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Two that get lots of grins when I let newbies shoot are
Marlin 1895 45-70 with cast bullets over trailboss.
Marlin 1894 .45 Colt with cast over mid level loads.
Iron sights and a nice "plang" when they hit a steel plate.
Everybody likes to play Cowboy!
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Ma Deuce is fun till you have to carry it. Yep! Then it transforms into one of the most miserable torture devices ever invented!
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Ma Deuce is fun till you have to carry it. Yep! Then it transforms into one of the most miserable torture devices ever invented! there is that but............that wasn't in the equation......OP said shoot...not carry
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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Marlin 45/70 with plinking loads
Browning BL-22
Colt Diamondback 4" 38spl
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Ruger 10/22 carbine bought in 1968. Over the years that's the one I've had the most fun with, by far.
Firing the M2 and M60 machine guns in the Army was a ton of fun, but as a civilian I couldn't afford to feed them. I originally said a .30 carbine as I thought we were talking about guns we owned. If we are talking about ones we've fired a bit I would say the B.A.R. Hands down the most fun I have ever had with a weapon. Better than a .50, an M-60 or an AR. I could get on a 55 gal drum at 500 meters in two or three short bursts. I got to shoot one quite a bit one day at I.T.R. we were the last unit on that range and there was extra ammo.
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17 HMR for rifles, and my Ruger SR22 for handguns, Two of my most used guns.
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My favorite is any 22 Hornet, I just love that cartridge. Another is my Winchester model 92 in 44-40. Hope to be buried with that one.
Dennis
Lets start over and talk about something you know about, like Mexican food.
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Hi all! Happy to be at the fire.
Any 22 rimfire in my hand used to be the ticket for instant fun and gratification- that was when the ammo was cheap and prolific. Lately, I am loving my 30-06 with reduced loads and cast or plated bullets. Those Berry 150s are benchrest bullets in my 700!
Recently inherited a Contender with a 218 Bee Bullberry bbl that is a laser and a hoot. Pop goes the squirrel! This one is cheap to shoot, and extremely satisfying from a handloading, hunting, and plinking perspective.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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Ruger Mark II?
or Colt Python?
tough decision
Paul
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Ma Deuce without a doubt. But the M-60 on a Jeep pedestal mount is a close second.
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My 20 Vartarg in a field full of p/dogs @ 400 yds....
Or my 20 Practical....or 20 BR...................or my
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Marlin lever action .357 carbine. My wife and daughters love it with cast bullet target loads, it shines as a high-capacity defense carbine with +P hollowpoints in either 38 special or 357 mag, and when stoked with Garret or Buffalo Bore heavy duty loads, rivals a 30-30 for hunting deer or pigs. What a gun!
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke
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Gota be a 22LR of some sort. I will admit the most fun gun to fire when I was in the Navy was the Ma Deuce. Could not believe what it did to a wrecked Trawler hull. Paint flying off and clean holes in 1"+ steel hull. Every third was a tracer, what was not to like??
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Ive got a 458 win built by Remington,s custom shop,that is a real grin to use with super mild cast loads I won,t post all the details because you might not believe me,and Im not sure the loads safe in all guns, but a properly sized lubed 355 grain cast bullet properly hand loaded can be pushed to about 1100 fps and if shot off a bench rest, can shoot under 1/2" hundred yard 3 shot groups on a very calm windless day.
and yes Ive used that load on a few hogs and while its not going to make spectacular instant kills its deadly, and punches to the vitals
yes that loads producing less than 20% of the factory load energy levels but its still fun to shoot
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Rossi M92 stainless carbine (20") .357/38 with Lyman receiver sight and a bucket full of cast .38's, and a swinging steel gong target and a bunch of tin cans. My wife even likes shooting it!
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My boss has a full auto M-4 that is awesome to shoot, but gets spendy pretty quickly with todays ammo prices. ($15-$20, 30 round clip 2 seconds). My fun gun is shooting a round of trap with my 16 gauge drilling with rabbit ears, gets a lot of attention and everyone wants to try it.
Bart
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S&W M&P 1522 is hands down the firearm I have the most fun with.
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What is the most "fun" gun you've ever shot? no question about it......an M-1 carbine with a basket full of surplus ammo.....and a 20 shot clip Second most fun is a M-70 push feed in .223 Remington Next in line is a currently owned Taurus 4" stainless tracker using .38 special ammo.....all great fun
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My Shiloh Sharps puts a silly grin on my face every time I pull the trigger. The Lyman GPR with patched 54 round balls rates up there.
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The M256 120 mm gun (M1A1 Abrams Main Gun) is definitely the most fun gun I've ever shot.
The lil Browning 1911-22 is pretty fun as well.
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