attack, the artillery was credited to have been the crucial element in the defencive victory... In Normandy, the Canadian army surmised that three in four casualties were from mortars or Artillery...

Anyway, if you have fired a ww1-ww2 Vickers maxim ( maxim copies as the Vickers maxim, if you mean you fired that gun, then you can say you have fired a maxim, actually Hiram Maxim was living in Britain during ww1, and was in a business collaburation with Vickers at the time, so the Vickers maxim is certainly as Maxim as a Maxim can be)! :)

Otherwize, I appologize for understanding your writing somewhat wrong, we seem to have the same knowledge.

And, I would love to have a 'go' on a Bofors! Is it the classic 40mm??? Does it work?? Anyway, something truely fancy to have, a true military history gem!

Got any pictures??? :)

As, usual, I'll try to get the people here to share pic's of their fav guns (seems like i'm the only one, well, I hope some of you will put pics, even if you dont own the gun, think about us poor EU people, who have sometimes no chanche of owning a handgun 'like in the UK'!!! :mad: ).

MR POUNDR.
P.S.
The last pic, I have listed as being an 'AR-15 and a FN-fal, but the latter looks like somekind of H & K assault semi auto rifle, with supressor. Sorry about that!