What Was Your Fathers Favorite Firearm ?

[Legionnaire]

To my knowledge, my dad didn't have a favorite firearm; in fact, I don't think he ever personally owned a firearm. He told me that when he was high school age, he was out one day hunting with a family-owned single-shot break action shotgun. He swung on a bird and swept his friend. Didn't fire, and no harm done, but it shook him up so badly he stopped hunting and hasn't shot since. I grew up in the city, and didn't become a firearms enthusiast until after I was married. My wife and father-in-law conspired to buy me my first firearm--a Mossberg 500 combo--which I still have and hunt with regularly. My father-in-law is a great outdoorsman, but his attitude toward guns is strictly utilitarian. I don't think he has a "favorite."

 

[CoRoMo]

The model '94 IS my dad's favorite gun.

 

[cjl8651]

Springfield M1903. He gave up hunting years ago, but we still take it out to the range and have that quality father-and-son time. He still praises the .30-06. Mother is an anti........pretty much flew off the handle when my brother got his P226.

 

[Dokkalfar]

Well my dad has an older Remington shotgun, though I havent seen it outside of his closet for 5 or 6 years now :/ He'd mostly pretty apathetic about firearms, though he doesn't like the fact that I have more than one or two. Doesn't see the point in having so many.... sigh... My mom, on the other hand, is decently apathetic as well, though she'd like to get a pistol herself, just so she knows how to use it, maybe as home defense.

 

[thorazine]

What Was Your Fathers Favorite Firearm?

N/A

I am the family gun nut.

 

[cid71]

Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag.

 

[the_right_reverend]

Old Browning Shotguns and nothing less

 

[Coyote3855]

Colt first model Woodsman.

 

[Kimber45acp]

Dad really liked his Ruger P something iirc but it's been a long time.

 

[SmokeyVol]

Winchester Model 12, 12 Ga.

 

[shotgunjoel]

My dad never owned a gun in his life. I'm a gun convert (first shot a gun at scout camp and have been hooked).

 

[Diocoles]

OMG that pawn shop pic was a shot of heaven..

My Dad's favorite was his over/under 12 gauge Savage. I have no idea how many Pheasants and Geese fell to that shotgun.
He was good with it.
Still have it. Won't ever get rid of it.

 

[Quoheleth]

He liked a lot of guns, but favorite was his Winchester 250 lever action .22. His sentimental favorite was the Stevens 15A he learned to shoot with, and collected gopher bounties with, back in the late 40s and early 50s.

Q

 

[DammitBoy]

My dad loved his S&W .32 lemon squeezer.

I inherited his and I have three of my own in the collection.