Your most valuable rifle
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That would be my Husqvarna M96, numbers matching, five digit serial number. There were only some 20,000 of them built & a full one third of them were turned into M41`s. Try finding a for real HVA M96 for sale any where, I have been offered $10,000.00 for mine & said NO!.............
Buzzsaw, Jake looks like a good guy. I know how badly I'd miss my little brother.
What caliber(s) does your dad use? Does he need more?
My most valuable rifles are a custom .35 Whelen and a match-accurate FN-FAL, but the one that feels best and that I'd be saddest to lose is a sporterized 1903 from the Eatman family.
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What caliber(s) does your dad use? Does he need more?
My most valuable rifles are a custom .35 Whelen and a match-accurate FN-FAL, but the one that feels best and that I'd be saddest to lose is a sporterized 1903 from the Eatman family.
John
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Correct HRA M1 Garand with like new barrel and chamber in the white. Second? 1943 Winchester M1 with lockbars.
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I like all sort of rifles and own a few different designs and calibers. My favorite without question is my 1955 Springfield Armory M1 Garand. In my case it's in a class all by itself. Without getting into a long story,It also does military funerals.
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Arsenal SLR-95 Bulgarian AK-47
I was only 16 when I convinced my dad to buy me an AK (and officially give it to me when I was of age, of course). He agreed, and we found this one at a gun show. I always liked the gun, but it was only a year ago that I researched it and found out that it was a pretty nice AK-47. I know it isn't worth a ton, but it is worth more than my .22's and SKS.
I was only 16 when I convinced my dad to buy me an AK (and officially give it to me when I was of age, of course). He agreed, and we found this one at a gun show. I always liked the gun, but it was only a year ago that I researched it and found out that it was a pretty nice AK-47. I know it isn't worth a ton, but it is worth more than my .22's and SKS.
meanmrmustard
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Mine is the first rifle I ever bought:
Interarms Mini Mark X, .223 rem. Wears a Burris Fullfield 3x9x40, Leopold mounts, tiger striped monte Carlo stock, 20" target crowned barrel. I used it to take my first deer, coyote, chuck, bobcat, and it's served the role of paper puncher, varmint/predator/ and deer rifle for many years. It's never for sale, ever.
Interarms Mini Mark X, .223 rem. Wears a Burris Fullfield 3x9x40, Leopold mounts, tiger striped monte Carlo stock, 20" target crowned barrel. I used it to take my first deer, coyote, chuck, bobcat, and it's served the role of paper puncher, varmint/predator/ and deer rifle for many years. It's never for sale, ever.
tahunua001
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mine is the last rifle I put together. my 1944 Remington 1903A4. it's a restoration job but it is the most valuble gun I own and the only one I've ever taken long range shooting(past 500 yards).
Pete D.
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I have two that I value equally as they are both part of the answer to a promise that I made to myself as a young man. "One day, I will own...." The guns were
a double rifle and an Anschutz biathlon target rifle.
It took until I retired but I have them both. A dream fulfilled.
They are also my two most costly firearms.
Rizzini 90L Express rifle .30-06
a double rifle and an Anschutz biathlon target rifle.
It took until I retired but I have them both. A dream fulfilled.
They are also my two most costly firearms.
Rizzini 90L Express rifle .30-06
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I actually lost my favorite rifle last season in a cypress swamp during a thunderstorm. I went back with helpers 4 times but no luck.
It was/is a Husqvarna Husky in 7x57 Ackley Imp. with a fine-figured walnut stock with a 5 deg. offset for a right-hand shooter. I used it since the mid-70s on deer, elk, moose, sheep, 13 African animals, and a few exotics. Over 100 deer were taken with it.
I sure miss it.
It was/is a Husqvarna Husky in 7x57 Ackley Imp. with a fine-figured walnut stock with a 5 deg. offset for a right-hand shooter. I used it since the mid-70s on deer, elk, moose, sheep, 13 African animals, and a few exotics. Over 100 deer were taken with it.
I sure miss it.
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I'm not too sure on this, but I think it'd be my great-grandfather's Remington 512-X that's in pretty much brand-new condition. I've seen these go for around $250, but in pretty poor shape. I got offered $800 for it by a range officer one day. I still have the rifle.
I did have an AR that I built for around $1200, but that was a while ago. Don't have it anymore.
I did have an AR that I built for around $1200, but that was a while ago. Don't have it anymore.
Rob0321
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In terms of price paid vs current price it would probably be my Winchester 94 Timber Carbine in .450 Marlin, paid around $400 in (I actually can't remember if it was 03 or 04) and they are selling for close to three times that. If it didn't hurt to shoot it would be my favorite rifle.
Most valuable meaning time and effort put into it, my Remington 700 VLS that I spent 2 years turning into the rifle I wanted it to be without any gunsmith intervention. Its .243 and now sits in an H&S stock with Badger ordnance bottom metal, Jewel trigger, Badger bolt knob, base and rings with a Leupold Mk4 LRT. I did everything myself and after two years of saving up piece by piece, it was complete and shootable about a month ago, and it beat all of my expectations. The most value that I got out of it were the lessons learned through trial and error. Next time I will probably pay a little more and have a professional do the work, however it shoots far better than I can, and I have something to be proud of.
Most valuable meaning time and effort put into it, my Remington 700 VLS that I spent 2 years turning into the rifle I wanted it to be without any gunsmith intervention. Its .243 and now sits in an H&S stock with Badger ordnance bottom metal, Jewel trigger, Badger bolt knob, base and rings with a Leupold Mk4 LRT. I did everything myself and after two years of saving up piece by piece, it was complete and shootable about a month ago, and it beat all of my expectations. The most value that I got out of it were the lessons learned through trial and error. Next time I will probably pay a little more and have a professional do the work, however it shoots far better than I can, and I have something to be proud of.
