Ruger 22/45 Lite

[JLawson]

No argument here!  Sure with I still had my old High Standard!

The second-most cherished gun in my collection... an old M-101 High Standard.  This was my very first gun.  It was Christmas morning and all of the other presents had been opened.  Mom was finishing Christmas dinner in the kitchen and I was helping Dad pickup the paper and boxes.  When we were finished with the trash, he said he wanted me to help him with something in the garage - I thougt it was going to be more trash - but it wasn't.  It was the most beautiful thing my 12-year-old eyes had ever seen (the magazines hidden under the mattress didn't count; you know, only a 12-year-old thinks they're hidden when under the mattress).  I got the safety lecture, the loading instructions, and the standard "if anything happens your Mother will kill me" speech.  I don't remember any of the other presents from that Christmas... but I remember the day my Dad said, "I want you to have this because I think you're ready for it."

My most cherished gun is Dad's .38-caliber Charter Arms snubby.  He carried it every day he was alive.  I keep it clean and oiled and I only shoot it one time a year.  Every Father's Day my Dad and I go shooting... and I can still hear him say, "Now son, this is what you need to do..."

[Timothy]

The second-most cherished gun in my collection... an old M-101 High Standard.  This was my very first gun.  It was Christmas morning and all of the other presents had been opened.  Mom was finishing Christmas dinner in the kitchen and I was helping Dad pickup the paper and boxes.  When we were finished with the trash, he said he wanted me to help him with something in the garage - I thougt it was going to be more trash - but it wasn't.  It was the most beautiful thing my 12-year-old eyes had ever seen (the magazines hidden under the mattress didn't count; you know, only a 12-year-old thinks they're hidden when under the mattress).  I got the safety lecture, the loading instructions, and the standard "if anything happens your Mother will kill me" speech.  I don't remember any of the other presents from that Christmas... but I remember the day my Dad said, "I want you to have this because I think you're ready for it."

My most cherished gun is Dad's .38-caliber Charter Arms snubby.  He carried it every day he was alive.  I keep it clean and oiled and I only shoot it one time a year.  Every Father's Day my Dad and I go shooting... and I can still hear him say, "Now son, this is what you need to do..."

Good story!

My ain't so quaint...my old HS was bought used for about 50 bucks back in '82 when I shot bullseye for the league where I worked.  It shot clean but when we really needed a good score for the team I used a buddies match gun with a thru the scope red dot.  I sold it years ago for twice what I paid for it along with my Beretta 92 in a package deal.  Should have kept it but I was making 7 bucks an hour with a baby on the way in '85!

I've priced them new and 800 bucks is too steep for me and I can't buy them here.  If I could find a decent used gun I'd probably jump on it!