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Just my opinion, based on what you laid out, I would say the following:
S&W K frame .38.
Model 10 or the predecessors are classics for a reason, and everyone should own at least one. Mine is a .38 M&P 4 incher that shipped in 1920.
You also mentioned the Auto-Ordnance clone of the 1911A1, the...
Ha!
Went to the Fort Worth show on Saturday.
No parking in the big main lot or the garage on that side of the street. Ended up parking on the far side of the livestock barns.
I live in Weatherford, and like my long time home of Old East Dallas before, folks that drive giant trucks can’t park...
Picked 9mm, big shocker.
Cheap, easy to find, and soft shooting.
Depending on the gun of course.
That being said, I only own one semi in each of six calibers with one sort-of exception.
Revolvers and one rifle are multiples of three calibers, with two overlapping the semis.
Please forgive...
Yeah, I would normally consider my G19 or my 642 in the role of “beater” gun.
Just got a G42 that might just replace the J frame for the really littler side.
That being said, bumming around in the woods or on an ATV or RTV, it’s usually my Auto Ordnance 1911 or Cimmaron Model P (5.5 inch, .45...
After much a-hemmin’ & a-hawin’ about a small(ish) .380, I finally decided to pick up a Glock 42.
I was tempted by yet another Colt 1903 (after you buy something, suddenly they’re everywhere, yes another .32, but come on man), but stayed my course & focused on the mission at hand.
Thanks to all for the discussion, information, opinions, and pulling me back from the edge.
Today the decision was put to bed, and I bought a Glock 42.
‘Twas the Colt Mustang what originally caught my eye, but then I remembered the EMP I once owned. Too pricey and pretty to sweat on all day...
Wow. Wish I was alive when some of these deals could be had.
Cheapest I’ve bought was a Marlin 795, which I never took a liking to and sold for a minor loss to a good friend.
I do have two guns that were gifted to me.
One is a Nagant 1895 revolver, back when they were everywhere and sold for...
Only one I really wish I had kept was a Smith & Wesson 629 Mountain Gun.
I believe I’ve mentioned it in a similar thread here or elsewhere.
Bought it off a buddy that needed some dough.
Magnums were unpleasant. For some reason I was turned off by the fact that specials cost just as much...
To continue to be a good ambassador for firearm ownership.
To maintain a balance in my collection.
To shoot and appreciate what I have before I ponder how to expand said collection.
To use that knowledge to buy what I am subsequently missing.
Sneak another acquisition or two into the plan...
Nice.
Was hoping to buy myself a new pistol as a post-Christmas gift.
I’ve been ever so good this year.
Instead, my old laptop had been running so slow (new operating system in an old MacBook) as to be infuriating to use. So I ended up getting a new one instead.
Enjoy the new acquisition.
Revolver: Cimarron Model P 5.5” in .45 Colt.
Pistol: Auto Ordnance 1911 BKO (my Colt Government gives me the hammer bite), .45 ACP.
Rifle, Full Size: 1944 Springfield Armory U.S. Rifle, Cal. .30, M1.
Rifle, Short, Light, & Handy: Auto Ordnance M1 Carbine.
Those are favorites for snorts &...
Overall, I like gun shows, though I don’t attend them nearly as often as I once did.
When I lived in Dallas, it seemed as though there were three every two months.
Sometimes more often than that.
On the west side of Fort Worth, it’s not as common an occurrence.
I still go sometimes, though...
Depends on the gun.
Historical or curiosity, I’m not that picky.
Only thing I own what comes to mind is my M1 Rifle.
Can’t run down to Wal Mart & grab a box of ammo. (I have an aftermarket gas plug for it, but haven’t installed it.)
Further reckoning says my 1920 M&P .38 calls for a careful...
There are some pretty sweet old revolvers in this conversation.
My oldest is a S&W .38 M&P that I have been told shipped in 1920.
My wife shoots it most often, I can’t remember the last time I fired it off.
I mainly like to look at it, handle it a little.
It amuses me to set it on my desk...
Revolver is always a Cimarron Model P 5.5” in .45 Colt loaded with 255 gr LSWC over 8 or 8.5 (don’t remember off the top of my head) grains of Unique.
I keep a double mag pouch for my M1 Carbine on my cartridge belt.
Partly in case I want to carry it around as well, but mostly because I’m a...
M1A.
Did the homework, checked them out at gun shows.
Went to a show with buying one in mind.
Looked at it. Walked around. Looked at it again.
Talked myself out of it. Seemed like too much coin for a toy I would shoot a couple three times a year.
Ended up buying a Garand from the CMP for...
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