Aside from his brothers, the Holocaust wiped out my father’s side of the family. He arrived in New York City with a suitcase and . . . that’s it. Over the next six decades he owned one firearm: a Winchester side-by-side shotgun. It was stolen during a burglary and never replaced. Mom was a South African immigrant and as anti-gun as you wanna be (or not). So the only gun-related family relic I own is shown above: a box of Remington shotgun shells. Which means that the most important gun in my collection is the one I wear on my hip. But I bet some of you have family heirlooms that you treasure, or a firearm you purchased that has enormous sentimental value. Spill. What’s the most important – in terms of sentimentality – gun in your collection?
I don’t have any of this ammo, but that’s pretty scary, especially since I let my 6-year-old shoot my M&P 15-22 (supervised, of course).
Sadly, I lost all of mine in a tragic boating fire robbery sale.
Hi, Frank at the NSA! How’re the wife and kids?
nyuk nyuk nyuk 🙂
Yeah, low-hanging fruit is never the sweetest, but it’s always what I reach for first.
Jokes aside, my most treasured heirloom piece is a ’68 FN Browning A-5 in 20ga. I’ve shot a lot of newer and more expensive shotguns, but nothing better by any real measure.
I thought it was Nina, Frank the new guy?
She has the flu that’s going around. Frank’s filling in for her. Didn’t you get the memo?
No, that Nina is a good kid though, she has middle management written all over her, she’s going places.
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You can always just get another cat.
Trump can grab one for you next time he’s out.
Me too
They doing great, thanks for asking! BTW, just a friendly reminder: your anniversary is coming up next week and I don’t think your wife wants the pink roses again. She commented last week to her friend Mary on Skype that she thought fire-and-ice roses looked nice. Try some of those. Oh, your son’s grades in algebra aren’t that great, so don’t be surprised when he brings home the report card. I don’t think another grounding will help. Maybe some afterschool tutoring? Just a suggestion….
hey guy, wife and kids are great! how’s that rash you picked up that ointment for?
I’m confused, if they voted against the the bill last summer, did you mean they voted for it?
Gerou and two House Democrats actually voted against the magazine-limit bill last summer, and there is some hope that they’ll regain their sanity and vote to repeal it.
For the magazine limit is bad
Against is good, correct?
An old Western Field Bolt Action that has been passed down for two generations on my dad’s side of the family. I really look forward to the day I can pass it on to my son.
I have a 1918 made 1911 (pre A1) and a first year Browning A5 (53 I think). Both of which I got from the Step-Father
That definitely wouldn’t be a first year A5, but the mid 50s guns were arguably some of the best A5s FN produced.
Oh man talking about M1911s make my heart flutter. That old mule leg is pretty sweet too.
I own somewhere around 60 guns, but should the house catch fire the only ones I’d walk through fire for would be:
1. My great x3 grandfather’s 1st generation colt SAA artillery model, that he used as a Texas Ranger (D company, frontier battalion), in the indian wars in 1870-71, and pacifying the county in which I reside now (San saba county, Texas). I would also grab the sword he used as a captain of K Co., 9th Texas volunteer infantry, C.S.A. That sword was made in a yankee armory during the war, and somehow made its way into my ancestor’s hands, and eventually into my safe today.
2. My dad’s custom Ruger M77 .270. Old Black has killed more deer that most people will even lay eyes on, and is one of the fastest and most accurate rifles to ever grace human hands.
3. My Great grandfather’s and my first rifle, a Remington improved model 6 takedown.
And if I have the spare hands, my AR-15 and my M1A, because the hordes won’t fight themselves.
I am sorry I am not sentimental about guns (they are tools with a value), and I’m not going to “spill”. For gosh sakes grow a pair… HA HA. However my dad had collected guns that were stolen, never got the ones he still had because of divorce and remarrying. BUT I do enjoy my Glock 26 Gen4, my Ruger MkIII 22 pistol and for deep conceal carry Kahr CM9….
The one that shoots bullets… toward enemies of the constitution… foreign or domestic.
Sounds like your other guns don’t work very well 😛
This is a really tough question…
It’s too late for hinkendumper to change stripes now. Thats a terrible thing to have to keep the pedal to the metal when the “bridge ends here street” is a commin up. Crash & burn hinky,Randy
To answer your question, Robert- is it time to repeal the federal GFSZ act? Yes.
Of course. Its past time.
Its impractical, and like much well-intended legislation, has the perverse opposite effect – another example of the law of unintended consequences.
