most expensive gun you have actually been able to touch

[Old Fuff]

I'm not a member of the Colt forum, although I occasionally visit.

It's not a case of having anything against them, but rather of having enough time to be a member in all of the forums where I'd like to be.

 

[Richmond]

Bren Ten

The one that comes to mind is what I believe was Bren Ten #1 - I have a picture framed here in my study of me with the Colonel and Janelle Cooper, along with one of my best friends, in front of the fireplace at the Sconce. During that visit, I handled the Bren Ten. He kept it on a stand on the mantel.

The picture was taken in 1990, when I visited the Sconce for an afternoon after a Gunsite class. I handled a number of the guns I had read about and heard about in Col. Cooper's writings.

A lot of memories as I look at those pictures - I also notice how skinny I was and how I had a full head of dark hair and dark beard, rather than my current shaved head and white beard.

 

[TimboKhan]

I have held some old english SxS that were in the 15,000 range, and I have held a couple of Colts SAA that were up there in value.

 

[MCgunner]

Probably my Uncle's JP Sauer drilling, got to shoot it, too. Or, well, friend of the family collected old 19th century Winchesters, got to touch a lot of 'em, but I was a kid at the time and don't even know what all he had, but there were sharps rifles in there, too. Didn't get to shoot anything.

 

[usp9]

I guess a HK MP5. I think they go for about $18-20K.

 

[MCgunner]

What, no one here touched a Ma deuce or a 105 tax payer's gun in the past?

 

[tackleberi]

I handled a M1 Garand, Model Shop rifle.

Almost priceless, if you could get somebody to consider selling one.

 

[Dravur]

Most Expensive..

Colt SAA made in 1901 in nearly mint condition... approx value $10k
Borschardt Sharps in .45-70 Military Musket, approx value $8k
1874 Sharps rifle, ser 106. Approx Value, bunch of money...

The nice thing is.... I can touch them anytime I like.

touched the Minigun used in Predator once... That has to be expensive.

 

[Geno]

Let's see...nothing too very expensive, but nice all the same:

Custom Weatherby Mk V in .460 Wea. Mag. $15,000.00 plus some change.

 

[sturmgewehr]

My buddies M60E3 (about $30k). I hear my Colt M16A2 is up over $18k now... Man, the prices for NFA stuff is sickening. I wish it were 1986 again.

 

[vzenmn]

A machine gun dealer one time gave me and my dad the pleasure to hold an original 1928 Thompson sub machine gun valued then at I think 20,000 dollars. It felt oh so good and gave a lot of confidence.
A few years before when the dealer still had his shooting range my dad rented a m16 and 200rds of ammo for my 15th birthday and we gave it a workout. It also felt good but nothing compared to the Thompson.

 

[CZ 42]

My dad's S&W model 41- blue books at $1k but they are impossible to get so I'm sure a comp shooter would pay more. My uncle has a browning buckmark renaissaince covered with cosmoline in the original case, probably $1.5k. That's just stuff I have access too.

 

[Joe Demko]

A Thompson SMG that, at today's prices, would be worth tens of thousands of dollars. It belonged to the police department where my dad was sergeant. They sold it, and some other odds and ends, of to a machinegun dealer back before Ronnie Raygun closed the registry. I hope it is in civilian hands somewhere now.
Also handled, briefly, a Luftwaffe drilling a cousin of my dad's owned. He died unexpectedly and his sister inherited his extensive and expensive collection. She sold it en masse to a gun dealer who did a pretty fine job of boning her on every one of the guns. She knew nothing about their values, nor did she care, so she took his check and ran.

 

[SecuritySixShooter]

Got to shoot a HK G36K once.

 

[paintballdude902]

a guy my dad works with has a H&H double rifle in .375 H&H

great looking gun

 

[bensdad]

I can't remember the price-tag now, but the gun was a sxs that was made for some royal bigshot a couple hundred years ago.

I was at a gun store in Duluth, MN. called Puglisi's[sic?]. It's a really nice place with a great collection of high-end stuff.

A friend of mine asked, "what's the most expensive gun you have here?" The guy walked back into the huge safe and came out with this BIG, UGLY shotty with ears. It was one of a set (I think a husband and wife or king and queen deal), and they had both. I can't remember if the one was worth $125,000 or if the pair were available for that price. I just know I was nervous holding it.

 

[BigG]

OK, I'm not talking about military hardware. If that's the case I laid hands on a Pershing II missile which is probably a couple hundred thou, at least.

 

[Phil DeGraves]

Thompson 1921, .45 ACP subgun. $37,500.

 

[stevereno1]

my Dad-in-law has a german side by side shotgun that was appraised at $30,000, and is insured for $40,000. The most expensive gun I have ever shot was a H&k mp5 that I rented at the range. full auto, bad a-- gun. they wanted $5000 fer it.

 

[bkjeffrey]

I got to fire 20 rounds from an M242 25mm chain gun back in 2004. I dont even want to know how much that gun cost. But, because the M919 Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot With Tracer (APFSDS-T) cost $98 a round back then i can say that I shot $2000 worth of ammo abot 10 cyclic seconds! Thats pretty cool.

 

[bkjeffrey]

oops sorry, just read the first post no "military only hardware".

 

[Tigerseye]

Perazzi four gun set. Heavily gold engraved and ultra extra wood. Cool!

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Handled some shotguns that were pushing six figure price tags.

Don't remember the maker, as it will really never matter to me. WAY out of my price range for something that isn't big and belt fed.

 

[Green Lantern]

Uhm...I got to handle a gold-plated Desert Eagle at a store once! Asking price was around $1400, but to be technical he was willing to knock it down to $1200. Still, waay too much cash for what amounts to a "fun gun" for me...

 

[wgungho]

I'm not sure of the value of the pistols, but they were priceless to me. My great grandfather was an officer in the Confederate navy, and had a pair of sequentially numbered 1851 Colt Naval .36s. They were passed down to the oldest male in the family. My #@%&***@@ father sold them when I was just a kid-about 13 years old. I'm now 59. The pistols were in grease for over 60 years, and the finish was probably 90%. They had rosewood handles, and a small piece was broken at the butt of the handle on one pistol. The broken piece was stored with the handles, seperate from the metal parts. I'd love to just see them again. Again, no idea of the value, but probably expensive.