Favorite Gun - Page 2 - The Firearms Forum

fleetwood1976 · 02-12-2011, 05:27 AM

I've thought till my head hurt, but There is no way for me to narrow it down to one. I carry a 1950's colt cobra lightweight snubbie most of the time. I have ones I like for beauty and those I love for there function and none I would really sell. I could narrow it down to one class of gun and that would be revolver, but thats the best I can do john.

Jay · 02-12-2011, 07:08 AM

Just one ? Geeze....... well, it would have to be my 1980 Colt Python...

johnlives4christ · 02-12-2011, 02:26 PM

good point fleetwood. my single six is my favorite now... but i can imagine a few that would become favorite upon ownership.

jay that is a beauty. i've always wanted a python.

old 33 · 02-12-2011, 03:10 PM

man thats hard...just one huh ....well...

I have had a Ruger Bearcat since 1974. My sister-Yes SISTER- gave it to me for an 8th grade graduation present, but mom wouldnt let me have it till I was 18 I wonder why?????

It is the gun I am most familiar with and has been around for so long and its my first. I have plinked with dad, mom, wife, sister,and son with it...has alot of sentimental value to it and the ornate etching it has from factory....so this is my choice!

Name: bearcat 00000.jpg
Views: 567
Size: 112.1 KB

Name: bearcat 00000.jpg
Views: 567
Size: 112.1 KB

Name: bearcat 00003.jpg
Views: 543
Size: 108.2 KB

Name: bearcat 00002.jpg
Views: 556
Size: 132.7 KB

johnlives4christ · 02-12-2011, 03:19 PM

nice bearcat. i like the brass trigger guard models. i dont think it has to be limited to just one gun though.

oscarmayer · 02-12-2011, 03:40 PM

almost impossible to pick one favorite , thats kind of like asking which child is your favorite. but if pressed for just one it would have to be my browning hi-power even after 3 rebuilds it has seen service all over the world and has served me well for almost 40 years

polishshooter · 02-12-2011, 06:03 PM

Peice of Cake. My 97. Hands Down, I'd use it for anything, bet my life on it, and best of all it's inherited from my old hunting buddy, my wife's Grandpa. Priceless.

The second one is actually tied with about 20 or 30 other guns for second place

, is my Flintlock Hopkins Allen Minuteman Brush (You think I have something for short barrels?

)

JLA · 02-12-2011, 10:26 PM

nice 788 dale, smoothest action remy made IMO.

noslolo · 02-12-2011, 10:59 PM

I only own eight and I love seven of them and all for different reasons. My top dog is my
S&W 686, it is the one that I shoot better than the rest.

I have to say that I have fallen in love with my daily carry a Kahr CW40, just cause we spend so much time together.

I was never over the top about the .22 that I got from my dad (we have never gone shooting) until I started to take my Son to the range with it. We now love that old .22lr.

Last but not least, the Winchester 1897 that I got from my Grandfather, it was his Dads and I would never part with that piece of family history.

Zane71464 · 02-12-2011, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLA

nice 788 dale, smoothest action remy made IMO.

thanks Josh, and agree with ya on that...smooth and locks up tighter then a drum! It'll shoot 3/8" groups @ 100yrds and hasnt had a thing done to it. (other than my stock re-finnish job as a kid!)

Thought Dad would have surely tanned my hide!

mooresridge9 · 02-13-2011, 01:52 AM

My favorite is my most recent.A 1931 Colt Officers Model in 38 special with a 6 inch barrel.The revolver is very tight,timing is right on- a good shooter but has no bluing.Only minor scratches.the gun just reeks quality and craftsmanship.How could a gun loose all its bluing yet show no signs of wear.It would be a great candidate for rebluing but I like guns that show their history.The gray color has a beauty.It was great at the range.Very little recoil and fit my hand perfectly.Colt really built them good in the old days.I'd like to get a matching in 22 caliber but the prices are sky high.

johnlives4christ · 02-13-2011, 02:33 AM

mooresridge thats awesome. i'd love to see a picture of that beaut

Big ugly · 02-13-2011, 07:33 AM

My favorite got ripped off out of my truck some years back. I have to say my Browning A Bolt Medallion in .338 Win Mag is my top choice now though. I have not owned another rifle that shoots like that thing will hands down. I sighted it in a 700 yards just for giggles and it holds its own on paper like a true Browning should.