The GFSZ INCREASES the dange of violence against children, who are packed together in a free-fire zone that the police simply can’t get to in time, unless one is stationed on duty right there. The reason is simple- it restricts the law abiding who would deter the nutcases. This is not an exercise in wishful thinking, its proven fact based on enough examples to matter, to anyone with common sense and intellectual honesty. Look at the Kelly School shooting in Carlsbad, CA, with the Safety Center no more than 2 miles away. Without two brave CIVILIAN workers who bravely charged the guy, on foot and in a pickup, it could have been MUCH MUCH worse.
Add to that the truth that 95% of public school district simply dont have the money for a full-time trained officer, even at the newbie level (typically called the Schools Resource Officer), plus someone to rotate in for him/her sickness, days off, etc)
AT EVERY SCHOOL (at best, some affluent districts, like mine- share a couple across a dozen elementary/middle/high school campuses, so they might be miles away at any given time, and this is easy to predict and plan for, by any determined sociopath, just like at Sandy Hook, Aurora, Columbine…)
So this means its ALL the kids, but especially the POOR KIDS we have all put at MOST RISK, thanks to prog-left beliefs and policies and the denial-of-reality that takes place when belief systems by the Elite-Who-Know-Whats-Best-For-You trump rational thinking.
MS Watts and Mr Bloomberg are smart enough to get this, even if the well-meaning PTA Mommies they market to on FakeBook and Twit4NitWits do not:
Persisting in putting kids in danger is morally repugnant, maybe even evil, if its done in favor of power vs what works,
and if there is a final judgement in heaven, at the end of their days, I suspect they will earn their karma at the slug or bug level, next life.
In the meantime, we just have to keep telling the truth, changing minds one at a time, speaking to School Boards, your Congressional Reps and Senators, and electing enough who “get it” until it can be changed by law.
The one I am carrying right now.
My first lever-action – a Winchester 94 Trapper in .357 Magnum. Horrible sights? Check. Horrible trigger? Yup. But I can shoot that rifle better than just about anything else in the collection. It just fits me right.
I feel the same way about the Winchester 190 that I bought from money earned by mowing yards when I was 9. I shoot that rifle better than any other I own. Not sure which was more dangerous – a 9 year old with a rifle or a 9 year old mowing lawns without any glasses hearing protection and with a 70’s vintage mower. Those were the days.
Single shot 12 gauge. Dad fired one round through it on New Year’s eve 1971. I talked him into giving it to me. I got it all cleaned up so he could put the second round through it exactly 40 years later.
BTW, if you’re going to let a gun sit in a closet for forty years, at least clean the damn cosmoline out of it, thanks….
For 40 years of storage? I’d be thrilled he used cosmoline. Beats rusting.
A pre lock S&W 686. My dad gave it to me.
The one I’m carrying if needed.
The family heirloom we have is a 1937 Krieghoff Luger that belong to my Grandmothers’ father. He was a Stuka pilot in the Luftwaffe but was shot down over the Russian front and was listed MIA / KIA. We have the full matching dress uniform to go with it, along with so much other priceless Nazi memorabilia and stamps and what have you. I’m probably going to be submitting most of it for archiving however, as I dont really have the means to store it long term and I wont have children to give it to.
That’s a really nice pistol. My Grandfather (Mother’s side) brought back a P08 from the war, it was unfortunately stolen from my uncle during a move. I’m very jealous. Nice history too. My wife is German and both of her grandfathers served, the only thing she inherited was a Totenkopf ring with her grandfather’s name inscribed in it. She hates it, I had to convince her of it’s value so she didn’t throw it away.
Please don’t give it to a museum.
Sell or auction to a collector. His history will have a better chance of living on in the hands of a private collector, than as a catalog number in a museum.
Hard to pick a favorite… They are all so cool. I would have to say it’s the 1918 DWM P08 (commonly referred to as a Luger). I wanted to own one since I was a kid, and finally found one in good condition that I could afford. The workmanship is amazing. Every part fits perfectly with the next. It’s more like a fine watch than a firearm.
I own three guns with sentimental value.
1. A Savage .410 single shot I got for Christmas when I was 13.
2. A Remington 870 20 guage I got for Christmas when I was 16.
(Mom and Dad are gone so my only firearm link to them)
3. A Korean War vintage M1 Garand I got from CMP.
(I am honored to own a weapon use in the defense of our Nation).
I have NEVER sold any of my guns but those three will be mine until I die.
Agreed, why would you sell a gun if you still had a dollar in you pocket.
Don’t say “to buy a different one”, because if you made a mistake buying the one you want to sell, you are just as likely to make two more mistakes. When it comes to to gun mistakes, they are the easiest mistakes to live with.
