Ok we all have them, dollars may or may not decide if they qualify. Guns that Grandpa and Dad gave you seem to always qualify. Other than the sentimental set asides what is in your collection and will be until someboby offers you about 50 times the replacemnt value.

My list is fairly short, 3 rifles, 3 pistols.
Rifles:
1. my G33/40 in 7x57 my favorite deer rifle
2. my FN in 30-338 my favorite combo rifle
3. my pre 64 375 H&H supergrade for everything else that the other two don't qualify to stop.

Pistols:
1. my 1914 manufactured 1911 commercial Colt
2. First pistol I ever bought was NIB S&W model 59
3. 2nd pistol I ever bought a NIB colt 45 peacemaker 2nd gen.

I have lots of other distractions but the above just aren't for sale. All still get used, they wouldn't be on the list if they weren't in 100% working condition, blueing wear that was earned the hard way doesn't detract in my mind.

I have a feeling I am going to hear about some old pre 64 winchester model 70's chambered in 338 Win Mag, and maybe a D' Arcy or two.

Mods sorry I don't know where this really fits so I picked the mediums as they are in the middle.

The only gun I have that I would'nt sell is my rem nylon 66. I have had it for 21 years and expect to use it for twice that long again. GLW .

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rem nylon 66

1st response out of the box and you pound a soft spot, mine was stolen years ago, and that was a nice 22. have you seen what they cost nowdays? Ouch

I sold 2 or 3 guns before I went off to college. I regret those sales to this day. I have never sold a gun since and can not imagine the situation that I would. I don't have the time to shoot all of them even once a year but don't think I would part with any of them. Unless someone offered me a ridiculous sum of cash but that kind of thing just doesn't happen....at least to me.

John

Sig 220 & 226.
Worked over AR-10 A4 18.5" with suppressor.
Recce length M-4 16" with mid gas system & suppressor.
SPR light sniper rifle, 18.5" with suppressor.

These are family weapons: whoever is going over to Central or Southwest Asia for a tour takes whatever ones he wants, based on unit, area and mission.

lawndart

I also have a Worked Over Remington 700 with a heavy Rock Springs 5R barrel, 20", .308 with a 1:11.25 twist, a 3.25# trigger, a Leupold LR Mk 4 scope and a (of course) suppressor. As a trauma doctor, however, there is no way that I could ever justify taking that over. "So colonel, is that there sniper rifle to defend the mess hall on biscuits and gravy mornings, or just to keep the marines away from your still?"

I have recently sold several very nice pieces and am seriously contemplating selling almost all of my guns as I seldom use most of them, anymore. It's funny, but, I worked like a slave and hunted/waited for years to get most of them, yet, only one has really deep emotional signifigance to me. For example, I wanted a Browning BSS-Sidelock and finally bought an unfired 20 ga. in 1994 and then never fired it, so, I am making a deal withh a guy to sell it.

But, there is this old P-64, yup, a .338 thhat I bought long ago, sold to finance college and re-purchased almost twenty years to the day later. I wouldn't sell that gun for any amount of money and I am NOT wealthy.

I bought a brand new Browning Safari Grade in .30-06 for my 21st birthday in 1967 and used it on my first B.C.Forest Service fire lookout, I sold it in '68 to finance a Biesen FWT. 270 "O'Connor Rifle" and still regret that move. The Biesen rifle is long gone and I don't miss it, but, although I have an identical Safari Grade in my safe which has sat for years without my even looking at it, I would pay serious coin to get my original one back.

It's funny, but, there really is no rational reason for why we get attached to certain rifles. I have four identical P-64s in .338 and yet only one of them means anything to me in emotional terms. We gun nuts are definitely an odd breed....but a good one!

I would live in a cardboard box and eat cat food before I would sell my pre-64 Model 70 30-06 and Browning Auto-5 Sweet 16 that originally belonged to my dad, my grandpa's Superposed 12 ga., my great-grandpa's 16 ga Model 12, and my custom 7x57. All have meaning beyond the quality of the firearm themselves that doesn't have a price. And all except the Model 12 get hunted with.

Jeff

I have long ago wittled my assortment of guns down to those that mean the most to me. Many of the guns I sold were bought simply beacuse I got them at a great bargain.

