The one you will not sell or trade - Page 3

Kreyzhorse · October 20, 2020, 06:46 PM

My Colt Vest Pocket and my Colt Python.

The Vest Pocket is from 1919 and the Python is from 1961. The Vest is in excellent shape and is a great shooter.

The Python is well worn, I believe it was a police gun, but damn, the trigger is excellent and is a hell of a shooter.

euclid · October 20, 2020, 08:56 PM

Mine would be a Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage that My father purchased when he got back from Vietnam in 1967. He took one buck with it and put it away. Hunting wasn’t his thing. He gave it to me and it looks like new. I took a few deer with it and now it’ retired.

JDBerg · October 21, 2020, 02:28 AM

My 2 BHP’s, one MK II and one MK III

loknload · October 21, 2020, 06:09 PM

I guess my most favorite handgun is the one I picked for myself because I really like it, I like the gun itself and I like the .40 Cal.
It is no heirloom but just one I really liked..
My 8040 Beretta Cougar

hemiram · October 22, 2020, 01:40 AM

If I had to pick one gun period, it would be my Dan Wesson 715. I've had it 14+ years and it was only $269 in near mint condition.

If I had to pick one revolver and one semiauto, it would be the 715, and my Tanfoglio "Mossad" 9mm. My favorite to shoot of all my 9mm guns. Slide to frame fit is just about perfect, DA trigger is OK, but SA is amazing.

rodfac · October 24, 2020, 07:59 AM

Well, there are two actually.

A Sig 1911RCS in .45 ACP that son #2 gave me about ten years ago. It's hands down the best carry 1911 I've owned or shot. Alloy frame, Novak night sights, checkered fore and back straps, match trigger and bbl.... you get the idea....all of the carry stuff I like and none of the 'mall ninja' crap.

The 2nd is a Smith M24 in .44 Special, given to me by son #1. With its 6-1/2" bbl., it's not an everyday carry piece but is superbly accurate. Were I challenged to bet the farm on a single shot with a handgun...at any range...it'd be the choice.

A little history is in order here: when my eldest son was 13, (he's now 47), I'd taught him to shoot with a Marlin M39 "Mountie"...a rifle I'd given him for his 8th birthday, and he was VERY good with it. Walking out on our farm, we'd spent many a happy afternoon picking off milk weed pods and thistle tops for practice.

On one especially memorable day, I asked him if he'd be willing to bet his rifle against my M28 Smith...one shot...on a milk weed pod at ~25 yds. He hemmed and hawed but I badgered him into it...(never would have followed up on the bet had I won)....and we went at it....I was pretty confident at the time; two handed from a Weaver stance, I could hit a postage stamp at 25 yds, pretty much on demand...for the first shot. Well...as the old saying says, "never bet a pistol against a rifle, at any range!". So true, and he's had the Smith ever since. A lesson for both of us!!!

Ten years ago, he found another one in a back country gun shop and picked it up for a song. It was my Christmas present that year!

Best Regards, Rod

Don P · October 24, 2020, 10:27 AM

6" Blue Python from 1982 and a Radom from 1943 which was a gift. These 2 are definite.
Probably along with everything else in the safe. In the past I have always had sellers remorse

BourbonCowboy · October 25, 2020, 09:36 PM

My 1979 Colt Python, 4" barrel and nickel finish that I got for my 50th birthday. I can't imagine ever selling it.

raimius · October 26, 2020, 03:41 AM

Trying to make it a policy not to sell any...

But my academy class pistol (custom engraved/inlayed 1911) would not be on any list to sell.

jackstrawIII · October 26, 2020, 01:27 PM

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That has been with me through 2 home invasions

Sorry man. That's horrible. The statistical odds of that are really, really low.

Anyways, the one I'd never sell: CZ P-01. The first centerfire handgun I ever bought, and I still shoot it better than anything else.

mrt949 · October 26, 2020, 03:51 PM

It was hidden in plain sight wife's shoe box

RickB · October 26, 2020, 05:16 PM

I have guns that belonged to my dad, a grandfather, and an uncle, and while I cherish them all, the "from my cold, dead fingers" gun is a Colt M1991A1 that I modded myself, twenty years and 20k rounds ago.
I selected and fitted most of the parts, and have shot the gun at matches all over the country.
There was also that time a friend called, who needed a ride to the wrong side of the tracks to recover his stolen car, and the gun went with me then, too.

jmstr · October 26, 2020, 05:34 PM

My heirloom firearms will mean nothing to my kids. They are step-kids who only met one of the 5 people connected to them. And, only one of the three has any interest in guns.

If I could ONLY have one, it would be a toss up between a BHP made in the 1950s or the Caspian 1911 that I built from frame/slide.

Why? I love the feel in the hand and I have .22lr conversions for either.

Plus, I have replacement slides for both, if something gets damaged.

I have a lot of others I'd like to keep, but those would be the last two I'd get rid of.

