Keepsake/''Im never selling this" Firearms?

[WhatsTCP]

a m44

my first rifle, my family has always been anti gun so i never had any firearms experience but I still was pro 2amendment. Took me forever to save up for it and it taught me a lot about shooting and firearms

[Lucky Scott]

2 .22 rifles that my dad bought when I was 13 - 14 years old. We used to shoot them together and I got my Boy Scout Marksmanship badge with them.

[1911_sfca]

My 3 Stag lowers, bought from Ten Percent Firearms in December 2004, right before Iggy shouted the infamous... '2 WEEKS!'

[VytamenC Tactical]

savage model 99 .308 father gave it to me. he got it from his great uncle. i still shoot that mule. to this day scope has been spot on at 400 yards for over 30 years.

[shooting4life]

Mine would be my 627pc "blood work" shown in the bottom picture. Thought it was a miracle to find in this state at the price I paid. I know it is irreplaceable here. My parents are both living so I have not inherited my dads gun collection but when I do I will never sell any of them. It is going to be weird to get close to 100 guns at one time. Going to cherish them all because of the found memories growing up and the memories not yet made.

[Cali-Shooter]

Inland '44 M1 Carbine with M2 wooden stock.

[plankowner]

my Smith and Wesson 586 6 inch it was my first gun.back in 87.
and I have a National Postal Meter 30 carbine that I have waiting for my grandson to grow into he is only 14 months

[fatkidjake]

Remington Rand M1911 A1, my grandfather's WWII sidearm (w/holster). Built in '44, last time he shot it was in Japan, 1949. I've put a few through it since. It was with him when he downed a P-51 in a river bed while on recon.

[toby]

When I turn 60, or should I say if I live that long every gun I own will be sold, I just hope someone has enough money to buy them all, it will be a huge package deal.....

[emilio]

some great stories in here!

if the question is just "what won't you sell?" i think the answer is "all of them!" i think if i ever really want to sell a gun, i probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place. but since we're talking sentiment, here...

in keeping with "papa's gun", i have my post-war commercial Plainfield M1 Carbine (black stock). it's not really collectible, and it hardly looks GI in it's composite stock - though it never had a GI-style stock - but it shoots well and it was dad's! (yeah, it's good to go. i can offhand plug man-sized steel at 200 and head-sized steel at 100, and i'd rather carry .30 Carbine SPs over some coyote round for soft targets inside 200yds.)

i also won't get rid of the other M1 Carbine, which belonged to a late mentor. it's a GI-as-you-can-get re-arsenaled Inland, nothing really specially, but it was Elaine's!

i bought this Winchester Model 61 pump-action .22LR from a friend, and i doubt i'd ever sell it. i guess i could do something wacky like, say, get hooked on smack or join a cult, but i'll just count that out. it was one of the last commercial Winchesters made just prior to WWII, and it was made with the "post-war" long pump even though it's pre-war (if the matching numbers are to be believed). it's also a beautiful gun that's a ton of fun to shoot - everyone should have a .22, do it with class!

- emilio

[rgs1975]

Present from Dad when I got married.

[hntnnut]

Heres one for bwiese, belonged to my ma, bearcat I think of late 50s vintage.


Richard

[eqlzr]

My "go to" firearm is my old Colt .45 ACP 1991A1. It's always worked every single time regardless what I feed it. What more can anybody ask? I certainly have nicer guns, but that's my "save my butt" model.

[magsnubby]

Dad's guns:

S&W M&P bought used in 1941.
JC Higgins Model 88 6"blued .22 revolver bought new in the early '50's.
FIE Model D .380 bought new in 1978
Colt Viper 4" blued .38 special bought new in 1978.
Charter Arms 3" blued Bulldog .44 special i gave him as a retirement present in the early '80's.
Taurus 2" blued Model 85 .38 special i gave him for Christmas in 1999.

My guns:
Winchester 30.30 carbine my dad bought me new in 1966.
Ruger 4" stainless steel Security Six .357 magnum bought new in 1977.
GLOCK 23 bought new in 1995
S&W no dash 2" stainless steel Model 60 .38 special bought used (never been fired) in 2003.
Winchester M1 Garand bought from CMP in 2003.

Lots of guns have come and gone over the years but the above guns will reside in my safe until i leave this world.

[TNP'R]

My Saiga 7.62x39 my first gun I ever bought, its not that special of a gun rarity wise or price wise but since its the first one I ever bought I wont let it go for anything.I don't plan on selling any of my fire arms but If I only could keep one id keep that one.