What's in your long gun rifle collection.

[caribou]

I once had quite the collection, the wife too...2 kids collect as well, though not Mosins like I did.

Im working on it

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Do I have a problem? Let's see ...

CENTERFIRE
M1 Garand, Springfield (Service Grade Special)
Mosin M39, 1943
Mosin M39, 1970
Ruger Mini-14 Tactical
Ruger PC Carbine
Saiga .223
SKS (Chinese)
Swiss K31
Tikka T3 Hunter, 6.5 Swedish

RIMFIRE
Browning SA-22 Short
Browning T-Bolt
Chiappa M1-22
CZ 452 Full Stock
CZ 452 Trainer
CZ Scout
Franchi Centennial
Izhmash Biathlon Basic
Marlin 60SS
Marlin 795
Mossberg 144LS
Mossberg 340BB
Ruger 10/22 Compact
Sako Finnfire
Sako Quad
Remington 572
Savage MK I FVT
Savage MK II
Winchester 9422 Legacy
Winchester 9422 Traditional

I have some shotguns too, but this was about rifles, right?

That’s a good start.

 

[GBExpat]

More than half of the longguns in my Accumulation are milsurps.

I am happy that the, um, unique looks of the Mosin-Nagants never really appealed to me or I would probably have WAY too many of those considering how cheap & available they were in the first decade.

 

[jmorris]

A BB gun to a 50 BMG.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I do have an assortment, SKS, Garand, Swede and some hunting rifles. Regrettably, will need to sell a few in the near future but it's been fun having them around...

 

[Olon]

I've got a Savage .22 and a DPMS AR-15 in 5.56. Small collection but I'm working on it!

 

[Olon]

I've got a Savage .22 and a DPMS AR-15 in 5.56. Small collection but I'm working on it!

Folks,
I just bought a used Win model 70 with a leupold scope for just shy of 900 (!) bucks. Would've paid that for the scope itself so I'm a happy, happy man!

Can't wait to get it dialed in... just in time for firearm season.

 

[giggitygiggity]

Let's see...
Armalite AR-180
Colt 6721
H&R Single Shot .410
Winchester 1894 in .30-30Win
2x Winchester 70 in .30-06Sprg
Winchester 70 in .308Win
Winchester 70 in .270WSM
Winchester 69 in .22LR
Ruger 10/22
CZ452 Varmint in .17HMR
CZ455 Tacticool in .22LR
Steyr 1895 Carbine in 8x56R
Mosin Nagant Round Receiver
Mosin Nagant Hex Receiver
Chinese Type 53
2x Chinese SKS
2x Yugo SKS
Springfield M-1 Garand
National Postal Meter M-1 Carbine
RRA Entry Tactical
Anderson/PSA 8.5" SBR .300BLK
Anderson/PSA 8.5" SBR 5.56mm
Anderson/PSA 10.5" SBR 5.56mm
Anderson/Misc 20" 5.56mm
IWI Tavor in 5.56mm
Arsenal SGL-21
M-92 PAP SBR (Manticore Arms Stock and Stormwerkz Hinge)
Ithaca 37
2x 20" Remington 870 Wingmaster
20" Remington 870P
14" Remington 870P SBS
2x 18" Remington 11/87P
MAS-36
2x K-31
K-11
K-1911
K-1896/11
Thompson Center Compass in .243Win
Thompson Center Compass in 7mm-08 Rem
Winchester 1907 SLR
Savage 99 in .300 Sav
Savage Axis Heavy Barrel in .223Rem
Integrally Suppressed 16" 9mm AR (DDLES lower/RRA upper)
Lee Enfield Mk4 No2
Weatherby Vanguard Deluxe Sporter in .270Win

There might be one or two that I'm forgetting.

 

[LoonWulf]

It’s just a tongue in cheek, bad joke, dad joke type saying. Kinda akin to, “I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you...” from the good ol’ days.

The premise, of course, are the completely plausible facts that 1) if something sinks in a boating accident, it is largely considered gone forever, and 2) is gone forever without record. “I had guns but I sold them all,” would leave an expectation of receipts/bills of sales, but dropping it to the bottom of a lake is a great way to say, “it’s gone but I can’t prove it’s gone other than to prove it’s not here.”

It always baffles me how much people will put about themselves out on the internet. I know I share too much as it is, but I certainly don’t go sharing photos or lists of my collection online.

Well, all my craps registered anyway so that's not an issue....hell, I'd better have checked that lakes permit to aquire before the sinking of the boat lol.

I'm also not horribly concerned about someone from the interwebs trying to steal any of my stuff. It's the random guys walking down the street in front of the house I almost worry about, and they would steal my Toyota truck, before anything else.

 

[Offfhand]

If anyone is still interested, here's another "Long Rifle" with silver mountings and matching powder horns:

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

^^^
Wow... that is truly a thing of beauty.

