Which firearms will be coveted in the future?

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I am not sure you could know now whether you could safely fire a polymer handgun after 100 years. I intend to pass down my guns, but the polymer pistols seem like they would have a much more finite lifespan. My next firearms purchases will be all metal for that exact reason (well maybe plastic grip panels).
That was the question in the "lifespan of a firearm" thread. The answer is, no one knows. I know polymer breaks down over time, I've tossed enough things that had deteriorated, but then, the Fla climate is really hard on plastics, rubber, things like that.
 
If you want a general idea of what guns will be coveted 100 years from now, look back 100 years in the past and see what guns from that era (WW1 and early 20's) are coveted now. Anything with war usage has to be high on the list.
 
Spent many hours discussing what was, what is and what will be in the future, while on our way to different places with the group, the shooters and the collectors. One example was brought up several times, the model 12 Win. It no longer has the luster it once had, at gun shows. It has suffered price decreases due to pressure from cheap pump guns. When you go to gun shows or pawn shops, pay attention to the direction of guns by type. People with real money will always like fine houses, fine cars and fine guns. Cheap always appeals to those without.
 
With the massive, unending mass media push to eviscerate our constitutional right to bear and enjoy firearms to ultimately disarm the unwashed masses, I fear that any firearm still in private hands will be coveted in 100 years.

Sad to think this way :( after all the decades of American freedom and innovation.

Stay safe.
 
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Plastic framed guns of today will probably be long gone in land fills but still being made, possibly plastic barrels will be available by then.... still junk IMO.
I doubt my stuff will survive either but I do have a few of steel and walnut that I'll try to pass on to ppl who'll take care and appreciate as I do.
 
There will be many guns coveted. The question is, as others have noted, what will still be legal and/or available?

Colt:
Pythons
Diamondbacks
Cobras (1970s)

S&W:
Model 66s (early)
Model 60s (early)
Model 4516s
Model 624s
Model 629s

Ruger:
Model 1761
Ruger .44 Carbine
Speed Six
All Weather 77/22 Boat Paddle
All Weather 77/22WRM Boat Paddle
Early Bearcats
3 screw single actions

Marlin:
all early 39s - A.D,M and all limited productions (prior to bolt safety)
all early stainless steel lever actions

Remington:
Model 3200 trap guns
all versions of the Nylon 66s
V-3 TAC 13s

I'm sure there are many others. Unfortunately, the way things are going whatever is covered in cosmoline, wrapped in oil cloth, and buried in plastic pipe are likely to even exist.
 
The guns that will be valuable will all depend on who controls the politics. It might be ANY gun if the wrong things happen.
 
i knew a man years ago when we were both young who bought every new colt he could get his hands on. never fired them and kept them in the box they came in. he is a old man today sitting on a lot money in guns or used them for his retirement. he had all the kinds of colts made back then.
 
Steel frames, and beretta auto pistols. Marksmanship is on the decline quickly from what I have seen, and people opt more for the volume of fire rather than the accuracy of a shot fired. Steel frames will be “classics” and berettas will be the future version of the retro 1911ish gun of the future due to the multiple wars it has been used in, and consequently the multiple movies it has and will play a role in. Rifles... tacticool seems to sadly be a permanent trend.
 
Any gun which you or your descendants bought via Armslist or another personal deal.

Expanded background checks , one day, could easily result in a growing, new federal registration for FFL deals. This will help facilitate an ultimate objective (though very unlikely).

As long as private transfers are legal without ffl involvement mandatory, it is impossible to form a registry based on that information as one could very easily have obtained a firearm through a FFL and then traded or sold it privately, and nothing short of a search could prove that false. In which case the same stands true for your non ffl obtained firearms
 
beeeenbag: True. And I should have specified that some, if not very many guns on Armslist have already been through at least two private sales, back-to-back.
In cases where a gun has seen two or more private deals in a row, they will never be on any (possible) future govt. registry--as long as you are alive and keep the gun(s).

An illegal stole an unsecured handgun from the truck (in backpack under the seat) of a BLM agent in the downtown San Fran. area ("sanctuary city"), and it killed Kate Steinle. Most of you know this.

>>This is stated specifically for the people who watch news media which Barely Covered the tragedy, if at all.<<<

Maybe my general point isn't obvious to some folks. A gun could see unlimited background checks but many thugs or nuts will still find them by breaking into cars and homes.
 
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25, 50, 100 years from now, which modern guns will be coveted
Whatever "modern guns" Glock, S&W, Sig, etc. will be selling at that time. :D

And with advancements being made with metal and carbon fiber 3D printing, people will likely print whatever guns they want to covet extremely fast and cheap. ;)





And fast "continuous" 3D printing

 
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In the age where the majority of youngins mostly carry polymer, taticool, pistols with rmrs, lasers, and the must have 6lb or lighter, audible, crisp, almost competition like triggers, do you all REALLY beleive revolvers and single stack, heavy, low round count pistols like the 1911 will be what they lust over? Most young people of the AR15/Glock age don't really care about blued handguns with with wood grips nor do they really care for revolvers beyond the LCRs and S&W aluminum framed revolvers.

IMHO, whatever it is, it'll probably will be something modern that is popular with most young people today... Something that they grew up shooting. Probably Sigs, CZs, ARs, AKs. Etc.
 
In the age where the majority of youngins mostly carry polymer, taticool, pistols with rmrs, lasers, and the must have 6lb or lighter, audible, crisp, almost competition like triggers, do you all REALLY beleive revolvers and single stack, heavy, low round count pistols like the 1911 will be what they lust over? Most young people of the AR15/Glock age don't really care about blued handguns with with wood grips nor do they really care for revolvers beyond the LCRs and S&W aluminum framed revolvers.

IMHO, whatever it is, it'll probably will be something modern that is popular with most young people today... Something that they grew up shooting. Probably Sigs, CZs, ARs, AKs. Etc.

My hope they will grow out of that and develop finer tastes as they age. Am I dreaming? :rofl:
 
i knew a man years ago when we were both young who bought every new colt he could get his hands on. never fired them and kept them in the box they came in. he is a old man today sitting on a lot money in guns or used them for his retirement. he had all the kinds of colts made back then.
And if he had invested that money in the stock market wisely, he would be REALLY ruch
 
If things go the way they have been going...Any grandfathered AR15s. I doubt they will be legal to buy in 50-100 years.
You should consider yourself lucky if anything on the "assault Weapons" ban list is grandfathered. Elections are coming, pay attention to who is on the ballot.
 
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