What's the holy grail of firearms?

[shinz]

Finding an original BSA converted P14 Enfield in 40BSA. Still holding the dream.
Steve

 

[RonE]

The holy grail? It is probably the one that got away. The one you sold and now want it back, the one you had the opportunity to own and passed up. The holy grail of guns in in the mind of the individual.

 

[Hk91-762mm]

For me it would not really be a firearm it would be a PEDERSON device for my 1918 springfield thats set up for the attachment.
A rod bayonet 1903 would rate right up there too.!!

 

[DKeener]

Alvin York's P-17 Enfield and a factory lettered Colt Buntline Special shipped to Dodge City, KS or Tombstone, AT.

 

[MikePGS]

The 88 Magnum. It shoots through schools...

 

[Avenger]

I would LOVE to have a Gyrojet carbine. Either version of the pistol would be fine as well, but I absolutely drool for the carbine. Plus a machine shop and chemical lab for reloading.....

The Mosin M91 that was used as a proof-of-concept frame for the Pederson device development.

A Colt revolver shotgun is pretty high on my list as well.

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

World War II BAR. :drool:

 

[Kentucky-roughrider]

TR's winchester 94 with silencer

Could you image if the POTUS order a gun with a silencer on it now days, Teddy bought it to control varmint without alarming the neighors.

 

[22-rimfire]

As you can see, there is NO holy grail for gun collectors. Everyone has their own idea of what is significant within their little world.

 

[Vegaslaith]

A pre-68' transferrable milled AK-47.

 

[benEzra]

For most of us, acquiring guns isn't so much about acquiring rare and uncommon ones, as it is about acquiring guns that we like to shoot or are personally interested in, IMO.

 

[Scanr]

the Hamilton & Burr dueling set would make a great corner stone for any collection.

The dueling set that took the life of Commodore Stephen Decatur would be mine.

 

[Tigerseye]

The .45ACP Luger that survived the pistol trials when the 1911 was adopted.

 

[IndianaBoy]

I'm not going to read all the way through this, but so far you are all wrong.


The correct answer is the pistol used by the pathetic and consumptive Gavrilo Princip to assassinate the archduke and his wife.

The one gun that sparked WWI, WWII, and has shaped the continent of Europe ever since. The echo of those shots will reverberate for as long as mankind clings to life on this rock.

 

[5knives]

Patterson Colt Revolver, Serial Number 001

Regards,

 

[Erik]

"What's the holy grail of firearms?"

The S&W Registered magnum #1 (J. Edgar's personal RM)

 

[A2]

+1

j22

 

[popeyespappy]

For me it would have to be a General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger

 

[murdoc rose]

the walker is the most wanted of American guns I believe, or the most wanted that are not considered one of a kind. There are however many guns that are worth more. If we are talking personal guns names like bill hickok, james brothers, law men and crooks from the days before the revolution to present. There is also the huge category of movie guns that are heavily collected. The list just goes on.

 

[doc2rn]

The one that rules the battlefield.....120mm smoothbore on an M1A2 Tank with all the shells I could ever put down range!

 

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // I vote the Ferguson breech loading rifle. //1st breech loader used by military// Invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson (British) at the beginning of American Revolution, he received patent December 1776// I think a French guy invented the action though

 

[Sheepdog1968]

For me it was a Sig pistol. I really wanted one for 20 years before I bought it. It did not disappoint me.

 

[Lakeshore]

A Taurus that actually works.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

"What's the holy grail of firearms?"

The S&W Registered magnum #1 (J. Edgar's personal RM)

Does it come with his favorite dress?
Me, the cased set of 1860 army revolvers, engraved by Colts master engraver Joseph Wolf, presented to the king of Denmark by President Lincolin.

 

[2RCO]

Sgt. York's Colt

The 16 Gauge Superposed---There is only 1 and last I heard she's in the Browning Museum.

George Luger's personal Short Barrel Luger 1 off as well.