Marlin 1894 357
S&W 686 357
Ruger 10-22
Ruger 22-45
Ruger PC Carbine

My Dads pre-64 Model 70 .270 featherweight that his dad gave him and My .280 Remington Model 700 “limited” that my parents bought for me. Also have a dandy Marlin MR-7 that I stumbled on and bought a few years back. Shoots like a peach and has a great trigger, dad grew pretty found of it prior to his passing so that gun will likely never leave me either.

Smith & Wesson model 1000 12 gauge for Christmas 1977. It has been my opening day dove gun since. I have had to rebuild the cycling innards twice.

I cleaned out the safe a few months ago because there were a few I never used

Kept the Browning XBolt along w several others

It just fits me, probably my favorite right now

Browning BPS that has gone with me from Canada to Mexico and my first ever pistol, a Heritage .22 that shoots lights out for me.

Three guns.
My great great grandfathers Parker VE 12 ga.
Superposed Superlight 410. Killed a ton of quail with this gun.
Winchester model 94 . 22mag.

Pretty much eveyting in my freaking safe lol. The sentimental ones are all shotguns besides dads rifle which I hope to never get.

I’ve got a number that I would be hard pressed to sell. An M1 Garand I inherited from an uncle, Browning 525 that fits me perfectly, my first 22 (10/22), and maybe a few others.

Then there is a Win 94 that my dad bought in 1953 with a 14-year old’s dreams of being a big-time hunter. When I was about the same age, we got an invite for a deer hunt on a friend’s property. I really didn’t want to go as those weren’t good years between Dad and I (my stupid teenage boy years) and I didn’t want to get another day of lectures about school, life, etc. Well he decided that we were going, borrowed my uncles rifle and let me use the 94. We ended up sitting on the side of a hill all day without seeing a deer. What we did do was talk all manner of father/son stuff without the least bit of argument. As I sat there holding that 30/30, I got to know my father more than I had in a long time. That day that has stayed with me about 40 years. And it that started a tradition of father/son hunting trips. Sadly, I lost Dad last year, but that rifle now has a permanent home in my safe.

Next to it is a Weatherby over/under that I bought for him. He kept talking about buying one, so when I started making decent money I ended his procrastination. It won’t be staying long however as I plan on giving it to my son (from his grandfather) in a few years.

Most of my guns were stolen about 15 years ago, so the majority of mine I don't have a great deal of attachment to. However, that said, I had a half dozen or so scattered about between our farm, my Dad's safe, and my one I had loaned my brother. Those I have a great deal of attachment to, some sentimental and some just that I still have them, and the little meth head didn't get them all.
So my faves are a 20 ga browning superposed that I mowed a million lawns to buy at 14. The oft mentioned Belgian made A-5. A Weatherby Vanguard in .223 that my Uncle Bill left to me in his will. And the 2 that were in my Dad's safe, they were both my Granddad's duty weapons from the 50's and 60's, a Colt Gold Cup in .38 super and an Ithaca model 37 12 ga pump.

Parents gave me a Marlin 3030 for my Birthday(about 12) and killed my first buck with it. I cant imagine ever wanting or needing to get rid of it.
Dad died when I was 19 and I got his Model 70 3006. That has been the only rifle I have ever killed a deer with over the last 49 years. Definitely wont ever get rid of it and dont ever anticipate shooting a deer with any other gun.

In my opinion, these are the two most important rifles to own. Period. Well done.

It’s gotta be my citori 16 gauge and the old browning 270 I’ve had forever. There’s a few Ruger no. 1s I have in the safe that haven’t been fired in years that I couldn’t part with. Those along with a few 20 gauge citori’s and Ruger red labels, that will be past on to the grandson.

Boy, what a thread.

Personally purchased? Probably my Browning 270 win, gun has never done me wrong in the field. Recently picked up a Browning 300 win mag that's been a dream to fire so far as well. Bought a Benelli 828U as a present for myself after finishing grad school and it's the best shotgun I've ever fired, hands down.

Dad gave me a Winchester Model 94 30-30 that my grandfather, who was a handyman, had received as payment for a job in the 60s or 70s. Also have my dad's first gun, a single shot Sears & Roebuck 22 from 1960 which he used to hunt raccoons and squirrels. Sold pelts for cents back then, can't imagine what those go for today!

I could go on, but as you can tell it's hard to pick ONE favorite.

A lot of great stories

My Father's Stevens Crackshot , My Browning auto 5, I received for Christmas on my 12 birthday ( 1964 ),
The first two rifles I bought my self (circa 1970) Remington 700 in .270 and 550-1 22cal.
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Ruger MK II stainless target w 10" bull barrel

1st generation colt trooper in 22lr (first gun i ever shot, when I was 5)

Old model 94 that has been passed down to me