What 5 firearms would I purchase, should price nor practicality be an issue?
I’m with Robb, I tend to gravitate toward functionality (i.e., carry guns, practical rifles, and some plinkers). But guns I want were price not an object and I was tossing all practicality out the window:
1 – GE Minigun. At six thousand rounds per minute and with only one pre-86 model that pops up for sale every once in a while at the price of about a quarter million bucks, I can think of no more efficient and expensive way to turn money into noise.
2 – 10/22 suppressed pocket rifle with a Norrell trigger pack, making it a machine gun. A much less expensive way to turn money into not so much noise. SQUIRREL!!!
3 – Tactical over under short barreled shotgun. Because it just looks damn sexy.
4 – The Glock 18. Utterly and completely useless for anything practical but referred to as Glock’s greatest marketing tool. I want one because I cannot have one. And, having shot one, it’s darn fun.
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| From 2010 NRA Annual Meeting |
5 – Mare’s Leg. Again, useless but I can’t help but want one. I’d put a rail and an EOTech on it.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
I’d put an H3 buffer on that to slow down the cyclic rate.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
…and to reduce felt recoil.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Why do you call the Mare’s Leg useless? If the oversized loop for cycling the action were reduced, it would make a nice and compact rifle for the car and other uses.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Because all manner of things do any job it can do better.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
GAU-8 Avenger? Anyone?
January 27th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
I’d like to own a 1903 Springfield and an 1892 Winchester. I’m not sure about the other three.
January 27th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
MG-42
January 27th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hell I Would Just Like To Own Any Semi Auto Here In Cali Without Stupid Mods.
January 27th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
1 – A Les Baer engraved Centennial 1911 (A definite BBQ gun).
2 – Holland & Holland double rifle in .416 Rigby
3 – Diana grade over under 12 gague
4 – 1928 Thompson (with Lyman sights and Cutts compensator)
5 – A pair of vintage Tiffany engraved blued Colt Peacemaker with ivory grips
January 27th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
MG-42
1928 Thompson SMG
MP5 in 10mm
CIWS
Quad 20mm flak gun
January 27th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
GAU-8 Avenger was my very first thought and choice!
Can I have the weapon carrier with it please?
Everything else would be just gravy.
If you aren’t familiar with the Avenger, look it up! They built this really cool carry vehicle around it!
January 27th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Don’t know if it counts but an RPG. Don’t know why but I’ve always wanted to shoot one. Recent Mythbusters episode just reinforced the desire.
January 27th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
…I would only need that mini-gun if confronted by an alien with the ability to cloak himself…otherwise, a bit of overkill…
January 27th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
“I can think of no more efficient and expensive way to turn money into noise.”
I can but I can’t afford my own A10 warthog, M1 Abrams, or MIG 29
January 27th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
A TDE AutoMag in .41
KelTec SU16 rebarreled for 6.5mm Grendel
Any Barrett in .50
my pipedreams are modest
January 27th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
How about that new li’l 45-70 Gatling from the Shotshow?
Any of the Barrett .50 cals.
Mare’s Leg in .45 Colt just a’cause.
Browning Hi-Power…. and a Sweet 16, again, just a’cause.
January 27th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
For me:
1 — MP44 with lots of 7.92 kurz ammo,
2 — Cal 50 “Ma Duece” (everyone loves their Ma),
3 — MP40
4 — Moisin Nagant tricked out in sniper mode,
5 — PPSh submachine gun.
Yeah, I know. Dull and boring, but these are part of the History I so love to study.
January 28th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
M1….
HOWITZER.
January 28th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
Both variants of the FG42.
January 29th, 2012 at 8:08 am
Only five?
German MP-43
Swiss Stug-57
Finnish Soumi KP/-31
Japanese Type 64
Russian AK-107
January 29th, 2012 at 11:13 am
1- Any Drillings.
2- 1 22 minigun. At least one example is out there.
3. 8mm Japanese Nambu pistol with a few cases of ammo
4. Tavor, the full thing, not some half asses convert to semi
5. FNP90, not the PS90.
January 29th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
1. BAR 30-06 like Clyde Barrow used;
2. Thompson 1928;
3. Colt Pre-War National Match;
4. Purdy shotgun;
5. H & K Model 91 (308).
January 29th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
I’d take a quad-mount ma-deuce on the roof of my SUV (I’m counting it as 1 gun), and a vulcan from an A-10 warthog.
Toss in an MP44, a Kriss Vector, and an XM25 grenade launcher and I’d be all set.
January 30th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Since everyone seems to want the GAU-8 I present this video for your pleasure