What's y'all's spirit gun ?

A double rifle. Wish I had.
09 Argentine Mauser in 7x57ai and ruger 77ts in 7x57. I have.

Of course there's others I'd like and I have.

Well as far as my favorite kinetic work of art that honor probably goes to my Ed Brown Kobra.


As far as my practical spirit gun goes. My HK P2000s


As rifles go honestly my Air Arms Pro Sport air rifle probably takes the honor even above my “real rifles”

The Keith #5.



For those who might not know, the gun was auctioned just a few years ago. I did not happen to have a spare $80,000 at the time.

Took me 40 years to get one, but I finally got a Ljutic Monogun:
Picked it up and took it home yesterday:

As far as a gun that I and the type are as one, it would be the 1911. One in my hand just feels like home, whether it's a Govt issue M1911A1, or a race gun.
This Taurus is my current 1911:

My 45-70 Henry. An awesome piece of kit that is mild to wild and always effective. But my spirit animal- animal, is a badger, peaceful & friendly until it isn't .

I have a S&W 5906 police turn in that looks like it was drug behind a truck for about 100 miles. It is THE most accutate and natural pointing 9MM or even handgun I own. I actually have two more of these and they are nowhere as accurate but they look hardly used. I took it bullseye shooting and the guys laughed at me, until I was high score that day. A couple of them tried to buy it from me on the spot. Sorry.

A model 70 super grade in 6.5-06

My Smith & Wesson 686 plus. Plastic guns have no soul.

Mine would be my Clackamus Kimber Custom45



I'm not sure how the the name/logo was done, but its not milled like the current models, its actual script!

Reliable, accurate and ammo on hand.

1. Gatlin gun. I turned the crank on one for a couple of dozen rounds when I was about 15 years old. Never forgot that.
2. German 8.8 cm Flak 37. Dad served on a 90mm M1 during WWII and I got to fire an M2 version when I was about 12. Always wanted to compare it to the 88.
3. Lahti L-39. Bought one mail-order for my father for fathers day about 1964 along with 20 rounds of ammo for about $79.00, if I remember correctly (should still have the advertisement around somewhere). Only shot it 3 times - father once, me twice. Always wonder what happened to it?

.38 Special said:

The Keith #5.

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For those who might not know, the gun was auctioned just a few years ago. I did not happen to have a spare $80,000 at the time.

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80k is a great price, for me as a big bore handgun guy the #5 is the Bee's knees. If I were rich that sucker would be on my hip as we speak , not in the safe .

I'm going with a .45/70 sharps. I always wanted one. Must have.
I will leave my modern guns in the safe when I get it.

Obturation said:

80k is a great price, for me as a big bore handgun guy the #5 is the Bee's knees. If I were rich that sucker would be on my hip as we speak , not in the safe .

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For sure. I would have guessed it at $250,000. But then handgunners have always been broke.

Aha, the old spirit gun thread. My 1873’s take me back to the time I was Highwayman riding the coast road.

Spirit rifle is a 1903 Mannlicher-Schonauer in 6.5x54mm MS with custom wood and sights and such. On its way.

Spirit handgun is either my lightweight Commander in .45 ACP or the .44 Second Model Hand Ejector in the other room.

Probly this one.

Oh, its pre-ww2 so no unpleasant aftertaste from you know who.

Hog huntin Harry said:

Imo the only plastic guns that have a bit of soul are stainless steel synthetic stocked guns.

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So you'll like my other Trap gun then:

It's actually a matte nickel finish, but in the same vein.

Mountain howitzer. Preferably a civil war era gun. Small enough to be pulled by a single horse, maneuvered around in the woods, but still sling a 2” ball at high enough velocity to either take out an enemy fortification, or take down trees around the enemy. Seems like all the battle sites and whatnot have full size artillery pieces on display, but in reality the guns that got dragged around and used were the portable ones. Besides all that, I don’t want to have to build a whole house around an artillery piece when I can have a mountain howitzer that will just roll right down a hallway and through a normal sized door.

Hog huntin Harry said:

What's y'all's spirit gun ?
Meaning which gun do you absolutely love, or a gun you really wish you had but probably never get.

Mine is the hoeing rotary round action rifle, but re-chambered for 375 H&H

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Off the top of my head, I think I'd like to have a nice double rifle chambered in 375 H&H or 416 Rigby. I have no real use for one, and I'll probably never own one, but I guess that's what makes a 375 or 416 double my "spirit gun."

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Probly this one.

Oh, its pre-ww2 so no unpleasant aftertaste from you know who.

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Someone in my family has a WWII take home one of those.
First gun I've ever shot, maybe 7 years old.
Definitely may "grail gun".