“the handful of Oregon jurisdictions (including Grant and Columbia counties) which routinely issue Oregon CCWs to nonresidents.”
True, but by Oregon law, you have to apply face to face and also RENEW face to face. My permit expires in five months, and I will have to again go to the Grant Co Sheriff’s office to renew (a six hr drive one way). And because it is such a teeny department, renewals for non-resident permits can only be done on Wednesdays by appointment, and there is a three month waiting list. While I appreciate the way Sheriff Palmer lets non-residents get a permit, he is doing nobody a favor by making it so darned hard to renew the thing! He needs to hire another person to process the renewal paperwork in a timely manner. I think I’ll just let mine expire.
John Davies
Spokane WA USA
I would have to say the Mossy 500 12ga pump. Great for home defense and my wife and kids know how to use it when I’m away. Great home defense gun, easy to use and I don’t know of anyone that hears that distint sound that would want to challenge the business end of a 12ga.
My Dad’s Ruger M77 .300 Win. Mag. I killed my first big game animal with it as a kid.
You people have some cool ass stuff.
The Mauser sporter my grandfather built for me out of a very old but still highly functional Gewehr 98.
I wouldn’t hold my breath on Gerou. There is significant bad blood between her and RMGO’s lobbyist from last year.
Any bill that gets out of the Senate won’t make it through the House. Even if it does, there’s no way the governor will sign it.
Elections have consequences. This is a prime example of what happens when gun owners either stay home or don’t use their vote wisely.
And if you can’t “trust” trained school teachers or administrators with your kids safety, or carefully vetted and trained volunteers as “hall monitors”, “lunch noon-dutys”, “playground supervisors” what every they are called at your kids and grandkids, niece and nephews school- then who can you trust?
With school budgets and city fire/police budgets under increasing long-term pressure, (over lavish pay increases in 2000’s post 9/11, under-funded pensions, under-performing investments, denial of reality union politics, and the dismal economy jobs train wreck in slow motion underway)
It isnt going to get better, unless people face the truth. Well trained armed citizens on campus INCREASE safety, and make someone elses liberal school the target.
Sorry to put it that way so cynically, but its the only way to get thru sometimes to these self-obsessed elder yupsters for whom “its all about them”…
Ms Watts gets it. The cool kids all want to be in the hip club…and that doesnt include “the other” no matter how they lie to themselves about it.
Obama gets it- private ARMED security at his kids school, the choice of the elite in DC (Carter, Clinton, Gore, kids all went there, etc etc) is probably the best in the nation, even without the Secret Service.
1954 (I think) Belgian Browning A5 lightweight. My dad’s shotgun my mom bought him before I was born.
Otherwise, it’s my twin Five-seveNs. :>)
“Girl Scouts is not a political organization and we do not advocate on any position. Further, neither girls nor volunteers are allowed to promote another organization in their role with Girl Scouts. When working in an official capacity, both girls and adults are to uphold the Girl Scout Promise and Law in all they say and do.””
I wonder if anyone informed the local Girl Scout Council about the other political activities of the Girl Scouts?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/29/Wendy-Davis-Triggers-National-Boycott-of-Girl-Scout-Cookies
The one I have with me. All the rest were lost in a terrible gardening incident.
My grandfathers pre ww2 High Standard .22lr. I fire a mag through it every year on his birthday. He was and still is the smartest man that I have ever met. His old buck knife is part of my EDC setup and I also have his single shot .410. The pistol is beat to hell and has very little blueing left on it. Although it is rather rare, it is by far the epitome of ”From my cold dead hands” within my collection.
My father’s pre-64 Model 70, .30-06 with a Weaver 4X. It’s a tack driver, and accounted for many a mule deer, a couple of antelope and a moose or two.
Carcano Cavalry Carbine made in 1932. Inherited from Sicilian Grandparents.
Same! With the bayonet? Mine looks like it saw heavy service. Also has some strange roman numerals hand carved into the stock
An old break open single shot that belonged to my father-in-laws father before he went to ww2, some nazi money and his letters to his wife. Priceless!! When my grandfather passed away, we came home from the funeral to find most of his stuff looted from his “family”. The 30-30 he taught me with and was supposed to go to me was gone.
The most important guns to me are the ones I no longer have. That’s a real regret.
I have two. One is a 410 Remington 870 I got 16 years ago as a birthday(8th) present and my first gun.
