Most interesting (and rare) - Tough one, depends on your taste. I guess mine would be my 1932 Winchester 60A Sporter .22 rifle. I learned how to shoot rifles with one of these.

Most powerful - Easy. 10mm. It lays waste to worlds and will rip Zeus a new butthole!

Difficult to find - That would have to go to the 60A again. Very few of the Sporters made in '32

Most concealable - Shield 45

Most sentimental - Mossberg 46B(b). Dad gave it to me when I was 16, it has survived 38 years of selling and trading I've done, and has consistently out shot any other 22 rifle I have had.

Most expensive - Colt M4A1. After ACOG, DD rail, tax stamp, and everything else, it is comfortably my most expensive one.

3. 12 gauge or .45acp
5. P365

1. US M-1 Carbine
3. .30-06
4. Remington 700 Classic in 6.5x55mm
5. Glock 42
6. J.C. Higgins .410 bore single shot

quote:

Originally posted by Freq Geek:
It's odd that people think more posts = more trust. No one here knows anyone else.

False. It's very common that the long-term members know each other outside Sigforum. I've communicated off-forum with dozens, shot with dozens, dined with over a dozen, motorcycled, etc. It's one of the things that makes Sigforum different.

As far as your original post:
1. Most Interesting - I have an Iver Johnson revolver my grandfather received as a gift when he was in his 20s
2. Most Rare - same as 1
3. Most Powerful cartridge - 454 casull for handgun; 338 Win Mag for rifle
4. Most Difficult to Find - same as 1
5. Most Concealable - I have a Kahr 9mm
6. Most Sentimental - same as 1
7. Most Expensive - my MK12 clone

Most Difficult to Find has to be a new Colt Single Action Army. I am more likely to find a mermaid next time I scuba dive.
Most Interesting and Sentimental - 1992 Colt Mark IV Series 80 Chambered in 9mm
Most Concealable is the P238
Rare and Expensive dont exist in my collection.
Everything else is good standard stuff.

Of course, I miss all of them after the boating accident. I just wish I had insurance...

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Manners, gentlemen.

We display our firearms here ever day.

Wariness and a healthy skepticism are advisable in most aspects of life, but if the feds want to inventory our collections, they have but to look at posts here; no need for them to register and ask.

If you don't wish to participate, then simply don't respond. There is nothing about the OP's post which concerns me.

These stories and pictures are incredible. Guns, and the people associated with them, have deeply personal connections for us.

Some of my fondest memories revolve around guns. I have many stories from plinking, hunting and competition. Some of the people are no longer here.

I'm thankful for the good times that I've had shooting.

1. Most Interesting
Spas-12, because it’s crazy complex and carries some cultural icon status.


2. Most Rare

Winchester 94 pre-64, not TOO rare but my most rare.



3. Most Powerful cartridge

Marlin 1895 45-70. Took 3 deer this year.

4. Most Difficult to Find

Probably the SPAS or the Winchester previously posted.

5. Most Concealable

Ruger LCP

6. Most Sentimental

Definitely the SPAS, I remember as young as 3 with my dad and he had it, I always thought it was the coolest gun I ever saw.

7. Most Expensive

Not in terms of base cost, but as built my 12.5” AR is currently the most expensive firearms I own. I won’t post price, but it’s well equipped.

I’d say I really only have two categories of the list as I don’t own anything exotic or really fancy.

Most concealable would be my Ruger LCP but I don’t really like .380 so the next most concealable I do carry a lot as a backup gun is my Sig P938.

Most sentimental would be three guns given to me by my late father. The first was the first gun an ever owned in my life and was a S&W semi-automatic 20 gauge shotgun given to me when I was 8 years old. Then when I was 18 and became an armed patrol security officer, my dad gave me a S&W .38 Special revolver for duty carry. When he passed, I received a bare bones original type AR-15 which I will never modify. It is the only one I own with a carry handle as all of my others are modern versions. I will never sell any of the guns I got from my dad.

I'll go with "most rare."

Confederate Inventory Numbered and Imported Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket

The Confederate central government received 30,000 "Long Enfields" as part of the 2nd Sinclair, Hamilton & Company contract in the fall of 1861, with deliveries completed by the spring of the following year.

