Guns?

HardDrive · 07-16-2005, 11:09 PM

Yes? No? What kind?

I own a few.

I'm not some gun nut. Just your everyday Porsche driving heavily armed lunatic with a minor meth problem.

Isabo · 07-17-2005, 03:46 AM

Good idea we haven't had a gun thread this week

I have a Hammerli 208 for target shooting and Sig 232 for carry and of course my chicken gun CO2 Beretta Xtreme.
My daughter has a FAS 602 (my husband, Armando bought this for himself but had it expropriated) for target shooting and carries a 32 acp Beretta model 70.
Armando usually carries a Sig 239, has another Hammerli 208 for target shooting, he also has a Sig 210 in 7.65 para, a Colt 1911 in 45HP, S&W 629 and a selection of rifles and shotguns.
We also have some airguns.

Victor · 07-17-2005, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HardDrive
Yes? No? What kind?

I own a few.

I'm not some gun nut. Just your everyday Porsche driving heavily armed lunatic with a minor meth problem.

..ahh there I feel better now too man.

Joeaksa · 07-17-2005, 06:47 AM

Kimber .45 auto has been my favourite for years. Shot a Ruger #1 for a long time chambered in .45-70. Really got everyone's attention at the range.

For home defence a shotgun is hard to beat...

JoeA

speeder · speeder's Garage

I've just got this thing that makes the "shotgun chambering a round" noise for the house, it works just as good as the real thing and I can't use it to blow my brains out after reading Fintstone's posts here.

They sell them at Walmart.

jyl · jyl's Garage

Glock 19, P08 Luger, Ruger single-action, shotgun, lever-action rifle, and some 22s.

Milu · 07-17-2005, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HardDrive
Yes? No? What kind?

I own a few.

I'm not some gun nut. Just your everyday Porsche driving heavily armed lunatic with a minor meth problem.

What is this? I won't show you mine unless you show me yours first?

Oh very well, here we go again:

Beretta 1934, Smith & Wesson 469, Detonics Scoremaster 45 acp, Sig 210, Hammerli 208 as well as lots of airguns. Favourite? changes with my mood, today it's the Detonics.

vash · vash's Garage

just one

sig 226. w/hydroshoks with me in cali.

in texas,

weatherby Mark IV .257
some cheapo winchester, 30.06
beretta cittori O/U 12 guage
kliengunterh O/U 12 guage
remington 1100 12 guage for ducks

consider selling both rifles to consolidate into a .300 WSM. maybe a cookie cutter remington 700, or go high end with a kimber rifle.

rcm · 07-17-2005, 09:42 AM

S&W 1911
SA 1911 "loaded"
Colt 1911 series 80
Colt 1911 1953
S&W 642 for 2

alf · 07-17-2005, 10:20 AM

I got a little carried away last year and got several WW2 pistols...

LINK

pwd72s · 07-17-2005, 10:52 AM

Browning Hi-Power, with a few custom touches.
Browning Challenger .22 target pistol (Belgium made)
Remington 12 gauge pump
Remington model 722 in .257 Roberts Caliber
Remington "nylon 66" .22 semi auto
Remington "targetmaster" single shot .22 (my first rifle, a gift from dad)
Ruger model 77 in 7mm Remington Mag. caliber
Ruger mini-14, stainless
Ruger "security 6" .357 Magnum
M-1 Garand, unfired, International Harvester
Springfield '03, 30-06, Sporterized a wee bit but still with military stock, dad's old deer & elk Rifle
Winchester Model 94, pre '64, 30-30 caliber
And then some old antique octagon barrel stuff that I'd be afraid to shoot...most of them black powder cartridge firearms that belonged to my grandfather and great-grandfather.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some...

tabs · 07-17-2005, 11:14 AM

Guns...I don't need no stinkin guns....

I have never been much on the Modern Double Action Autos like the SIG/Sauer or the Berretas etc...I prefer the venerable Colt 1911's....and even the wheel guns...by Smith and Colt

In 45's I especially like the PRE Series 70's National Matches...and the best ones of all are the PRE WAR NM's...and going along in that vein how bout the S&W Registered Magnums
and the Big Colt New Service Targets...and Shootin Masters

Another interesting varient are the Colt King Super Targets...The King Gun Sight Co...was located in Frisco before the big one.. where they customized both Colts and Smiths for better accuracy.. On the Supers they would install a vent rib with a small metal refelector just in back of the front sight to illuminate it... they could install an off set hammer called the "King Cockeyed" hammer and do action jobs....Colt OFFicers Models were popular canidates for customization...

As far as rifles go Griffin and Howe Baby is it for American rifles then there are a host of others like AO Neidner and Sedgley who built QUALITY....Then there iis the venerable English gun makers like Rigby...who used Mauser Actions....if you like European there is Manlicher Scheoneauer...with there glassy smooth butterknife bolts....