Another is a double barrel Stevens 511 I bought for 50 bucks covered in multiple layers of spray paint. After tons of hours and lots of chemicals I have reblued and restored it
C’mon Oregon, do the Great Pacific Northwest proud. My wife and I vacation down there regularly. It would be fantastic, if you recognized our WA cpls.
The one i have ammo for.
A Rossi model 62. I asked for a Daisy BB gun when I was 8. Dad said the Daisy would teach me bad habits and the .22 would teach me to respect firearms.
I have my great great grandfathers 1894 Winchester 30-30 which is a dream to shoot…been passed down to every son each generation and I hope to pass it to my son one day 🙂
My grandfather was a paranoid prepper when they were called “children of the Depression.” He was known to have built secret compartments around his house, so after his funeral, my cousin and I (the two oldest) searched the house and found cash, stock certificates, bonds, titles and guns — lots of em — hidden around the house. His ’30-.06 that he used to hunt boar was in a hollowed out rafter. In the bedroom under the closet floor (unbeknownst to my grandma) were three handguns — a Ruger Standard, probably the .38 sp revolver he used to fire in the air on New Years Eve and one other. We also uncovered some 50 cal shells — no idea what those were for — and a mint condition M-1911 wrapped in plastic, probably a WW2 issue he “liberated” from Pearl Harbor’s armory (where he worked) in the chaotic days after the attack — or possibly the one he carried as a National Guardsman.
While my grandfather was a hunter and shooter, he did not pass on his appreciation of guns to his three sons. My father let his youngest brother sell the lot of them for $240. (That figure comes from the $80 my uncle gave my dad, claiming it was his share. I don’t think any of my cousins read TTAG, but in the interest of family harmony, I won’t say what I think of that claim.) This was 1986, I was in high school and no one in my family knew guns or was interested in my grandfather’s impressive cache. That house, where I spent summers in Honolulu, sold last year when my uncle died. Things are things, but it feels odd to have nothing physical from that generation. One of those guns would have been nice.
I only don’t have the heirloom that got away. My dad sold his 357 Python(tuned trigger, custom walnut grips, 4 & 6″ barrells) for $175. This was decades ago & I wasn’t into guns. You don’t know how I wish I had that. Randy
My most “valuable” (sentimental value) is the 100-year-old Marlin No. 29 that belonged to my great-great-aunt (my maternal grandfather’s mother’s sister). Acquired it from my mother a few years ago. Shoots great – I can get 1/2″ groups at 50 feet with really crappy, low-velocity ammo. It was the first firearm my oldest son fired – after I drew what the sight picture should look like, he hit a 4″ target at 50 feet 8 times out of 9.
The most “valuable” (actual day-to-day importance) is the Glock 27 on my hip.
My Walther PPQ is one I’ll never get rid of. It was the gun I chose when I made the decision to concealed carry. My stepdad has the first gun I ever owned. A New England single shot 20 gauge. I think he’s still got it which reminds that I need to see if I can get it back.
The one I wish I still had was my Winchester pump 12 gauge I got when I was 15. I killed my first deer with it and then I sold it when I was about 20.
+1 for the PPQ, it has replaced my G29 as my daily carry.
+ 100 if its the M1
Only the brain dead will feel more comfortable. These people just never cease to amaze with their stupidity.
My dad’s 10/22. He bought it new in 1988.
Winchester Model 70 in .270. The Rifleman’s Rifle.
http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-rifleman-rifle-turns-75/
Inherited from my Vietnam Vet Navy Pilot uncle, g-d rest his soul,
who used it for javelina hunting while stationed in AZ.
Never got the time to go with him and regret it still.
Shoots better than me. It will be passed on in the family.
Lets just say Mad Max didn’t have anything on my Gramps.
The one I’m carrying when they come to take it?
My father’s Winchester Model 22 side by side that he got when he was 12, and gave me when I was in my 20s. Still his gun in my heart. It’s well trained and rarely misses, except for those supersonic doves.
I don’t have any family heirlooms, and have been reworking (upgrading) my lineup of carry guns so my favorites are actually quite new (Glock 20 and Glock 42). However, I do have some emotion regarding my Mosin-Nagant. Not because of anything I’ve done with it, or how long I’ve had it, or even because it’s a particularly good gun. In fact, it could easily be replaced with one of the millions of other Mosins out there and I wouldn’t be bothered.
That gun matters to me because of what it represents. It was made in ’44, and has the hammer and sickle on it. My ancestors fled from men carrying these when they crushed Hungary in 1956. Those guns were among the weapons of a totalitarian ideology that promised that it would rule the world. Today, they can be bought cheaply by the boxful. The country my family took refuge in, with its culture and system of government, triumphed.
