What one gun isn't for sale ever?

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Joe, thanks for the observation. I had noticed the trend and kept it quietly to myself. As reported earlier, all my absolute keepers are family pieces. I hope to add to my own an early H&R Handy-Gun in .410 that my grandparents kept under the seat of the car during the wild days of the early East Texas oil boom days when you couldn't hang your laundry out to dry and expect to retreive it all back when you were done.

I never could keep it all inside the lines myself.

Regards,
Rabbit.
 
Not having any family heirlooms in the safe (I came from a long line of anti bed wetters, I must be adopted :D ) I would have to say my Ruger SP101 as it was the first one ever purchased. That said however if some mental patient was to offer me $5000 for it I would ask if it was ok to run one last cylinder full through it before sending it to it's new home.

I may be sentimental, not stupid.

Greg
 
My Dad's Remington model 11, 20 ga., that I acquired after he passed away.
 
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My Colt Trooper Mark III, probably at 96%, fired VERY little. It was my uncle's who had passed away a few years ago, and since I was there when it was found, I got the rights to it under the condition it would never be sold.

And my CZ-75B, 1st handgun that was all mine, got it for Christmas this past year.
 
My Dad's Winchester 1870 Shotgun ( I think that's the model). It's old and cranky and has no blueing left. It gets handed down to the first grandson of the current owner, so I won't get it, but I've had custody of since my dad died and no grandkids yet. Thanks to my sister, the first grandson is due to be born any day now, but I'll probably get to hang onto it for a few more years at least. I shot my first squirrel with it, but now it pretty much only gets shot at the new year.

Of my own guns, I'd have to say I'll always keep my first rifle, a marlin 336, and my first handgun, a Ruger Mark II
 
Wilson custom pistols,

They seem to gain in value rather than lose it. Folks that afford the best are loth to part with it. Lucky devils. ;)
 
That is a VERY tough question to narrow down to one.

I still own the first rifle I ever held. It is a Ted Williams 22 autoloader that my late grandfather bought for my late father back in the 40s or 50s. There is no amount of money that would make me part with this.

But I also still own the first Revolver I ever bought. It was a new Smith & Wesson 6" model 27. I think I bought it in 1978. It would take a lot for me to part with that.

And I have the first autoloader that I ever bought, a new Colt Gold Cup from the 1977.
 
My 20 ga. Fox double. It belonged to my great grandfather; when he died my father expressed an interest in and my grandmother - being a spiteful woman - took it to the local gun shop and sold it. My father - who never had a dime to his name - bought that gun from the gun shop. I never did hear how he did that. A couple of years later he didn't have any money for Christmas and gave me the gun for a Christmas present. I gave it back - I wasn't kind to guns and didn't want to hunt with something that nice. I'd been using an old 870 he'd bought used and it suited me perfectly since it was already dinged up. I got the Fox when Dad died, and it's staying here. One of my kids will get it.
 
my name says it all , I wanted one for so long , my dealer said I would be better off looking for a chicken with teeth , well the chicken got a set of dentures one day when I walked in the shop and stared down into the case and lookie what I find ... Snatched that puppy up and he's been a whining ever since and so have a bunch of you guys too . as for long guns I will not part with any of the shotguns my grandfather willed to me . I am sorry that I didn't spend enough time with him while he was well , and I couldn't spend it with him when he passed away (work ) these will get passed on to my nephew when its my time to leave ..:(
 
Hard ..... very hard! Mine tho would have to be my Mauser Obendorfe, in 22LR .... a dream of a rifle and doubt very much I'd ever find one again. Made I think Circa 1920 and apparently a good one can make $1,000.

Posted this before ..... sorry yet again about the evil background color .. really must take a new pic!!

