Gun(s) you want that you ACTUALLY might buy...

[Cogardpilot]

One of the first Rugers I fired was the 30 carbine, and I still want one.  I'd make it #1.  I have a 44 mag super blackhawk, but the 30 cal is great.  My next would be the 38 loaner.  I teach the NRA basic pistol and having a good S&W model 10 or a Ruger SP101 would be nice.

[Ksail101]

Well I have two that are the next buys as soon as I can afford them. A lever gun. And a 1911 Colt. I dont own a Colt yet and I want one really bad. Being a combat vet I think it is one of those things that you need to have. I would really be happy with one of the WWI reproduction or the 70series repo. I would want to keep it forever and do whatever I feel to customize it. I know I will want a Beavertail on it. But most of all I would just appreciate it.

[Hazcat]

Well, as I have spent 2 grand on stuff I didn't need my funds are non existant so everything is now pushed waaaaaay back.

BTW......I HATE BILL GATES!!

[jaybet]

I have hated Bill Gates for years, and I'm in the poor house right now so I'm not buying anything. it's not even Bill Gates' fault this time.
My other daughter is getting married in June and there's no fun money left for Dad. I could SURE stand to win that Para just to keep life interesting.

[Hazcat]

JayBeth,

TWO daughters!  That is EXPENSIVE!  (can't ya talk her into eloping? )

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[CybScryb]

BTW......I HATE BILL GATES!!

Careful now Hazcat...don't know if you've heard, but hell was filled beyond capacity these past four administrations so all overflow is now assigned to Windows Vista Help call centers. 

As to guns I will own someday...

#1) A variety of 1911's...maybe by the time I'm 80, I'll find the perfect one.

#2)  A Savage Model 1899 Take-down in .22 High-Power.  Best gun for shooting varmints off a horse I've ever used.  Lost in a divorce. Ugghhhh

#3) Armalite AR-10.  I love the .308 and I love the AR platform.

#4) A brace of Ruger Mini's one Model 14 and one Model 30.  I plan on buying one in stainless and one in blue so I can keep them straight in my head.

#5) A gun safe full of Smith & Wesson's in all shapes, calibers, styles (revolver and stack guns) and sizes.

#6) Another gun safe full of Rugers...same as #5 above.

and on and on...thank God the wife loves to shoot too.

[Hazcat]

.22 high power?  Never heard of that one.  Is it a shouldered cartridge?

Here's your gun (expensive!)  http://www.gunsinternational.com/detail.cfm?id=100034659&string=cid=279

[CZShooter]

.22 high power?  Never heard of that one.  Is it a shouldered cartridge?

http://www.reloadbench.com/cartridges/22hp.html

[Hazcat]

Thanks CZ.  Sounds to me like a 22-250 might be a better round.

[CybScryb]

Yeah...the Savage 22 High Power is a pricey gun when you find one in good shape.  Paid about $500 for mine back in '83.  I consider them the prototype for the .223 and original Stoner (as far as ballistics).  But Sellier & Bellot sells new ammo and it's apparently a round that is widely used in Europe on small game.  I just love the gun...a friend bugged me for weeks to buy the gun and after three trips over a couple of months to the local gun show in Wichita, the owner and I came to a mutually agreeable price and I set about looking for dies, brass and bullets for reloading.  I didn't discover S & B until I'd moved to Las Vegas in '98.  But thanks to Old Western Scrounger and catalogs and lots of haunting of garage and yard sales, I eventually located enough brass to load 250 rounds and do some mounted coyote hunting in Wyoming.  What a blast...you'd spot the furry critters using glass on horseback, then dismount and go prone whilst keeping an eye on the ridge you thought they'd come over.  When they'd appear, you'd give a slight squeal with the rabbit call and then pop them while they were trying to fix on the location.  After two or three coyotes were taken the rest would get wise and run when they saw the horses.

They're elegant weapons for the time and they come in a variety of calibers including the .303 Savage and the .308 Winchester.  But a 22 High-Power in a scabbard on a horse will always be my preferred critter gitter, no matter where I live.  The financial attachments via children have dragged on for twelve years now but June of '08 is officially freedom day and by fall I should have a novel in the pipeline so hopefully I can round up a couple of grand and treat myself to a blast from the past.