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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: okstatefan] #7081949 02/17/18 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted By: okstatefan
M1 Garand.


Yup, me too.
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Sako 85 in 6.5x55 (it would get some high end euro glass to match the rifle and caliber)
20 guage Browning Superposed


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7081995 02/17/18 03:14 AM
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I'm 64 and have never sold a gun. Each one has its own story to tell.
Any gun given to me would be a lifetime keeper.


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082018 02/17/18 03:46 AM
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Jim Corbett’s .275 Rigby.


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082022 02/17/18 03:53 AM
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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082028 02/17/18 04:00 AM
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Holland & Holland double rifle


Well really any gun made by H&H


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: booradley] #7082043 02/17/18 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted By: booradley
Jim Corbett’s .275 Rigby.
WHY?!?!

Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082311 02/17/18 03:16 PM
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Cuz I wouldn’t want to use it plus I couldn’t afford it. My grandfather was a college professor(actually a Dean) at A&M, and a rancher. His personal library had some fascinating books. My favorite by far was, “Maneaters of Kumaon”, by Corbett. I read it at least once a year from the age of 11 or 12 through high school.


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: SnakeWrangler] #7082432 02/17/18 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: SnakeWrangler
There are lots of guns I'd like to have but never would justify buying but would keep most any gun given to me...

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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082463 02/17/18 05:11 PM
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I guess the "given" put an unexpected twist on the question. Because I agree that a gun gifted to me holds a special value in itself. I guess I should have said won in a raffle.


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082466 02/17/18 05:12 PM
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1911 .45

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Originally Posted By: Brother in-law
1911 .45


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082508 02/17/18 05:50 PM
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A SAKO 100th Anniversary Rifle, with it's 3 dimensional hand carved holly leafed pattern stock, in 7Rmg comes to mind. To get a small idea what it looks like find a Weatherby Lazer Mark that is a one dimesional lazer cut pattern.

Other than that I'm sure I could find something in an early Holland double rifles, like the one I fondled at the Enid showroom of a customer, waiting for him to get off the phone. Built in the 1920's, the 375 H&H had a splinter forearm, horn trigger guard and horn shadow butt plate,and this gun was well used and a little beat up but still showed it's class in the way it handled and pointed. OBTW that 1987 price on the Old Gentleman was $37,500, and a new one at that time was 2 years from order date to delivery and priced beginning at $75,000. It's only money, unless you don't have any, any more, like where I am for Big Boy Toys these days.
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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7082514 02/17/18 05:58 PM
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Dpms lr-308. Reason is simple. I used my 243 bolt action. But now own the Dpms 308 from a debt my brother owed me. So now is my new hog gun



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Something like a 50 BMG would be in there. Would be fun to shoot but novelty might wear off quick. I'd definitely keep it if it were a Barrett 50. Something big like a 600 Nitro Express might be cool to have. No need for it and wouldn't buy it unless it was really cheap. KSG shotgun is something I wouldn't buy but would keep if given.


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Kthnx] #7083180 02/18/18 05:05 AM
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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: Brother in-law] #7083181 02/18/18 05:07 AM
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1911 .45


I thought every one owned a 1911!


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Re: What gun wouldn't you BUY but you would KEEP if given to you. [Re: HWY_MAN] #7083253 02/18/18 12:33 PM
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There are many guns I would not buy but any gun given to me stays with me.


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An African hunting caliber. Never had a desire for that kind of power in a rifle.

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