What's your ultimate firearm related fantasy ... and is it attainable?

Speedo66

I could out swagger him, not sure about the looks though. lol

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Just being a PBGH with that double rifle broken open and slung over your shoulder, would score you enough points to get the girl anyways!

Ontoss

The ultimate firearms fantasy? Mine? I don't have one. I recognize that everything has tradeoffs. Generically speaking I would say people want a concealed carry pistol with the recoil characteristics of a .22 short, carries like an LCP, has the knock down power of a .45-70 and the capacity of a belt fed crew served machine gun. Is it attainable? NO!

My fantasy is for all law-abiding Americans to retain the right to purchase, keep and use any and all of the firearms that are covered by the Second Amendment.

I pray that this is attainable.

entropy said:

To die on the Trap range in my old age as a friend's wife did. Or out deer hunting in the woods, maybe trying to pull a too-large deer out. That'd be acceptable.

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My neighbor told me a story yesterday when we were shooting 22’s. His Dad was old, lived for fishing, and had set a goal of catching 100 stream trout fly fishing, in one summer. His summer total was 95 that August. They found him sitting on the bank of the stream, dead. He had 6 trout in his carrier.

I had to pause from shooting for a while and wipe the tears from my eyes. I hope I’m so lucky.

bannockburn said:

Speedo66


Not if you looked like and had that certain swagger about you like Clark Gable did!

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More like Ernest Hemingway - he actually DID hunt Africa.

380 EZ with a shorter grip

Ru4real said:

My neighbor told me a story yesterday when we were shooting 22’s. His Dad was old, lived for fishing, and had set a goal of catching 100 stream trout fly fishing, in one summer. His summer total was 95 that August. They found him sitting on the bank of the stream, dead. He had 6 trout in his carrier.

I had to pause from shooting for a while and wipe the tears from my eyes. I hope I’m so lucky.

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Well, I also have vowed that I cannot die before the Vikings win a Super Bowl, so I should be immortal........

Hangingrock said:

Ontoss

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M50 Ontos?

To be able to walk away from my fired brass,( whether at my range or out in the sticks)
without feeling myself drawn to keep spotting them (and mentally marking the spot)
and then to pick up 'at least a few' of them.

and is it attainable?

Past experience says not likely.

JT

A consecutive pair of baby Nambu Pistols for me and the wife.....

Yep, unobtainum

My ultimate firearms fantasy is: Not having an LTCF or Carry Permit required in any state of the US and enjoying complete reciprocity. Also, and this is a REAL fantasy, having legislators who are knowledgeable about guns, the Second Amendment, and act on this knowledge appropriately.

get up, decide I want to load some ammo. do so. figure since I have this freshy loaded ammo I feel like shooting some. maybe go that day or the next and use up some of the fresh reloads. and during the process, never get my wallet out one time during the course of that day or couple days.

A pair of mint cased Durs Egg flintlock duellers.
Attainable? Hell, no. Not now. According to an early ‘50’s Robert Abels catalog I might have had a shot if I was around back then

The U.S. government deeds me a nice patch of the Avon Park Bombing Range so I can practice too?
I'd need to move closer so a modest home should be included.
Obviously this will never become my reality.

GAF said:

40 acres of hunting land

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I bought 43 acres fifteen years ago. It as a stretch but it has been great. And, it has just about doubled in value.

I'm in agreement with the "walk in safe" room. I even have the location; a three quarters basement (extended root cellar, I think) with the area under the front porch not excavated or finished. Now if I can figure out the logistics and cost of digging out the area in question and lining it with concrete and decent door (one main entry and one 'secret'). Theoretically possible, but I probably don't have the finances or life span.

Agreed, walk-in safe room. Not feasible for me, though. A simple dedicated reloading room might be, and could suffice for me at this stage, though.

Ru4real said:

I’m going to throw caution to the wind.

I’d like a nice single shot 22. I’d shoot it a bunch. Ten rounds a week at least.

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Lol!

I'm gonna go only with what I think is actually attainable... a Winchester Model 70 Super Grade (with the French walnut, of course) in every caliber currently made (factory production): 243 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, 308 Win, 270 Win, 30-06, 264 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, 300 Win Mag and then maybe a couple customs in some exotic calibers. Because... why not? And I want something to do when I retire, figure those'd keep me busy. And then maybe a matched set of Colt SAA (4 3/4" or 5 1/2"), nickel, engraved revolvers. Because... I watched too much Lone Ranger as a boy, maybe...

My most enjoyable memories and activities involving firearms all include friends and family. As such, when I win the big Lottery, I’m gonna buy and set up a property something like this:

- Buy 500ish rural acres
- Build a very nice series of ranges which includes a professional grade clay shooting range, a Gunsite style pistol training range for up to a 12 shooter class, and a rifle range that goes out to 500+ yards. All ranges will have a ‘range shack’ with outhouses, water, electricity, and a place to get out of the weather.
- Set up several RV pads
- Build a Texas style “ice house” with commercial grade kitchen and bar, pool, pingpong, and darts set up, and seating/tables for 40 people.

Goal will be for this to be a place for shooting, training, and gatherings. It won’t be open to the public, but I’ll invite groups like local American Legion and VFW members, wounded warriors, and local First Responders and military personnel to come out and have cookouts and controlled shooting events.

I’ll have to find a good firearm savvy lawyer (USCCA type) to help with the liability issues.

That’s the dream...

Maybe the land that the Navy stole from my Grandpa Tony back during WWII for a naval firing range out near Point Reyes, California. He never saw a penny.
Of course, It's in California. I'd have to sell most of what I have to return there... .

So, not attainable.

Repealing of all anti-gun legislation and replacing it with a law to forbid any attempts to restore or expand such laws. The 2nd amendment does this, but people are too dumb to understand it.

I guess I've never had a gun fantasy. Maybe I'll wish for more acreage for my current guns to roam.

An M79 with a bunch of rounds would be a good one. I remember that scene in Apocalypse Now where the Soldier had an M79 and could hit his target at night based off noise. I'd like to get that good