Bragging are you?
I have two. First is my Mossberg 142-A bolt .22LR bolt action. It was my grandfather’s in the fifties and then given to my dad in the 90s. We never shot it together but after I joined the military my dad gave it to me because he thought I might get some use from it and appreciate it more than anyone else in the family. Second is my 686. My ex and I purchased one and she took it in the divorce. I loved that gun so I had to replace it and now no one will ever take it from me. I believe I might even be buried with it.
A Winchester bolt action .22 bought new by my great grandfather. Helped keep his stew pot full during the Great Depression, and the first firearm shot by generations of my family (including my daughters).
I inherited about 9 when my father died. Of those, the two that mean the most are the Colt 1911 and Colt 1903, both of which my grandfather carried with him through the second world war, including the battle of the buldge.
For sure the .22 WRF Winchester 1890 from my grandpa. My favorite part is that it’s been passed to the oldest son for the last 90 years or so, but Gramps skipped his kids and gave it straight to me as he thought his eldest would get rid of it.
After many years living in Illinois and going through the FOID card bs and gross lack of convenient shooting ranges, my dad celebrated moving to a 2a-friendly state by purchasing a kimber CDP. I lusted over that pistol for years. My parents surprised me with an identical model as a college graduation gift, engraved with my name across the slide. 2yrs later, my fathers pistol was stolen. He was piiiissed. The while family chipped in and got him a replacement for Christmas, this time with his name across the slide. We both treasure those pistols far above all other guns in the family. Neither of us are marksmen, but boy do we shoot those pistols well.
Most treasured firearm(s) for me come down to:
1939 Remington Model 32 Tournament Grade 12 gauge O/U Trap shotgun that was my grandfather’s
A pre-69 pre-letter serial number Colt Python that my grandfather gave to my mother on her 30th birthday
Series 70 Colt Government Model – the very first 1911 and the first pistol that I purchased
Ha!
I’m don’t think I’ve seen that color/brand around here.
Still going to have to check the ammo cans to be sure. Bummer.
My Grandfather’s Winchester 88 in .243
My most important gun is one I no longer own.
It is my wife’s, and the gun that got her into the shooting sports. And, coincidentally, the reason I have to hide the .45ACP…
That is just too tough to say I have guns that belonged to both parents (and heavily used by both), all four grand parents(ditto), 6 of my 8 great grandparents, and one gun that belonged to a great great great grandfather in the 1700s.
They range from that flintlock right up to a pistol my dad bought the year before he died and never got to shoot. A colt .45 SAA his dad bought from Bannermans in about 1906 that was sold to the US Army in 1876, etcetera etcetera more than 30 of my guns have family history. Like my Mother’s 20ga Winchester model 21 upland bird hunting shotgun bought the year I was born 1948…
How do you select a favorite out of a collection as varied as this?
A .32 Colt revolver from my grandpa. Issued to him during WWII where he patrolled the US’s Southern border, it’s in great shape all in all.
there’s a couple – unfortunately i haven’t been able to shoot all of them yet.
my dad recently gave me my grandpa’s M1 Carbine, i still have to clean it and take it to the range.
the two drillings i have – beautiful firearms and one’s black powder 🙂
the Steyr M95 from 1903 – that’s my hunting rifle right now
A Springfield Armory USGI 1911 my dad gifted me when I was 18. It’s not super rare or anything but it’s one I’ll always keep and never sell.
First gun I ever owned.
I returned the favor just recently by gifting him a S&W Model 10. It’s the first gun he’s ever owned.
I have gotten a lot of guns from relatives over the years but my most cherished is a Smith and Wesson registered .357 magnum from the 1930’s that I inherited from my grandfather. It was the first revolver that I ever shot.
“Since women are directly responsible for every evil act ever perpetrated by any human — only natural that some would feel compelled to try and do something about the problems they created.”
I work in downtown Chicago, and I have been pleasantly surprised by how few businesses have posted these signs. It may be laziness since no permits have been issued yet, but I have only counted a handful of signs in the Loop. Unfortunately, one of them is on the building in which I work. 🙁
Wow, my feet are cold. Hell musta froze over.
Laugh – funny!
My Father-in-Law purchased a Golden Boy for my first son when he was born. When my second son was born, he purchased a second Golden Boy. I think I need to have more sons.
There’s no link to email support.
Fixed.
