$10,000 Allowance

[Mark_Mark]

That was such a great scene!

$10,000 could not even get you close to a transferable BAR!

 

[czhen]

I don't think 10.000 bills is enough to get me through my compulsive desires.
STG44
Colt 1884 Lightning.
otherwise a BAR might mitigate the itch.

 

[joneb]

https://www.eurooptic.com/Manurhin-...Mag-DA-SA-3-Bbl-Blued-Revolver-JRMR9733G.aspx
https://www.beretta.com/en-us/manurhin/

 

[Rexster]

The scene from “The Highwaymen” was wonderful cinema, but I might want to be closer to historical fact, and opt for a Colt 5.5” SAA, and, an S&W Outdoorsman, chambered for what has come to be known as .38/44. Some historians now believe that Frank Hamer’s “Super .38,” used during the pursuit of the Barrow/Parker gang, was not a 1911 Colt .38 Super, but a large-frame S&W Outdoorsman revolver, chambered for the hotter variant of .38 Special, now known as .38/44, but also known, in 1934, as “Super .38.” If Darryl Bolke’s book project, on historic revolvers, ever gets published, it should cover this subject.

 

[Mark_Mark]

The scene from “The Highwaymen” was wonderful cinema, but I might want to be closer to historical fact, and opt for a Colt 5.5” SAA, and, an S&W Outdoorsman, chambered for what has come to be known as .38/44. Some historians now believe that Frank Hamer’s “Super .38,” used during the pursuit of the Barrow/Parker gang, was not a 1911 Colt .38 Super, but a large-frame S&W Outdoorsman revolver, chambered for the hotter variant of .38 Special, now known as .38/44, but also known, in 1934, as “Super .38.” If Darryl Bolke’s book project, on historic revolvers, ever gets published, it should cover this subject.

S&W Outdoorsman.38/44 !!! fyi for newbie’s (me) what a beautiful gun!!!

 

[czhen]

I am not spending $10,000 on firearms. Period.

Sure, I heard that many times, and I said that to myself the exact words. However, as I got older I've learned to do not rush to decisions.

 

[Blue Brick]

Sure, I heard that many times, and I said that to myself the exact words. However, as I got older I've learned to do not rush to decisions.

I am no spring chicken. Getting older will not change my decision. Ever see a uhaul following a hearse? You can't take it with you. I have other priorities.

 

[jeepnik]

Webley-Fosbery. That would take up most of it.

 

[Speedo66]

If my wife gave me $10K to buy a gun, after I recovered from the heart attack and brain aneurysm, I would look for one of those unicorn Anderson-Wheeler 7 shot .357 magnum Webley replicas in best London blue.

 

[Mark_Mark]

If my wife gave me $10K to buy a gun, after I recovered from the heart attack and brain aneurysm, I would look for one of those unicorn Anderson-Wheeler 7 shot .357 magnum Webley replicas in best London blue.

Heck yeah! Heart Attack & Brain Trama! lol

 

[bannockburn]

I think I would start with a Korth Silver Mongoose with a 6" barrel.

That's $4999 down and for my next choice a Manurhin MR73 Sport Model 5.25 at $3599.

That would make it $8598 and I would spend the rest of the $10,000 on a nicely cared for used S&W Model 27 with a 5" barrel.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I think I would start with a Korth Silver Mongoose with a 6" barrel.

That's $4999 down and for my next choice a Manurhin MR73 Sport Model 5.25 at $3599.

That would make it $8598 and I would spend the rest of the $10,000 on a nicely cared for used S&W Model 27 with a 5" barrel.

Korth that good?

 

[ArchAngelCD]

It's hard to say off hand. I know many are saying a Korth but not me. No revolver is worth $10,000 IMO.

Here is what I think I would do. I would go shopping for Freedom Arms revolvers in 454 Casull, .357 Magnum and 22LR.
I would want a factory fitted 45 ACP cylinder for 454 Casull and a factory fitted 22 Magnum cylinder for the 22LR revolvers.
Add Ebony grips for those revolvers and there wouldn't be much money left, probably only enough for 454 Casull dies, brass and bullets.

 

[Mark_Mark]

It's hard to say off hand. I know many are saying a Korth but not me. No revolver is worth $10,000 IMO.

Here is what I think I would do. I would go shopping for Freedom Arms revolvers in 454 Casull, .357 Magnum and 22LR.
I would want a factory fitted 45 ACP cylinder for 454 Casull and a factory fitted 22 Magnum cylinder for the 22LR revolvers.
Add Ebony grips for those revolvers and there wouldn't be much money left, probably only enough for 454 Casull dies, brass and bullets.

those BFR’s have been calling me for years!

 

[Mosin Bubba]

I'd buy a Smith 547 and a Single Six, then probably pocket the rest.