In SHotguns there is no better in America than Parker and LC Smith...some might say Fox....with their Box Locks...for home defence in my opinion there is nothing better than a Knuckle Buster Winchester 97 riot gun....loaded with Double 0 Buck...

For Target Work one really need not look any farther than Springfield Arsenal...they built beautiful International Match Rifles, NM's in both the 1903'S AND Garands and even 22 LR known as the Model 1922....Winchester later created the Model 52 Targets and even Remington came out with their Model 37's to compete...

As for European Military...nothing is better then a Mauser 98K..especially the Pre War ones with the Mauser Banners....the best Mauser Sniper ever built were the Swedish ones firing the flat trajectory 6.5 X 55 round....a really interesstin varient on the 98's was called the Service Mans Target rifle firing the popular German Target Round the 8.15 X 46 round....some of them even had unit or group markings on them...

While speking about German Military weapons you can't forget the Lugers....PO8's the Navys and Artillerys...it is now legal to own shoulder stocks with the Artilleries as they are curio and Relics....I especially like the Mauser S42 Lugers with chamber dates....then there is the Mauser Model 96 better known as Broom Handles it came in both 30 Mauser and 9MM aka Red Nine... Then theri are the Walther Products....the PP's and P38's the most desirable of the P38's is the HP...commercial production....and the SIG P210-6 has got to be the best built 9MM ever...like a rock

Now if you wana talk about antiques....one of the hot areas are Civil War and Indian War period Carbines....Smith, Sharps and Springfield Trapdoors...to mention a few....but the hotest area of US Military Collecting is anything to do with Custers Last Stand you can even buy a house in CA with the amount of money some of the stuff is bringing.....Then we come to a fascinating area...the Target Rifles of the 19th Century..where the English, Irish, Australian and American Teams competeted with each other in 1000 yard matches...The Anglo teams prefered Muzzleloading Rifles by Gibbs, Whitworth and others built by Gunmakers throughout the British Isles..some of those Co's like Dickson are still in Business today..while the US Teams Used Single Shot Breech Loaders most notably Sharps Rifles....as a matter of fact the Sharps Model 1878 Long Range was used until the turn of the century competivily, another popular American Breech loader was the Winchester Model 1885 Highwalls and Lowwalls...some of those rifles really had super delux features..... however it is not well known that the Muzzleloaders were as accurate at longrange shooting as the Modern Bench Rest Rifles...it seemed that there were 100's if not 1000's of American gunmakers producing quality rifles...a couple being Wm Lawerence of MA and JH Rector..of NY....

Then one can even go back a step further in history and start Talking about Pennslyvania Long Rifles but I'll save that for another day...

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

Yep, I have more than a few

BlueSkyJaunte · 07-17-2005, 12:06 PM

Yes

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

I have a Beretta 92FS for target shooting and a Remington 1187 for hunting...

RoninLB · 07-17-2005, 01:53 PM

one gun for shark'en, one gun for the range, and one gun for the RR train.

RANDY P · RANDY P's Garage

Ruger P345 with Hydra-Shoks sits in the glovebox.

Para 14-45 with some custom touches for target shooting.

Old vintage 1911 Mil. issue (unsure of exact year) for looking at

Ruger 10-22 for plinking

Mossberg 550 for the house

billyboy · 07-17-2005, 03:39 PM

Glock 9mm model 19 compact for home protection, Ruger Mini 14 .223 Stainless Steel for livestock protection, Ruger .22 stainless steel 10/22, for ground squirrels, also a form of livestock protection.

id10t · 07-17-2005, 06:00 PM

Used to have all sorts of exotics- AR15, FN-FAL, HK (91,93,mp5), Galil, AK, SKS, plus WWII era rifles. Had to sell to pay bills while in school and then I had to grow up... now that the assnine ban is over, I'm thinking about saving my pennies for a FAL... gonna be a long time before I can afford it....

jyl · jyl's Garage

Anyone have a Mauser broomhandle? If I could get another pistol now, that would be the one.

I used to work with a guy who collected Broomhandles, he had around 100 of them, an FFL, he'd send and receive Broomhandles in the mail all the time and would bring them in to office to show me. My favorite was the full auto version, called a "Schnell-something".

I had a chance to buy an absolutely mint Broomhandle, with shoulder stock/holster, from him, but $500 seemed too high, this was in 1994 or so. I still don't know if I should have bought it or not.

Edit: A quick search suggests a typical Broomhandle in mint (95%-ish) is worth up to $1,000, but that values vary widely by the specific model and condition. Well, that wouldn't have been a particularly good investment. Especially since I'd have shot it frequently and enthusiastically.