A side by side Damascus barreled 12 gauge of my great grandfather. Stopped shooting it when I was 14 because I was told it was going to be dangerous, even with light loads. There are a couple nonfunctioning 10 gauges that my Great Grandfather owned. Legend has it he would prop himself against a tree to shoot things because he was such a small statured man.
Ironic timing, I travel often for work and have pussyfooted around the idea of bringing a carry gun in states that honor my permit. I have a trip to TX coming up in early Feb. and have scoured the TSA regs to make sure I have all my ducks in a row before I give it a go. I’ll take this as a good omen.
Flying With Your Guns Revisited, by yours truly.
FNH SCAR-H, it was left to me by a friend who passed away.
I am a collector so all of mine are sentimental.
A LOT of good info. I hope to someday have the time, money and place to shoot that will allow me to confirm/refute what you’ve posted. I’m assuming that you’ve enjoyed yourself compiling the data, and in the long run that is probably what mattered most.
An Ithaca single shot 20 ga (lever opening) that my ole man bought me when I was 15. I spent the best part of my mid teens to early 20’s humping that thing around the mountains of NE PA, killing untold numbers of squirrels, rabbits, grouse and a handful of game land stocked pheasants.
He probably bought it (from a neighbor who didn’t hunt anymore) for me for Christmas for probably 100 bucks or less. He made me sign a contract that had the 4 rules on them that stated I would learn and always abide by them.
It’s rust speckled from not being cleaned well enough, the front sight broke off when a friend bumped it over from leaning against the wall when we were about to head out for a hunt and it’s probably worth less than half of what he got it for nearly 20 yrs ago, but I’ll never sell it, and God willing, my son will shoot his first squirrel with it as well.
When I was a wee lad, my father took me to the range and handed me my first gun, a Marlin Model 60 .22LR. He taught me how to shoot and how to respect a firearm with that rifle. My dad and I were never really close except for a handful of bonding moments. All through high school, college and my first decade as a family man I never had a firearm in the house. Not because of any aversion to it, but it just wasn’t a “priority” for me. I few years ago I decided to re-embrace my 2A right and have since acquired my CCW began to walk the path and take responsibility for my family’s safety. Recently I needed a .22 rifle to qualify at I local range and asked my dad to loan me his Ruger. He flatly said no, ha. Then came out of his room with my old Marlin. The moment I held it again a great forgotten moment came back to me in perfect clarity. Amazingly, an hours effort of cleaning and a little oil brought it back to nearly pristine condition. This will be the rifle my kids learn on (this spring!) and I hope to add to the legacy I almost lost.
Every state I’ve driven though recognizes my WA CPL, even California. They just don’t know it.
Well, my ACR was my “white whale.” I read about the Masada when I was in Iraq and glared at my issued M16. It took a trip to Afghanistan to get it but I finally did, I rule.
I guess they’re all special. My Kimber SIS is probably going to go to my kid when he graduates college/basic/ranger/med school or whatever significant moment he might have. I’ve had some work done to it to personalize it. In retrospect, however, I would have gone with a more basic model than the SIS model. I was new to the gun buying thing and fell for the Guns&Ammo magazine article.
I guess there are still some Peace Officers out there. I called and left a message of gratitude to him for honoring his oath.
FBI weighed in: its a federal crime to attempt a board in aircraft with a firearm. Before that point, it’s a State offense.
My Sig Sauer P226 9mm, one of two guns I used the first time I ever shot with my father. Technically the first gun I ever shot with him was an H&K USP, but the trip to the range was to fire a few guns to decide which one from his collection he would give me and the Sig won out over the H&K.
The first gun he gave me was a Stoeger Condor 20ga, but that doesn’t have the sentimental value of the Sig.
Mine would probably be an old S&W Model 36 that I traded an old motorcycle for. I’m looking forward to the day I can teach my son how to shoot. Hopefully someday he will value my collection as much as, if not, more than I do now.
My dad’s Colt Gold Cup. It’s the pistol that he used to teach me how to shoot a handgun more than 30 years ago. The bluing is worn thin, no part of it has not been modified, and it requires a steady diet of hand loaded semi-wadcutters to really fall within its sweet spot. Every time I shoot it, it feels like a reunion with an old friend.
This person is carrying conceal, if they didn’t check his backpack they wouldn’t have know there was a gun. I believe if you have a permit to carry conceal then you have been trusted by the courts, had background checks , finger prints, photo, and met all he criteria ,so it shouldn’t be illegal to carry anywhere. You are a LEGAL GUN OWNER!!!
