Your most valuable rifle

[SilentStalker]

Um, I would have to say my most valuable sentimental wise would be my M1Carbine that my grandfather brought back, supposedly, from WW2. I was really close to him and it was recently passed down to me from my dad. It seems functionally ok but I am not sure about firing it. My dad forgot about it in his basement over the last 10 years and when I got it, it was pretty dusty and had some surface rust on it. I clean it up with some WD 40 and functioned tested it a few times without a mag or anything and it seems 100% ok but I just don't know. I need to get some magazines and some ammo for it because at some point I do want to shoot it, I just hope it holds.

As far as the most expensive thing I would have to say one of my Sako's. The gun itself was like $2800 and that is not including any accessories. I would say I have more than $4000 in it now and when the scope and mount get here it will be more like $6000.

 

[Jdillon]

My favorite firearms are my late Dad's Browning Hi-Power and Model 15 S&W that he carried as an FBI Agent. 29 years as a Special Agent and as a kid I thought everyone's Dad carried two pieces. Flew 25 missions with the 15th AAF as a ball turret gunner including raids on Ploesti. His older brother was KIA as a crewman on a B-29. He was one tough hombre.

 

[2DREZQ]

Moneywise it's my Browning 1885 (.270)-which is also high on the sentimental scale, having been my wife's fathers rifle.

Sentimentally it's a tie between my dad's 1907 Winchester .351SL (mfg 1912) and my grandfathers Winchester Model 1912 (mfg 1917) which is unshootable at present.

 

[tahoe2]

My most valuable is an emotional one, not dollar value. I purchased a Yugo M24/47about seven years ago, the stock was terrible (wrist crack & all chewed up) but the barrel & action were buried in cosmoline (I could barely see through the barrel). So I put it in a Boyd's walnut stock, a Timney trigger & safety, Leupold mnts & rings and topped with a Pentax 1.75-5x20. It took a couple of years to get it all done, and about $600 total, but the end result is 1-1/4" @ 100yds and 3-1/2" @ 200yds, with my hand-loads, and that's with a 60+ yr old action & barrel. The only way that rifle will leave me, is when I pass it down to my son. It is my prized possession.

 

[strykerfire]

A N.M. M1 Garand. A Remington 1903 A1 "bring back" never redone all original just mint! A Inglis hp35 or browning high power for those who dont know. Its amazing has shoulder stock. And my custom 1911 with ivory. Have many guns but these are my gems. I have pics on my thread were i bought my inglis for 120 dollars! Ya amazing huh!!! I will try to put them on here but it wont let me right now. Will figure it out tomorrow

 

[Manny]

Most valuable firearm, a toss up between a Freedom Arms Model 83 7.5" barrel in .475 Linebaugh and a Browning Cynergy Realtree Max 4 12ga w/ 30" barrels. Most valuable rifle is a Rock River AR national match flattop.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

I have 79 39A .22 I've owned since nearly new. A buddy bought it, decided it was not for him and I took it off his hands. We've seen a lot of little lead go downrange together.

If I can score it I am hoping to get my Dad's 56 39A, he passed last month and I need to work it out with the rest of the family. If that works out it will take top rifle honors as far as my perspective on value.

 

[jeepmor]

I'm pretty fond of my Taurus PT45 that I carry. Not that Taurus is any premium brand or anything. It's just that this thing has never given me a lick of grief until I shoot so much that you can chips the powder buildup off the ramp. It shoots true for me and eats ammo like a teenage boy on a growth spurt. I have some 10mm pistols and love that round without question, but they just don't run as good as that little 45.

For rifles, I really like my old 22 that I bought from a friend in high school. Just an old remy bolt action, but I've had it forever and always recall the good times my buddy and I had shooting. Complete sentimental attachment there.

Shotgun, I have only one and a friend convinced me into buying a Beretta. What a nice shotgun.

 

[Craigman]

sentimental: 35rem 336RC that my grandfather bought in 1967 to protect his family during the Detroit Riots of that year. It was never shot until I was in high school in the 90's

Dollar value: 338-378 Wby Mark V Accu-Mark. Lotsa gun there!

 

[WYcoyote]

I used to have some valuable guns but I lost them all in a tragic boating accident.