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We have talked about the best pistol or rifle, your favorite gun, the one you would buy if money was not a problem the one you would grab if TSHTF, and the one you want to find under the tree........
Now tell us, what is the ONE gun that you miss the most out of all that you have ever parted with for any reason - and how and why did you go on your way in life without it?
Those others were all easy questions for most of us to answer, but this may be a really tough question. It is not tough so much because you will have a hard time deciding on the answer, but it may bring tears to your eyes thinking that you were either hard up enough, stupid enough or just unfortunate enough to have parted with it.
For me I guess it was a Browning BLR in .358 Winchester. I got this fine rifle, very possibly unfired, at a good second hand price (not for a song but it made me sing). I shot it a few times and it was one heck of a shooter. This used to belong to a coworker, and had been stored in the range at work. The range was in the lower level of 6 WTC. This rifle had virtually been forgotten about by its owner, and when I found it I wanted it, and wound up making an offer. A calamity took place before I could buy it though. Yes, I found it not too long before 911. When #1 WTC fell, an awful lot of it went right down through the middle of number 6 WTC. The room in which the BLR was stored also held other guns, many in safes. Most of them were destroyed, but the BLR remained virtually untouched except for dust, even though it was protected only by the cardboard box and Styrofoam liner that it comes in when sold. Heck, now it even had a provenance, and I figured that by some quirk of fate this gun was meant for me. I bought it and shot it a bit, but the ammo was pretty darned expensive. The cost of the ammo was anywhere from just over $30 a box to $40 a box.
Well the cost of the ammo made me think I could get a lot more enjoyment out of something that shot .308, so I decided to sell it and buy a .308. I sold it at auction. I got a lot more than I had paid, but so what - I was a jerk for selling it. That rifle should have gone into a vault with at least 200 rounds of factory fresh ammo - for my son's future use. Man was it a pretty rifle and it shot great too. Of course, I never got the .308, the money found other things to buy, like I said I was a dope!
There are also plenty of others I miss too, but this is the ONE I miss the MOST!
Best regards,
Glenn B
Now tell us, what is the ONE gun that you miss the most out of all that you have ever parted with for any reason - and how and why did you go on your way in life without it?
Those others were all easy questions for most of us to answer, but this may be a really tough question. It is not tough so much because you will have a hard time deciding on the answer, but it may bring tears to your eyes thinking that you were either hard up enough, stupid enough or just unfortunate enough to have parted with it.
For me I guess it was a Browning BLR in .358 Winchester. I got this fine rifle, very possibly unfired, at a good second hand price (not for a song but it made me sing). I shot it a few times and it was one heck of a shooter. This used to belong to a coworker, and had been stored in the range at work. The range was in the lower level of 6 WTC. This rifle had virtually been forgotten about by its owner, and when I found it I wanted it, and wound up making an offer. A calamity took place before I could buy it though. Yes, I found it not too long before 911. When #1 WTC fell, an awful lot of it went right down through the middle of number 6 WTC. The room in which the BLR was stored also held other guns, many in safes. Most of them were destroyed, but the BLR remained virtually untouched except for dust, even though it was protected only by the cardboard box and Styrofoam liner that it comes in when sold. Heck, now it even had a provenance, and I figured that by some quirk of fate this gun was meant for me. I bought it and shot it a bit, but the ammo was pretty darned expensive. The cost of the ammo was anywhere from just over $30 a box to $40 a box.
Well the cost of the ammo made me think I could get a lot more enjoyment out of something that shot .308, so I decided to sell it and buy a .308. I sold it at auction. I got a lot more than I had paid, but so what - I was a jerk for selling it. That rifle should have gone into a vault with at least 200 rounds of factory fresh ammo - for my son's future use. Man was it a pretty rifle and it shot great too. Of course, I never got the .308, the money found other things to buy, like I said I was a dope!
There are also plenty of others I miss too, but this is the ONE I miss the MOST!
Best regards,
Glenn B