Plus I don’t get it,,,, its sad that kids can’t say the pledge in school because of the word God we trust and those that argue about their beliefs or religion, so why is a church function going on in a school in the first place?
the Obama administration will likely make sure the cartels (freedom fighters) are well armed.
the Obama administration will likely make sure the cartels
(freedom fighters)are well armed.FIFY. You can count on Uncle to pick the last horse every time.
Since this has not been reported in any of our media news, how do we know this is true? On the flip side, who believes anything the major media reports after they have gotten permission from O’Bummer.
“The Beaver State is a real party-pooper on reciprocity because Washington and Idaho recognize Oregon CCWs, but Oregon doesn’t recognize theirs.”
Washington doesn’t recognize Oregon’s CHL.
I don’t watch much network news anymore (or dead-tree media either), but have any of them started carrying it yet? Or Obama’s gun walking to the drug cartels? Or of him backing the government criminals?
I know the Mexican journalists covering the story have almost all been executed, but why would US journalist not cover it? The only reason I can think of is that maybe they’re in bed with the Obama administration.
Sorry: Posted while upstream Jeff_M was posting.
maybe they’re in bed with the Obama administration
I’m shocked — shocked! — at the very suggestion that the media is in the tank for the Democrats.
The most important gun I own? All of them.
My personal favorite? My Marlin 336 .30-30. I love shooting that thing.
As for heirloom pieces, there aren’t any to speak of.
I come from a rural area where guns are necessary tools and everyone has at least one. My dad still has the same Glenfield bolt-action .22 he bought when he got home from Vietnam, but that’s all it ever has been — a rarely used and uncared-for tool in the back of the closet. He’s not anti by any stretch, but he doesn’t really like guns (though he won a marksmanship award in basic training). No more sentimental value in it than in his favorite hammer. Actually, less; that hammer is older than I am, it has built three of our family’s homes, and I’d consider it an honor to have it passed on to me one day.
My guns aren’t fancy or expensive, but they’re solid pieces and I’m taking care of them with the aim of passing them all on to my son a few decades from now. I’m pretty sure he’ll appreciate them (as he does now).
What a stupid way to do things in a nation. Hey, let’s figure out if we can drive through NY to get to VT by seeing if NY recognizes my driver’s license from MD!
Winchester bolt-action single-shot .22. It’s been handed down from my paternal grandfather, who bought it in 1928, through my father and uncle to me. It’s what I learned to shoot on, then became my first firearm. It’s what I dragged through the woods during high school, sniping squirrels and crows. The ejector is broke, the rifling so worn it’s not really visible, the stock refinished innumerable times. It is my very favorite gun.
I seem to remember reading something somewhere that talks about this kind of thing. I think it started like….”A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state…”
I just can not remember the end. I think it had something to do with gun registration and single shot muskets for hunting or something.
Those hooligans, overthrowing a repressive corrupt gubment, when will the insanity end. Thank goodness we have an of the people by the people government & aren’t governed by an asshat dictator. Word to the Mexican Patriots, I don’t think your dictators “how to serve Mexican rebels” means what you think it means, Randy
My grandfathers 1956 FN Auto 5 12 ga. which is in my brother’s care right now.
I have a lot of very fine firearms, and my first inclination was to say ‘all of them’. There are no ‘heirlooms’ from our family and no emotin’ attachments. My duty Smith Model 66 would be second in line, but the historical heritage aspect of a fully true original M-1 Carbine stands out.
Very lightly used, neither altered nor rehabbed, 1943 DTD and S/N Inland M-1 Carbine (w/flip peep sight and no bayonet lug of course) wearing original low stock and sling is probably the most important gun I own from an heirloom perspective. A gem of a find on consignment at a LGS sold by its heir who likely cared less about this apparent family heirloom other than how much it was worth.
I put 20 rounds through it B4 buying to verify its cycling and my assessment. Dead on accurate and smooth as expected for near new mil. spec. with no detectable muzzle wear. Its history is a secret to me and it probably saw zero battle action, but that’s ok. It’s now in the hands of someone who appreciates such a gem, as does my son. It will likely never be fired again; I bought (and shoot) a “Mil-Spec” and a “Scout” M-1 from Fulton Armory just so I would never be tempted.
For security, just as stated in the article, the weapon I’m carrying is the most important firearm I own.
I have an old Winchester bolt-action .22 rifle that my grandfather carried with him on horseback while he herded cattle in Texas back when they used to do that sort of thing. It’s pretty beat up and spits at you when you fire it, but it’s the most accurate rifle I’ve had my hands on (not that I’ve had many). Something about watching my kids fire their Great-Grandpa’s rifle and hit the bulls-eye that puts a smile on my face. I know it would his, if he were still around. I know he bagged a bunch of coyotes with that thing back when they’d pay for the ears.
