What will you never part with?

[tuckerdog1]

Over the years, I've owned maybe 35 or 40 different firearms. Some have been traded or given away, and the collection has dwindled down to 12. I have 3 that will never be sold or traded under any circumstance. They are not the most expensive or beautiful I own. All three were gifts. And if somebody thinks well enough of me to give me a firearm, I'll honor that gift until I pass on and have to leave it to another family member.

Mine are my 1st gun, a gift from my Father when I was 14. A winchester Model 55 22LR.

A Colt Woodsman, circa 1933. A gift from my Great Uncle shortly before he passed away.

A Freedom Arms Model 83 in 454 Casull, from my wife.

What would your's be & why?

Tuckerdog1

 

[neoncowboy]

always acquire, never divest.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

I try to never buy anything I do not intend to keep forever.

 

[MTMilitiaman]

Right now I know for sure I would never part with my M870 Wingmaster or my Glock 20. Besides rocking hard-core, the Glock 20 was a gift from my brother. The Remington was the first firearm I purchased, an 18th b-day present to myself and my first Form 4473. Neither will ever leave my possession. If I get either my grandpa's Garand or the Model 63 Winchester I learned to shoot with, it too will be forever a cherished personal possession of mine.

It is also unlikely either my Yugo SKS or Romanian AK will leave my side either, but that is just because they are reliable, dependable shooters.

 

[tuckerdog1]

I had the same moto

And when I was single, had dough & nobody to answer to, that was the way. But things changed. Then if something caught my eye, I started to have to look at what I wanted the least, to aquire what I wanted now. And it all went to Hell from there.

Tuckerdog1

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

I don't plan to part with any guns, but the ones that would stick with me no matter what:

1. Model 99, .300 Savage, built in 1936 or 1937. Shot my first deer with it.
2. Glock 26. My favorite handgun of all time.
3. Tikka T3 Lite, .30-06 w/Nikon Monarch UCC 3-9. Best firearm I have ever fired.

 

[kfranz]

Winchester Model 1886 that belonged to my great grandfather
Browning BAR that belonged to my Dad

Many of the others would require an offer way over market, but for the right price could be pried from my warm live hands.

A few others may well go down the road simply to acquire something else

 

[Darth Ruger]

My grandfather's .32 Walther PP, made in 1933. Well cared for, fun to shoot, super accurate. He died when I was in the middle east, and I wasn't allowed to go home for the funeral, since grandparents aren't considered immediate family. It's the only thing of his I have. It's worth far less money than any other gun I own, but it's the only one I would never sell.

 

[hutch77]

Things I'll never part with

While I'd like to never part with any of my guns, there are several that they will literally have to prie from my cold dead hands.

Shiloh Sharps Long Range Express - 34" 1/2 round 1/2 octagon polished heavy barrrel, pewter tip on the fore-arm, extra fancy wood, hand checkering, steel butt plate, MVA mid-range tang sight, Axtell globe front sight, .45/70. I had to wait almost 5 years to get this gun. I ordered in the early 90's.

Trapdoor Springfield Cadet rifle - was given to me by my grandfathers sister after her husband died. Still in pretty decent shape. Cartouche on the stock says 1884 and it's still shootable (with very light loads of course)

Winchester Model 70 - pre'64 in .30/06 that my dad gave me. standard gun in probably 98-99% condition.

Star .22 pistol - given to me by my great grandpa. I believe his cousin brought it back from WWII.

I've got other's that I might entertain the idea of parting with, but not these.

hutch77

 

[azredhawk44]

I have 4 Winchester model 94's.

One is a 1970's model. One is a brand new model to "replace" the 1970's model. It is scoped and is pretty darn accurate.

2 more sit new in box in the closet as collectibles. They will probably be sold some day.

I would never part with any of my guns, even the mistakes like the Taurus 94. Yup, I should have bought a Ruger 22/45 or single six or something like that instead, but it is still an object lesson in good gun purchase/bad gun purchase. Hopefully it will dissuade someone else from making a bad decision.

 

[Rockrivr1]

As state above, I will not part with any of my firearms. Granted my financial status may change, but for now even my worst shooter stays put.

 

[oneshooter]

Winchester M92 Rifle cal 38WCF, Was my grandfathers rifle, the matching caliber Colt SAA was given to an Uncle who PAWNED it. He said that it was "just an old gun". :banghead:

Browning Light Twelve w/gold trigger, Was my Dads shotgun, a LOT of memories of duck and goose hunts there.

75 model Sharps cal 45/90 medium weight 30"bbl, Was my Great Grandads Rifle, complete with fitted case, loading, cleaning, and casting gear, paper patch cutter, adjustable mold, and the origional reciept! Cost was, including delivery to Marks MS. a grand total of $ 120.00!!

Remington Nylon 66 22cal bolt action rifle, recieved this rifle for my 10th birthday.

These will be passed on to my sons, they will hopefully be passed on to thier children.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

 

[Rembrandt]

There are two I'll not part with.....took close to 20 years of searching to find a near perfect "Holy Grail of .22 Rimfires"....Winchester Model 52 Sporter. Those who are into rimfires will understand why.