In long guns, it would be my Marlin 39A, from 1954. It just feels alive in my hands and I am very accurate with it.

langenc · October 26, 2020, 07:16 PM

Gramps Fox Sterlingworth...

My kids dont hunt much so I dont know what will become of it. Maybe I should sell so I can control where/how much it goes for, somewhat.

rodfac · October 28, 2020, 08:12 AM

JMSTR:

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If I could ONLY have one, it would be a toss up between a BHP made in the 1950s or the Caspian 1911 that I built from frame/slide....Why? I love the feel in the hand and I have .22lr conversions for either.

I've always wanted a .22 LR upper for my Hi-Powers, which units do you have and how well do they work? Best Regards, Rod

Rebelson137 · November 9, 2020, 02:25 AM

None of my guns are going anywhere

1911_Hardball · November 9, 2020, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebelson137

None of my guns are going anywhere

I didn't used to feel that way, but I sure do now.

skywag · November 9, 2020, 07:10 PM

Dr Atwood, here giving me my first fishing rod, a few years later gave me a Winchester Model 70.......................that he killed an elk every year with.............until he retired.

darkgael · November 10, 2020, 08:47 AM

Sell a gun?? What a novel idea.

Pete

Gas Bag · November 16, 2020, 09:48 PM

My .45 will stay with me until the end. It is a Colt MK IV and I am the original owner. I have owned it since 1980.

Bob Willman · November 17, 2020, 10:21 AM

Original 1875 Remington revolver. I am not sure what .44 caliber it is. I am the 5th owner of this revolver. The 1st two were the father and son who owned the gun store where it laid in the showcase for a considerable period of time until someone bought it still in the box. My father-in-law made a gun stock for the 3rd owner in the 1940s and received the Remington in a trade for the stock. It is now mine. As near as I can tell it has not been fired more than a few times by the 3rd owner on New years eve and maybe July 4th as my father-in-law was told.

SIGSHR · November 18, 2020, 10:03 PM

All of them are for sale at the right price. My Browning High Power is my first and oldest handgun, but if someone offered me say $25,000....

mk70ss · November 19, 2020, 10:18 AM

My S&W Highway Patrolman .357 and My Colt Trooper. Those stay no matter what. Retired LEO and these two are my favorites for sentimental reasons. And they are darn fine wheelguns.

October 20, 2020, 06:46 PM	#51
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	My Colt Vest Pocket and my Colt Python. The Vest Pocket is from 1919 and the Python is from 1961. The Vest is in excellent shape and is a great shooter. The Python is well worn, I believe it was a police gun, but damn, the trigger is excellent and is a hell of a shooter. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

October 21, 2020, 02:28 AM	#53
JDBerg Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2015 Location: PA Posts: 1,835	My 2 BHP’s, one MK II and one MK III __________________ Words to Live By: Before You Pray - Believe; Before You Speak - Listen; Before You Spend - Earn; Before You Write - Think; Before You Quit - Try; Before You Die - Live

October 24, 2020, 07:59 AM	#56
rodfac Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,624	Well, there are two actually. A Sig 1911RCS in .45 ACP that son #2 gave me about ten years ago. It's hands down the best carry 1911 I've owned or shot. Alloy frame, Novak night sights, checkered fore and back straps, match trigger and bbl.... you get the idea....all of the carry stuff I like and none of the 'mall ninja' crap. The 2nd is a Smith M24 in .44 Special, given to me by son #1. With its 6-1/2" bbl., it's not an everyday carry piece but is superbly accurate. Were I challenged to bet the farm on a single shot with a handgun...at any range...it'd be the choice. A little history is in order here: when my eldest son was 13, (he's now 47), I'd taught him to shoot with a Marlin M39 "Mountie"...a rifle I'd given him for his 8th birthday, and he was VERY good with it. Walking out on our farm, we'd spent many a happy afternoon picking off milk weed pods and thistle tops for practice. On one especially memorable day, I asked him if he'd be willing to bet his rifle against my M28 Smith...one shot...on a milk weed pod at ~25 yds. He hemmed and hawed but I badgered him into it...(never would have followed up on the bet had I won)....and we went at it....I was pretty confident at the time; two handed from a Weaver stance, I could hit a postage stamp at 25 yds, pretty much on demand...for the first shot. Well...as the old saying says, "never bet a pistol against a rifle, at any range!". So true, and he's had the Smith ever since. A lesson for both of us!!! Ten years ago, he found another one in a back country gun shop and picked it up for a song. It was my Christmas present that year! Best Regards, Rod __________________ Cherish our flag, honor it, defend it in word and deed, or get the hell out. Our Bill of Rights has been paid for by heros in uniform and shall not be diluted by misguided governmental social experiments. We owe this to our children, anything less is cowardice. USAF FAC, 5th Spl Forces, Vietnam Vet '69-'73.

