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Alpental · 08-24-2007, 01:09 PM

Two Questions:

First, if you could only pick one firearm from your entire collection (including rifles, shotguns, handguns etc...), to keep for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Second, you can keep your other weapons but only one handgun, which one do you choose and why?

From my meager collection (See signature) I would keep my XD-9. The primary reasons I own a firearms is to exercise my rights and for self defense. My XD has proven totally reliable, more so than my Bushmaster M-4, and it’s much more “convenient” for self defense purposes. Also, I've discovered plinking can be just as much fun with a handgun as with a rifle. As far as only handguns, well that’s easy, I only have one.

Cheers!

Jmanwit · 08-24-2007, 01:13 PM

Well, that is tough. I would probably keep the M1 Garand, because that is a firearm with history, and it is something that I would want my kids to have. Again, I only have 1 pistol, so that is as easy fgor me as it is for you.

rogerxd45 · 08-24-2007, 01:27 PM

well i would have to say i would keep my xd45 if i live in town if i live in the mountains i would go with my kel-tec

BurntPocketHole · 08-24-2007, 02:11 PM

My MAX-11 subgun. I already vowed to never sell it but only trade up from it. It also holds it value better than anything I own. The most fun and inspiring gun I have.

One handgun probibly my ruger 22/45. extremely accurate and reliable.
If I had to, It would be my best chance for survival and could put food over the fire each night.

Verk · 08-24-2007, 02:13 PM

Well, as much as I would like to say one of my M4s, its hard to walk around the streets with one of those concealed so I guess if you are going to put me in a corner, and since I have a CHL, it would have to be my XD 45.

The second part of your question, I'd keep my Bushmaster M4 with EOtech holographic sight and Surefire M500A weapon light. Between that an my XD 45, I believe I am sufficiently armed to deal with most threats.

**einheit 13** · 08-24-2007, 02:52 PM

My AKS-74U would be the one I'd keep. I have some worth more, but its favorite.

As far as handguns, that a tough one.....I would say my Sauer 38H. Small, battle proven, and because it was my grandfathers issue weapon that he kept up with even after being in a Russian POW camp....

**Ed Ely** · 08-24-2007, 04:34 PM

These two questions are pretty
easy for me to answer.

Winchester '94 .357/.38special
lever action, angle eject and my
Ruger GP100 6" pistol.

Ed

aiformula · 08-24-2007, 05:53 PM

sorry, guns are like potatoe chips... ya can't have just one.

Were I to boil it down to a single pistol/rifle combo, my Dan WEsson .357 pistol pack, and my rossi 357 lever... of course if it came down to that, I'd be riding a horse and shooting thieves

robinsre · 08-24-2007, 06:03 PM

Only one? My Mossberg 500. With that one gun I can reasonably hunt, target shoot, and defend my home and family.

If I could only keep one pistol it would be, without a doubt my Smith and Wesson Model 686. Some day one of my lucky grandchildren will get that gun.

mgregg85 · 08-24-2007, 06:38 PM

Reminds me of the high school government and US history classes. They would ask us which two of the ten amendments we would give up if we had to. There was always a strange situation given to justify why you would have to chose your favorite 8 such as aliens threatening to end the world or a government coup or what not. My response was always something along the lines of "Live free or die".

Not that that really had anything to do with the subject, just what it reminded me of. I guess if I had to pick just one I'd take my XD45 and then I'd give my mini-30 to a friend and my savage 30.06 to another friend(both of whom don't own guns.

