How do you stack up?

[hso]

All the bases covered.

 

[pockets]

I find statements like "A man needs to have owned" to be silly.

I am a man whose has owned a hundreds of guns over the five decades since I got my first .22 rifle, but have never had the desire to own guns in any of those 4 chamberings.

.

 

[khegglie]

Never had a 30-30.

 

[Crashbox]

OK, here I go:

1) No .38 Special but a few .357 Magnums;

2) No .45 Autos but a few .40 S&W's;

3) Yep. Marlin 36 .30-30 made c. 1947, never shot it (yet);

4) No .30-06 but may well be my next purchase.

 

[cfullgraf]

Jim K

I know that, but it always sort of rankled me that we were never issued any .30-06 ammunition, always issued Cal. .30 M1 or Cal. .30 M2.


Bob Wright

Originally, the 30-06 was known in military circles as "Ball Cartridge, caliber .30, Model of 1906". Kind of a mouth full so folks shortened it to 30-06 to make conversation more efficient.

Sometime in the 1920s, the Government changed their ammunition designations and "Ball Cartridge, caliber .30, Model of 1906" became "Cal. .30 M1". The M2 version came about when the military adjusted the loading again.

 

[Plan2Live]

"A man needs to have owned at one time or another a .38 revolver, a .45 automatic, a .30-30 and a .30-06 rifle."

Why?

 

[stoky]

Never heard of that old saying but i wonder what the prize is for "stacking up"?

booby prize?

 

[Plan2Live]

Perhaps there was a time when the originator of that quote thought if someone owned those you would have all the basic platforms covered. Not so much today. That would be like me saying today that every man needs to own a 486 computer with Windows 98 at some point in their life.

Yes, many of those platforms remain but some platforms are left out like pump action, modern sporting rifles and modern semi-auto pistols sans manual safety that don't need tuning to run consistently.

 

[Reloadron]

Of the calibers mentioned only the 30-30 am I lacking in having. Not that I haven't had a 30-30, I just never hang on to them. While the 30-30 Winchester is a fine cartridge and I believe the West Virginia State Cartridge it's a cartridge I just never could warm up to, sort of like the 35 Remington. So while an iconic classic American cartridge it just doesn't trip my trigger.

Ron

 

[stoky]

Upon further reflection, I think I might be de-facto stacked. I load and shoot .357 Herrett and 7-30 Waters, and they're made from 30-30 cases, so....................

 

[stoky]

That would be like me saying today that every man needs to own a 486 computer with Windows 98 at some point in their life.

Not necessarily, but if you never had a TRS80 CoCo, you ain't been around.

 

[Ryanxia]

I'm not really a fan of that saying. Many men that I've looked up to had one rifle that they owned and was their tool that they knew through and through. Not everyone has been as prosperous as we are now to afford such luxuries as we have.

That being said, I've owned multiple of all. And the next will be an M1 Garand to keep my other WW2 era guns company.

 

[45_auto]

That would be like me saying today that every man needs to own a 486 computer with Windows 98 at some point in their life.

Bad analogy.

Can you walk into a big box computer store and buy a new 486 with Windows 98?

I can walk into any big box sporting goods store in the country and buy a variety of brand new .38's, .45ACP's, 30-30's, or .30-06's.

There's a reason that they're still around and Windows 98 isn't.

 

[stoky]

But the M-1 Garand is about as 30-06 as it ever gets!!

 

[LoneGoose]

I have all except the .30-30. But I owned a .30-40. It has 10 more!

 

[chicharrones]

I got the .38 revolver and .45 auto covered, more or less.

Since I've fired a few different guns in .30-30 and .30-'06, it filled my need in trying those out. So, my purchasing money went elsewhere.

 

[jmr40]

38 X 2
30-06 X 3
30-30 X 8
45 ACP X 3 One is a Glock, not a 1911 like the other 2, can it still count.

To be perfectly honest, none are my 1st choice although the 30-06 comes very close. But all serve a role.

 

[BullRunBear]

Got them all covered and then some. If I had created the saying, it would have included a 12 gauge pump shotgun.

Jeff

 

[stoky]

Can you walk into a big box computer store and buy a new 486 with Windows 98?

nope
but this sold for $365,000 a couple of years ago:

 

[Tirod]

I might not be able to buy a 486 with Win 98 on it - but I SHOULD. What we have is a vendor who's just about got a single source contract to exercise on the entire niche market. Making his product deliberately obsolete is what is happening.

Of course, in recent history, you could say Remington did that with the R51.

Haven't had the .38 revolver, did have the others. What it led to was recognizing another old saying, that we should beware the man with only one gun.

You don't become proficient if you scatter your shooting over a number of different guns with actions that aren't complementary. You have to learn too many other motions and don't become intuitively accurate using them.

It's a lot of familiarity but not skilled memory. The man with one gun knows it inside and out, and exactly how the trajectory will work.

It would push the thread off topic to mention my pick - suffice it to say I DID try three out of the four and meh. I choose one not on the list - something a lot more modern, not a variety from yesteryear, none of which share the same cartridge.

In closing, I add: Do Jedi carry four different sized light sabers? Put me down as more of the Han Solo Blaster type. 35 year old reference but maybe some of you older guys get it.

 

[wgp]

Have all of those, multiples of some.

As far as having all the "iconic" guns, I'd suggest that you'd also need to have an AK (I do not) and possibly a Colt SAA (I do).

 

[buck460XVR]

A lot of palaver here about "iconic" guns, brought to my mind an old saying:

"A man needs to have owned at one time or another a .38 revolver, a .45 automatic, a .30-30 and a .30-06 rifle."

Been there, done that. Still have 'em all.

The ought-six is an M-1917.

 

[PJSprog]

OK, I'll play, too.

.38 revolver - I have 3 S&W revolvers; 686-1, 64-5, 637-2

.45 automatic - I have a RIA 1911 Tactical .45

30-30 - I have never owned a lever rifle, and really am not much interested in that particular cartridge, but I would very much like one in .357

.30-'06 - I have a Springfield 1903, which (I agree with stoky) is about as 30-06 as you can get

 

[skimbell]

If you can count a .357 as a .38, I'm covered.

 

[mac_hunter870]

.38 - In a Ruger Blackhawk .357 as plinking rounds
.45 - In a Taurus PT1911SS
.30-30 - Used to own but much prefer the Marlin 1895 .45-70 I now own
.30-06 - In a 1954 H&R M1 Garand with Ramline black synthetic stock, Ultimak forward optic mount and Burris 2-7x32mm scout rifle scope with ballistic plex reticle