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K95, 30-06 Springfield



Kinda hard to sneak up on at a reasonable price, but the two I've owned were/are sweet shooters and easy to carry.



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Winchester model 71 Deluxe carbine.

Never seen one in person.

76’ Winchester Deluxe 50-95.....

Very nice choice there. I came close to getting a repro Uberti 76 in 45-60 last year, but I was looking for a 22" carbine, and all anyone had were the full length 28 inchers. Ended up getting an 1873 20" SR in 45 Colt instead.

10/4 on that........


Close, but no cigar!



Browning M71, High Grade, 348 Win.



Nonneman Custom Winchester M71, 475 Turnbull

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Mine is a mark x in 30-06. Pretty plain Jane but dam it can shoot...if I do my part

Here is your huckleberry. I missed it by $33,000.00…

https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...model-1876-50-express-lever-action-rifle

Some really nice firearms I see.

Take care

Headed to the rack.

Holy grail rifle? Not me. Over the years I have owned more rifles than I could possibly recall And I liked a bunch of them but I always grew bored with any given rifle after a while and Eventually sold it and I have Not really regretted letting any of them go.....Hb

Don't know about holy grails....but these two will do me for what time I have left.


Brno 22F in 7X57:




1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer:

Best post here!

Fairly much the same for me. Even though there is a bunch of stuff out there that I admire, I don’t tend to lust after stuff outta my reach $ wise (or priced beyond what I believe is reasonable).

Somewhere in here, and I think there is more than one...

Fantastic brace of Sako's and Coopers. The others may be more-so, but I'm not qualified to comment.

Just the time it takes to display all those then put them back up would be a Herculean task!


Holy Grail Batman!

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This thread got me to thinking about holy grail firearms and I realized that I owned every one that I had fantasized about. Some were as good as I had hoped, others were disappointing but then there was always the next one that would be the perfect one.
What really hit home is that I no longer have a desire for a holy grail firearm, I am satisfied with what I currently have. Hopefully this is just a passing thing but at my age I suspect that I am done searching for the holy grail and am satisfied to use the ones I acquired on the way to this part of my life. It is a feeling that is both sad and satisfying.

drover

I watched "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" on BBC Channel this morning. Does that count?

A real, not a fake put-together, Artillery Luger.

An Al Biesen 270 Win.

I had an Artillery Luger years ago given to me by my “step” father in law. He got to missing it and used family pressure after six months to get it back. Screw him.

Roy Chapman Andrew's personal Savage 1920, #5640.

Any of the other three Savage 1920s that RCA took on his 3rd Expedition into Mongolia, numbers 5575, 5742, and 5747 or the Savage 1899 250-3000 rifle that he carried previously would be okay too.

I have one of Larry Koller's Savage 1920s, #15xx, so I got that covered.

Elmer Keith's 1st Model Newton in 256 Newton would be nice to own too. He included the serial number in "Hell, I Was There!", but I don't remember what it was and would have to look it up.

Does the 3rd from right Classic Custom have a fluted barrel? Never seen that before.

I’m fond of Cooper and Dakota right now.

Nice collection, shrapnel.