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Old August 29, 2012, 10:26 AM   #51
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M14 match grade with matching nnmbers
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Old August 29, 2012, 03:16 PM   #52
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SCAR-17S/SCAR-H
MP5
MP7
UMP
AR-15/M16/M4
M468/REC-7
AK-47
AKS-74U
SMLE/Lee Enfield No. 4 MK 1
MAS-36
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Old August 31, 2012, 01:18 PM   #53
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My dream: to owns a pre war Holland&Holland side by side .470 .... not that I have problems with rogue elephants destroyng the flowers on my back yard..... I just would like to have one to keep on a special cabinet to look at it and occasinaly take it out to bark.!
Had a chance to buy one 35 yrs a go, at the local gun-show, a beauty, heavily engraved, 2 sets of barrels, in the original wood case covered with rhino skin, belts and buckles closing, original tools with ivory and ebony handle, still a dozen of boxes of 20 cartridges each, plus the manuscrit pedegree of african animals taken with location and date... asking price 14.000..... I purchase a house instead. It turn out I did ok it was a better investment.!!!!
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Old September 2, 2012, 07:13 PM   #54
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- Pre 64 M70 .270 to replace the one I "lost" (good proximation of FN .270 my father had made in Belgium and W. Germany ca 1951 and heirloomed to--and stolen from--me years ago).
- Thompson 1928A1 "Navy" w/ 30 stick
- Pre War Win 1894 .30WCF 24-26" round. I'm normally a carbine guy when it comes to levers, but this is one of those "if you could have only one" - do-all rifles that checks all the right boxes and the one you'd take with confidence to the hills.
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Old September 2, 2012, 09:45 PM   #55
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Winchester 1886 take down in 33 WCF.
Winchester 1892 take down in 44-40
Savage 99 in .303 Savage
Marlin 336 in .35 Rem
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Springfield M1A
Mauser K98
Thompson

That's my current wanted list, some are obtainable some I will probably never own but I think that's about it for now.

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Old September 3, 2012, 05:44 AM   #56
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I'd like to shoot a Barrett 82A1. I know a guy that got to shoot one once, he was lying on a cement floor on a mat when he fired it. He says he and the rifle literally slid back a foot from the recoil!
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Old September 3, 2012, 07:39 AM   #57
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CZ 550 in 6.5 Creedmore or Remington

These cartridges fascinate me. Been years I've wanted to build a rifle in this chambering. The only action that interests me anymore is the CZ550. I guess at some point I'll shoot out the barrel on this 308, and when I do, should I decide not to simply cut and rechamber the excellent cold hammer forged barrel which is on there already, maybe find a good Chrome Molybdenum Krieger or Obermeyer in 6.5.

I have no real use for any such thing, but it still seems like a fun project.
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Old September 3, 2012, 06:57 PM   #58
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My Dream Rifle is the Remington 1903A4 Sniper Rifle.
But I want one that I can shoot and not feel guilty about. Im really looking hard at the Replicas that have hit the market in recent years.
I would like to have one of these as my Rifle, for Hunting, and Shooting.
To me its the most awesome looking Rifle ever made.
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Old September 3, 2012, 08:07 PM   #59
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Well, if I'm going to dream I may as well dream big:

Holland & Holland Royal Grade Double Rifle .600 Nitro Express
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare .338 Lapua Magnum
Sig 510 7.5x55 Swiss
ZKF-55 7.5x55 Swiss
Mannlicher-Schroener 6.5x54MS
Shiloh Sharps .45-110 Sharps
Winchester Model 1895 Takedown .405 Winchester
Krag-Jorgansen M1899 Carbine .30-40 Krag
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Old September 5, 2012, 02:37 AM   #60
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.50 BMG

I would dearly like to wang away at some absurd distance with a .50, say a Barret or any other, at something like a 55 gal drum.
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Old September 5, 2012, 06:46 AM   #61
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My service M14 accurized by me, sub MOA with a fixed 10X. One day I'll build me an similar M1A.

A custom bolt .300 WM shooting 1/4 MOA.

.408 CheyTac

Barrett 99 .50
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Old September 6, 2012, 07:55 PM   #62
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If I won the lottery the first 3 firearms I would almost imediately orderorder. A) shiloh sharps military carbine in 45.70 govt with the antique finish so the gun would seem to be a surplus rifle but safe to shoot. B) a shiloh buffalo style rifle in 45.110 with case hardened finish loaded to the max in options. C) a reproduction match lock musket custom built by the "rifle shop". Etc, etc, etc,
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Old September 6, 2012, 08:33 PM   #63
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As mundane as it may seem the one rifle I'd LOVE to have is a CZ 452 Ultra-Lux with the 28-5/8" long barrel.
I just love them.
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Old September 6, 2012, 08:49 PM   #64
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With most of my needs, and wants in long guns complete there is one that I still long for. One that is not in the top of the price range for it's category either.
Surbu BFG-50.
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Old September 6, 2012, 10:47 PM   #65
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Barrett M82A1 would be my choice if I ever won the lottery. That and a couple thousand rounds.
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Old September 6, 2012, 11:52 PM   #66
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I would love to own a Accuracy International AWSM in 338 Lapua, with a big Schmitt and Bender scope.

I think they are the nicest looking Tactical/sniper rifle and they have more than proven themselves as being reliable and accurate.

Just waaaaaaay out of my price range.
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Old September 7, 2012, 12:00 AM   #67
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Does an MG42 count?
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Old September 7, 2012, 05:52 AM   #68
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338Lapua AWM
Barrett 50BMG
FN Scar
M16
MP5 Suppressed
M24

I'm sure there's more..
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Old September 7, 2012, 06:14 AM   #69
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338 lapua. Just could never afford to shoot it like i would want to
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Old September 7, 2012, 08:44 AM   #70
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I wouldn't mind having a rifle chambered for one of the JDJ "Whisper" subsonic cartridges. They use a VLD (very low drag) bullet, and keep their momentum for very long distances. I suppose their only practical application would be by military snipers, or special forces, but it would be fun to own, and shoot at long distance without ear drum damage.
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Old September 7, 2012, 12:14 PM   #71
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I'd like to shoot a H&H .700 nitro express.
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Old September 7, 2012, 02:10 PM   #72
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I've always wanted an original IMI Galil in .308. I just can't justify the prices of the ones on the market. The mark up is too severe.
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Old September 7, 2012, 02:12 PM   #73
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I dream of owning Hitlers two Walther sidearms in .32 and .25, not cuz he was cool, but for their resale value.
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Old September 7, 2012, 11:32 PM   #74
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I typically and into lever actions and pumps but there is one "tacticool" gun I would really like to own, that is a 50BMG. I don't care if its semiautomatic, bolt action or even single shot, is just some thing I have wanted since I was a kid. Just always had more practical guns to get.
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Old September 8, 2012, 02:53 AM   #75
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Right now it's a Springfield 1903. it was a Schmidt Rubin k31 but then i found one and bought it

and also it will forever be the m1 garand but the nanny country of australia says no
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