There's a line where guns become too nice for me. You're nervous about carrying them around, or not cleaning them, or feeding them Wolf, etc, because you're always aware of what they cost. It gets in the way of actually using them.

Those two guns above are right at that line for me, where I could still shoot them a bunch and not worry about babying them.

To be honest, I would rather have a $10,000 stash of 38 and 357 ammo than $10,000 in guns to shoot them. The gun is the cheap part - a humble 686 shoots great and will hold up for tens of thousands of rounds. The ammo is what gets expensive. That and the range time.

 

[Hookeye]

K 6" K frame Bowen conversion to 256 win.
A 4" 651 w mastadon ivory grips.
A 629 -3 6"
And a new Python tricked for optic

Dont need any of em though.
My old Python and 3 screw SBH just sleep in the safe.

Do kinda miss my 6" 648. Groundhoggin it was nice for close up or finishing one off.
But as I got older and more cranky, a full size on the hip plus a varmint rifle, was a pain. Hence the little j frame 651.

I missed out on one way back.

 

[Terry G]

If I asked my Wife for an "Allowance" she would ask "Who are you? and what have you done with my Husband?" Our Marriage does not work that way.

 

[orionengnr]

If the 15 years-younger-me had that situation, I think a Registered Magnum would be a nice addition, for a while.

But I would be reluctant to shoot it, and as I become older, I am more and more averse to "safe queens", so I'd probably marvel at it's beauty for a bit, and then sell it (as I have with so many others through the years).

I am actually approaching that stage of life where I have started to (seriously) think about divesting myself of about 3/4 of my "collection" so as to not leave my wife with that duty...

 

[Freudianfloyd]

I would buy the following dream revolvers
1. .500 S&W with 10.5" barrel
2. Colt Python
3. S&W R8
4. Ruger Alaskan .454
5. Colt SAA

 

[Mark_Mark]

If the 15 years-younger-me had that situation, I think a Registered Magnum would be a nice addition, for a while.

But I would be reluctant to shoot it, and as I become older, I am more and more averse to "safe queens", so I'd probably marvel at it's beauty for a bit, and then sell it (as I have with so many others through the years).

I am actually approaching that stage of life where I have started to (seriously) think about divesting myself of about 3/4 of my "collection" so as to not leave my wife with that duty...

my childhood friend in North Carolina was giving his dad’s expensive collection of firearms, a library of all things great. His father die unexpectedly from bike accident. He kinda keep the gun room locked up and would go in every time he missed his dad. He never sold or gave alway any of the collection. Until recently, when he had a health scare. He was giving away old Colt’s and Smith’s and M1A’s to family members.

I ask him if he had a will for his estate. He said no, and I advised him about how his collection will be faught over & sold to pawn shop for pennies on the dollar because family members might not know better or such.

long story short, he now has a Will & Estate law firm handling his business.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I'll be entering my 60s next year. I'm more interested in rehoming my firearms to worthy family members/friends once I get to the point where shooting just ain't gonna be much of a thing for me any more. I don't want this left up in the air for others to be taken advantage of after I pass away.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I'll be entering my 60s next year. I'm more interested in rehoming my firearms to worthy family members/friends once I get to the point where shooting just ain't gonna be much of a thing for me any more. I don't want this left up in the air for others to be taken advantage of after I pass away.

my Boys will get my gun… Hopefully they don’t sell it for a Yoga machine or electric car.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

My son and youngest daughter will get whatever they want. My oldest daughter, probably not.

If I ever actually reconnect to my children from my first marriage in any meaningful way, MAYBE I'll include them. No way I can predict that, though.

I have cousins, nieces, and nephews to consider as well.

And there are a few friends and close co-workers I'd consider.

My criteria is an evaluation of whether I think they'll actually appreciate and care for them the way they should be and will look to pass them along in a similar fashion when the time comes.

 

[captain awesome]

Missed this the first time around, but here's mine;
Mateba Unica 454 casull ( in the highly likely event I can't find one, then 44 mag...which also might be a unicorn) if not then:
Freedom Arms 83 premier grade...I can't seem to settle on a chambering. 41 magnum seems like a nice classy compromise, with mammoth tooth grips
Colt SAA 45, case hardened, iron wood burl grips 4 1/2"
Ruger Redhawk 357 mag six shot used like new with stag grips
If there is any left over then I've needed a 4" or 5" Ruger Redhawk in 44 mag for long time...no rhyme or reason as to why I haven't acquired one yet, aside from the right deal hasn't presented itself yet at an opportune time.

 

[CarNDrvr]

Not one mention of a Ruger Super GP100 in either 9mm or 357. Am I the only one who thinks those things are cool? Korth looks but harder to come by.