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1959 Savage 99EG. Grandpa had one in 300 Savage, mine's a 308.

My grandfather gave me his Browning A5 16ga, and also gave me his fathers Model 11. So I have 5 generations of family shotguns now included my sons stuff.

When I was younger and between jobs, I had to sale a lot of my collector stuff (keep the hunting stuff). I've been fortunate to replace a lot of that stuff in the last few years, nice pre 64 m94, s&w model 19, and a few others. I'm not selling them again unless it really came down to it. Oh...and a Win m1 carbine, looked for one for years but never ran across one in a condition I could accept until about a year ago.

My first S&W model 25, 45 Colt, it has been modified with a Patridge front sight, the barrel has been lapped, the cylinder throats uniformed, trigger stop, the trigger polished smooth, the action polished and tuned. This pistol loves hard cast 250 grain Saeco bullets, over 8.5 to 9.5 grains of Unique. IfI were to choose a rifle, my choice would fall between Siamese Mauser in 45 - 70 or a Mark X chambered for 375 Whelen.

Best friend died and his wife gave me his Win. 101 20 ga Pigeon Grade. That one will not go anywhere.

Nothing fancy here. Ruger 77v in .243. My now wife gave it to me some 43 years ago. She bought it with baby sitting money.

WS

Just this very old used .243 Rem 700 ADL I bought in the 60's via mowing grass and working grounds maintenance for a local municipal airport...killed my first deer with it, my son used it for his first deer and last Nov my grandson added his first buck to its history...

Cool FBF, while I didn't take my 1st deer with my M77MKII in .243 my son did and now I have hope that my grandson[s]-another on the way will, It's become my fav for the deer woods.
My favorite overall is a tie between my dads old WIN 63 and my newest, an AR that my son gave me for Christmas.

Hate these threads because it conjures up images of having to let the others go. Mine would be my Ruger MkII .257 Roberts my parents bought for me for college graduation. First day in the woods with it I killed at that time my largest buck. Three days later another first for me two bucks minutes apart (one of them my first nine point). It holds multiple other firsts for me. It stays whatever may come.
GreggH

Nice.

split between my 99F 250-3000 savage and My 375 winchester big bore.
bought the Big Bore new in 1980.
the savage was a gift from a Man that went through the Italian campaign when he was 17.

Like lots of you hard to say one. My Marlin Guide Gun 45 70 is one of the top ones. Many deer and a few hogs. A friend let me be caretaker of his Colt Gold Cup. Completely built by Nowlin about 30 yrs ago. It is very special. My grandson will get it. I love my Colt pre war DAs. Just the way it is.

My first revolver, a M29-2, bought new when I was 17. I just turned 59. It's been tweaked by the factory since.

my parents gave me a jap browning a-5 light 20 with a fixed i.c. choked 26" vent rib barrel on it, for taking care of them and their farm the year my mother battled breast cancer. it is my favorite hunting shotgun and every time i hold it or use it, i think of my folks and all that they've done for me.

Milt Sparks VM-II's....

Thank you for that photo.

Just what's been the family

My 4” 686, or my 6.5 Swede Crusader. My dad took all the guns and sold them when he bailed on his family. Some of them would be keeper: 2 6.5 Arisakas, my brother sporterized the really beaten up one, a 1917 Enfield, and a Winchester 22LR lever action, not sure which model, but was a 50’s era Winchester.

Probably this Shiloh. Why? Not sure - I've been intrigued with them for years and this is the third one I've owned. All of them were bought off the rack but this one went back to Shiloh for rework into the one I would have custom ordered.



...but this Ballard is a close second. Why? It accompanied me on the most memorable hunt of my life - spent the better part of an afternoon trying to get from 1/2 mile to 150 yards to make the shot on this buck:

Beautiful !... what chamberings ?

45-90 on the Sharps and 45-70 on the Ballard.