I'm not sure which gun I own is the most valuable but one of the most valuable and certainly the most significant is an 1860 Spencer Rifle. This rifle was one of the first Spencers ever issued to the Army (one of the "Copeland Spencers") and was issued to the 5th Michigan volunteer Calvary in early January of 1863. The 5th Michigan was part of the Michigan Brigade commanded by G. Custer at Gettysburg.
KansasSasquatch
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My most valuable firearm would have to be my SBE Benelli. It was given to me by my parents for my 20th birthday. It's probably the only gun purchase my mom ever okayed my father to make. It has the most sentimental value and has the highest monetary value. A close second for sentimental would be my Mosin Nagant. It's the first rifle I bought that wasn't chambered in .22lr or 7.62x39. The history of those guns is interesting. People of a nation fighting against an oppressive leader for the sake of their oppressive leader and their country. A rock and a hard place. They weren't highly refined rifles but those soldiers used them well and did what they had to do.
JustinJ
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The most sentimental value is held by my Granddaddy's Winchester 94 30-30.
The most valuable gun i own, not a rifle, is probably my first variant FN 5.7 dao pistol. That was an incredibly lucky find.
The gun i like the best is probably a tie between my self customized Colt 6720((mid length Troy TRX rail), YHM Phantom quick disconnect sound suppressor attachment/flash hider, Vltor stock, DD foregrip, NIBx bolt/carrier and hammer, YHM flip up sights, Aimpoint M2, etc) and my Steyr AUG A3. I'm still trying to decide on optics for the latter.
The most valuable gun i own, not a rifle, is probably my first variant FN 5.7 dao pistol. That was an incredibly lucky find.
The gun i like the best is probably a tie between my self customized Colt 6720((mid length Troy TRX rail), YHM Phantom quick disconnect sound suppressor attachment/flash hider, Vltor stock, DD foregrip, NIBx bolt/carrier and hammer, YHM flip up sights, Aimpoint M2, etc) and my Steyr AUG A3. I'm still trying to decide on optics for the latter.
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My dad has a Stevens Favorite 22 that his uncle bought him when he was a teenager. He spent the week with this uncle and helped him get up a tobacco crop. They went to an auction sale and dad spied this rifle and said "I'd sure like to have that". His uncle paid six dollars for it.
They got it home and it wouldn't shoot, so his uncle took it apart and figured out the firing pin had something wrong with it. He said "get me a 20d nail and a file and I think I can make this thing shoot." He made a new firing pin and dad shot it for years, till the nail finally battered out.
I found that Wisener's had a firing pin and extractor for nearly six times what he paid, but it tickled dad when I got it shooting again.
They got it home and it wouldn't shoot, so his uncle took it apart and figured out the firing pin had something wrong with it. He said "get me a 20d nail and a file and I think I can make this thing shoot." He made a new firing pin and dad shot it for years, till the nail finally battered out.
I found that Wisener's had a firing pin and extractor for nearly six times what he paid, but it tickled dad when I got it shooting again.
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Buzzsaw, I am truly sorry for your loss. Your family exemplifies what undoubtedly makes this country so great. Thank you.
My most valued gun is my grandfathers WWII bring back Walther PP (.32 acp).
My most valuable gun is probably my AR15 (5.56) followed closely by my S&W 632 Pro Comp (.327 Fed Mag). I do not have any really expensive guns.....................yet.
P.S. Buzzsaw, if your father is selling those pens I would love to own one with a nice donation for it to fund more for our military. What an outstanding thing he is doing to honor his son, your brother, and I would like to donate regardless. PM if you can please.
Shawn
My most valued gun is my grandfathers WWII bring back Walther PP (.32 acp).
My most valuable gun is probably my AR15 (5.56) followed closely by my S&W 632 Pro Comp (.327 Fed Mag). I do not have any really expensive guns.....................yet.
P.S. Buzzsaw, if your father is selling those pens I would love to own one with a nice donation for it to fund more for our military. What an outstanding thing he is doing to honor his son, your brother, and I would like to donate regardless. PM if you can please.
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I guess my most valuable gun is the Remington Model 14 that I won't hunt with. It was made in 1917, bought from a widow in 1920 by my Granddad, and went to my Dad in 1948 when his father passed to his reward. It was the one and only deer rifle for both of them; it fed 5 kids in the Great Depression, and I was told by my Dad that his father never fired it without bringing home venison. My Dad held that record, although he did on one occasion need a second shot -the first neutered the buck, and he just stood there waiting for the second shot!
That buck was an 8-pointer.
I won't hunt the gun, because I'd hate to break its family record.
I guess my most valuable gun is the Remington Model 14 that I won't hunt with. It was made in 1917, bought from a widow in 1920 by my Granddad, and went to my Dad in 1948 when his father passed to his reward. It was the one and only deer rifle for both of them; it fed 5 kids in the Great Depression, and I was told by my Dad that his father never fired it without bringing home venison. My Dad held that record, although he did on one occasion need a second shot -the first neutered the buck, and he just stood there waiting for the second shot!
That buck was an 8-pointer.I won't hunt the gun, because I'd hate to break its family record.
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My most valuable as far as cash, would be my 50bmg, but the one that means the most is a Winchester Model 190 .22 that my grandfather handed down to me shortly before he passed away.
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