What handgun would you go back in time to buy if you could? - Page 4

Falcon642 · July 12, 2012, 03:22 AM

The Cody Firearms museum in Cody, WY has John Browning's very first rifle, serial number #1. I would think if you had that, you could sell it for enough to buy every other gun on this list.

marv · July 14, 2012, 09:56 PM

I'd get me a few of those 1911's and Lugers that were advertised on the back of comic books for $29.95.

TxFlyFish · July 14, 2012, 10:31 PM

PSMs and full size SVDs. woulda made so much $$$$

Pilot · July 15, 2012, 08:05 AM

Around 1980 or so I was looking to buy my first .22 semi-auto pistol. I was lusting over the recently released Colt Ace, but instead bought the less expensive Browning Challenger II that was currently on the market. It was a nice .22, but not an Ace. Since then I have always wanted a true Colt Ace, but have never been ready to plunk down the money they are getting now more as collector pieces, than shooters.

fishhead1 · July 18, 2012, 07:52 PM

Probably a S&W Model 27 (at then '70's prices).

rkammer · July 18, 2012, 11:43 PM

I never should have let go of the Remington Rand 1911A1 that was manufactured the day I was born in 1943. I'd buy that one back in a minute.

9ballbilly · July 19, 2012, 06:34 AM

I would "re-buy" the S&W 547 9mm revolver I bought new, and then traded for something else, purely for collector value. I've been told only around 10,000 of these guns were produced.

Glenn E. Meyer · July 19, 2012, 10:41 AM

I agree with the 547. I would also go back and buy a snubby SW Model 63 and SS snubby Model 66's.

I would also like a set of 4 barrel Sharps derringers in various calibers for the historical end. Maybe some new Webley-Fosbery auto revolvers.

Then try to get one of the Lugers in 45 ACP for grins.

Gunnut17 · July 19, 2012, 04:34 PM

I don't know, would going back in time get me a mp5?

Minus the age problem.

gun nut · July 19, 2012, 04:53 PM

Python

jmohme · July 21, 2012, 07:25 AM

Python, without a doubt.

1DrnkMxR · July 24, 2012, 08:59 AM

S&W model 52 had one,sold it and regreted it ever since.

TxFlyFish · July 24, 2012, 12:57 PM

not asking much just 2 years....NAA ranger break top. I would prob buy all 500 then sell in bundles of 100 consecutive serials

Kalashnikov7.62 · July 24, 2012, 01:45 PM

The Mauser C/96

jackpine · July 24, 2012, 06:33 PM

the model I've sold and repurchased the most is the standard frame glock. The couple I have know I'm keeping. As for ones that got away there was a second model match target colt woodsman 90% with box that I could have picked up for less than $500 but you can't have them all and you can't take any of them with you

Winchester_73 · July 24, 2012, 10:34 PM

Colt Walker

Schonberger

Borchardt

Webley-Fairfax Mars

Grant Hammond

Remington 53

Jay Edgar Hoovers Registered Magnum - missing for years

The Sears Colt at 4:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcaMgH2ugbA

kcub · July 25, 2012, 04:30 AM

Harry S. Truman's Colt New Service revolver

house · July 25, 2012, 06:59 AM

I would like a brown betsey

CWKahrFan · July 25, 2012, 11:06 AM

Well... I may be getting away from the spirit of the OP here but, anyhow, I'd go for G. Washington's pistol pair at the bottom of this linked page... (worth approx. 2 million...)... It's an interesting page...

http://en.wikicollecting.org/antique...most-expensive

Brian48 · July 27, 2012, 01:22 PM

Colt Combat Elite (pre-Custom shop version).

Boatme98 · July 27, 2012, 09:10 PM

1875 Remington revolver. No if's and's or but's.

Buzzcook · July 29, 2012, 11:39 PM

I'd buy the Iver Johnson Sirhan Sirhan used before he did, file down the firing pin and then return it in time for him to buy the gun.

farmerboy · July 30, 2012, 12:07 AM

1911 thunder ranch 45 even though I don't care for 45s. It was used for $450.00 I always thought a thunder ranch would be accurate

PT-92 · July 30, 2012, 06:36 AM

Lately I have been bitten by a 'collection' like bug whereby I want to collect historical pieces that still have some practicality left in them as well (that is to say not just a pure 'safe queen'). I am now looking to find a 'good deal' on a Browning Hi Power or FEG copy that's reasonable--easier said than done to be sure. It's amazing what even some 'fair' condition historical guns command like, for example, a Luger

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Hawg · August 1, 2012, 09:03 AM

Volcanic.

July 14, 2012, 09:56 PM	#77
marv Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 1999 Location: South coast of Indiana Posts: 116	I'd get me a few of those 1911's and Lugers that were advertised on the back of comic books for $29.95. __________________ Too old to fight. Knees won't let me run. Good reasons to carry.

