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This should prove interesting... Might not be a good idea to post what you already have... so let's call this a wish list of what "you would have, if you could." My curiosity mainly revolves around your logic behind the choices.
My collection (wish list) started out as what I could get cheap & what I liked. Now it's more of what I have ammo for.
.22 Short, Long, Long Rifle...
Ithaca Model 49 (Single Shot Lever Action) - Because it's cool!
Henry Lever Action - Because it's cooler than the Ithaca!
Ruger 10/22 Carbine - Can't beat the reputation, cheap to shoot.
Ruger 10/22 Carbine w/ M1 Carbine Stock - Because it's cool!
Ruger 10/22 Rifle - Stainless - Good deal I couldn't pass up.
Henry AR7 Survival Rifle - Good deal I couldn't pass up.
Ruger MK111 - Fun, reliable, cheap to shoot but NEVER take it apart!
Ruger Single Six .22 & .22 mag - I have no clue why I bought this.
Jager AP-74 (AR-15 Copy in .22 LR) Because it's cool!
Jager AP-15 (Same as above) Because it's cool!
Colt - Umarex M-1622 (AR-15 Copy in .22LR) - Cheaper to shoot than 5.56
Walther PPK - Concealed Carry
Stoeger Luger (Copy of German Luger in .22LR) Because it's cool!
Tanfoglio Single Six - Free
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1 .22LR) $100.00 Couldn't pass it up.
Heritage Arms Single Six .22 & .22mag - It's pretty & got a super deal on it.
Stinger - Pengun - Concealed carry - looks like a pen!
**** Excess of 7,000 rnds

.223 / 5.56
Colt AR-15 SP-1 (Triangle Hand-guard)
Olympic Arms AR-15 20" SP1 Style (Triangle Hand-guard)
Olympic Arms AR-15 20" SP1 Style (Triangle Hand-guard)
Bushmaster AR-15 20" Heavy Barrel (Triangle Hand-guard)
Colt AR-15 20" Heavy Barrel (Round Hand-guard)
**** Excess 9,000 rnds

.30 Carbine
Inland M1 GI - Just plain awesome!
General Motors M1 GI - Just plain awesome!
Universal (Early) OK, fun to shoot - got it for free.
**** Excess 1,300 rnds

.303 British
Enfield #3 MK4 - Original - Bought it for $40.00
Enfield #3 MK4 - Modified Sporter - Bought it for $75.00 & came w/ 3 extra mags & scope.
Excess 1,000 rnds

30.06
03-A3 Springfield GI - Hunting Rifle
Springfield M1 Garand - Match Grade
Remington 700 - Hunting Rifle
**** Excess 600 rnds

.30-30
Winchester Mod 94 Standard - good saddle-gun
Winchester Mod 94 Octagon Barrel - Never leaves safe
Winchester 94 Carbine - Good saddle-gun
****400 rnds

.30/40 Krag
Springfield 1898 All Original - Inherited
Springfield 1898 Modern Style Modifications - Because it's cool.
300 Rnds

.380 Auto)
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1) - Concealed Carry
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1 Stainless) - Concealed Carry
Walther PPK - Concealed Carry
Walther PPK/S - Concealed Carry
**** Excess of 600 rnds

(9mm Luger
Star (Similar to 1911) - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Star 15 rnd Auto - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
S&W Auto - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Ruger P95 - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Beretta 92 - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
**** 500 rnds

.347 Mag
S&W Mod 13 Heavy Barrel - Duty Weapon
S&W Mod 19 - Duty Weapon
****Excess 300 rnds

.45 Auto
Colt 1911 (Prototype made in 1907) - Never leaves safe.
Colt 1911-A1 (Marked US Navy) - Never leaves safe.
Colt 1911-A1 Gold Cup - Range shooter
Ithaca 1911-A1 (Marked US Army) - Never leaves safe.
Springfield 1911-A1 - Concealed Carry
Springfield 1911 Champion - Concealed Carry
Springfield 1911-A1 Match Grade - Range shooter
Llama 1911 - Concealed Carry - Rarely
****Excess 5,000 rnds

.45 Long
Colt Single Action - Never leaves safe.
400 rnds

12 GA
Stevens Pump - Never leaves safe.
Ithaca Riot - Never leaves safe.
Double Barrel - Black Powder - Never leaves safe.
Mossberg 500 18" Standard Stock - Home defense
Maverick 88 18" Standard Stock - Home defense

