"Your" gun.

[MilsurpShooter]

K-98 Sniper Variant or the Springfield Sniper.. Always had a thing for the WWII Snipers

 

[mavracer]

a ruger 10/22 and a brick of 22s I was gone.

 

[W.E.G.]

The FAL is without a doubt the cause of more unneccessary expense to me than any other firearm.

Sure has been entertaining though.

 

[yesit'sloaded]

My unicorn is an authentic WWII Russian Sniper SKS. There were only a few made in 1944.

 

[amper]

For me, it was the Crosman 766 BB guns my mother bought my brother and me when we were very small children.

 

[markallen]

My first guns were from my Father. The first one I ever shot was His Remington 41P .22 rifle.
But the one that started my collecting was His .45 ACP Remington Rand, that He carried in WWII. My Father brought a few guns back with him from Europe. The Remington. A Radom P35 9mm, in the original flap holster. A Belgium Bayard model 1908 7.65mm.
He also had a British Wilkinson FS fighting dagger, in a USMC sheath that he took off a German soldier in North Africa. I can understand how the German soldier would have the FS Dagger, but were did he get the USMC sheath ?
When my Father married my Mother in 1946, Her uncle passed a 1870s double barrel 12guage Richardsons shotgun, and a defender 89 .32 boot gun. to my Dad.
So my collection started with my Dad. But I can still feel the awe when I hold that Remington .45 ACP in my hand.

 

[Richmond]

growing up

The "Big 3" that I remember reading and dreaming about growing up in the 50s and 60s were:

• BAR
• M1 Garand
• Thompson

I have fired the Thompson and M1, have held but never fired a BAR.

 

[TheDisturbed1]

my WASR-3...

it was my first purchase and i've put alot of time into cosmetics... Now i can see myself with a huge arsenal in the future

 

[MotoG850]

Hk P7 M8

HK P7 M8 just fit my hand and what a point of aim
The parts cost sooooo much I bought a second
SL 7 308

 

[10-Ring]

My fave is my P7M8. It was the only firearm I kept when I sold off the others to pay for a divorce YEARS & YEARS ago. Now, I would say my 1911s, USPs & my AR's have joined my P7M8 as true keepers.

 

[FourNineFoxtrot]

My first gun was a Mosin carbine, courtesy of Big 5. I wanted something that would go bang, and that's what I got.

But the gun that really got me into guns, the first gun that I looked at, held, thought, "This... this is art. In this piece of metal... I have more faith, more trust than I have in any person I know..." That gun was a Sig Sauer P226. I know that it will work. Not most of the time. Not maybe. It will work. That kind of trust is rare. Too rare.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Although it was not my first personal firearm the gun that got me thinking guns was the Walther p38 9mm pistol Dad brought back from Germany after WWII. I handled it a 1000 times as a kid and as I got older I ran a fair amount of ammo through it. I always thought the thing was way off but when I bought my own pistols I found the issue was me.
When I was 35 Dad handed it to me for "safekeeping". I'm 47 now and more than a few guns have come and gone but I still have the Walther, I still have his old 12 gauge singleshot and better yet, a few weeks ago the old man had his 86th birthday.

 

[Scanr]

My first gun I bought, a Ruger 10/22 , sadly I sold it, I wish I hadn't. The second is a Smith Corona 03-A3 that was my wife's grandfather's.

 

[Stump Water]

First gun I bought... Glenfield (Marlin) model 60 22LR semi-auto. I shot that thing so much I literally wore it out.

 

[I LIKE IT!]

It's MY bread and butter....

1) Mp5 HK

 

[halfacop]

I guess you could say I have a "white Whale" as well.........

Its a 1896 Broomhandle. Perhaps someday!

 

[jetman]

My taste in guns kind of evolved. The first one I bought new was a Beretta 92, but I sold it off ages ago. I went through a S&W auto phase, and after it passed I had a Sig I kept for many years before my current 1911/Colt revolver phase I don't see ever leaving. I'm also a huge Colt AR fan as well. At this later stage of my (gun) life, I'm pretty stuck in my ways.
1911's
Colt Revolvers
Colt AR15's (LE6920, 6520)

 

[revjen45]

I want a Luftwaffe Drilling.

 

[Phelptwan]

The good ole lever action. My first gun (other than a 22) was a Winchester Model 1894 in 30-30. I'm also always on the look out for an unmolested Model 71 though, mine was drilled for a scope and the receiver is somewhat damaged.

 

[Jdude]

The M60 machine gun, back when they were still used regularly in the Army.

I'll have one some day. Soon as we overturn NFA laws.

 

[Ala Dan]

One That I No Longer Own Inspired Me-

4" Smith & Wesson model 57 .41 Magnum~!

 

[Phydeaux642]

It's not so much one particular gun for me but a particular class of handgun - the snubbie. I am seeing myself going over the edge for these little wheelguns. I don't know what it is about them, but they fascinate me. Plus, they're fun to shoot.

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"Phydeaux, bad dog....no biscuit!"

 

[GroovedG19]

As a kid, I got to handle my father's S&W 659.When I was a teenager, friend of mine had a SW99 that I thought was primo.When it came time for me to purchase my very own first firearm, I settled on the Glock model 19.Unfortunately I traded it for a P226.I still have a thing for the G19 and will acquire another eventually.

 

[6_gunner]

I love the classics. My passion is handguns, particularly S&W revolvers. When I stumbled onto a mechanically perfect 1917 with its barrel shortened to 3 1/4 inches (for $300), I was hooked.
However, my "unicorn" is a c96 Broomhandle, which I have not yet acquired. Eventually I'd like to get several, at least a one standard .30, a "red 9" and a Bolo. A Luger and a genuine Colt SAA also make the list of "must have someday" guns.

 

[davera]

Not my first gun, but my 1955 SA Garand sparked an interest in milsurps that continues to this day, nearly two years later. I can't get every one I want but it makes gun show shopping fun when I have 500 or so and a little background knowledge of "going prices".