July 15, 2012, 08:05 AM	#79
Pilot Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2000 Posts: 4,193	Around 1980 or so I was looking to buy my first .22 semi-auto pistol. I was lusting over the recently released Colt Ace, but instead bought the less expensive Browning Challenger II that was currently on the market. It was a nice .22, but not an Ace. Since then I have always wanted a true Colt Ace, but have never been ready to plunk down the money they are getting now more as collector pieces, than shooters. __________________ Pilot

July 19, 2012, 10:41 AM	#83
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	I agree with the 547. I would also go back and buy a snubby SW Model 63 and SS snubby Model 66's. I would also like a set of 4 barrel Sharps derringers in various calibers for the historical end. Maybe some new Webley-Fosbery auto revolvers. Then try to get one of the Lugers in 45 ACP for grins. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens

July 19, 2012, 04:53 PM	#85
gun nut Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2009 Location: midwest Posts: 303	Python __________________ The only stupid question is the one not asked! (Unknown)

July 24, 2012, 10:34 PM	#91
Winchester_73 Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 2,863	Colt Walker Schonberger Borchardt Webley-Fairfax Mars Grant Hammond Remington 53 Jay Edgar Hoovers Registered Magnum - missing for years The Sears Colt at 4:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcaMgH2ugbA __________________ Winchester 73, the TFL user that won the west Last edited by Winchester_73; July 25, 2012 at 06:37 AM.

July 12, 2012, 03:22 AM	#76
Falcon642 Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 2010 Posts: 316	The Cody Firearms museum in Cody, WY has John Browning's very first rifle, serial number #1. I would think if you had that, you could sell it for enough to buy every other gun on this list.

July 14, 2012, 10:31 PM	#78
TxFlyFish Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2011 Posts: 1,246	PSMs and full size SVDs. woulda made so much $$$$

July 18, 2012, 07:52 PM	#80
fishhead1 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 134	Probably a S&W Model 27 (at then '70's prices).

July 18, 2012, 11:43 PM	#81
rkammer Member Join Date: February 10, 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 66	I never should have let go of the Remington Rand 1911A1 that was manufactured the day I was born in 1943. I'd buy that one back in a minute.

July 19, 2012, 06:34 AM	#82
9ballbilly Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2008 Location: northeast Florida Posts: 611	I would "re-buy" the S&W 547 9mm revolver I bought new, and then traded for something else, purely for collector value. I've been told only around 10,000 of these guns were produced.

July 19, 2012, 04:34 PM	#84
Gunnut17 Junior member Join Date: April 21, 2012 Location: Kitsap County, WA, USA Posts: 445	I don't know, would going back in time get me a mp5? Minus the age problem.

July 21, 2012, 07:25 AM	#86
jmohme Member Join Date: January 14, 2012 Location: Bastrop Texas Posts: 77	Python, without a doubt.

July 24, 2012, 08:59 AM	#87
1DrnkMxR Member Join Date: July 11, 2012 Location: CinSity,NV Posts: 86	S&W model 52 had one,sold it and regreted it ever since.

July 24, 2012, 12:57 PM	#88
TxFlyFish Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2011 Posts: 1,246	not asking much just 2 years....NAA ranger break top. I would prob buy all 500 then sell in bundles of 100 consecutive serials

July 24, 2012, 01:45 PM	#89
Kalashnikov7.62 Member Join Date: June 18, 2012 Posts: 15	The Mauser C/96

July 24, 2012, 06:33 PM	#90
jackpine Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Posts: 351	the model I've sold and repurchased the most is the standard frame glock. The couple I have know I'm keeping. As for ones that got away there was a second model match target colt woodsman 90% with box that I could have picked up for less than $500 but you can't have them all and you can't take any of them with you

July 25, 2012, 04:30 AM	#92
kcub Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2010 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 3,318	Harry S. Truman's Colt New Service revolver

July 25, 2012, 06:59 AM	#93
house Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1999 Location: AZ/CA Posts: 369	I would like a brown betsey

July 25, 2012, 11:06 AM	#94
CWKahrFan Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2010 Posts: 2,016	Well... I may be getting away from the spirit of the OP here but, anyhow, I'd go for G. Washington's pistol pair at the bottom of this linked page... (worth approx. 2 million...)... It's an interesting page... http://en.wikicollecting.org/antique...most-expensive __________________ What did Mrs. Bullet say to Mr. Bullet? ... "We're having a BeeBee!"... IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT!... IF THE GUN FITS, SHOOT IT! "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

July 27, 2012, 01:22 PM	#95
Brian48 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2001 Location: Boston, People's Republic of MA Posts: 1,616	Colt Combat Elite (pre-Custom shop version). __________________ Proud to have served.

July 27, 2012, 09:10 PM	#96
Boatme98 Senior Member Join Date: April 5, 2008 Location: Mid Tennessee Posts: 357	1875 Remington revolver. No if's and's or but's. __________________ It's good to be the king.

July 29, 2012, 11:39 PM	#97
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	I'd buy the Iver Johnson Sirhan Sirhan used before he did, file down the firing pin and then return it in time for him to buy the gun.

July 30, 2012, 12:07 AM	#98
farmerboy Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,343	1911 thunder ranch 45 even though I don't care for 45s. It was used for $450.00 I always thought a thunder ranch would be accurate

July 30, 2012, 06:36 AM	#99
PT-92 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2007 Location: "Undisclosed Bunker" Posts: 1,464	Browning Hi Power Lately I have been bitten by a 'collection' like bug whereby I want to collect historical pieces that still have some practicality left in them as well (that is to say not just a pure 'safe queen'). I am now looking to find a 'good deal' on a Browning Hi Power or FEG copy that's reasonable--easier said than done to be sure. It's amazing what even some 'fair' condition historical guns command like, for example, a Luger . __________________ NRA Life Member “A free people ought...to be armed..." ―George Washington

August 1, 2012, 09:03 AM	#100
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Volcanic.