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I'm thinking of buying a gun that will be a "family gun" . You know one that can be passed on for generations. I want something to be proud of for years. I'm leaning toward BBQ style pistols. My front runners are Ruger Montando or a somekind of 1911. Please offer any thoughts you have and also it would be cool to see pics of guns you've inherited or plan to pass down. Thanks
 
If you really want a BBQ gun, get either a high end custom 1911, or quality revolver and have it engraved. If my dad came to me one day and handed me a Colt Python covered in custom engravings, I might just faint right there.
 
A gun powerful enough to shoot a wild pig, so you can toast it on a BBQ pit.....would be my crazy guess.
 
A BBQ gun is a really fancy looking firearm that you bring to social gatherings such as family bbqs to show off and say "Hey, check this out. It's a..."
 
BBQ guns are usually ultra high end handguns that are usually shiny,flashy,engraved, ivory handles, etc.

They get the term because most of the time they are not used often, just displayed at functions like a family BBQ where they can be shown off.
 
A "family gun" should be a classic, high quality prized firearm that would create jealousy and food fights at thanksgiving dinner and family reunions......a Ruger doesn't come close. Go for a Colt, Les Baer, Wilson Combat, etc
 
Just one opinion, instead of the flash and glitter concentrate on accuracy, dependability and 'toughness.' Our family's generation guns are the ones that have been used as essential tools and have a history within the family.

For example, the 92 Winchester my grandfather gave me was originally bought by his father and used as a saddle gun in the Dakotas, Montana and Colorado. It's not a tricked out rifle by any means but shooting it is a link of sorts to how great Grandfather made his living all those years ago.

Another is an old military revolver that one member of the family or another has carried through "two wars, a conflict and a police action." It's hard life caught up with a couple of years ago and for safety reasons has been assigned to wall hanging duty. But holding that old weapon is a time machine to the trenches in Belgium, the hedgerows of France, the Pusan perimeter and the jungles of Vietnam.

If you want the true generation firearm. Make it the one that was used to kill the prize buck or win a coveted shooting contest. You can pass on glamor and glitter or you keep a little bit of your family history alive. I prefer the latter.

Selena
 
I want good looks and performance. And I think and engraved ruger would be okay but I am leaning toward the 1911. I think colts. Are overpriced and that SA and others make just as good if not better products. I'm giving some though to mainly nighthawk or ed brown. But something about the revolver just keeps bringing back to the wheel gun.
 
But if he is just now starting he doesn't already have one that has been around to have any history. You are very fortunate to have that Mdl 92.
I would find a nice pistol, your choice, and use it, train the children with it then it will have history to them and they will pass it along with its new found history-
 
Personally I wouldn't go the BBQ gun route. I think the nice thing about passing down a firearm will be the memories of shooting it with dad, granddad, etc. If you don't shoot it with the person you pass it down to, it might as well be a pair of cuff links.

I would get something rugged, accurate, and pretty. Stainless steel or nickel might be a plus as the finish will stand up to the rigors of time and use better than a blued weapon.

A nice pair of grips and a slick trigger job might be nice to set it apart from one you would normally find on a shelf or in a pawn shop. Something that will make a stranger comment that it's a nice gun.

-MW
 
i personally got 2 1911's that i have had custom engraved and put custom grips on, both get used alot and are not by any means safe queens :) but if a nice double barrel shotgun doesnt say family heir loom idk what does :)
 
If you're willing to spend the money, Colt will build you a 1911 or SAA to your specs, whatever you want. Guaranteed to be one of a kind.
 
I do not want a long gun. Had the 38 from my moms days as a deputy sheriff but it was stolen. Bought a 442 with money I received from my grandparents estate sale. Kind of a last Xmas from them, I guess. I carry it often and bc of the source of money I bought with it is a little sentimental to me. I gues that is a little bit of history????

But I still would like something to be a real heirloom pistol. Thanks for the suggestions.
 
I have my grandfathers Fox Sterlingworth 12 ga SxS, his Winchester Mode; 40 skeet gun, and 16 ga Model 12, I have a H&R Officers model Trapdoor Springfield, this will go to my oldest grandson.
 
NO GUN I OWN OR EVER WILL OWN WILL BE SIT AROUND NOT BEING SHOT!

I do like the idea of dressing up my 442 though. Anybody have pics of a good looking one. Remember it's a442 not a 642 so it has that black flat finish. I got it because it has no inFernal... I mean inTernal lock. Maybe some ivory grips or something.

Let's see some nice revolvers. Bonus +1 points if is a blac k finish like mine.

Lastly can a 442 be refinish with a different finish than it comes with?
 
a bbq is a "barbecue gun" also in a way can be given a similar definiton to a 'trophy wife', to be shown much in public but never loaned out. In previous years the original "bbq" gun was known as a "pimp special" as it would have the fanciest grips and fanciest engraving possible on it.
Ironically the old pimp guns, ala pre ww1 are considered ugly and "shameful" to own (say mother of pearl grips on a lady smith, etc) yet right now people will pay 4-5 thousand msrp for a bbq gun from sw, cimmaron, etc.
 
Get a nice BBG gun that has great looks, excellant quality, and then enjoy shooting the crap out of it before you have to pass it on.
 
Our Family's BBQ is a Colt Peacemaker from 1901 in Mint condition. You dont even need the engraving or a fancy holster. It stands alone.
 
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