The Must have Guns.

[mn_smokeater]

Simply put: what are the guns that everyone must have in their collection at least once in their lives.

we should limit this though to the practically able to get. IE not counting the Super rare that are stupid expensive or the ones we caint get legally.


Lets hear em!

[jgalt]

Glock 19, of course - no need for anything past that...

[tacticalninja32]

Sig X5

[1911fan]

Savage 99. Winchester 94. SAA colt. Colt 1911. A5. N frame.

Ruger MK I, II, or III, Hi Power

[CZscout]

CZ75B

1911

Glock 18

Marlin 336 or Winchester 94

[EJSG19]

A .22 LR rifle that costs lest than $250 brand new. You could maybe, maybe stretch the rifle category to something in .223 or 30 caliber for $300-400 or so, but you begin using the term "need" a lot more loosely. It could be argued that not too many today really "needs" to hunt, and home/self defense realistically would rarely require a battle rifle where a pistol or shotgun wouldn't be as good (but nobody will ever tell me or convince me of that).

A solid, reliable pistol that costs less than $600 brand new. (You said "Must" not "Oh man I'm gonna wet my pants because this pistol is so cool looking.) (Glock, GI or Milspec 1911,

A good solid 12 ga. shotgun for about $400 or less. (Rem 870, Mossberg 500, etc)

These dollar amounts are realistic for a firearm that performs correctly 100% or as close as humans are capable of designing a simple machine to operate at 100% reliability. So I say one rifle, one pistol and one shotgun, at a reasonable price gives a guy all the choices he needs, and probably is overkill for most gun owners' "needs".

In the realm of "Must" I am interpreting that to mean "strictly a utilitarian firearm".




Then again if your "must" means "every gun a guy could ever imagine wanting" then the list is impossibly long, and therefore unobtainable for 80+% of gun nuts.

I think I've sufficiently pooped on the parade marshal here.

[Tommy Gun]

SIG P220

[Squib Joe]

The Avtomat Kalashnikova Model of 1947

[Pat]

A 1911 and a .22. You can kill anything meat bearing between a squirrel and a deer, including ducks and geese.

[Heffay]

Springfield M1A
Glock 19
Barrett 82A1

2 of 3 complete. Come on, lottery ticket!

[mmcnx2]

A good qaulity example of the follow (my personal preference of each is provided)

.22 auto pistol - S&W Model 41
.22 rifle - Anschutz Model 64
Semi auto centerfire rifle - AR15
Lever action cenerfirw rifle - Winchester Model 88
Bolt action centerfire rifle - Sako 85
Bull Barrel bolt action centerfire rifle - Remington 700 SPX
O/U gauge shotgun - Beretta 686 in 12ga
SxS gauge shotgun - Rizzini BR522 in 20ga
Semiauto shotun - Remington 11-87 in 28ga
1911 in .45- Springfield Loaded
Revolver - S&W K38
Safe Action Pistol - Glock 27
DA Pistol - Beretta 92F

Nothing impossible to get or 2nd mortgage expensive on the list, the SxS is the hardest one and hey everbody has to have one challenge.

[Countryfried Frank]

Single action revolver
Double action revolver

Caliber is shooter dependant.

[Snowgun]

a 1911

Some sort of polymer autopistol

A good all around shotgun, 12ga

an accurate bolt action rifle that fits you and that you can shoot, anywhere between a 25-06 and a 300 win mag

Something in an AR platform

A 22 pistol

A 22 rifle

a revolver I guess

[PhilaBOR]

Simply put: what are the guns that everyone must have in their collection at least once in their lives.

we should limit this though to the practically able to get. IE not counting the Super rare that are stupid expensive or the ones we caint get legally.


Lets hear em!

Key word: collection - to me, that means the guns you want. My list:
AR-10 or equiv
1911-A1 modern flavor
Standard capacity modern plastic gun ala M&P40
.22 rifle
12 ga pump or semi
pistol caliber carbine - they're fun to shoot
An H&K pistol that's crazy accurate
An old family gun
Your first gun

Not to be confused with the survival battery [which must be one of the most flogged topics on the interweb]:
AR or AK
.22
shotgun,
handgun
long range scoped gun

[snmann]

a Remington 870 shotgun in any caliber
H&R single action shotgun
a .44 mag
a "black" rifle