How do you stack up?

[76shuvlinoff]

Got em now except for the 06. Does a 45-70 have any respect?

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

hmmm... 2/4.

Pre Model 10: Check
Winchester 94 30-30: Check

45 ACP... Uh oh...

30-06... Gotta get me an M1 Garand!

 

[Candyman87]

Got everything but the .30-30.

I've got .22 LR, .32 ACP, .380 ACP, 9x19mm, .38 Special, .45 ACP handguns. Shotguns in 12 gauge and 20 gauge. Rifles in .22 LR, .223/5.56mm, .243 WIN, .303 British, 7.62x54R, .30-06. I'd say I'm pretty well covered.

The only thing weirdly missing, I've never owned a .308.

 

[GEM]

Kind of list from the: Get off my lawn, you rotten kids contingent of the gun world.

I got those except the 30.06. So I would add a 9mm semi polymer gun and an AR-15 type. Get rid of the dial phone.

 

[BobWright]

From rcmodel:

But the M-1 Garand is about as 30-06 as it ever gets!!

But very, very few, if any, have been fed the .30 cal. M1906 cartridge!

My point is, the Cal. .30 M1906 cartridge was obsolete long before the M1 rifle was adopted. As I recall the Cal. .30 M1 round was adopted during WW I, or shortly thereafter. Worked better for the machine guns for overhead fire.

Bob Wright

 

[BobWright]

My point in bringing this up was to show how sophisticated we as a shooting fraternity have become. In those days a .45 Automatic was assumed to be a Colt Government Model or surplus equivalent. The term M1911 was virtually unknown, even in the Army. And a platform was something a speaker stood upon.

And shotguns were omitted since it was just assumed everybody owned one, either an old Stevens double or a wired together winchester Model 97.

Bob Wright

 

[pockets]

Yes indeed, beware the man with one gun.
He might just take it out of the sock drawer every decade or two and blow off the dust.


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[morcey2]

Got both the 30-30 and 30-06. I'll probably get a 357/38 revolver early next year and a 1911 at about the same time.

I've got multiple 30-06s including a 1903 w/ a C-stock, a custom rifle built on a RIA 1903, a 1909 Argentine that was reamed out to "30-06" (closer to 31-06 though), and a Savage 110 that is currently 30-06, but won't be that way for long. (Neither will the 1909. It'll be a 6mm Rem soon.)

The 30-30 is a Remlin 336W that shoots very well.

Matt

 

[onelastshot]

I've got a Smith & Wesson Model 99 in 45 ACP that I've owned forever. I had a Winchester model 70 post 1964 circa in 30-6 that I only kept for a short time. Decided that I didn't need a stamped metal rifle that couldn't group worth a damn and kicked like a mule. Traded it for a Sako Finbear in 270 caliber; sub 1 inch moa and 20-25% less recoil. I've had the Sako for thirty years and shot a truckload of deer with it; my oldest son has already put his name on it.

 

[Sergei Mosin]

Don't have any .38 revolvers. Got a couple .357s though.

.45 automatics - yeah, I have a few of them, mostly 1911s.

No .30-30. My great-grandfather had a Model 94, which I have now, but it's in .32 Winchester Special.

I have one .30-06, a Smith Corona 03-A3. Need to add a few more to the collection one of these days.

 

[CajunBass]

"A man needs to have owned at one time or another a .38 revolver, a .45 automatic, a .30-30 and a .30-06 rifle."

Had more than one of all, several of most, except for the 30/06. I only had had one of those.

I think I've had three Marlin 30/30's. Might have been four.

I've had three 45 ACP's. Two Colt automatics, and one Smith & Wesson revolver.

I got no idea how many 38's specials I've owned, but I've got three now...and one 357.

I've only owned one 30/06. A Winchester Model 70, with a 3x9 Ted Williams scope.

 

[browningguy]

I've owned all of them, still have a .38 revolver, .45, multiple 30-06's.

