Inferior but nostalgic firearm you have to have?

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I'll focus on the inferior part of the question. A Davis Warner Infallible. Anything but Infallible but a neat design. I finally saw one in a gun shop last week. Also a Steven's Visable Loader. Not known for reliability but interesting.

Neither has enough interest for me to pay the going rate though. Apparently I'm not the only one with an interest in these two.
 
Phaedrus/69 said:
Part of me still wants to get another 1911.
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I CAN NOT walk through a place that sells guns without stopping at the 1911 section on the way in and normally the way out. Have no use for another but I still want almost every damn one I ever see :D:D:D
 
Count me in the 1911 camp. It was a REVOLUTIONARY design back in the day and damn near the father of most modern pistols. It is still a perfectly adequate firearm a century plus later but it is absolutely inferior to most any modern handgun design. Obsolete NO. Inferior, yep.
 
In terms of the question, I suppose 1911s.

But I don't consider them inferior in any way, personally.

Edit:. Considering 1911s a platform. The original design I will admit has some serious drawbacks, notably the sights.
 
I've got a 357 Mag S&W 686 revolver my dad gave me in 1987.
Also still have the 38 snub that was the 1st gun I bought my wife.
Revolvers, inferior to a Glock or 1911, yet I keep them for nostalgic (emotional) reasons. :evil:
 
If inferior is old design, not favored by the young whipper snappers when they rap guns..

Gots to get my butt in gear and get a Luger..

And gots to get a 1908/1909 Schwarzlose Blow forward pistol.. As if the revolutionary operating system was not enough..
You have to love a company that places an image of their belt feed machine guns are on the side of their side arms. Mufasa

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Bwana John said:
For me I want to find a Winchester 141 .22.

Ive got some very nice .22's including 40X's

The Win 141 has a poor trigger, stamped parts, compressed sawdust stock, chinsy grooved receiver scope mount (mine stayed iron sighted).... but a very nice tubular magazine that is situated in the buttstock, and fed from the buttplate. 22 short, long, and long rifle.

But I spent 2 months of my 15th summer in the Wind River Range horse and backpacking with one as a constant companion. I ate A LOT of grouse that summer.

I totally forget what happened to it. Id love to find another one. I find the Win 121 (single shot), the Win 131 (detachable box magazine), but no 141's.

I lost my boots, pants, and fishing pole in a river crossing accident, but held on to that rifle! (Took them off to cross the river and the river was much deeper and swifter than I thought, lost my footing and finally pulled myself out two turns down the river)

It was an embarrassing moment returning to camp!!!

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I learned to shoot on and still love my winchesrer 121 which I understand it the precursor to the 141!
 
Ithica model 49, single shot 22LR. My first firearm. I always felt undergunned when shooting rats at the local dump.
 
Dads old Glenfield 99.

Always wondered about these I few I ended up with.
Webly mkII
BOLO Broomhandle
No 5 Enfield (47)
Svt 40 (43)
3 line mosin from 1916
Cut down 1896 krag
 
Yea, a couple:

Muzzleloading 10 gauge double;
Sharps 50/140 (again)
SAA in 32-20

Don't need any of 'em, would rarely use 'em, but just really want 'em!

Mac
 
Larry Ashcraft said:
As far as 1911s being inferior, I don't think so. Consider this; top IPSC and USPSA shooters are free to shoot anything they want in competition. What do most of them use? You guessed it.
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NASCAR racers don't drive F-150s either, so should I pull a horse trailer with a race car?:rofl: Equipment used to play games isn't very relevant to it's usefulness in real life. I'm pretty confident that Miculek and Latham aren't competing with bone-stock Armscor or Kimber 1911s. Their guns are barely even recognizable! For the real world uses I have for a sidearm the 1911 weighs more, holds less ammo, costs more and works less often. If nothing is on the line I enjoy shooting 1911s and have owned a fair number of them from Colt to Springfield Armory to Kimber. All have been fun to shoot but I wouldn't really want to use any of them for CCW nowadays. But, to the purpose of the original post it's a classic design, there's a huge nostalgic charm to them and I kind of want another one even though it would serve no practical purpose in my life.:D
 
Do my k31s count? They are heavy and hard to scope (minus the Swiss products mount), but man are they fun.
 
A WWII era Thompson M-1. That will complete my WWII era M-1 trifecta of Garand, Carbine and Subgun.

Stay safe.
 
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