The Last Gun I'd Ever let Go Of

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10/6/2011 - I decided to revise this after reading some replies, but its still the same thread, just trying to clarify the question:

Suppose you are broke, no job, and have nothing of any value except your gun collection. Someone offers to buy them all and you agree but will keep just one gun. Which one would you keep?

I'll go first, it would be my Ruger GP100. Not my favorite, but it is the most versatile and practical.

 

[youngda9]

The one that can save your bacon.

 

[allaroundhunter]

Every day carry can double as a home defense handgun. However a home defense handgun might be too large for EDC. I'm with youngda9, the one that you trust to save your life.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

If I could only have one gun period, I'd keep my 6" Colt King Cobra. I can use it for SD and can and have used it for deer/small game. Even though I have more than one 4 inch .357, I'd still keep the 6 because it's the first handgun I ever bought.

 

[flip888]

I would keep my hunting rifle. Worst case scenario i could still hunt for food. With all the money i save from that i could buy my other guns back.

 

[Nushif]

I would bite the bullet and just get a holster for my PT911 ... it would double as carry and HD.

 

[Strykervet]

I had to pick the auto rifle. I'd just feel naked without the M4. If it got bad enough to sell everything off, even my carry rig, then I doubt carry laws would be enforceable at that point and I'd just wear a speedo and an M4.

 

[mgmorden]

A 12ga shotgun (in my case, a Remington 870). It works for home defense too, and is versatile enough to hunt virtually everything in this area that you can hunt. You can hunt all birds, turkey, deer, small game, etc with a 12ga.

I conceal carry because one day I MIGHT need it, but realistically I most probably never will. My hunting guns I actually use all throughout the year.

 

[mortablunt]

The last I would let go of is my home defense rifle. After that, it's back to knives and the mercies of felons.

 

[Mike1234567]

I voted every day carry because my firearm primary use is SD/HD.

 

[Hardware]

Home defense shotgun. Because a pump shotgun is the Swiss army knife of guns.

 

[wlewisiii]

My Winchester 94 in .30-30 though my EDC 642 would be held as long as possible before that. But in the end, a firearm that can hunt and defend, at a reasonable range for both, is the best if it must be an only weapon.

 

[1KPerDay]

I doubt carry laws would be enforceable at that point and I'd just wear a speedo and an M4.

This thread is worthwhile without pics.

 

[pazz]

I will never sell my pump shotgun...I probably wouldn't get much for it anyway

 

[possom813]

Tough call, I want to say my 336, but in my heart I know the last one standing would be my J.C. Higgins Model 101.7 SxS .410

It was given to me on my 14th birthday by my mother, it was given to her when my grandfather passed. She passed in 2000 and I've taken more animals with it than just about any other gun in the safe(except the 336, because I use it every year for hogs and deer)

 

[thegunkid]

My first rifle a mossberg 340k i love it i can hunt small game plink and if need be it can be hd gun.

 

[Standing Wolf]

All the above.

 

[armoredman]

1Kperday, I'm with you, somethings are better without pictures...GAH!

I'd keep my full sized SP-01 Phantom, I can carry it easily enough concealed, and it will hit out to 50 yards for me. I am trying like HECK to not have to GET to that point, however!

 

[wannabeagunsmith]

I chose "other" because I would never let any of my guns go.

 

[jon86]

I'd keep my J frame 38 special. I have bigger guns that I can carry, but this one is ALWAYS with me, even as a back-up when I carry another. It can absolutely pull double duty as home defense and EDC. I don't hunt, ( I would like to one day ) so this was easy for me.

 

[Amb]

The last gun I'd want to get rid of would be my Beretta 92FS. But given the premise that I'm broke, I'd want to get as much cash as possible, so I'd keep a cheap gun. Between the Neos and the LCP, the latter is the more useful, so that's the one I'd keep.

 

[TriTone]

Sig P229

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

My EDC is my HDH, so I wasn't sure how to vote. I decided on the HDH.

 

[RNB65]

Where's the None of the Above option? I've never put any sentimental value on guns. They're just tools. I've never met a gun I wouldn't sell in a heartbeat if someone offered me my asking price. Then I'd replace it with something else as soon as I could and carry on.

 

[Ala Dan]

West German SIG-SAUER .45 ACP P220A~!