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Winchester 1894 saddle ring carbine, serial number puts its date of manufacture in 1897. Dad bought it in the 60’s in a pawn shop in downtown Denver. Saddle ring is broken off, mag tube was somehow damaged and cutdown, and the stock has an unsightly repair to the underside. She is ugly for sure but priceless to my eyes. I look at it and see “the red violin”, if only it could talk.
i dont know what has gotten into me in the last year and a half, but i lost all interest in repeating firearms and gradually sold off my stuff. due to the latest bullshit in the supply lines with bullets, primers and powder……i am not feeling the pain as i get a lot of enjoyment out of this. i am on the prowl for a custom flintlock that really lights my fire….but for now, this makes me smile.
Ruger 77/22 "paddle" synthetic. My dad bought it for me 25 years ago when I was 15. He passed this year but can't wait to pass on to my 2 year old son
My Winchester model 75 made in 1941. Still in extremely good shape. 
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Coolest? Has to me my Cabot…
But the one that makes me smile the most is also the most impractical one I own. I built this AR up over the last year as an exercise to see how light I could go without a tax stamp, and a LOP that works for me; i.e. rifle-length butt stock and a 15” hand guard:
3#, 2.2 ounces … and yes, it actually shoots! Quite well, actually!
Write up over on Zombie Squad (the new UFOZS forum), under ‘Aereus Lev’
But the one that makes me smile the most is also the most impractical one I own. I built this AR up over the last year as an exercise to see how light I could go without a tax stamp, and a LOP that works for me; i.e. rifle-length butt stock and a 15” hand guard:
3#, 2.2 ounces … and yes, it actually shoots! Quite well, actually!
Write up over on Zombie Squad (the new UFOZS forum), under ‘Aereus Lev’
https://rockyriverleather.com/content/index.php - This guy made the holster.
I also have a chest holster made by a Alien Gear and was *really* surprised they offered a shell that fits the 1903. I have had a bunch of these at one time and was finding suitable guns that were rusting away in some Grandpa's sock drawer, bought them, and was tricking them with hard chrome and new springs and trigger and action jobs. I initially started this project to buy them and resell but found out I would need a FFL to do that legally (plus Colt started making new Pocket Hammerless pistols) so I just gave the pistols to Niece's and Nephews as CCL guns. Everyone who shoots this gun falls in love with it. Total class...my passion for the Colt 1903 Model M "Pocket Hammerless" started with a gun I inherited from my FIL built in 1918 and carried around the Farm by 3 generations of my Wife's Kin. We put 100 rounds thru it on it's 100th Birthday!
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Axtell Rifle Co. 1877 'English' Sharps. walnut + colour case , pretty & shoots, not much more I could ask for?
I doubt any of my junk makes the cool list for this group. But, this is my cheapest gun, and the one I value the most. It was my first rifle as a boy, about 35 years ago. Only made from 1957-1962 if memory serves. It's a Winchester model 55 single shot semi-automatic .22, and will shoot short, long, and long rifle. Yes, you heard that right, a single shot semi-auto. Very obscure, rare, and mostly worthless to most.
Well since I took FJBs advice, all i have now is a cool single shot 410 shotgun. I hope the bad guy can hear me snapping it shut when i take it out of the safe and go get the shotgun rounds from downstairs(gotta keel them separate you know).
But that's all you truly need in this world.
Doc
But that's all you truly need in this world.
Doc
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