 

[boom boom]

Too lazy for pix,
Enfields of various flavors starting with a Mk. 1, No. 1, 1917 rifles, P14's, Springfield 03's, Berthier, Lebels, Mas 36's, Krags, Mausers-93,94,95,96,98's in long and short barrels, Commission Rifle, Arisakas in T38 and T99 flavors, ARs, SKS, m95, Carcanos, Mosins-Finn and Ruski, shotguns of various flavors and cartridges, lever guns, .22 LR semi's, and probably some oddball milsurps which escape me.

 

[taliv]

a crazy dog that has already done time in doggy jail for biting someone.

you should get the dog's record expunged so it can be around your firearms again

 

[GunnyUSMC]

you should get the dog's record expunged so it can be around your firearms again

He was lucky that it was only a misdemeanor so, he can be around my guns. I’m starting to think that he has a few of his own guns.

 

[PapaG]

Not gonna enumerated but from 17HMR all the way to 45-70 in ctg guns, 58 in bp and includes a few pre-64 things. Bolts, levers, autos all well represented. Take anything on this continent which is overkill for a Republik of IL citizen

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

what isn't....it's nobodys business.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

what isn't....it's nobodys business.

Then why even post anything.

 

[wanderinwalker]

I'm not going to list them all, but a picture should give the black helicopter crews something to work with later. Though seeing them all laid out in one place reminds me the 10/22 still needs a new scope.



(For what's it's worth, my girlfriend knows my life goal is to have enough 22 sporters to require a 50-foot piece of fence to display them all. I might have to show her Gunny's pictures to prove I'm being reasonable. )

 

[csa77]

martini hennery
Enfield constabulary carbine
Enfield No1 Mk1***
Enfield no1 mkIII ishapore
Enfield No1 mkIII
Enfield no4 Mk1
Winchester m1917
K31
mosin nagant
Brazilian long mauser
vz24 Brazilian contract mauser
GEW 88
m1 garand-IHC
m1 garand-Springfield
m1 carbine -Inland
sks norinco
AK-Maadi
AK-vepr
AK-wasr
arisaka type 99
ar15 223
ar10 308
Hawkins .50 black powder
remmington 700bdl 30-06
Winchester m70 7mm mag
muaser sporter 243
microtech stg556
FAL r1a1
10/22

some old tube feed Winchester 22lr from the 30's
there are afew more I don't remember with out looking

 

[DannyLandrum]

Geez OP, guys - and I thought I was out of control.

 

[gregp74]

A few years ago I was up to about a dozen and a half rifles. I realized though that some of them were just about the same, and others I had no practical use for. I went with an eye for quality over quantity and slimmed it down to five long guns:

Colt LE6960 w/ Trijicon Accupoint 1-6x24 optic

Anschutz 1710 HB 22lr w/ Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x42 (I argued with myself on this scope. I went with it though because it will go down to 7 yards, and that high magnification at the top end is nice for seeing where the little .22" holes are after shooting)

Sako 85 Varmint 223 w/ Leupold VX6hd 3-18x44

Remington 870 Wingmaster Claro 12ga

And my latest little lovely is a Cooper Model 52 chambered in 6.5x55 Swede wearing a Leupold VX6hd 3-18x50.

I don't really hunt anymore (never did a whole lot) and can't get around like I used to so I'm pretty much just shooting for fun these days. I figure my little collection has me covered for most anything I might want to do though.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

If I only bought guns for practical use, I would have anything for fun. I really like having fun when it ones to Firearms.

 

[DannyLandrum]

Grep P - about 5-6 years ago, I decided to (further) simplify; specifically, turnbolts for hunting large game, and varmints. I decided to go with just one gun for large game, which was a Weatherby in .280 rem, and one for varmints - a .223 rem. So, I did this - sold off several, and it was a good plan - would have worked out, since I don't hunt that much any more anyway, until...... I started finding things I thought would be cool and started inventing theoretical justifications to get them ("Hey, I may go to Africa someday - never know; my ship might come in" - that was the .375 HH - etc.). So now, I've expanded again over time, for better or worse, to even more than when I started the simplification. Now I have a:
-.280 Rem
-.260 Rem
-.30-06
-6.5x55
-.375 HH Mag
-.243 win
-.223 Rem
-and a .30-30 levergun which is half hunting backup / half "homestead defense"

I find it hard to resist a good deal on gunbroker, so I'll place a low bid, thinking I'll never win, but sometimes I do.

Thankfully, I've sold off a 9.3x62, a .25-06, a .17 Hornet, a .35 Remington, another .30-06, and another .243 win. As well as reduced handguns (shotguns and self-defense long guns stayed the same). I think one of the above needs to go, which will leave me with four for large game, and two for varmints. Either the .30-30 or the 6.5x55 will go, but I need to think on it for a few years first before deciding.

Oh, my rimfires have also increased - now I'm up to four .22lr rifles, and one .17 hummer.

 

[montanaoffroader]

Here's a taste......



Most of my long guns are rimfires, but I have a few centerfires as well......along with a few muzzleloaders and airguns.

 

[gregp74]

I have a feeling there may be another 22lr in my near future. I saw a really nice looking old Winchester 52 at my favorite shop that might be calling my name.