Hunterdad
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My 1972 12ga. Wingmaster that my grandfather gave to me when I graduated high school. Still is really good shape and only makes it out of the safe couple times a year for a round of trap or a pheasant hunt.
What's your "never" gun
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clutch
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My never gun is a 16 ga bolt action shotgun. A real looser of a shotgun. But it belonged to my grandparents so I'll pass it on to whatever sibling, niece or nephew that look like they will keep it and pass it down the line. I'll give them some good stuff to when that time comes so they feel obligated
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texgunner
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I have two. My grandfathers side by side 16 gauge with external hammers. The second is a Belgian made Melior my late uncle took off a dead North Korean soldier in 1951.
ForumSurfer
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None of them. Offer me enough cash and you can have any of them.
But my 870 Marine Magnum holds a special spot. I'd be hard pressed to sell it. It has nothing to do with the gun. Many family members and friends have enjoyed shooting it. It was also the first firearm I purchased (with my own money and legally from a shop) once I turned 18. $300 new at the time. I'd like for my son to squeeze off his first 12 gauge round with it, but enough cash and it walks. I'll buy something else he can shoot. It is the memories of the time spent, not the actual firearm that I value.
Granted, there are no WWII take homes from family members in my meager collection. Something like that I wouldn't part with.
But my 870 Marine Magnum holds a special spot. I'd be hard pressed to sell it. It has nothing to do with the gun. Many family members and friends have enjoyed shooting it. It was also the first firearm I purchased (with my own money and legally from a shop) once I turned 18. $300 new at the time. I'd like for my son to squeeze off his first 12 gauge round with it, but enough cash and it walks. I'll buy something else he can shoot. It is the memories of the time spent, not the actual firearm that I value.
Granted, there are no WWII take homes from family members in my meager collection. Something like that I wouldn't part with.
Telekinesis
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I am looking forward to several heirloom guns being passed down (but hopefully not too soon!) which I would never sell. But of my guns that I own and purchased myself, I would have to say my Sig P228.
It was my first gun that was truly mine, not one purchased by my parents. Bought it a few years ago at a gun show a few months after I turned 18 and managed to get a pretty good deal on it. It fulfills every requirement I need in a firearm. Defense, plinking, carry etc.
In fact, it looks like it really is going to be my only gun soon. I'm selling off the rest of them to fund some other hobbies.... But this one is never leaving.
It was my first gun that was truly mine, not one purchased by my parents. Bought it a few years ago at a gun show a few months after I turned 18 and managed to get a pretty good deal on it. It fulfills every requirement I need in a firearm. Defense, plinking, carry etc.
In fact, it looks like it really is going to be my only gun soon. I'm selling off the rest of them to fund some other hobbies.... But this one is never leaving.
LawScholar
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Any that are gifts and any that have family history.
So...all of them, as of now.
So...all of them, as of now.
I echo LawScholar. Any gun I have gotten as a gift never leaves my collection. As regarding ForumSurfer's comment "It is the memories of the time spent, not the actual firearm that I value.", I disagree. When you open up your gun safe and look inside seeing in my case, a Marlin 60 that my mom bought me one Christmas, or that Lee-Enfield with the pitted bore that I inherited from my Grandpa now passed on. It's like opening a photo album that no dollar figure to me is worth selling it. You might as well go burn that cherished photo album. There's more memories in that piece of wood and steel than there is wood and steel.
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