 

[BSA1]

While I don't agree with the O.P.s list I'll play;
38 Special - check
45 acp - check
30-30 - check
30-06 - don' t need. My .270/shoots 1/2" groups at 100 yds. and I'll never go to Grizzly bear country. Besides the .270 is based on the 30-06 cartridge so it is close enough.

12 ga. Shotgun is a must have for a complete firearms battery.

 

[EIB0879]

I've owned three 30-06s, two 30-30s, one .38, and carried a .45 M1911 as a Rifle Company Commander.

 

[Turftech1]

I am only missing the .45, though I would like a 1911 someday, that day has not yet come.

House payment, kids, school fees, utilities, medical bills, vehicle costs.... whenever there is a news story about some guy who has like 168 guns and 50,000 rounds of ammo, everyone is like "Why would anyone do that?" I'm all like "How the heck can anyone afford to do that?" I feel like Bill Gates when I can scrape up $40 for a brick of .22lr

 

[Hardtarget]

I'm right there in the stack!
The first center fire rifle...was a Win. .30-30. The first pistol that I bought was...is...my Colt diamondback .38 special. I have the .45 auto covered. The M1 Garand and my dad's 1903 Springfield covers the .30-06.

I never thought of the "need to own" but I'm glad to have them.

Mark

 

[Leanwolf]

I qualify.

L.W.

 

[jcwit]

Got a win. 94 in 32 Sp, Win 94 30/30, Win. pre WW2, Win. 52B 1946, a Garand, couple M1 Carbines, 3 1911's, German Mauser 8MM, Springfield 03A3, Infield, Enfield, Italian Carcano, Japanese Arisaka, Makarov, H & R M12, the list just goes on an on, way to many to list, but these are likely the most iconic.

Excuse any spelling errors.

Oh Ya, a number of 38 spec., and 357 mags, in S & W, Ruger, & Taurus.

Heck, I even have a Hi-Point 9mm.

 

[2zulu1]

Perhaps there was a time when the originator of that quote thought if someone owned those you would have all the basic platforms covered. Not so much today. That would be like me saying today that every man needs to own a 486 computer with Windows 98 at some point in their life.

Yes, many of those platforms remain but some platforms are left out like pump action, modern sporting rifles and modern semi-auto pistols sans manual safety that don't need tuning to run consistently.

I think you're missing the point, all four calibers that were mentioned by the OP predate WW1 and are still very popular today....three of the calibers have seen action in two world wars and Korea. None of the calibers have been out of production, same can't be said about your computer analogy.

 

[weisse52]

I have owned all of these, but currently am without a 30/06. But I a looking to fix that now.

 

[AKElroy]

I recently sold a .30-30 so I am down to 3 of those.

 

[Normandy]

During the past 20 years, I've owned all of them, in multiples. Still have a few .38 Spl, a few .45ACP, a few .30-06, and down to one .30-30. What's not to love?

 

[zoom6zoom]

But the M-1 Garand is about as 30-06 as it ever gets!!

challenge accepted! (Oh yeah, have a Garand as well)

 

[wankerjake]

I've got them all

 

[Reloadron]

Looking back and I already commented but I have a question.

"A man needs to have owned at one time or another a .38 revolver, a .45 automatic, a .30-30 and a .30-06 rifle."

The more I look at that it just has a 1950s sort of ring to it. Kind of like when we refinished the kitchen in my mother's house and my sister Jackie kept commenting the old kitchen was so 1960s. The house was built in 1966 so what would you expect it to be?

OK, so of those who do not own a 30-06 rifle how many own a 308 rifle? While designed in 1952 the cartridge really became popular during the 60s and beyond I think. Going from the 30-06 to the 308 you really aren't giving much up and despite the love affair America shares with the 30-06 Springfield the 308 Winchester which came along close to 50 years later is quite the popular cartridge and has spawned several other popular cartridges.

So of the guns listed how many of you that do not own a 30-06 do own and shoot a 308 Winchester?

Thanks
Ron