I think that covers it... The rest has left recently due to ammo availability & prices. More may go due to lack of interest & redundancy. Besides if TSHTF, it would break my heart to destroy them rather than allow them to fall into the wrong hands.
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This should prove interesting... Might not be a good idea to post what you already have... so let's call this a wish list of what "you would have, if you could." My curiosity mainly revolves around your logic behind the choices.
My collection (wish list) started out as what I could get cheap & what I liked. Now it's more of what I have ammo for.
.22 Short, Long, Long Rifle...
Ithaca Model 49 (Single Shot Lever Action) - Because it's cool!
Henry Lever Action - Because it's cooler than the Ithaca!
Ruger 10/22 Carbine - Can't beat the reputation, cheap to shoot.
Ruger 10/22 Carbine w/ M1 Carbine Stock - Because it's cool!
Ruger 10/22 Rifle - Stainless - Good deal I couldn't pass up.
Henry AR7 Survival Rifle - Good deal I couldn't pass up.
Ruger MK111 - Fun, reliable, cheap to shoot but NEVER take it apart!
Ruger Single Six .22 & .22 mag - I have no clue why I bought this.
Jager AP-74 (AR-15 Copy in .22 LR) Because it's cool!
Jager AP-15 (Same as above) Because it's cool!
Colt - Umarex M-1622 (AR-15 Copy in .22LR) - Cheaper to shoot than 5.56
Walther PPK - Concealed Carry
Stoeger Luger (Copy of German Luger in .22LR) Because it's cool!
Tanfoglio Single Six - Free
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1 .22LR) $100.00 Couldn't pass it up.
Heritage Arms Single Six .22 & .22mag - It's pretty & got a super deal on it.
Stinger - Pengun - Concealed carry - looks like a pen!
**** Excess of 7,000 rnds

.223 / 5.56
Colt AR-15 SP-1 (Triangle Hand-guard)
Olympic Arms AR-15 20" SP1 Style (Triangle Hand-guard)
Olympic Arms AR-15 20" SP1 Style (Triangle Hand-guard)
Bushmaster AR-15 20" Heavy Barrel (Triangle Hand-guard)
Colt AR-15 20" Heavy Barrel (Round Hand-guard)
**** Excess 9,000 rnds

.30 Carbine
Inland M1 GI - Just plain awesome!
General Motors M1 GI - Just plain awesome!
Universal (Early) OK, fun to shoot - got it for free.
**** Excess 1,300 rnds

.303 British
Enfield #3 MK4 - Original - Bought it for $40.00
Enfield #3 MK4 - Modified Sporter - Bought it for $75.00 & came w/ 3 extra mags & scope.
Excess 1,000 rnds

30.06
03-A3 Springfield GI - Hunting Rifle
Springfield M1 Garand - Match Grade
Remington 700 - Hunting Rifle
**** Excess 600 rnds

.30-30
Winchester Mod 94 Standard - good saddle-gun
Winchester Mod 94 Octagon Barrel - Never leaves safe
Winchester 94 Carbine - Good saddle-gun
****400 rnds

.30/40 Krag
Springfield 1898 All Original - Inherited
Springfield 1898 Modern Style Modifications - Because it's cool.
300 Rnds

.380 Auto)
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1) - Concealed Carry
Llama (Tiny Copy of 1911-A1 Stainless) - Concealed Carry
Walther PPK - Concealed Carry
Walther PPK/S - Concealed Carry
**** Excess of 600 rnds

(9mm Luger
Star (Similar to 1911) - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Star 15 rnd Auto - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
S&W Auto - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Ruger P95 - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
Beretta 92 - Concealed Carry - not crazy about it.
**** 500 rnds

.347 Mag
S&W Mod 13 Heavy Barrel - Duty Weapon
S&W Mod 19 - Duty Weapon
****Excess 300 rnds

.45 Auto
Colt 1911 (Prototype made in 1907) - Never leaves safe.
Colt 1911-A1 (Marked US Navy) - Never leaves safe.
Colt 1911-A1 Gold Cup - Range shooter
Ithaca 1911-A1 (Marked US Army) - Never leaves safe.
Springfield 1911-A1 - Concealed Carry
Springfield 1911 Champion - Concealed Carry
Springfield 1911-A1 Match Grade - Range shooter
Llama 1911 - Concealed Carry - Rarely
****Excess 5,000 rnds

.45 Long
Colt Single Action - Never leaves safe.
400 rnds

12 GA
Stevens Pump - Never leaves safe.
Ithaca Riot - Never leaves safe.
Double Barrel - Black Powder - Never leaves safe.
Mossberg 500 18" Standard Stock - Home defense
Maverick 88 18" Standard Stock - Home defense