The second is an autographed 10/22, signed by the hand of Moses....

 

[tenbase]

My SKS. It was the first gun I bought on my own, and it isn't worth enough to consider selling.

I don't have any guns "in the family"*

Guess it's up to me to buy them all and make them a part of the family

*That I know of

 

[LHB1]

Will never be without:
1) Wilson Classic 1911, .45 ACP
2) Marvel Unit 1 conversion, .22 LR
3) S&W M629 Classic revolver, .44 Mag

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

 

[WinchesterAA]

I won't part with anything I own right now.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Cold dead hands...

 

[Chawbaccer]

Hey tuckerdog1, I have a m55 too, my first real gun, I think it was Christmas 1964. Mine doesn't look as good as yours appears but I will never part with it, but upon checking the prices on Gunbroker I might be tempted to.

 

[.38special]

No matter how much I can get for them I will never sell my first shotgun, an original Weatherby Orion, or my Winchester Model 1890, which has been passed down to me through the years.

 

[f4t9r]

You know the old saying never say never.
Well I plan on keeping as many as I can , for as long as I can

 

[waterhouse]

Kimber 25th anniversary model. . . not my favorite 1911 but Kimber and I both celebrated our 25th birthdays the same year, and it was a gift, so I'll never part with it.

Ithaca Model 37 featherweight (or is it featherlight. . . I can never remember) 20 ga., which my dad gave me almost 20 years ago. Even if it wasn't a gift I wouldn't get rid of it, since it is my favorite dove gun. In fact, I was worried that I might turn 60 and it would break or something, and I would be retired without the use of my favorite dove gun, so now I own 3 of them, just in case.

Ruger single six .22, my first handgun and also a gift from dad.

 

[Lupinus]

my model 60 will never be sold. It will leave me when I die or when I have a child old enough (and into guns enough...or just mature enough to apreciate something dad gave him to take good care of it and not put it away to rust) to have it handed down, and if I don't have a child which will appreciate it enough to not throw it in a closet or shed to rust away cause it wasn't properly stored it'll be mine to the day I die. It's my first gun that I bought with my own money and my own name and will never sell it.

Others will probably be my first handgun...once I actually buy one.

Aside from that I don't know, maybe a special gift or something if one ever comes.

 

[modifiedbrowning]

My first gun a Walther P99.
My Walther P88 Compact
My Bushmaster Dissipator.

 

[CrazyIrishman]

Hey Tuckerdog,


About 20 odd years ago I had to part with a few guns due to finances as I had just got married but thats another chapter by itself! Anyway, one of 'em was a Remington 700BDL in '06 w/ a Leupold Vari-X II 3-9 scope. Looking back as hindsight sometimes does to ya I wish that I still had it. With handloads (and good eyes back then)it could hit a gnat in the keister!


At the present,I have four that will not be sold, and hopefully be passed on to my son or one of my nephews. In no particular order they are: early 90's Taurus PT92 AFS 9mm, 1943 Remington 03A3 in w/1944 Hoyt 1907 sling, my first(and only so far)Colt AR15 #6601, and a 50's era Mauser sporter.

The Taurus stainless was my first 9mm. Its fun,accurate, and reliable. Didn't break my wallet!LOL It has a lanyard loop and fine slide serrations. New models don't have that.

My 03A3 is like new although to a collector it has the "wrong" stock. It has a WWII Keystone type "C" pistolgrip stock that came on it. A real sweet piece of history!

It took me almost 30 years to get an AR. One of my best friends got me hooked on them. I traded a used AK47 for the AR15. It was NIB and as an added surprise found out it was also preban. Of course that doesn't matter now in some states. Alot of fun to shoot too!

And now the Mauser. It won't win a beauty contest, but its tight,functional and the action is the slickest thing since greased lightnin' ! Plus it has a nice 8X Leupold on it from the 50's too that the factory did an R 'n R on. I got the deal from my brother about six months before he passed away in May '03. I won't part with this one for all the tea in China.

If I've learned anything at all; I would wish that I had the appreciation for firearms back then like I do now! I sure would have kept 'em all! It doesn't fully hit home until ya "try" to replace what ya one had!

 

[JoseM]

I have two...one is MUCH more valuable to me than the other.

My pride and joy is just an old pump action 22 LR rifle. It was a gift from my grandmother to my grandfather many years ago. My Granddad gave it to my dad when he married mom. Dad gave it to me when I married my wife. It is now my son's rifle....not officially, but it's spoken for and he'll get it when he marries. That rifle means more to me than anything else in this house (besides my wife and son of course).

My second is a bolt action shotgun that found it's way to me after my grandfather passed away (the other grandfather than the one mentioned above). I've never fired it and never done anything with it (never even researched it to see what it's worth). It's an old junky gun from the mountains and probably isn't worth anything. But it's from my granddad and it's not going anywhere.

My other weapons could be sold if I was making room for something better (for instance, I have a S&W 1911 that I want to get rid off eventually and replace with a new S&W Scandium 1911 for CCW).