What is the most expensive gun in your collection?

[edsinger]

Well before the boating accident in the Ohio near Evansville, a 39A that was my dads and was given to my son......I will be there when they dredge the river...

 

[rockydog]

I was in the boat behind Bigum!! it was horible!!! we lost two boats and all our guns that day!!

We did save our high points though!!

I was believing it all, right up till the Hi-point part cause everybody knows no man on earth could swim away with one of those in his pocket

 

[Modhydro]

Sentimental value

My family became very close friends with an older guy after he lost his son a year earlier. He had a great piece of property where I could take my two young sons shooting smaller stuff. Lou loved guns and the outdoors. One day when he was coming over to our place for dinner, he got out of his truck and handed me an older, well used rifle. He had just passed on to me the gun he built in high school as a shop project in 1953. Imagine your kids asking to do that today! It is an Arisaka action Chambered to a 6.5 Roberts, but with the shoulder about .050 longer and the neck about another .100", a true wildcat. It was quite a challenge to figure out what it was and find a mix of dies to reload for it but we got it sorted out. Lou loaded handgun and his brother in law did the rifle stuff. He had long since lost track of the dies that they had for it. It had made many trips to Utah for deer in its lifetime as well as general pest control on thier farm in Brownsburg. For something a kid put together at around 15 years old, it is one "bubba" gun that I am very proud to own and enjoy. I refinished the stock to show off the nice grain and inlay details that were largely hidden by 60 year old finsish. The only downside is that at only 6# it really has a whallop to it. My youngest boy (12) says the kick hurts all way to his ankles! He still has a hard time putting it down though. This summer we are taking it out to Utah where Lou used to hunt with it to fire some of his ashes in the mountains as we lost our friend this past spring.

 

[andyrping]

My family became very close friends with an older guy after he lost his son a year earlier. He had a great piece of property where I could take my two young sons shooting smaller stuff. Lou loved guns and the outdoors. One day when he was coming over to our place for dinner, he got out of his truck and handed me an older, well used rifle. He had just passed on to me the gun he built in high school as a shop project in 1953. Imagine your kids asking to do that today! It is an Arisaka action Chambered to a 6.5 Roberts, but with the shoulder about .050 longer and the neck about another .100", a true wildcat. It was quite a challenge to figure out what it was and find a mix of dies to reload for it but we got it sorted out. Lou loaded handgun and his brother in law did the rifle stuff. He had long since lost track of the dies that they had for it. It had made many trips to Utah for deer in its lifetime as well as general pest control on thier farm in Brownsburg. For something a kid put together at around 15 years old, it is one "bubba" gun that I am very proud to own and enjoy. I refinished the stock to show off the nice grain and inlay details that were largely hidden by 60 year old finsish. The only downside is that at only 6# it really has a whallop to it. My youngest boy (12) says the kick hurts all way to his ankles! He still has a hard time putting it down though. This summer we are taking it out to Utah where Lou used to hunt with it to fire some of his ashes in the mountains as we lost our friend this past spring.

A beaut! We made bird houses in my shop class.

 

[Joe Williams]

Nothing fancy in our collection.

Most expensive is probably my SA XD9sc, my daily carry.

Most important is a Sears Model 1 single shot .22. My Mom gave it to my Dad as a wedding present. When Dad was killed, it became mine at the age of 9. Now, it's my son's. Hopefully, someday I'll be able to take my grandkid hunting with his newly acquired Sears .22

 

[ATF Consumer]

Questions like this always have some people thinking it's a ploy...which you never know. Might as well ask...what is the combo to your safe and what hours do you work

 

[360]

Questions like this always have some people thinking it's a ploy...which you never know. Might as well ask...what is the combo to your safe and what hours do you work

It could be construed that way by the ones who are paranoid, however my intentions were merely for discussion. You see lot's of people bragging about their everyday weapons that anyone can and does own, but never a thread about a high dollar gun someone owns, or the stories behind some of great-grandpa's .22s in the gunsafes. I have enjoyed reading some of the posts, and the boating accidents made it humorous.

I certainly had no bad intentions.

 

[wtfd661]

Mine is my Kimber Tactical Ultra II, paid just under a grand for it. I used money from a small trust fund that my dad left me after he passed away. I carry it most everyday as my CC and think of him whenever I put it on. So for me it's priceless.

 

[Dennis0130]

My most expensive is my everyday carry S&W Sigma .40, but my collection is just starting up.

 

[Wheezy50]

Mine's not that expensive, but it means a lot to me. 11-87 premier I bought brand new for $500 a few yrs ago. Took me several months saving a few extra bucks here and there.

 

[Hoosier8]

Most expensive might be relative to what you could sell it for so my most valuable firearm is one that is still pretty cheap to buy.

My great-grandmothers pillow pistol. An Iver Johnson top break blackpowder 32.

 

[StrayDog]

Remind me to never go boating with you guys... Awfully heavily armed for a day out on the water weren't you?? On second thought, maybe i should go boating with you guys, it sounds like a blast..

 

[haldir]

Most important... that is tough. Model 97 16 gauge that was my Dad's shotgun and the muzzle loader that has been in the family since before the War of Northern Aggression.

Most valuable probably the M1A NM with the Mk IV scope on it.

 

[printcraft]

Remind me to never go boating with you guys... Awfully heavily armed for a day out on the water weren't you?? On second thought, maybe i should go boating with you guys, it sounds like a blast..

That's not the point. All of these posters lack even a rudimentary knowledge of boating safety.
Haven't you noticed that they, with little exception, seem unable to make it back to shore with their most prized possessions?
What do you think your chances of returning would be??

Not me pal. Call me a land lover but I'm not going around anything deeper than a puddle with this crew.

 

[STAG556]

Might be a good time to invest in some SCUBA gear...

 

[Thumper]

I have a 10 22 ruger.

 

[WHITE_WOLFE]

Im not going to list one of my ARs. It would have to be my P7 or my SVT 40.

 

[ak keep the second]

my favorite is my 1973 romanian military AK 47, not most expensive but favorite!

 

[tv1217]

Most expensive is probably the AR, but my favorite is my USP compact.

 

[groovatron]

It's just too bad we were all in that same boat.

That's ironic....I was boating on the same day. I didn't get in an accident, but my firearm collection grew ten fold by the end of the day..Had the snagging rig out.