I think that covers it... The rest has left recently due to ammo availability & prices. More may go due to lack of interest & redundancy. Besides if TSHTF, it would break my heart to destroy them rather than allow them to fall into the wrong hands.
Well it's a good start! ;)
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Sorry I lost all mine in Lake Tahoe, its a deep lake, I doubt they will ever be receovered.
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Damn... looks a bit greedy or excessive when it's in print. If this keeps up I might be labeled a "gun nut".
I want a G.E Mini Gun, because now that you asked, yes I DO own the damn road::rambo:::mrgreen:
Sorry I lost all mine in Lake Tahoe, its a deep lake, I doubt they will ever be receovered.
How sad... I'll bet you don't remember what side of the lake you were on either. It was a dark & stormy night...
Funny thing... right after I posted mine I had a huge yard sale & everything was sold. :)
Damn... looks a bit greedy or excessive when it's in print. If this keeps up I might be labeled a "gun nut".
That would be a "Shooting Enthusiast" not a nut. ;)
That would be a "Shooting Enthusiast" not a nut. ;)
With ammo prices as they are now I can't afford to shoot. Guess that makes me a Hoarding Shooting Enthusiast Wannabe.
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One man's hoarder is another man's prepper.
I'm pretty satisfied at the moment. Personally, I own a ruger SR22 and a ruger p95 in .45 for pistols and a .308 rifle. In my family, we've also got .30-06, .223, a few 22 rifles, and a few shot guns not to mention 2 compound bows and 1 recurve bow.

I think there's a point where you over extend yourself and you can't adequately "prep" in all calibers... what we have right now is more than enough fire power for 99.9% of the wildlife we'd see in my BOL. I'd like to add a few things here and there, namely a .357 for my dad in the coming year (probably one for myself to match). I'd also consider an AR, but that's down the road a ways in my budget. To live a subsistence lifestyle right now, we're pretty much set.
I am pretty well set for now. More ammo would be good, could always use for barter. Probably would like a GOOD BOV.
In reality none had to do with prepping. I rarely hunt, going to the store is much easier. (But I do buy a license every year just to support Fish & Game). I like to target shoot but my main thing is collecting guns I like. The engineering, workmanship & history of certain guns has always intrigued me.

Edit... One thing I'd like to add... All of my guns are very well behaved. They never go out alone and don't go around hurting people.
Now is a good time that you/we might want to think about trading some guns and get something you/we may be deficient in such as night vision equipment. There are things on the market now that weren't available a few years back.
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Now is a good to time that you might want to think about trading some guns and get something you may be deficient in such as night vision equipment. There are things on the market now that weren't available a few years back.
Excellent point! I wouldn't have come up with that on my own.
I love my Lee Enfield .303 scoped out with custom monty carlo sport stock,300 yards is no problem,too bad just the other day I leaned it against the bumper of my truck at the range and then backed right over it,gonna miss that one ;)


Edit-JPARIZ,what is your opinion on the Heritage single 6 22/22mag?I have two,one being the pearl stub birds head and the other is with the western camo grips and 5 1'2" barrel.I don't know about you,but these are the funnest plinksters i've ever had.I've had one for some time and just recently aquired the other.The older one has been through the mill,and for a cheap single action revolver,has proven to be very dependable and has held up well through the years,my only complaint would be the blueing could be better,but for the price I paid,I can't say anything negative about these.Love throwing mags through them.
I want to be left alone by my government. I want to live in peace even with those I disagree with.
I want to die and old Grandfather not a young one defending my grandchildren.

please do not mistake my dreams imply I will not act if needed
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Excellent point! I wouldn't have come up with that on my own.
I sold one of my SIG P226s today - an older SCT model, for 20% more than I paid for it. The guy may want some ammo too, so I may be able to make a little more to go with that.

I plan to use the proceeds to upgrade an optic for one of my rifles, or maybe upgrade from factory Hogue stocks on a couple of my bolt actions to something more solid, to aid in accuracy.

As for what I want - I really want a 7.62 AR-style battle rifle with a quality 20 inch barrel that is a gas piston design and is very accurate. None are available commercially yet, but when one is, that monster will be mine, all mine....

The FN SCAR Mk20 would be perfect, but I have been waiting so long now for a commercial version to be made available...it is my own Holy Grail.
Most of the guns on my wanted list are Military Surplus guns since that seems to be the direction my collection is heading. My wish list is way too long for print but I'll give you some highlights:

First and foremost I want my CMP Garand to arrive, probably another 3 weeks or so it should be here.

Need another Marlin 336, this one in .30WCF with a waffle top
Winchester 1886 in .33WCF
M1 Carbine hopefully with a WWII serial #
Mauser K98
Need to replace the SMLE that I sold years ago (stupid thing to do)
Springfield M1A

Handguns I'm looking for:
Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt
Milspec 1911 (haven't decided which one)
Colt SAA
Walther P38 (WWII issue would be great)
P08 Luger
Browning High Power
Colt 1908 and 1903 hammerless

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I found this little number in my new Sears Roebuck catalog. I'd take 2 of 'em.
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