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If you could only own two guns?
- Thread starter smitherians
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There is no need to make this a serious question. Sometimes the idea of evaluating your needs or wants is fun. Over the last many years I have bought guns for fun, because I could or because I decided I had to have them because they were the newest thing. Many were sold later as bad choices.
I think a thread like this gives us the opportunity to take a look at what we have, or want or need. "What if" happens everyday. What if you had a fire? What if you had a hurricane or flood, or whatever, what would you grab/save or what if you lost your job, as I have, and had to sell toys(guns) to feed the family for a while? It isn't always politics. Sometimes it is necessity.
Sometimes it is nothing more than a chance to think about our favorites. The question is for fun and the OP's curiosity. So that is my $.02 worth. So what would I save or keep?
Rifles: .308 bolt gun of some kind, probably a Ruger and a .22 bolt gun
Handguns: 1911 Commander type and a .45 Colt SA
One ea: Ruger Gunsite .308 or Hawkeye Compact .308 and a Ruger MkII .22 auto
Will I change my mind next week, probably. But I enjoy figuring it out and having some fun doing it.
I think a thread like this gives us the opportunity to take a look at what we have, or want or need. "What if" happens everyday. What if you had a fire? What if you had a hurricane or flood, or whatever, what would you grab/save or what if you lost your job, as I have, and had to sell toys(guns) to feed the family for a while? It isn't always politics. Sometimes it is necessity.
Sometimes it is nothing more than a chance to think about our favorites. The question is for fun and the OP's curiosity. So that is my $.02 worth. So what would I save or keep?
Rifles: .308 bolt gun of some kind, probably a Ruger and a .22 bolt gun
Handguns: 1911 Commander type and a .45 Colt SA
One ea: Ruger Gunsite .308 or Hawkeye Compact .308 and a Ruger MkII .22 auto
Will I change my mind next week, probably. But I enjoy figuring it out and having some fun doing it.
There was a time in my life when I only had two guns: a Winchester 94 in .30-30 and an Ithaca 49 single shot .22. They were holdovers from a previous life and probably an acceptable "two guns only scenario". The 94 has still 'never' been fired.
The most recent two would also probably be adequate in the "two guns only scenario": an FEG Hi-power clone and a Marlin 39A
Or the "two guns, but more choices scenario": Two Savage 24's, one in .30-30/20 gauge and one in .22/.410
Two guns for each person in the household? Even more possibilities! Gotta love a big family.
The most recent two would also probably be adequate in the "two guns only scenario": an FEG Hi-power clone and a Marlin 39A
Or the "two guns, but more choices scenario": Two Savage 24's, one in .30-30/20 gauge and one in .22/.410
Two guns for each person in the household? Even more possibilities! Gotta love a big family.
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The second semi-auto rifle I've ever bought was the SKS, back in spring of '08 (age 52).
The cheap ammo and this rifle type's overall value attracted me, but the fact that our many far-left Dems don't want citizens to have them was tasty, sweet icing on the cake. This made an SKS (or VZ-58, AK clone, AR etc) even more appealing.
This "icing" could not be separated from the desire to have a first rifle in this general category.
The cheap ammo and this rifle type's overall value attracted me, but the fact that our many far-left Dems don't want citizens to have them was tasty, sweet icing on the cake. This made an SKS (or VZ-58, AK clone, AR etc) even more appealing.
This "icing" could not be separated from the desire to have a first rifle in this general category.
Real hard choices...
The 1911 70-series Combat Commander @.45acp. Barrel and mag set-up to allow .22LR. AND, if it will operate as a drop-in, a 9mmP OR .38 Super barrel. Lived too long in a state where pistol ownership was not encouraged so never again Godwilling shall I be without a good pistol. The Ruger combo revolver in .45acp/.45 Colt would work too, just bulky to carry concealed.
The second weapon presents a problem- need something that can reach out beyond 100 yards, AND something to hunt with.
An old neighbor guy had a beautiful German dreilling he snagged after ww2 in Germany. It was as I recall, two 16 ga barrels with a rifle stacked between and over the double bbls either 8mm or 9.3 Mauser. (memory fails at the details). A weighty hunting weapon but would cover the bases of various game and hunting situations.
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Another second gun (since dreillings are classic and very collectable guns and hard to find) would be an Remington 1100 or 11-87 auto, or an 870 pump with extended mag tube, to use or to change out when hunting regs require.
Being taught originally to shotgun hunt in the deer-woods of Michigan, I saw 870 barrels dedicated to rifle sights (or scope), the barrels having a slow twist rifling to stabilise slugs. Judging by as many I saw, they must work well enuf at least in the closer ranges. Of course, with the extended shell-tube and shorter barrel installed, the trusty Remington makes a useful defensive weapon. I dunno if the Remmie autos can swap barrels and tubes so easily but if so I'd prefer the semi-auto.
The 1911 70-series Combat Commander @.45acp. Barrel and mag set-up to allow .22LR. AND, if it will operate as a drop-in, a 9mmP OR .38 Super barrel. Lived too long in a state where pistol ownership was not encouraged so never again Godwilling shall I be without a good pistol. The Ruger combo revolver in .45acp/.45 Colt would work too, just bulky to carry concealed.
The second weapon presents a problem- need something that can reach out beyond 100 yards, AND something to hunt with.
An old neighbor guy had a beautiful German dreilling he snagged after ww2 in Germany. It was as I recall, two 16 ga barrels with a rifle stacked between and over the double bbls either 8mm or 9.3 Mauser. (memory fails at the details). A weighty hunting weapon but would cover the bases of various game and hunting situations.
<OR>
Another second gun (since dreillings are classic and very collectable guns and hard to find) would be an Remington 1100 or 11-87 auto, or an 870 pump with extended mag tube, to use or to change out when hunting regs require.
Being taught originally to shotgun hunt in the deer-woods of Michigan, I saw 870 barrels dedicated to rifle sights (or scope), the barrels having a slow twist rifling to stabilise slugs. Judging by as many I saw, they must work well enuf at least in the closer ranges. Of course, with the extended shell-tube and shorter barrel installed, the trusty Remington makes a useful defensive weapon. I dunno if the Remmie autos can swap barrels and tubes so easily but if so I'd prefer the semi-auto.
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