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REALLY TOUGH QUESTION

that is a very tough question. i used to shoot competitive skeet. i have sold the guns i broke my first ever 100x100 with in all the gauges, the guns i broke my 400x400's with. the only skeet gun i kept is my tricked out 12 ga 303. i sold the rifle i shot my first deer with. cannot count the pistols i've bought and sold.

but the question is which one would i absolutely not sell. i have kept the first 22 i ever had. and the old 20 ga stevens single shot my dad taught me how to shoot with. and the old ithaca 37 20 gauge that an aunt gave me. it was the first pump gun i ever shot. later i learned it was her husbands wedding present to her. he had passed away and i was the nephew who liked shooting the most.

i would sell all of these, it came to that, for my family. they are just things. but those above would be the last to go.


i guess that there are no guns i have that i wouldn't sell. some of those i've already sold were hard to sell, but it had to be. not all were for financial reasons. many things come up that bear on guns, many that i never dreamed of would make me sell a gun.
 
....it's not the most valuable in the collection, but the most prized is a custom Volquartsen 10/22 that has a personal message and autograph on the stock from a very good friend...Charlton Heston.
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Wow. I don't blame you. I'd give practically anything for him to write a personal inscription on one of my guns. My boyhood hero, turned NRA president. I was thrilled at the time.
 
The only one I couldn't sell would be my last one. Now don't take that as a smart allecky remark, I just mean that I sell guns all the time, but would never leave myself without at least one.
 
Haven't Got Time To Re-Read Each Post

and can't remember if I replied to the question asked;
but just in case I haven't, I have 2 X Sig-Sauer's
that I WILL NOT depart with:

West German produced and assembled .45 caliber P220A and a 9m/m P228


Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
It would have to be my Davis P380.

I wouldn't sell it to anyone ever.

I'm sure I would be zapped down to the pits of hell if I dumped that piece of fertilizer on someone.
 
The Colt-Berdan I, Factory Pattern Room Model I own for the .45-70 version that was never put into production. It's going to the Smithsonian as a memorial to my late friend Dr. Ed Ezell when I kick off.

It's the one they handbuilt to make the patterns for the tooling for the prod. run that never happened.
 
P7PSP....

SIG 228, nope... Browning Hi-Power, nope...

My friend, the 870, nope...

Nope, nada, none...

Not even my little, bitty NAA mag mini...
 
Grandpa gave me a Remington Scoremaster 541P
It’s a .22 bolt action

Grandpa came from a time when a man took care of his stuff
He passed on and left me with his antique model trains, his ancient baseball card collection and two rifles… the .22 and a Springfield Trapdoor .45-70

None of that stuff is (nor ever will be) for sale. I went to set up the trains two years ago around the holidays. I brought them to a local hobby shop to have them checked out and cleaned before I ran them. The guy asked me to name any price for them. He knew me and he knew my family and he said; “This will pay for a semester of college for you.†I had to tell him “Yeah, but if I sell these I can’t go home to my mom… then what about the other seven semesters?†I think he got the point.

The Trapdoor and the Remington .22 are on this earth only to remind me of the old guy (Grandpa) and to be handed down to my future kids (with plenty of stories about the old man).
 
It would have to be O'l Loudmouth. My customized Series 70 Colt Government Model. It is 100% reliable, hits where I point it and has saved my bacon a couple of times. I never leave home without it.
 
The one gun I don't have and hopefully won't get for another 30-40 years. My Dad's Colt from Viet Nam. He still has it in his night stand. It's the only handgun he owns now, he said he'll never ket that gun go. He came home with it, and has told me I'll get it when he is dead and not before. I'm in no rush.

From my personal collection. I'd have to say the S&W 686. But I doubt I'll ever sell my Ruger P95, Beretta 92FS, Sig 239, or my BHP. All of them are near and dear to my heart.
 
Can't give just one, sorry. My P7M8 took me too long to acquire and my Ithica 37 was given to me by my grandmother. My grandfather had three guns. Each of my brothers got one and I got the shotgun. It's something I WILL pass on to my son.
 
Ruger MK II .22 caliber, with a 4" tapered barrel and fixed sights that are way off...

It was the first firearm I ever owned, given to me by my father. :)
 
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