Colt Pocket 9
Colt Pony Pocketlite

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
S&W 547.

This. Plus a bunch of other guns I realized that I was keeping just because they were cool or iconic, but that I didn't fire much. I am not sure if I want them back because I miss them or because they have risen in value (or a combination of both), but I am glad that I was able to experience them.

The original K frame S+W revolvers. Prices are going up on them and you don't see them for sale nearly as often as you used to.

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Originally posted by zapfire:
i miss shooting my FN 5.7, ammo is unavailable

Uh...yes it is!

American Eagle 5.7 ammo

And tons more here: 5.7 ammo at SGAMMO

I miss the FN/Browning Hi Power. Yes, I know about the clones and all the surplus. I really like the idea of a brand new, beautifully blued Hi Power.

It is the Hi Power for me.

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Originally posted by Anubismp:
Am I the first to go HK P7? For shame!

As a Gen-Xer, oh P7 I wish I would have known you!

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

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Originally posted by villageidiot:
With parts drying up for certain pistols now days what pistols do you shoot less because of that?

I continue to shoot all my firearms. It makes no difference if parts are available or not

Why should we deprive ourselves of enjoyment just because something might, one day, possibly break?

If and when my firearms need a replacement part, I will deal with it at that time.

You got it brother. If you don't shoot it, it might as well be broken now.

Firearms aren’t gifts from the Gods. Any part can be recreated / remanufactured if one so desires, even with an obsolete or non-current design. Shoot ‘em and enjoy.

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Originally posted by wscrst:
It is the Hi Power for me.

Same here.

Python.

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Originally posted by 12131:

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

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Originally posted by villageidiot:
With parts drying up for certain pistols now days what pistols do you shoot less because of that?

I continue to shoot all my firearms. It makes no difference if parts are available or not

Why should we deprive ourselves of enjoyment just because something might, one day, possibly break?

If and when my firearms need a replacement part, I will deal with it at that time.

I agree with this philosophy.
Guys, they are just guns.

I agree. We are only on this earth a short time. Make best use of this time by shooting your best guns.

All of them. My parts are wearing out faster than their parts.

Three guns I miss already and have missed for the last 22 years is a Colt Combat Commander 45ACP (Xmas gift from my father in 1972), Ruger Redhawk 41 Mag and a Norinco 45ACP 1911 that I had tricked out with a slide tightening, trigger smoothed out, match barrel and a comp. House was broken into 1997 and all three were stolen. The Colt was what hurt the most because it was a gift from my dad.

I have a simple solution: buy so many that you don't have time to shoot 2000 rounds through all of them a year!


But, seriously- what I have done is try to find a set of spare parts for all of my discontinued firearms, so that I can shoot them until that part wears/breaks- and then I can replace it once.

Ruger MkI
S&W Model 19
My first Sig: a Euro P220
Beretta 92FS Compact Type M
S&W M640 .38Spl +P+