What is your most priceless/never sell gun?

The gun that was my very first gun purchase in 1962. A Ruger standard auto pistol.....chris3

My S&W 629 4in. barrel. My do anything handgun.

I'd never sell my grandfather's Model 19-3 that he carried on duty as a cop throughout the 80s. I shoot it regularly. Not only is it a priceless family heirloom but I shoot it better than anything I own! I think of him every time I get it out of the safe.

Would have to be my Kimber Grand Raptor II that my girlfriend got me for my birthday last year. Will stop by and post a picture later

My first gun, a Marlin 30-30 lever action (sentimental and practical value) and my Marixa-Eibar/Parker & Ballard Points Best SxS .410 that I received from an elderly woman in return for installing a length of ceiling tiles (I've scored more game and made more memories with that gun than any other I've had). Come to think of it, all of my firearms except for my AR and 1911 have something sentimental attached to them and I'd be hard pressed to sell any.

No heirlooms in my safe, so they all have a price.

My Ruger #1 .270. Its been my go to deer gun for over 30 years, my youngest son killed his first deer with it when he was 7, his older brother used it to kill his first deer at 10, its been loaned out to several of my friends kids to kill their first deer. Very accurate with a great trigger. Lots of memories with that gun. When I die it goes to my oldest son (youngest died 4 years ago). Its priceless to me.!

I have 4 right now that I will never part with.
First is the Remington .22 bolt action left to me by my Grandfather. He died a few months after I was born, but I was named after him since I was his first grandson. He told my father specifically that he wanted me to get his rifle, so that rifle is not going anywhere no matter what.
Second is my M1 Garand I bought from the CMP a few years back.
Third is my daily carry Colt New Agent in 45ACP.
Last is my Colt Series 70 1911.

Everything else is great and fun to shoot, but I can live without them.

monet61 said:

Guess it would be my Colt SAA .45. My wife bought it for me 8 or 10 years ago. It's never going anywhere as long as I'm breathing. And believe it or not, my old 870 I carried in the car for 16 years.

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I also had Second Generation SAA in Excellent condition that was my "No Sell Gun" but I sold it last week to a friend of mine for $1400.00. I threw in a custom made belt and holster along with about 150 rounds of .45 ammo. I started to think about the reality of owning this gun that had been in my closet for about 4 years and finally decided to sell my "No Sell Gun". I am not a Gun Collector and I buy them to shoot, not to take out a gun every so often to admire it or clean it! IMO, there is no such thing as a NSG and I just proved this to myself!

All my "never sell" stuff is basically guns that were in my family. The Mod. 67 Winchester .22 my dad bought in the late '30's. The 16 ga. Iver Johnson Champion single barrel shotgun that he got about 1940 or '41 that I had re-blued and re-casehardened back in 1978. A Stevens 820-B 12 ga. pump that belonged to an older cousin who we lost in a car wreck in 1962 when I was 12. A Marlin 30-AS levergun (economy grade 336) in .30-30 that I inherited from an uncle along with the German Luger that he liberated from Germany's V-2 rocket factory in 1945 when Uncle Sam went in and cleaned the place out. He spoke fluent German and was there as an interpretor. As for stuff that I bought for myself it would be the High Standard Flight King 12 ga. pump I bought new in Nov. 1968 and the M1-A I got in 1989 because of the M-14 that I qualified with in the Marine Corps in 1969. Then there's the Ruger Mod.77 .25-06 I got my first 2 antelope with in 2003 and the Savage Mod. 10 in 300 WSM that filled an antelope tag and my first-ever mule deer tag in 2006. If you're interested in any of the aforementioned guns you'll have to wait until I expire and then talk to my son, (he's the executor of my estate and will inherit them).

Have to be either one of these. B-78 and 1885. Both from dead friends estates.
Both purchased at the high end of their value but worth twice the price in memories.

Mine is my late Dad's Forehand Arms break-open 16ga. He bought it in 1911 at age 18 and put a new penny under the buttplate. Sad to say the penny has withstood the years better than the gun has.

Both purchased at the high end of their value but worth twice the price in memories.

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Money and value aren't always related are they?

I've have a Remington 511 scoremaster 22 and a LeFever nitro special 16ga that my dear grandfather gave me 40+ years ago. I'll probably give them to my nephew at some point. I already gave him my father's Colt targetsman.

Never sell? Probably not, but you never know. I don't think he would have mind if I did. Hardly a day goes by I don't think about him. Amazing man.

My Marlin 81DL that was given to me by my Dad 58 years ago (for my 10th Christmas). I have many, many other firearms ... nearly all "worth" more than that Marlin ... but none are more PRICELESS.

And, YES, I still shoot it EVERY YEAR and think of Dad who's been gone for 33years and I miss him still! THANKS, POP!

CZ452, Beretta Steel 1, Colt 1903, Springfield EMP 9.

It has to be the Savage '99 .300 my Pop gave me 8 years ago before he passed on. I'd admired that rifle since I was old enough to traipse along behind him deer hunting. I remember, what I thought, horrific boom it made when he'd spotted a big 4 point Mule deer and dropped him. Mom had given that rifle to Pop in '47, it still shoots dead on too. Remembering that smell of Hoppe's in the kitchen when he cleaned it, that same smell today sure brings back some memories. I shoot it once in awhile, get teary eyed when I'm loading it, thinking of him, I sure miss you Pop.

Tie between the Stag AR-15 my wife bought me for christmas a couple years ago and my grand dad/dads 1875 Colt .45, neither will ever leave my possesion

My great grandfather's breech load Stevens single shot 12 ga. It's ugly and missing the fore stock. But it wouldn't be for sale for any money, even if it really was valuable, which it isn't.

For good or bad, I don't own a gun that doesn't have a price on it. I just take the proceeds and buy something else. During these times, with the shelves at the gun stores rather empty, the price is a lot higher.

You got the cash, I got the gun for you!

I have quite a few guns that I really like. But being a realist, if the money was more than right there isn't a one I wouldn't sell. There only guns and it's not like I can't get more. I had a Harley a long time ago that I said I'd never sell. Then I did and bought another Harley.

My grandfather's Winchester 94 holds the most sentimental value.

My favorites are my HKP2000sk, enhanced Colt 6720 and Steyr AUG.

My S&W Model 36 Chief Special that I carried for 18yrs......saved my arse twice.

I don't have any family guns. My uncles got all of one Grandpa's guns. My Dad once had a Marlin 60 from my other Grandpa, but he traded it in on a Henry lever .22 at my request when I was too young to know better! That really gets me now. It even had the gold trigger!

My really-never-ever-sell guns are these:


Original Marlin 1894, rechambered for .357 in the 1930's.


Ruger New Vaquero, .357 Mag - My first gun. My Dad bought it for me to use when I was 17 and sold it to me when I was old enough. Boy, I really need to get some better pics of this gun!


Uberti repro Colt Dragoon - This gun is SO COOL! More pics here.


Remington 34 NRA, .22 L/S/LR - Best deal I have ever made on a gun! Handles well, shoots well, quality gun... I guess it fits me really well. I've put less than 100 rounds through it and already it feels like part of me. More pics here.

Great thread!

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