The one you wouldn't sell.................

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So, I've got a few content related questions/posts in the queue for consideration. I started with the, "...........Innovations........." thread and now this one:

Which one of yours right now would you NOT sell, just wouldn't do it?!? I'm not necessarily talking about one that might have some sentimental value, but just one (or list your top 3) that you wouldn't turn lose. I'll start:

I would be very, very, very hard pressed to sell my pre-lock, 3" SW model 337. Maybe hot on its heals would be my NIB Walther TPH. What about you guys and gals??
 
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1) Rohm 22LR revolver. 40 or so years old. My dad taught my brother and myself how to shoot with it. It's worn out and wouldn't bring $10. Wouldn't sell it for a million.

2) Colt 1911 that my wife bought me for my 40th bday. I don't even like 1911's as a rule, but this one will stay.

3) Glock 19x. It's a boring Glock, but for whatever reason I love it. Gets more range use than any other handgun I own, by a large margin.
 
My Walter PPX, Marlin 336, EAA Tanfoglio 10mm
 
Nothin super fancy or collectible, but Ive got a CZ SP-01 Tactical that noone would pay what Ive got in it. It would take me several hours and a few dollars to restore it to factory condition...and Im just flat out too lazy to do it lol.
 
For purely practical reasons....

G34 with Zev Dragonfly slide and an RMR on it. It's freakishly accurate and stupid fun to shoot. And as light as my G19


For sentimental reasons......

Remington Model 31 12 ga. I inherited from my Dad.
 
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Sentimental reasons:

Mossberg 835. Pop bought it around 30 or so years ago when we started to have to use steel shot for duck hunting as it could chamber 3.5 inch shells. Now it’s followed me through deer/squirrel/rabbit/trap/skeet and rainy and cold days on the marsh.

Ruger Single Six flat gate from 57. Grandfather bought it, messed around with it a lot. I think he put a bullet through my grandmothers dresser with it while practicing fast draw. He roughly etched his initials on it and I think used it as a hammer once. But it shoots like a laser beam and still brings me a smile.

Walter PPKs. Again, nothing fancy, nothing inherently special about it. It’s a S&W version even. But a forum member a few years ago sold it to me, drove it all the way to me, and had lunch with me just because I wanted it and he wanted it to have a good home. Gave me an extremely good deal on it as well. But it’s a reminder of the friendships I’ve made here on this page.

Geez I could go on and on…it’s amazing what “value” this pieces of iron, wood, and polymer can carry with them.


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Not a single damn one of them. I'll never sell any gun I own. Well, except for that junk single shot 22lr that's broken. Whenever any local sheriff's office has a buy back, I'm selling that one. I'll super glue the broken part back on. Not like they'll know the difference.
 
RR said:
For purely practical reasons....

G34 with Zev Dragonfly slide and an RMR on it. It's freakishly accurate and stupid fun to shoot. And as light as my G19


For sentimental reasons......

Remington Model 31 12 ga. I inherited from my Dad.
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My dad had one. My brother got the shotgun, I got his rifle.

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Winchester Model 70, .257 Roberts that my dad bought new. Serial number under 17,000 puts it at a 1938 manufacture date. Only place this one will go will be to my son and he knows it.

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Only one.........well.....got couple that have some sentimental value.....given to me by my late Father.

But from the accumulation, there is only one I would not sell. A one of 25 Melonite, S&W 4566. LE Sales rep sample. With forward slide serrations. Rare bird.

Mine is WELL USED. Holster wear and wear from me shooting it. I found out about these from a LE sales flyer my local Police supply had, in 1991. Spent the next 24 years looking for one. And it was well worth the search AND the tariff when finally found. Yup, would not sell THAT one. ;)
 
SP101. Fits me perfectly; trigger and springs worked to perfection; modest recoil and it hits where I point it. Not to say I don’t love some other ones but it’s the one I’d grab if I could grab only one.
 
They are all tools. Some have more sentimental value than others. The 2 I would neve part with are my first BHP which was customized by Jim West of Wild West Guns and my P228.

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Gator said:
Winchester Model 70, .257 Roberts that my dad bought new. Serial number under 17,000 puts it at a 1938 manufacture date. Only place this one will go will be to my son and he knows it.

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That is not only an early Model 70 … that an early .257 Bob firearm period. I love that round too!
 
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since Sentimental is not a stipulation,
and Only One is obligatory:

Kahr K40.
just plain shoots
where i aim it.
cannot explain it.
has done it from day one.
 
1. Colt Ace 22
2. 1932 BB gun
3. original model 1842 Belgian Musket 69 cal (manufactured in 1862 for the civil war)
 
Two guns my parents gave me as presents. A Remington 870 Wingmaster 16 gauge for Christmas when I was 16 years old, and a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Magnum for Christmas when I was 18. First one was 12/25/1970, second one two years later. I shot lots of dove, quail and ducks with that 870.
 
I have two that will not be sold while I'm alive.
A Sears Ted Williams double barrel shotgun that was my grandfather's. He took a lot of turkeys with that thing.
And my MP40. The one gun I wanted since I was a little kid watching war movies.
 
pee wee said:
Similar here, grandad's bring back from Germany.

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My grandpa served in the pacific and brought the 1911 home. He said he hadn’t had it long as his original was replaced for some reason. A family friend gave me this one that came back from Germany. Unfortunately, they didn’t have much history on it other than it went through a house fire back in the 70’s.
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I don’t think I own a single gun that I WOULDNT sell for the right price. None have any sentimental value. None are unobtanium, physically irreplaceable, collectible, or rare. If I sold one I really liked, I’d just go buy another.
 
dmarbell said:
Two guns my parents gave me as presents. A Remington 870 Wingmaster 16 gauge for Christmas when I was 16 years old, and a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Magnum for Christmas when I was 18. First one was 12/25/1970, second one two years later. I shot lots of dove, quail and ducks with that 870.
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Don’t forget the engraved Nylon 66
 
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Don’t forget the engraved Nylon 66
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Yep, forgot all about that one. I think that was my 18th birthday gun, black nylon with open sights. I later put a small scope on it and shot a few squirrels with it.

My brother got most of Dad's guns. They are mostly old relics, useless on their face, but can't be sold for sentimental reasons. 10 gauge LC Smith with rabbit ears, 32 caliber rimfire octagonal barrel single shot.
 
dmarbell said:
Yep, forgot all about that one. I think that was my 18th birthday gun, black nylon with open sights. I later put a small scope on it and shot a few squirrels with it.

My brother got most of Dad's guns. They are mostly old relics, useless on their face, but can't be sold for sentimental reasons. 10 gauge LC Smith with rabbit ears, 32 caliber rimfire octagonal barrel single shot.
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And the family Colt, that was my dad’s, then mine, then yours, then mine again, and now my son’s.
 
My PPQ M1, it came back to me in a circle of a few sales from this site and now im not allowed to get rid of it
“if you love something let it go and if it comes back it was meant to be”
This gun was meant to be mine
 
I need to add one.

Stevens Model 416 US Property -
It was given to me by my Father in Law about 40 years ago. He purchased it soon after WWII for $25 dollars if I remember correctly. Have it written down it my log book. Just to lazy to go look it up. He trained with one in boot camp and liked it.
 
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