Raffle guns.........?

[Armored farmer]

No. ...Not guns used to hunt raffles!
Gun raffles are popular as fund raisers here in our community.
I've never personally won a gun at a raffle or fundraiser, but my sons have won a few.
Whitetails Unlimited banquets
National WildTurkey federation banguets
Quail Unlimited...
Ducks Unlimited....
...shall I go on?
If it is a worthy cause, i usually buy some tickets.
I have even donated a brand new gun for a for a fellow church members benefit raffle.
My brother in law has a knack for winning guns. Last week he was on of the big winners of a local Masonic lodge gun raffle:

A custom Nighthawk target model Korth .357. It is worth north of $4000.

Has anyone here been a big winner?

 

[troy fairweather]

Same here I don't ever win, like never once. Some people just have all the luck.

 

[somethingbenign]

I won a Ruger 10/22 at the same meeting I got inducted into my union. Read my name to induct and the very next thing was reading my name for the gun. Guys were livid and to make matters worse I haven't been to another meeting and promptly sold the rifle to my FIL. Story is worth way more than the gun.

 

[Trey Veston]

My brother won a Seekins AR in a raffle. Shooting it compared to my old Bushmaster is like driving a new Mercedes compared to a `95 Ford Escort. The refinement is evident. I don't win anything.

 

[375supermag]

Hi...
I have won a couple of guns in raffles.
One was a Remington 870 in 12ga...had to sell it because of a divorce.
Second one is a Savage 7mm Mag bolt action in a synthetic stock. A nice accurate rifle that I hunt with every year for the last 20+ years even though I have quite a few other rifles that I shoot as least as well. I just have great confidence in my Savage 7mm Mag.

 

[bersaguy]

My dad won a Browning A5 12 gauge...probably 20 years ago in a raffle. Back then he sold it for $500 which was doing pretty good. I thought he was nuts for selling it, but it is a bit heavy, and he's a bit more of a practical type than me.

 

[Spats McGee]

I have won a grand total of one (1) gun raffle. Won a Ruger American in .270. Nice gun. Promptly sold it, though.

 

[Ks5shooter]

I have won a few. Nothing spectacular or that I wanted so I took the cash option and bought what I wanted.

 

[Legionnaire]

Never, even though I attended my share of Friends of the NRA banquets. Did win a Kindle Fire at a professional conference once. I use it to surf gun sites; does that count?

 

[Armored farmer]

My b-n-l is a salesman in town, so he sees people and gets asked to buy tickets, but he IS one lucky dude.
I am not complaining about his luck, because he gave me one of the guns he won a couple years ago. It's a Henry Goldenboy Tribute to Freemasonry .22 levergun.


Pictures are an injustice. It is one beautiful piece!

 

[Jack B.]

I won 1000 brass cases 45ACP from Starline a few years ago. When they called me and told me I was the winner, I was stunned. I had never won anything before that.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

About the only raffle that I stood a chance of winning was the one where the winning "ticket" started out with, "Greetings"...
But I outsmarted them and enlisted instead.

 

[Paul Toms]

In the last couple of years, my wife has won 3, yes, 3 raffles.

1). Ruger MKII 5 or 6" barrel
2). AR-15 Lower (a "gun" in California)
3). Just recently a Kimber Compact Carry II in 45 ACP

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Wonderful All American Heritage post. This is what the Libs just cannot figure out. I guess they do this everywhere, but the Hunt Clubs I use to belong to use to do raffles as well. We also have a lot of Turkey shoots around the area. Local churches, and other groups sponsor them. This is really what America Gun Ownership is about.
Thanks for Posting Farmer. Enjoyed this tread.

 

[Kookla]

He won a Korth! That's awesome

 

[tarosean]

Never. Still a sucker for the raffles as long as they are a good cause.

I'm in 3 separate ones now.

 

[22250Rem]

Won exactly one gun raffle in my life. Probably been buying gun raffle tickets for over 40 years now. Won a Ruger Mod. 77 Mk. II Target model in .25-06 from raffle in 1997. Came with a 6-18x Burris Fullfield scope that got replaced with a 6-18 Leupold. Got notified by phone that I was the winner and almost thought a friend was giving me a prank phone call. Couldn't believe I won. Still buying raffle tickets with no results. Next drawing that I'm in will be in January. Still have that 25-06 and it's a shooter; having been put to the test on the high plains of Wyoming filling a couple antelope tags; one at just over 200 yards and the other about 325 yards. I had always read that the 25-06 is a superb antelope cartridge and now I'm a believer; having BTDT with it. This one I call my "Lucky Gun".