I do have one gun that I would sell. A .50 Knight T-Bolt Muzzleloader. While I do have an accurate load worked up for it I find that I enjoy shooting and hunting with my self built traditional muzzleloaders (caplocks and flintlock) and my one original Flintlock much more. IF I am going to use a smokepole the Knight just stays in the safe. In fact it is taking up valuable realestate.

All my pistols and shotguns were purchased for very specific reasons. And they are all still performing them and will continue to do so.

I remember reading a story about a guy's .264 magnum.....went something like this:

"A friend liked my .264 because it had pretty wood and he could hit like magic with it. One day he offered me way more than it was worth.....which, of course, means he now owns it."

Only the guns I inherited are not for sale. Of the others, most will wait for someone to offer me way more than they're worth.

The first rifle is better than the first love,I still have that Remington 700 30.06,and I forget what she looked like.Some times you find that perfection and you grab it,my L61R Finnbear 338Mag is one such a thing.The customs are only hobby projects.

My wife. Everything else has a price.

If anyone wants to offer me more money than what I've got into any of my guns, it's for sale.

If I ever had been passed a gun from a mentor, I live in a cardboard box too, before I gave it up...cat food is not that bad, really. The gun or whatever thing comes to represent the memories. But I whore around with anything I buy.

My Father's Remington Model 760, in .30-06 Sprg,
my first model 1911, and my Tikka M695, SS/Laminate, in .25-06 Rem. would live with me
in that cardboard box. Some of the others, would
go for a fair price, and the rest would take an
obscenely high offer. I go through this natural
sorting process, where I buy, I play with them
for awhile, and if I bond with it, it goes in the
not for sale pile. If we do not bond , it goes in the
looking to trade off pile. Right now the "Not
for Sale" pile is much larger than the "Trade
Off" pile. I hear that will change as I get older...
I hope not.

Squeeze

Let's see. The not for sale at any price list

Grandad's M99-R
Great-Grandfather's 1906 M1897 Winchester 12ga
The Infamous Tupperware Special
Ishapore 2A
'43 Tula ex-sniper
CZ-83
LW Commander
Spaghetti 58' Remington copy
M38 Mosin-Nagant, x-mas gift from my wife. She got me started collecting milsurps and guns in general.

The rest of my collection is worth a lot to me, but not much to anyone else except someone that has a weakness for milsurps.

ZM

I guess all my worldly possessions have a price, but several of them have a prices so high that no one will be prepared to pay it. As for my guns, if someone offer enough to let me replace the gun with another even better gun, I am all for it. I think actually that people make too few offers of that kind...

Regards,
Martin

I have a couple of family guns I could not sell. Aside from that it is pretty much a quality thing. Pre 64 Winchesters will stay. I guess the ones I use, ie. target rifles, some non Winchester shotguns, and such would stay. Pretty much anything with a current value of over a 1K qualifies as "quality". I would hang on to my few pistols, they are all quality guns. I do have whole bunch of stuff I never shoot. Some is good stuff, some is just a passing fancy from years ago. I don't shoot or hunt as much as I used to. I lost my regular deer club, my duck club and and had a son. I am seriously consitering reducing my gun stash by more than 50%. That could put 20K in the the bank account. With a stay at home wife and baby boy, it might not be a bad move to make. I am feeling very cluttered from the numbers. I also think having a toddler and guns laying around in closets is a bad move. I have a worry about the authorities finding out about "all the guns" and going ape over a home arsenal. Lots of good reasons to pare down the collection.

I have a few keepers.
Win mod 70 made in 1948 .30-06'
Rem mod 721 made in 1950 .30-06'
Rem mod 700 7 mag stainless 1st year made
Killed my first 6x6 elk with it.
1909 argentine mauser made in 1912 7.65x53
Win mod 70 classic featherweight .270 win
S&W mod 28 Hiway patrolman .357

Lots of others but these are my favorites.

I have a soft spot for the old bolt actions.

Have already passed on my Granddad's M94 in 30-30, my match M1A, .338 Win Mag BAR, and some others that should stay in the family.

The things I's very much prefer not to part with:

pre-64 M70 .338 win mag mountain rifle (krieger bbl, McMillan stock, etc)

.470 NE Searcy dbl rifle

9,3x74R Chapuis dbl rifle w 20 ga. bbls

41M S&W M57 that I've hunted with for almost 40 years

and a small selection of excellent handguns.

I do have a couple of CZ 550s that have performed superbly and have very good Africa memories associated with them. They could be replaced but I'd hate to see them go ... except to my kids.