Now my funnest firearm to shoot is my Mk III Ruger Target. That bad little mother is just hell on wheels when it comes to gettin a mess of Tree Rats out of their lofty perches.

gun-nut · 02-13-2011, 10:11 AM

Well my handgun would have to be the K38 14-3 S&W.

The riffle would have to be a 50/50 split. It would be the Howa 1500 .223 cal. The other would be the FPK 7.67x54r.

Zane71464 · 02-13-2011, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay

Just one ? Geeze....... well, it would have to be my 1980 Colt Python...

That is one nice looking revolver!

Jay · 02-13-2011, 08:24 PM

Thank you.....

Sooner1911 · 02-13-2011, 08:53 PM

Handgun Kimber Grand Raptor II. My S&W 1911 shoots as well, but the Grand Raptor has the looks that I just love.

Rifle, discounting all of my dad's old guns that I love for sentimental reasons, my Weatherby Mark V in 300 Wby mag. Wanted one the first time I saw one and finally had the bucks. Smooth as silk and locks up like a bank vault and the wood and high polished blue just do it for me.

But I got to say that I really love Jay's Python. Makes my enick Trooper III look like a poor country cousin.

lucky-gunner · 02-15-2011, 03:19 PM

This seems to be taking a very revolver lean. I like!

My favorite handgun is my S&W 19-3. It has the smoothest trigger of revolver I own. I carry it quite often and it never misses a range trip.

It's also my newest revolver so that probably has quite a bit to do with it.

Juker · 02-15-2011, 03:44 PM

John, you absolutely have the gift of posting interesting questions!

Favorite gun... Sentimental favorite? One we'd never trade or sell? Most reliable? Most enjoyable?

Hmmm. Still the 1911 Colt .45 Govt Model. You've already seen it, but here 'tis again.

johnlives4christ · 02-15-2011, 09:47 PM

nice juker... real nice. i've owned several 1911s and desire another.... which will become my favorite after i carry it a tad.

JetGirl · 02-20-2011, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay

Just one ? Geeze....... well, it would have to be my 1980 Colt Python...

JetPrints and all?

djjoshuad · 02-20-2011, 07:03 PM

my favorite varies on the "for what" part of the question

. Overall it has to be my Beretta PX4 storm 9mm. 17rd mags, rotating barrel, lightweight poly frame, and really easy to break down and clean. It is my main target practice gun and has never let me down. That said, for a truck gun the Taurus Model 83 I just picked up is pretty great. Cheap, accurate, and reliable. My Sig P226R .357 is also an awesome gun, and I think if I could only have one handgun, it would be this one. Soooo I guess I can't narrow it down

flyingtiger85 · 02-24-2011, 03:16 AM

This taurus 941 is my favorite gun.Iv'e become a real 22-magnum fan.It's loud and powerful.

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

carver · 02-24-2011, 11:27 AM

Mine would be my go to gun, and the one I carry all the time. It started life as a Norinco copy of the Colt 1911A, and then went thru some changes at the hands of the Great Jim Clark. I've had it for well over 20 years, and it is still as accurate today as it was when Jim shot it for a proof target!

Inthewind1976 · 03-11-2011, 02:50 AM

Hmmmm.......I guess first and foremost, it would be my Thompson Auto Ord 1911-a1, purchased from a LEO friend, who passed away a few years ago, and worked over by ANOTHER LEO friend, who has also gone beyond. The original owner (an FFL as well as LEO) just flat out didnt like it, and switched to an IMI Baby Eagle .41 AE, sold it to me CHEAP, and I was quick to find that it wouldnt feed ANYTHING but Ball. I gave it to the second guy, along with a Nam era GI barrel, and he throated it, polished the feed ramp, added a long link, fitted a match bushing and made some SERIOUS improvements to the trigger. After I got it back, I added a full length rod and shok-buff, a flat mainspring housing, and a pair of really neat looking smooth grips with hand hammered inlaid brass wire. It now feeds ANYTHING, even upside down, holds an amazingly tight group, and contains any one of a number of McCormick 8shot shooting stars, in "black stainless" that McCormick originally released to us govt/LE at an unbelievably cheap price, probably 20 year ago for what I guess was a "preproduction shake down run." Its been my go to gun for most of those 20 years.

