BLRguy
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What is your "grail" gun?
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Choctaw
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I need a Westley Richards double rifle chambered in .577 Nitro Express. Ain't no way that is ever going to happen.
Someday I'll have a Ruger Hawkeye African in .375 Ruger.
Someday I'll have a Ruger Hawkeye African in .375 Ruger.
tark
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I'm guessing he has forgotten more about Winchester model 70s than You or I will ever know....
kimberkid
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I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "Grail Gun" ...
When I was really young I wanted an AK, then an UZI, then an AUG ... Then I realized I just set my "sites" too low (see what I did there?) because I kept achieving my goals.
Then I realized what I really wanted an M16 or ultimately a registered HK auto sear ... Full auto wasn't permitted in Kansas when the epiphany hit me in 1986 ... Even then prices Were high and still climbing. Then in 2007 with a gun friendly legislature and governor we got the law repealed; CCW and NFA all in one swoop but even now that they were legal again I didn't think there was any way I could afford them. I was even considering moving to a more gun friendly state, but being a home owner, married and children it just didn't make sense ( I would have been single (again, and I really liked #3) and pay child support) . I stayed focused, made good investments and finally in '12 I came into a wind fall and and had the cash available and bought them both, with my wife's blessing ... but it took years, they didn't just fall in my lap.
Now I'm wanting an HK 23e(223), with the 308 caliber conversion ... I thought getting a belt-fed upper for my M16 would quench my appetite, and at first it did ... but in the end it has only sharpened my desire, I haven't quite figured out where I'll come up with the $18K ... So for now, this is my new "Grail Gun"
I've long been a believer in my tag-line
When I was really young I wanted an AK, then an UZI, then an AUG ... Then I realized I just set my "sites" too low (see what I did there?) because I kept achieving my goals.
Then I realized what I really wanted an M16 or ultimately a registered HK auto sear ... Full auto wasn't permitted in Kansas when the epiphany hit me in 1986 ... Even then prices Were high and still climbing. Then in 2007 with a gun friendly legislature and governor we got the law repealed; CCW and NFA all in one swoop but even now that they were legal again I didn't think there was any way I could afford them. I was even considering moving to a more gun friendly state, but being a home owner, married and children it just didn't make sense ( I would have been single (again, and I really liked #3) and pay child support) . I stayed focused, made good investments and finally in '12 I came into a wind fall and and had the cash available and bought them both, with my wife's blessing ... but it took years, they didn't just fall in my lap.
Now I'm wanting an HK 23e(223), with the 308 caliber conversion ... I thought getting a belt-fed upper for my M16 would quench my appetite, and at first it did ... but in the end it has only sharpened my desire, I haven't quite figured out where I'll come up with the $18K ... So for now, this is my new "Grail Gun"
I've long been a believer in my tag-line
Blkhrt13
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Colt gold cup trophy or a national match
jim in Anchorage
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Thank you Tark. Coming from you I consider that a complement of the highest order.
Regards the grail/Mary Magdalene thing I had just finished the book the DaVinca code. Some one posted the grail was a cup so I threw the MM thing out there. For fun. I am not a bible scholar nor do I wish to be one.
greyling22
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Marlin 1894cltd limited edition, stainless, green laminate stocks, 357 mag.
Hokkmike
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It has always been my SAKO Finnlight in 6.5x55. Finest all around hunting rifle and caliber for use in Pennsylvania. Once use as an Olympic caliber for accuracy, the impact of .270, the trajectory of a .243 (well - almost) and the recoil of a .223.
MondronT
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Springfield M1A Garand.
MondronT
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A "grail gun," by definition, has to be rare and difficult to obtain. Some of the answers here are very common guns. An M1 Carbine? Really?
One man's trash... One day at the range a couple of older gents had in company a younger man I would have guessed to be in the 30ish range. They where at the bench next to me. The younger fellow was doing all the shooting and as I noticed the older gentlemen bringing gun after gun to the younger guy I stopped shooting and went over to "watch". In talking to the one gentle I learned that he was a gun collector from my home town. The younger guy "shooter" was the other gentleman's son from UK. He doesn't get to shoot there so while on holiday here in the US they were allowing him to get his fill. I got to shoot a 450 Nitro Express double that was giving to him by a friend while on safari in Africa. They had so many guns I'd only read about in the gun mags. So my dream of a simple M1A Garand or someones hope for a M1 Carbine my not seem like a grail gun to many... but for some us us it's still a dream out beyond our grasp. That gentle at the range understood that and truly loved giving us, let's say less fortunate gun enthusiast the opportunity to shoot the guns of our dreams. I was 50 before I could afford a 1911 that was one I could pridefully pass down to my daughter. Maybe at 60 or 65 I'll have that M1A too. I care not to knock others dreams.
One man's trash... One day at the range a couple of older gents had in company a younger man I would have guessed to be in the 30ish range. They where at the bench next to me. The younger fellow was doing all the shooting and as I noticed the older gentlemen bringing gun after gun to the younger guy I stopped shooting and went over to "watch". In talking to the one gentle I learned that he was a gun collector from my home town. The younger guy "shooter" was the other gentleman's son from UK. He doesn't get to shoot there so while on holiday here in the US they were allowing him to get his fill. I got to shoot a 450 Nitro Express double that was giving to him by a friend while on safari in Africa. They had so many guns I'd only read about in the gun mags. So my dream of a simple M1A Garand or someones hope for a M1 Carbine my not seem like a grail gun to many... but for some us us it's still a dream out beyond our grasp. That gentle at the range understood that and truly loved giving us, let's say less fortunate gun enthusiast the opportunity to shoot the guns of our dreams. I was 50 before I could afford a 1911 that was one I could pridefully pass down to my daughter. Maybe at 60 or 65 I'll have that M1A too. I care not to knock others dreams.
Lycidas Janwor
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I'd really like a Les Baer 1911... and a Freedom Arms revolver, not sure which caliber...
Vern Humphrey
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The gun which I call the Holy Grail is a Colt Woodsman, made in 1938.
Barry the Bear
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1955-56 production Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum before the 29 moniker.
bullseye308
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My grail guns would be an Uzi 9mm, precision 223 bolt gun, 357 lever gun, and a Springfield Range Officer in 45 that shoots as good as my 9mm RO.
I got to shoot an uzi a few years back and fell in love with it. I'd love to have a nice 223 bolt gun I can shoot ragged holes with day in and out. I have always wanted a brass framed, deeply blued, octagonal barreled, 357 lever carbine. And last but not least I'd love a nice accurate RO 45.
That's all I want, and maybe someday I'll get them.
I got to shoot an uzi a few years back and fell in love with it. I'd love to have a nice 223 bolt gun I can shoot ragged holes with day in and out. I have always wanted a brass framed, deeply blued, octagonal barreled, 357 lever carbine. And last but not least I'd love a nice accurate RO 45.
That's all I want, and maybe someday I'll get them.
CraigC
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I had a fascination with the Uzi pistol as a kid, I guess from watching Chuck Norris movies. So last year I scratched that itch with a new .22LR version. A guilty pleasure, if you will and only $249. 
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Bbear
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Newton Rifle in 256 Newton.
My uncle had one and passed it down to one of his son's. Always loved the workmanship on that rifle.
My uncle had one and passed it down to one of his son's. Always loved the workmanship on that rifle.
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