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Too bad the guns I really long for are ones I've sold, 3 screw 41 mag, remington 600 in .308 and I had and ithaca side by side stolen,
sure wish I could get that one back. Most of the really cool stuff out there is out of my price range

A Merkel 147EL

Nice example in the pictures. For a double rifle, I�d prefer to go Scottish. A Dickson round action with 3 sets of barrels would easly make me forget my Westley Faunetta. Barrels in 20 bore, .450 Nitro Express, and .303 would serve me very well.

I long after several I've sold, including a Ruger International 44 Magnum, a Springfield 30-03A1 (with a brass plaque awarding to it a USMC General on his retirement), a Ruger 44 Magnum Flat Top (4 digit SN) and several others. In hindsight, I don't know why I sold them, but I now sure wish I hadn't.

Well if everything works out right my 1911 when it comes back from Wilson Combat will be my holy Grail 1911.

If I were a real young pup and assuming I lived here in Montana I would buy a Wilson Combat Classic Supergrade in .45 Auto and never look back. A $6,000 1911, 2 year wait. My Holy Grail of handguns.

That would do very nicely,, thank you very much, in a 375 Flanged...

Winchester Model 71 Deluxe, 348 WCF.

Not necessarily own, but I know of one 6.5 Carcano I'd like the opportunity to find out just how accurate really is.

Another is a Walther PPK 7.65 that reportedly resided in Stalin's control after it was lifted from Hitler's suicide couch. That one, I'd like to own.

For a daily driver, a Savage-actioned 6MM AI, with 26" medium contour, spiral fluted, SS barrel, diamond chip front bead sight, in 1 in 8 twist. I'd want the action anodized bright red, maybe some gold inlay. Stock would be a Serengeti Stockworks stealth lamination. Timney Trigger would do just fine. Topped with talley QD rings, with a rear-peep base.

It'd be too pretty to scope, or shoot - but I would.

I guess if we are talking about price being no issue, then a custom.

It would be a Defiance Machine short action in 6 Dasher. McMillan A-5 swirly, 28" Krieger SS barrel, muzzle brake, and Harris Bi-pod, Jewel trigger, and topped with a March scope.

But it is just a dream.

Great to be American ain't it!?

I owned mine and sold them back in my "stupid days".
1 Was an LC Smith Specialty Grade with 2 sets of barrels(16 guage)
and a DHE Parker 12 guage . That gun had the tightest set of full choke barrels I've ever shot ,it was death on geese.

For the most part. There are a few things i am sure we would all like to change.

well, I have a Shiloh Sharps on order...which is arguably one of the best American Single shots.

Next maybe a original Farquharsen British rifle...maybe in one of the blackpowder express calibers

A Bowen Nimrod has to fit in there somewhere, as well.

One of those rare Baer 10mm 1911's would be good, too...

A Korth DA revolver, 357 MAG.
A Sig P-210 semi-auto, 9 MM.

I am however working on acquiring a:

Doug Turnbull 'Open Range',
Grade-C 70% coverage engraved, special case colored,
hand carved pre-ban Ivory grips, 45 COLT.

(May be my 'last' gun.)

Shiloh Sharps 1874 Montana Roughrider, .45-70 (aka .45 2 1/10"), 30"octagonal barrel, MVA Sharps style front globe sight with spirit level, Mid-Range Soule Tang sight with Hadley eyecup.

Ed

Same here.

Ya know, you might have "it", worse than ET.

I'd really like to see that one.

Hope you get it.

Respect the fact you actually used (and enjoyed) it.

To the OP, my freind Kevin Gibson...

I am immeasureably blessed to now own firearms that not so long ago I could only dream of having.

One of them is the now highly modified COlt DElta ELite that you so kindly installed the Wilson parts onto and tuned for me sir! Another hearty thank you from here.

One is my 416 Rigby. I bought it and modified it with a model 70 style safey, NECG trigger, Weisner bottom metal, full length glass bedding etc but it wil later this week be a DREAM rifle because Karnis, when I was so very sick and fighting for my life made me a deal I could not refuse and has transformed the stock on it form an OK but porky CZ stock into a gorgeous, svelte, handy feeling piece of art that looks like it came from the hands of skilled craftsmen at John Rigby's or Maybe even John Rigby himself in the 1910's. Karnis has sent me pictures via PM and I hope to have it in hand and on the rifle again later this week.

Another campfire member allowed me to buy his tapered octagon barreled Len Brownell Original Custom Mauser with spectacular wood and metalwork last summer for an amazingly low price that I was able to cover by selling my custom 257WBY to Eric M here at the 'fire. It is now a gorgeous 7mm Mashburn Super and I took a buck with it at 506 yards two weeks ago.

A few years ago I stumbled onto a Biesen Stocked Sako Riihimaki 222 at a small town Pawn Shop. When it was offered up to me at only $700.00 I nearly re-tore my rotator cuff reaching for my wallet! That little 222 rifle consistently places three Moly'ed 50gr TNT's into one ragged cloverleaf time after time at 100 yards and is oft used by one of my Pastors daughters to blast Rodents with at stupid long ranges with great success.

I have sold almost every other firearm except these and my Benelli Super BLack Eagle (My only shotgun for 15 years now and another candidate for a holy Grail Gun) As I cannot see needing any others and actually feel kind of guilty adding anything to these.

I am amazed, still, at how these came to me and fully recognize how very fortunate and blessed I am. I could never have afforded these by the normal means of building them or aquiring them at thier full values. MARK