08-24-2007, 01:09 PM	#1
Alpental XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: WA, USA Posts: 111	If you could only keep one. Two Questions: First, if you could only pick one firearm from your entire collection (including rifles, shotguns, handguns etc...), to keep for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Second, you can keep your other weapons but only one handgun, which one do you choose and why? From my meager collection (See signature) I would keep my XD-9. The primary reasons I own a firearms is to exercise my rights and for self defense. My XD has proven totally reliable, more so than my Bushmaster M-4, and it’s much more “convenient” for self defense purposes. Also, I've discovered plinking can be just as much fun with a handgun as with a rifle. As far as only handguns, well that’s easy, I only have one. Cheers! __________________ 30-30 Winchester Bushmaster M-4 H&K USP 9mm Smith & Wesson 442 Glock 27 "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -- (Thomas Jefferson)

08-24-2007, 01:13 PM	#2
Jmanwit XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern Kalifornia Posts: 1,287	Well, that is tough. I would probably keep the M1 Garand, because that is a firearm with history, and it is something that I would want my kids to have. Again, I only have 1 pistol, so that is as easy fgor me as it is for you. __________________ Everyone else hase one... http://jmanwit.blogspot.com/ *God Doesn't Let The Angels Die...* Springfield Armory Xtreme Duty .45 ACP The .45 ACP - 230 grains of freedom! Remington 870 Security 12 gauge M1 Garand "The single greatest battle implement ever devised by man" - A great American CMMG M4gery

08-24-2007, 02:11 PM	#4
BurntPocketHole XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PDX, OR Posts: 65	My MAX-11 subgun. I already vowed to never sell it but only trade up from it. It also holds it value better than anything I own. The most fun and inspiring gun I have. One handgun probibly my ruger 22/45. extremely accurate and reliable. If I had to, It would be my best chance for survival and could put food over the fire each night. __________________ XD40SC XD45C

08-24-2007, 02:52 PM	#6
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,640	My AKS-74U would be the one I'd keep. I have some worth more, but its favorite. As far as handguns, that a tough one.....I would say my Sauer 38H. Small, battle proven, and because it was my grandfathers issue weapon that he kept up with even after being in a Russian POW camp.... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

08-24-2007, 05:53 PM	#8
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,086	sorry, guns are like potatoe chips... ya can't have just one. Were I to boil it down to a single pistol/rifle combo, my Dan WEsson .357 pistol pack, and my rossi 357 lever... of course if it came down to that, I'd be riding a horse and shooting thieves __________________ Tony Obama '08... change we can bereave in. Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones!

08-24-2007, 01:27 PM	#3
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	well i would have to say i would keep my xd45 if i live in town if i live in the mountains i would go with my kel-tec

08-24-2007, 02:13 PM	#5
Verk XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 342	Well, as much as I would like to say one of my M4s, its hard to walk around the streets with one of those concealed so I guess if you are going to put me in a corner, and since I have a CHL, it would have to be my XD 45. The second part of your question, I'd keep my Bushmaster M4 with EOtech holographic sight and Surefire M500A weapon light. Between that an my XD 45, I believe I am sufficiently armed to deal with most threats.

08-24-2007, 04:34 PM	#7
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,646 Blog Entries: 1	These two questions are pretty easy for me to answer. Winchester '94 .357/.38special lever action, angle eject and my Ruger GP100 6" pistol. Ed

08-24-2007, 06:03 PM	#9
robinsre XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,777	Only one? My Mossberg 500. With that one gun I can reasonably hunt, target shoot, and defend my home and family. If I could only keep one pistol it would be, without a doubt my Smith and Wesson Model 686. Some day one of my lucky grandchildren will get that gun. __________________ Zeroth law of thermodynamics : If you have 1 six pack of beer and your neighbor brings 4 beers over, you will each end up drinking only 5 beers. First law of thermodynamics : There's no such thing as a free beer. Second law of thermodynamics : Even if there was such thing as a free beer, you couldn't drink it all anyway. Third law of thermodynamics : The colder it gets, the less beer you will have.

08-24-2007, 06:38 PM	#10
mgregg85 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 124	Reminds me of the high school government and US history classes. They would ask us which two of the ten amendments we would give up if we had to. There was always a strange situation given to justify why you would have to chose your favorite 8 such as aliens threatening to end the world or a government coup or what not. My response was always something along the lines of "Live free or die". Not that that really had anything to do with the subject, just what it reminded me of. I guess if I had to pick just one I'd take my XD45 and then I'd give my mini-30 to a friend and my savage 30.06 to another friend(both of whom don't own guns.

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