October 24, 2020, 10:27 AM	#57
Don P Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2005 Location: Swamp dweller Posts: 6,187	6" Blue Python from 1982 and a Radom from 1943 which was a gift. These 2 are definite. Probably along with everything else in the safe. In the past I have always had sellers remorse __________________ *NRA Life Member, NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, NRA Certified Pistol Instructor,, USPSA & Steel Challange NROI Range Officer, ICORE Range Officer, ,MAG 40 Graduate* *As you are, I once was, As I am, You will be.*

October 25, 2020, 09:36 PM	#58
BourbonCowboy Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2019 Posts: 127	My 1979 Colt Python, 4" barrel and nickel finish that I got for my 50th birthday. I can't imagine ever selling it. Last edited by BourbonCowboy; October 25, 2020 at 10:50 PM.

October 20, 2020, 08:56 PM	#52
euclid Member Join Date: July 29, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 59	Mine would be a Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage that My father purchased when he got back from Vietnam in 1967. He took one buck with it and put it away. Hunting wasn’t his thing. He gave it to me and it looks like new. I took a few deer with it and now it’ retired.

October 21, 2020, 06:09 PM	#54
loknload Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 1999 Location: PA. USA Posts: 1,869	I guess my most favorite handgun is the one I picked for myself because I really like it, I like the gun itself and I like the .40 Cal. It is no heirloom but just one I really liked.. My 8040 Beretta Cougar

October 22, 2020, 01:40 AM	#55
hemiram Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2005 Location: Toledo, ohio Posts: 762	If I had to pick one gun period, it would be my Dan Wesson 715. I've had it 14+ years and it was only $269 in near mint condition. If I had to pick one revolver and one semiauto, it would be the 715, and my Tanfoglio "Mossad" 9mm. My favorite to shoot of all my 9mm guns. Slide to frame fit is just about perfect, DA trigger is OK, but SA is amazing.

October 26, 2020, 03:41 AM	#59
raimius Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2008 Posts: 2,199	Trying to make it a policy not to sell any... But my academy class pistol (custom engraved/inlayed 1911) would not be on any list to sell.

October 26, 2020, 03:51 PM	#61
mrt949 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2008 Posts: 1,692	It was hidden in plain sight wife's shoe box __________________ No Gun Big Or Small Does It All Last edited by mrt949; October 27, 2020 at 09:17 AM.

October 26, 2020, 05:34 PM	#63
jmstr Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2001 Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA Posts: 1,281	My heirloom firearms will mean nothing to my kids. They are step-kids who only met one of the 5 people connected to them. And, only one of the three has any interest in guns. If I could ONLY have one, it would be a toss up between a BHP made in the 1950s or the Caspian 1911 that I built from frame/slide. Why? I love the feel in the hand and I have .22lr conversions for either. Plus, I have replacement slides for both, if something gets damaged. I have a lot of others I'd like to keep, but those would be the last two I'd get rid of. In long guns, it would be my Marlin 39A, from 1954. It just feels alive in my hands and I am very accurate with it.

October 26, 2020, 07:16 PM	#64
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Gramps Fox Sterlingworth... My kids dont hunt much so I dont know what will become of it. Maybe I should sell so I can control where/how much it goes for, somewhat.

November 9, 2020, 02:25 AM	#66
Rebelson137 Junior Member Join Date: July 21, 2020 Posts: 8	None of my guns are going anywhere

November 9, 2020, 07:10 PM	#68
skywag Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2011 Posts: 254	Dr Atwood, here giving me my first fishing rod, a few years later gave me a Winchester Model 70.......................that he killed an elk every year with.............until he retired.

November 10, 2020, 08:47 AM	#69
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Sell a gun?? What a novel idea. Pete __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

November 16, 2020, 09:48 PM	#70
Gas Bag Member Join Date: January 3, 2019 Posts: 69	My .45 will stay with me until the end. It is a Colt MK IV and I am the original owner. I have owned it since 1980.

November 17, 2020, 10:21 AM	#71
Bob Willman Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2018 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Posts: 111	Original 1875 Remington revolver. I am not sure what .44 caliber it is. I am the 5th owner of this revolver. The 1st two were the father and son who owned the gun store where it laid in the showcase for a considerable period of time until someone bought it still in the box. My father-in-law made a gun stock for the 3rd owner in the 1940s and received the Remington in a trade for the stock. It is now mine. As near as I can tell it has not been fired more than a few times by the 3rd owner on New years eve and maybe July 4th as my father-in-law was told.

November 18, 2020, 10:03 PM	#72
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	All of them are for sale at the right price. My Browning High Power is my first and oldest handgun, but if someone offered me say $25,000....

November 19, 2020, 10:18 AM	#73
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,598	My S&W Highway Patrolman .357 and My Colt Trooper. Those stay no matter what. Retired LEO and these two are my favorites for sentimental reasons. And they are darn fine wheelguns. __________________ Say when.....