These guns were inventory numbered on their buttplate tangs from 1 to 10,000 with the addition of the suffix "A" below the number for the guns in the second group of 10,000 and the suffix "B" for the guns in the third group of 10,000.

This gun was part of the first 10,000 guns delivered under that contract. A database of surviving Confederate numbered Enfields from this contract indicates that roughly 1% of the guns delivered are known to survive today, with approximately 300 in private and institutional collections.

A total of 21 surviving guns are known in the 8XXX range from that contract, with four of those being delivered by the London gunmaker E.P. Bond.

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Originally posted by Freq Geek:
Let's see your "MOST" list of guns. One gun may satisfy several categories. By that I mean:
1. Most Interesting — Czech Duo 6.35mm with German 1944 markings
2. Most Rare — Reising .22LR
3. Most Powerful cartridge — .45 ACP
4. Most Difficult to Find — IDK
5. Most Concealable — Beretta Bobcat .22LR or AMT .380 ACP
6. Most Sentimental — Ruger SP-101 2 1/4” .357; it was my Dad’s EDC.
7. Most Expensive — Sig Model 556 ER
“Fishgill” rifle

Added:
8. Most Fun — Ruger Mk IV 22/45 with DeadAir Mask

If you think of other 'mosts', show them also.

And welcome to the forum!

1. Most Interesting :flintlock rifle
2. Most Rare. : n/a
3. Most Powerful cartridge :303 British
4. Most Difficult to Find. : n/a
5. Most Concealable. :S&W 380 bodyguard
6. Most Sentimental. :S&W Victory model my grandfather carried in WWII
7. Most Expensive. :my grandfathers revolver-priceless, STI Edge in 40s&w

8. Most Fun. : suppressed 22 bolt gun/suppressed Ruger MKIII 22/45 absolutely Hollywood quiet

couple more
Colt45 1st gen long flute cyl w carved ivories



44 mag, 4 screw pre model mark, 4" w/ cokes



4" Python nickel


Ruger Ranch with carved stock and S&W 617 4" .22lr w/combats


4 and 5 screw K22s

Just curious, but how does one shrink the size of an image in order that it's not necessary to scroll right to see the picture?

I tried to post an image once but that sucker was huuge.

HK 300
9.7 condition

quote:

Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Just curious, but how does one shrink the size of an image in order that it's not necessary to scroll right to see the picture?

There are various ways, but the most convenient one to me is using https://postimages.org, which gives you the option to resize your images and will host them for free.

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Originally posted by iron chef:

quote:

Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Just curious, but how does one shrink the size of an image in order that it's not necessary to scroll right to see the picture?

There are various ways, but the most convenient one to me is using https://postimages.org, which gives you the option to resize your images and will host them for free.

Tha is who I use as well and I pick the 800 x 600 size.

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1. Most Interesting
2. Most Rare
3. Most Powerful cartridge
4. Most Difficult to Find
5. Most Concealable
6. Most Sentimental
7. Most Expensive

Of my currently owned guns:

#1: Nothing especially interesting (unusual)
#2: CZ P-01 with NATO stocking number (not all that rare)
#3: 5.56x45 (in my only centerfire rifle, so kind of a given)
#4: Nothing special
#5: SIG P365
#6: Nothing special
#7: The CZ P-01, $599 (in 2017)

Guns I have had in the past would fill out the list better.

Add this revolver to my MOST list. It is my MOST Powerful handgun.

The Sig P225 is for size reference.

I haven't yet shot it. I'm still deciding on optics. I may use iron sights for a while, then add a red dot.

1. Most Interesting: Desert Eagle from IDF.
2. Most Rare: Desert Eagle with external brake.
3. Most Powerful cartridge: Desert Eagle in .440 Cor-Bon.
4. Most Difficult to Find: Desert Eagle prototype.
5. Most Concealable: Not a Desert Eagle with a 14" barrel.
6. Most Sentimental: Desert Eagle in .41 Magnum (serendipity).
7. Most Expensive: My custom Desert Eagle in 50AE.