02-12-2011, 05:27 AM	#26
fleetwood1976 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Contributor Posts: 1,333	Re: Favorite Gun I've thought till my head hurt, but There is no way for me to narrow it down to one. I carry a 1950's colt cobra lightweight snubbie most of the time. I have ones I like for beauty and those I love for there function and none I would really sell. I could narrow it down to one class of gun and that would be revolver, but thats the best I can do john.

02-12-2011, 07:08 AM	#27
Jay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,286	Re: Favorite Gun Just one ? Geeze....... well, it would have to be my 1980 Colt Python... __________________ "For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected cannot taste." "USMC 8652, 2531, RVN Jun '67, - May 69"

02-12-2011, 02:26 PM	#28
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: Favorite Gun good point fleetwood. my single six is my favorite now... but i can imagine a few that would become favorite upon ownership. jay that is a beauty. i've always wanted a python.

02-12-2011, 03:10 PM	#29
old 33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: midwest Posts: 60	Re: Favorite Gun man thats hard...just one huh ....well... I have had a Ruger Bearcat since 1974. My sister-Yes SISTER- gave it to me for an 8th grade graduation present, but mom wouldnt let me have it till I was 18 I wonder why????? It is the gun I am most familiar with and has been around for so long and its my first. I have plinked with dad, mom, wife, sister,and son with it...has alot of sentimental value to it and the ornate etching it has from factory....so this is my choice! __________________ "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson

02-12-2011, 03:19 PM	#30
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: Favorite Gun nice bearcat. i like the brass trigger guard models. i dont think it has to be limited to just one gun though.

02-12-2011, 03:40 PM	#31
oscarmayer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Contributor Posts: 2,387	Re: Favorite Gun almost impossible to pick one favorite , thats kind of like asking which child is your favorite. but if pressed for just one it would have to be my browning hi-power even after 3 rebuilds it has seen service all over the world and has served me well for almost 40 years

02-12-2011, 06:03 PM	#32
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,860	Re: Favorite Gun Peice of Cake. My 97. Hands Down, I'd use it for anything, bet my life on it, and best of all it's inherited from my old hunting buddy, my wife's Grandpa. Priceless. The second one is actually tied with about 20 or 30 other guns for second place, is my Flintlock Hopkins Allen Minuteman Brush (You think I have something for short barrels?) Attached Images __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

02-12-2011, 10:26 PM	#33
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: Favorite Gun nice 788 dale, smoothest action remy made IMO. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

02-12-2011, 10:59 PM	#34
noslolo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Johnstown PA Posts: 1,558	Re: Favorite Gun I only own eight and I love seven of them and all for different reasons. My top dog is my S&W 686, it is the one that I shoot better than the rest. I have to say that I have fallen in love with my daily carry a Kahr CW40, just cause we spend so much time together. I was never over the top about the .22 that I got from my dad (we have never gone shooting) until I started to take my Son to the range with it. We now love that old .22lr. Last but not least, the Winchester 1897 that I got from my Grandfather, it was his Dads and I would never part with that piece of family history. __________________ I'm a heck of a "obesito illegitimo"

02-13-2011, 01:52 AM	#36
mooresridge9 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 29	Re: Favorite Gun My favorite is my most recent.A 1931 Colt Officers Model in 38 special with a 6 inch barrel.The revolver is very tight,timing is right on- a good shooter but has no bluing.Only minor scratches.the gun just reeks quality and craftsmanship.How could a gun loose all its bluing yet show no signs of wear.It would be a great candidate for rebluing but I like guns that show their history.The gray color has a beauty.It was great at the range.Very little recoil and fit my hand perfectly.Colt really built them good in the old days.I'd like to get a matching in 22 caliber but the prices are sky high.

02-13-2011, 02:33 AM	#37
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: Favorite Gun mooresridge thats awesome. i'd love to see a picture of that beaut

02-13-2011, 07:33 AM	#38
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: Favorite Gun My favorite got ripped off out of my truck some years back. I have to say my Browning A Bolt Medallion in .338 Win Mag is my top choice now though. I have not owned another rifle that shoots like that thing will hands down. I sighted it in a 700 yards just for giggles and it holds its own on paper like a true Browning should. Now my funnest firearm to shoot is my Mk III Ruger Target. That bad little mother is just hell on wheels when it comes to gettin a mess of Tree Rats out of their lofty perches. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

02-13-2011, 10:11 AM	#39
gun-nut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ohio Contributor Posts: 931	Re: Favorite Gun Well my handgun would have to be the K38 14-3 S&W. The riffle would have to be a 50/50 split. It would be the Howa 1500 .223 cal. The other would be the FPK 7.67x54r. __________________ Don't retreat just reload. Last edited by gun-nut; 02-13-2011 at 10:12 AM..

