New to the forum, and have enjoyed picking through alot of the threads. Given all the knowledge here, I figured i would pick you brains a bit. My dad is retiring in the next few months and my brothers and i want to get him a firearm for a gift. He currently has a few guns including browning over under, glock .40, ruger .22 revolver, some type of .357 revolver, browning pump .22 rifle (HS graduation present from my grandparents) and maybe a gun or two others, that I am not sure of. He gave each my my brothers and I a shotgun a few years ago, so that thinned his guns out some.
The gun probably wont be used all that much, unless I can get him to go shoot more often once he is retired. That said, he would appreciate knowing it is a high quality...accurate...well constructed etc etc firearm. If I can get him to use it, it will be at the range only, he doesnt hunt.
Anyway, these are some of my thoughts/ideas as I pick something out for him:
1. Keep cost around $1000-$1500
2. Hopefully something that he can use as he ages, he is 62 now, so no shoulder busters
3. Something he doesnt really have
4. No synthetic stocks, cosmetics are important since it likely wont be used much
5. Has to be new, or perfect cosmetically, see above!
All that said, I was thinking something like a really nice 1911 pistol or something along the lines of a Cooper rifle (not sure of caliber). Also, not sure we could wing the $ of Cooper, what are some other makers along the same lines?
Any help, thoughts, or suggestions you have for me as I begin this process is much appreciated! Thanks everyone
The gun probably wont be used all that much, unless I can get him to go shoot more often once he is retired. That said, he would appreciate knowing it is a high quality...accurate...well constructed etc etc firearm. If I can get him to use it, it will be at the range only, he doesnt hunt.
Anyway, these are some of my thoughts/ideas as I pick something out for him:
1. Keep cost around $1000-$1500
2. Hopefully something that he can use as he ages, he is 62 now, so no shoulder busters
3. Something he doesnt really have
4. No synthetic stocks, cosmetics are important since it likely wont be used much
5. Has to be new, or perfect cosmetically, see above!
All that said, I was thinking something like a really nice 1911 pistol or something along the lines of a Cooper rifle (not sure of caliber). Also, not sure we could wing the $ of Cooper, what are some other makers along the same lines?
Any help, thoughts, or suggestions you have for me as I begin this process is much appreciated! Thanks everyone
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