Aren’t the legislature and the governor already behind the extension? If they are, who gives a shit what CAGV think, or whether or not they’re in favor of the extension?
Phrased differently, if the extension is likely to happen with or without their support, why would anyone offer them anything in exchange for that support? That’s like offering my neighbor free beer so he’ll let me go to the grocery store. It’s nonsensical.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=clKi92j6eLE
It’s a tie between my grandfathers government model and his model 70 feather weight in 30-06. I personally have enjoyed the model 70 the most in terms of actual use, however I’d grab the government model in a house fire.
To the CT gun owner… don’t do it.
“Billy Jack” in true life form.
Although now I often carry an XD model, I’ve long carried 1911 format pistols in various forms. I became a big fan of the Para Ordnance (now Para USA) LDA system, which to me provided a safer carry mode (than a regular 1911), 1911 ergos, and no particular downside.
The Para PDA has turned out to be a great carry pistol. Mine, in 9mm is a 8+1 model, and size-wise compares quite favorably with the new crop of subcompacts, like the XDs (which I also own). If you like 1911 goodness, the PDA (now called the “LDA Agent” I believe) is worth a look, and at an MSRP of $1025 is a solid value.
Adam from Idaho mentioned that he got help with his permit because of a DD-214.
First time I have heard that a DD-214 had anything to do with getting a permit. When I got mine, no one asked me if I had a DD-214, or if I was ever in the service, At least that’s the way I remember it.
Can anyone here elaborate?
I’m willing to pay a little more for better quality… but not that price for this. If I were competing in olympic shooting then 3,000 would be fine but this still wouldn’t be the gun.
Citizens tend to get the governments they deserve. If peaceful protesting is as far as the Brazillians are willing to go, then I have no pity for them. Same goes for the United States. If we allow our burgeoning monarchy to continue to go unchecked, other than the sheep-like bleating we’ve heard so far, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. Our Forefathers would likely be shooting by now…
Nice pic of bicycle girl episode one of TWD.
Ok ok I am not a zombie fanatic, but can we say it harmed the gun industry? Nah, it probably helped spawn a bunch of new young shooters. And that is a good thing.
So carry on…
Well, as an actual zombie fanatic, I can honestly say that I became curious about firearms at a very young age because of this phenomenon. I’m sure hippy George Romero didn’t intend this, but my earliest memories about guns are not from cowboy movies or cop shows but this scene of his;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4eJEFuZD1M
Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead grabbed me like no other zombie flicks. To this day, one of my favorite movie quotes is Peter in that scene. “Ain’t it a crime. The only person that could miss with this is the sucka with the bread to buy it.”
Does anyone have a breakdown of the murder rates for Brazil’s barrios, wealthy areas and rural areas?
There has been alot of criticism surround the fact that kids watch too many video games & live in the lands of make believe. This fact has been considered in the number of youth now shooting up the schools they attend. Then some of the adults resort to the Zombie craze?? I wonder where the kids ever got that idea?!?!
I believe it was Taurus that laser engraved Zombie Slayer on the cylinder of one of their revolvers,,,, and Hornady has Zombie Killer bullets too,,,, I wonder how big of a three ring circus a prosecuting attorney will turn that into?
Sorry,,,,, I refrain. YMMV.
The zombie thing is no sillier than the post-apocalyptic Mad Max prepper thing. There’s a lot of anxiety out there, and people are just trying to deal with it somehow. We’ve all got a little Walter Mitty in us, especially gun guys. The same guys who laugh at zombie crap will take a “carbine class” as if they’re going to be dropping Tangoes in the ‘Stan.
Really glad I don’t live in Connecticut.
Thank you Cliff, I thoroughly enjoyed this article, quite possibly one of the best I have read so far on TTAG. Your thoughts on the benefits of the zombie fad very closely echo my own. I kind of like the zombie meme in a light hearted, joking sense. Many of the programs, books and movies dedicated to the ZA are quite entertaining. I totally agree that if it gets people interested in firearms, self sufficiency and survival/preparedness, what harm can it be? Let the kids have fun.
To all of the people that are saying that the ZA aficionados are making the Pro-2A crowd look like nut jobs with serious mental issues, intent on going on a shooting spree: what do you think they think about us already?
On a totally different note, the Hornady Z-Max .223 ammo is fantastic for varmint hunting. I don’t care what color the box is.
All I read was:
“…the act burdens the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights, it is substantially related to the important governmental interest…”
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