Everything else could be replaced in better times if that turned out to be necessary. Have two sons that I think will enjoy the collection and hope that will be possible.

My stainless Winchester 70 30-06 would be the last to go.

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except to my kids

I have gotten pretty picky about what gets added to my gun collection in the last few years, buy less, spend more generally.

The whole lot is headed to my sons though. I picked up a Browning Hi Power a year or so back that my youngest immediatly liked, still sits in may safe but I think I owned it less than a month before I gave it to him. The oldest has beat me out of a couple of my Colts. My attitude lately is I am a transitory owner until my sons get a little older and mature, then its all theirs.

My commercial 6.5x54mm M1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine. Will be for sale when they pry my cold hard hands away from it, maybe....

LLS
Mannlicher Collector

I don't have any inherited firearms, so that leaves me pretty open. I have been clearing out the safe lately to pave the way for customizing of some favorites. I'm going to freshen up my pre-64 375 (a definite keeper), and give my RSMs a tune. My RSM 458 Lott is such an accurate rifle and I've had so much fun with it I would be hard pressed to sell it. I have a couple of Sakos (a 25-06 and a 338 Lapua) that have taken game and have many memories associated with them so they're keepers too. The rest are up for grabs

I used to hold onto all my firearms, but I've learned (or rather I am learning!) which ones are really special to me and those I hang onto. Guns that have no emotional ties and I haven't shot in years may need to go to others who will enjoy them!

John

My 7600 carbine is not for sale, everything else would be negotiable.

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Originally posted by vapodog:
I remember reading a story about a guy's .264 magnum.....went something like this:

"A friend liked my .264 because it had pretty wood and he could hit like magic with it. One day he offered me way more than it was worth.....which, of course, means he now owns it."

Only the guns I inherited are not for sale. Of the others, most will wait for someone to offer me way more than they're worth.

Yup. Nosler #3 manual...good quote

Mine is my Classicmark 2 416 WBY MAG

This is a hard one:

My Colt 1911 from 1913 is not for sale! Ever! It was bought by my father in-laws father and has been in all of Finlands wars. Five figure serial nr, pretty good shape and a lot of history.

The Husqvarna M98 in 9.3x62 that boha built for me -a shooter and a pretty gun.

And then there´s my beat up 12 ga Miroku O/U shotgun that looks like hell but it has taken a lot of game -it´s a keeper.

cewe - Let's have a picture of the Husky 9.3 x 62, please.

lawndart

I like to get new things (new to me even though maybe used). So everything is for sale and then I just turn around and buy something else.

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cewe - Let's have a picture of the Husky 9.3 x 62, please.

Pshaw Lawndart, lets see a pic of his 1911!!!!!
Husky are neat, but J Moses Brownind designed that Colt. And Pre WWI versions are darned rare.

Cewe, is it a "C" prefix? On of these days maybe when I am home next month I need to photo shoot mine and post it.

1. My Dad's Remington 742 in 30-06(I never hunt with it but it still isn't for sale.)
2. A ruger #3 in 221(Bought it from one of my best friends before he died of cancer and I do use it a lot)
3. My Springfield 1903 in 338 Win Mag
4. My Mauser 98 in 275 Rigby

There are a few more that I seriously doubt anyone would offer me enough money to part with them but the above four will never be sold.

I'm not into the "collecting" side of guns but there are a few that are "not for sale" in the GHD safes!!!!
1) L.C.Smith 12 ga, Damascus patterns on the barrels but not Damascus barrels!!, 30" choked "full and fuller!!" automatic ejectors, double triggers, solid rib..........ordered from the factory by a friend of my Dad's, dad and then ended up in the hands of my dad when the guy couldn't pay the loan off......I learned to shoot shotguns with this one!! NOT FOR SALE!!!
2) My Grandpa's 1890 Winchester pump, 22 short, octagon barrel, nickel plated rifle. Only one like it I've ever seen!
3) Grandpa's Iver Johnson .410 single barrel
4) Stevens Crackshot 26......the first gun I could ever call my own!! Cost Daddy $7.00 in 1962!!!
Those 4 are not for sale! Will continue down through the family when I am gone!! With a curse put on the recipient if they ever are sold!! Charlie (GHD)

my keepers are-----
300 weatherby lasermark
340 weatherby mark 5
338-378kt w/weatherby action
A-5 12 ga shotguns
rem 541--22 cal pump.

all the rest can go for a reasonsble price.