LeFever 20g Optimus grade.

FN PS90 - hopefully my Christmas gift
Colt Python - and I would totally take it to the range:)
Smith Model 29
Decked out custom 1911
AR10
Some variety of ultra long range "sniper" rifle
Decked out high end AR15
H&K USP
Benelli Supernova

Check out Turnbull's 1886's. While not cheap, they are a small fraction of that.

Had a pretty good '86 in my hands at a local gun shop a couple of months ago. Beautiful wood, but one of those infernal "ventilated" recoil pads. Somewhat nicely refinished, but too many rounded corners and such. And blued, like a '71 or later '86. Pretty darn cheap, though - just about a grand. I put it back... Maybe shoulda grabbed it...

My list is simple, another 8" Stainless 357 Colt Python. Like all things good, I sold my last one.

Every time I think "Gee, I should sell that one. After all I never shoot it..." I have to stop myself and remember the 29-2 that I regret selling, the 25-2 I regret selling, the 6" 1911 I regret selling...

These days I mostly dream about a 1911 from one of the better pistol smiths.

A Thompson .45 with a drum magazine.

I would like a .243 - something ultra-light for mountain hunting. After that it'd be only collectible stuff that I certainly could do without. My bucket list isn't much of a "need to own this tool some day" list. Rather than doing things - and if needed, i.e. for extended mountain hunting, it would involve tools, such as an ultra light .243. :)

Cheers,

G

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I'm on the hunt for a S&W M-29 to round out my collection. I want an early 29, Blue, 6", original grips, No target trigger or hammer. The box & paperwork too........as long as I'm wishing.

Then I'll have my "N" frame line up complete.

1973 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

I have one, but eBay'ed the box and grips off because I don't use them and will never sell the gun. My dad bought it new from Ray's in Dallas around 1981 and I still have the receipt. She's a beast. When I'm at the range and everyone is lighting off full autos and suppressed toys, I light off a few 180gr rounds and everyone comes over to watch.

Lucky. Someday the right one will come my way. Have a pre-model 28, 5 screw, 4" highway patrolman. A pre-model 27, 5 screw, 3.5" & A model 28 highway patrolman, 4" ( 1961 vintage & never shot ).

1973 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

Not much of a collector but have my eyes on a modern scatterspoon to replace an aging 12 GA that weighs 9.5 lbs. I am a lefty so the Browning BPS looks interesting. I used to shoot skeet a long time ago and thinking of revisiting the sport with a shiny new toy.

Yep. :)

Thanks for this info. I was basing my desire for a Sig on so many Pelicans who say the Sigs are super awesome. Maybe they are not referring to the 226.

1911, never sure on a basic GI or something like the Range Officer
A nice old shotgun, LC Smith if I can make it work.

Early powder springs MAC10.

Neat design, open bolt... as all good machine guns should be :-). Who wants to cook their ammo between bursts!

Garand
M1A with real wood.
PS90
High Standard Double Nine in Nickel
Kimber Raptor - full size. Raptor II if I can't find an original.
Mini-14
Hi-Power
S&W in .44 Magnum.
Shiloh Sharps in .45-110.

I had one. It was a very fun novelty, but inaccurate and expensive if you hold the trigger very long.

But it was fun.

I have a 226 and 938 that are super awesome. I had a 250 that I traded for a Colt Trooper because I didn't like the DAO trigger pull, and my son has a Mosquito that is a POS.

I can vouch for the Mosquito being a POS. Thankfully neither of the two I have shot were mine.

Retailers are blowing out the P250 because nobody wants them. SIG, in their infinite wisdom, decided that reason people didn't want P250s is because they are hammer-fired. So they made a version that's striker-fired and called it the P320. Frankly, it is a thoroughly mediocre pistol at best (I own one, as a kind of experiment), especially considering that the key selling point--interchangeable frames, barrels, slides--are basically vaporware unless you order directly from SIG.

SIG's best stuff was German. I'd love an X5 or an X6 (or both). But in the past 5-10 years or so they seem to have lost their way--there's a lot of "throw it out there and see if it sticks" in their product offerings.

Ma Deuce, with a lottery win so I could afford the ammo I'd put through it