02-13-2011, 08:24 PM	#41
Jay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,286	Re: Favorite Gun Thank you..... __________________ "For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected cannot taste." "USMC 8652, 2531, RVN Jun '67, - May 69"

02-13-2011, 08:53 PM	#42
Sooner1911 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New York, NY (Moscow on the Hudson) Posts: 15	Re: Favorite Gun Handgun Kimber Grand Raptor II. My S&W 1911 shoots as well, but the Grand Raptor has the looks that I just love. Rifle, discounting all of my dad's old guns that I love for sentimental reasons, my Weatherby Mark V in 300 Wby mag. Wanted one the first time I saw one and finally had the bucks. Smooth as silk and locks up like a bank vault and the wood and high polished blue just do it for me. But I got to say that I really love Jay's Python. Makes my enick Trooper III look like a poor country cousin.

02-15-2011, 03:19 PM	#43
lucky-gunner V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 63	Re: Favorite Gun This seems to be taking a very revolver lean. I like! My favorite handgun is my S&W 19-3. It has the smoothest trigger of revolver I own. I carry it quite often and it never misses a range trip. It's also my newest revolver so that probably has quite a bit to do with it. __________________ 45 ACP Ammo

02-15-2011, 03:44 PM	#44
Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: Favorite Gun John, you absolutely have the gift of posting interesting questions! Favorite gun... Sentimental favorite? One we'd never trade or sell? Most reliable? Most enjoyable? Hmmm. Still the 1911 Colt .45 Govt Model. You've already seen it, but here 'tis again. Attached Images __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.

02-15-2011, 09:47 PM	#45
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: Favorite Gun nice juker... real nice. i've owned several 1911s and desire another.... which will become my favorite after i carry it a tad.

02-20-2011, 07:03 PM	#47
djjoshuad Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 36	Re: Favorite Gun my favorite varies on the "for what" part of the question . Overall it has to be my Beretta PX4 storm 9mm. 17rd mags, rotating barrel, lightweight poly frame, and really easy to break down and clean. It is my main target practice gun and has never let me down. That said, for a truck gun the Taurus Model 83 I just picked up is pretty great. Cheap, accurate, and reliable. My Sig P226R .357 is also an awesome gun, and I think if I could only have one handgun, it would be this one. Soooo I guess I can't narrow it down Last edited by djjoshuad; 02-20-2011 at 07:05 PM..

02-24-2011, 03:16 AM	#48
flyingtiger85 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Nevada Posts: 744	Re: Favorite Gun This taurus 941 is my favorite gun.Iv'e become a real 22-magnum fan.It's loud and powerful. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

02-24-2011, 11:27 AM	#49
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: Favorite Gun Mine would be my go to gun, and the one I carry all the time. It started life as a Norinco copy of the Colt 1911A, and then went thru some changes at the hands of the Great Jim Clark. I've had it for well over 20 years, and it is still as accurate today as it was when Jim shot it for a proof target! Attached Images __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-11-2011, 02:50 AM	#50
Inthewind1976 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 533	Re: Favorite Gun Hmmmm.......I guess first and foremost, it would be my Thompson Auto Ord 1911-a1, purchased from a LEO friend, who passed away a few years ago, and worked over by ANOTHER LEO friend, who has also gone beyond. The original owner (an FFL as well as LEO) just flat out didnt like it, and switched to an IMI Baby Eagle .41 AE, sold it to me CHEAP, and I was quick to find that it wouldnt feed ANYTHING but Ball. I gave it to the second guy, along with a Nam era GI barrel, and he throated it, polished the feed ramp, added a long link, fitted a match bushing and made some SERIOUS improvements to the trigger. After I got it back, I added a full length rod and shok-buff, a flat mainspring housing, and a pair of really neat looking smooth grips with hand hammered inlaid brass wire. It now feeds ANYTHING, even upside down, holds an amazingly tight group, and contains any one of a number of McCormick 8shot shooting stars, in "black stainless" that McCormick originally released to us govt/LE at an unbelievably cheap price, probably 20 year ago for what I guess was a "preproduction shake down run." Its been my go to gun for most of those 20 years.