 

[armedwalleye]

Won a couple over the years, wife won once. Best story of the bunch:
She won a Stoeger over and under. Thing swung like a 6 x 6. First gunshop I went to saw me coming in with the box and asked me to leave....
Took it to the old Holiday, before Gander Mountain (in MN), and asked re: a trade. I asked about a nice Ruger Gov't target Mk II, 6 7/8, in stainless, and asked if we could work something out. Young guy must have wanted that fugly shotgun BAD. First offers an even swap. I was contemplating what a good deal I thought it was. Dude outbids himself. Offers the gun plus $100. Couldn't help myself, I told him to throw in a brick of ammo and we'd have a deal.
I was lighter then, but even back in my football lineman days, I've never run so fast in my life, for fear they were going to chase me for stealing.

 

[Bill Wright]

I won a gun from the California Rifle and Pistol Association. They had trouble reaching me because I was sure it was a scam. It wasn’t but I never physically received the pistol. They said it was too difficult to transfer the piece here in Calfabulous the State of Shock so instead sent me a check to cover most of the purchase,tax,transfer fees......I just deposited the check!

 

[doubleh]

I've never won a gun. I do buy five tickets from the rimfire chicken shooters club every year and consider it a donation. They are very active in introducing new shooters to shooting, kids through adults so it's a way to support them.

My oldest grandson has won two this year and his wife one. He won a simi-auto shotgun that happened to be the very one he was planning to buy and a Bergara rifle and his wife won a handgun. Maybe I should get him to do my donation thing next year for me.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

When I was fresh out of the Army and a poor bum going to college with very little money, I started dating a really nice girl. It was hard enough to impress her being so broke, but I did finally put together enough money for a used car. I even started to take her to church in this old beater. One Sunday while attending the service, some one came rushing in a and YELLED, there is a Car on fire. Everyone ran outside and watched my Cheap Little Renault look like a Bonfire.Man, talk about embarrassing and down right sad. Had to catch a ride home with her parents.
The Next Sunday, the church held a raffle. I won! A New Bike!!! Today this day, I think they rigged it just for me.

PS My son graduated from Army Medic school this am. God Bless America and this great Country!

 

[Pat Riot]

I have bought many gun raffle tickets but I have never won. I don’t mind most of the time as the money is always going to a worthy cause.

Years ago I went to a Friends of the NRA event with a guy I worked with. I bought multiples of every raffle ticket they had. It was a big event. We were sitting at his table when the tickets were drawn. He won 3 guns. I didn’t win anything.

The luck of the draw I guess.

 

[Poper]

No. ...Not guns used to hunt raffles!
Gun raffles are popular as fund raisers here in our community.
I've never personally won a gun at a raffle or fundraiser, but my sons have won a few.
Whitetails Unlimited banquets
National WildTurkey federation banguets
Quail Unlimited...
Ducks Unlimited....
...shall I go on?
If it is a worthy cause, i usually buy some tickets.
I have even donated a brand new gun for a for a fellow church members benefit raffle.
My brother in law has a knack for winning guns. Last week he was on of the big winners of a local Masonic lodge gun raffle:
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A custom Nighthawk target model Korth .357. It is worth north of $4000.

Has anyone here been a big winner?

I won a Benelli shotgun a couple years ago. When hunting out of state with my brother and son, we stopped in a small town bar/restaurant and I donated $20 to the buy-playground-equipment-for-the-grade school cause. They called me 8 months later to tell me my ticket was drawn and shipped the gun to my local FFL. Last thing I needed was a shotgun so I sold it cheap to a friend that had the hots for it.

 

[Poper]

In the last couple of years, my wife has won 3, yes, 3 raffles.

1). Ruger MKII 5 or 6" barrel
2). AR-15 Lower (a "gun" in California)
3). Just recently a Kimber Compact Carry II in 45 ACP

Dang!
If she was mine, I would have her enter every raffle I could find. And send her out to buy lottery tickets at least once a week, too!

 

[Paul Toms]

Dang!
If she was mine, I would have her enter every raffle I could find. And send her out to buy lottery tickets at least once a week, too!

Saturday she bought a raffle ticket at the LGS for a CZ. I expect she'll win that one also. Tickets higher than average, but there's only 29 tickets or some such thing being sold for it.