One gun:

[Combat-wombat]

You can only buy one gun, and it has to be your only gun for the rest of your life. Rifle, pistol, revolver, shotgun, whatever. Only one.

Mine is either a Heckler & Koch HK53 or a Sig SG552.

 

[4v50 Gary]

AR. By changing uppers, you can have many versions of it. Is that cheating?

 

[Mark Tyson]

A shotgun - they're the most versatile. Probably a Benelli M3 for me.

 

[Butch]

Mine is a Winchester 52 sporter. Yep it's just a 22lr but think about it are you going to be fighting off hordes of mongols or trying to feed yourself? And what better gun than the poachers choice ? It's quite, deadly accurate,and can kill anything up to & including Moose with the right shot placement.

HEY, I didn't say I could hit anything!:banghead:

 

[P95Carry]

Contender .... in .223 with 14" bull barrel ...... may be only single shot but ... accurate as hell ...... sorta concealable ...... and will last forever.!

 

[CB900F]

Although I very much respect the .22lr & shotgun ideas, after much thought, I'm going to the other end of the spectrum.

I'm buying a Missouri class battleship with 1 intact 16" naval rifle. Range is generally considered to be up to around 22 miles. If I stock the ship & lock the doors, I can wait out the liberals. Besides, it's a single shot, not a weapon of mass destruction, and there are, at present, no caliber restrictions.

If the sheeple insist on electing anti's eventually I can just sail away. All-in-all I figure my biggest problem might be conservative stowaways that wish they'd thought of it first.

900F

 

[Black Majik]

Honestly, a Colt 1911.

Cant CCW and shotgun or rifle now can ya?

 

[Art Eatman]

"Buy" one gun? Or, "have" one gun?

If it's "have", what I'll buy is a shovel.

, Art

 

[JohnKSa]

A 4" stainless .357 Magnum revolver.

You guys picking rifles and shotguns are going to have to make a MAJOR wardrobe change if you ever need to carry them concealed...

 

[Mark Tyson]

You guys picking rifles and shotguns are going to have to make a MAJOR wardrobe change if you ever need to carry them concealed...

And I suppose the guy who picked the Thompson contender is going to carry it in a shoulder holster? LOL!

 

[ksnecktieman]

Remington, 1100 in 12 ga, It will do anything except conceal. If I need protection away from home I will just have to carry openly.

 

[Dionysusigma]

Full-auto IMI Uzi, with shoulder holster

Best of as many worlds as possible, IMO!

 

[Standing Wolf]

One isn't enough. Sorry.

 

[chaim]

If things got so bad that one could only be able to have one gun I think that would finally override everything else and I'd move

Otherwise, I'd take advantage of the loophole. Many people don't want guns. I wonder how much I'd have to pay my anti-gun parents, brother, cousins and aunts and uncles to officially own some of my guns? Maybe some of my neutral non-gun owning friends and family would be better.

OK, in keeping with the spirit of your question...

I am not a hunter, I don't live in a CCW state (but I may move, or somehow MD may come around), for me guns are for fun and for home protction (plus carry when I move).

If I still think I'll end up in a CCW state I'd keep a 3" or 4" K-frame .357. Cheap .38spl practice ammo (when I don't feel like reloading), I have all I need to reload both .38 and .357, mild recoil and noise for training new shooters with .38s, good .38+P and .357mag defensive ammo, flamethrower .357 powerhouses when that is what you want...Can't beat the versatility of a .357mag. A 3" K-frame is perfectly balanced, conceals easily, is big enough to be quite comfortable, has a long enough sight radius for easy accuracy...A 4" doesn't give up that much, isn't quite as nice but close. This is doubly versatile for those of you who hunt.

Honorable mention, a nice 1911 but it just isn't as versatile.

If I'm not in a CCW state it is between:
-a 3" or 4" K-frame .357mag
-a Winchester 94 in a revolver caliber (.357mag would be nice, I also like my .45LC quite a bit)
-an AR- cheap ammo, usable for HD, switch out the uppers for extra versatility
-a 12ga pump

 

[Slimjim]

Ill have to take a remington 870.

Reliale, tough as nails. And if i cut the barrel down...CCW?

 

[JOE MACK]

My S&W 657 Mountain Gun in .41Magnum of course. I can CCW it with no problem, use it for home protection, and hunt anything up to bison size. It'll shoot from 130grWC to 300gr.LFNGC bullets. I'd limit it to my hand cast 250gr.WFNGC for big game and a good 210gr.JHP for everything up to and including deer. No problemo.

 

[rick458]

Colt Delta Elite.
Good for 2 legged critters and 4 legged critters

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Colt Delta Elite. If I had to give up all my guns, save one, that's the one I'd keep. It does it all.

 

[cool45auto]

I guess I'd stick with my Beretta so I could still carry it around with me.

 

[Devonai]

A pistol would get the nod. A long gun is only useful at home.

I'd go with a Glock 31. 15+1 of .357 Sig with good terminal ballistics up to 100 yards sounds pretty nice to me.

 

[mustang45]

FAL with 30rd mags. Ak47 with drum mags would be nice also, but I want the damage of .308 if this is going to be one one and only.

 

[turbonatr]

As much as I don't like the idea of one gun, if I was forced to own only one it would have to be concealable. This means a handgun. That being the case, it would have to be the perfect balance of power and capacity. Simple, really. Glock 20.

 

[Captain Scarlet]

definitely a handgun!

I would choose a 1911A1 pistol

 

[Ala Dan]

With a change of thought, it would have to be a
6" Smith & Wesson 686-5; in particular, the one
I own!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Majic]

If one and only one then I would choose a side x side 12 guage shotgun. If it walks, crawls, or flies it would be in trouble. After the 2 shots then batting practice commences.