You can only have one and only one! Which

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:41 am

I kinow this has probably been asked other times but times change and people are always adding/selling/swapping guns etc.This can change accordingly.

So,with that in mind--------IF you could only have (1)ONE GUN period,counting whether it be either handgun/rifle/a gun very close to your heart(but still only one gun period,what would it be as of today?? Not one for each catergory just one and thats it.

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:47 am

A 22 RIFLE.....

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:54 am

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:54 am

Or Not.... Maybe the .22 rifle is mo betta....

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:00 am

Yep, the topic comes up a couple/few times a year, but it is always a good one. Interesting how things may change given the changing times too.

God-forbid, only one - I'd still pick my S&W Model 19. Flexible, powerful, simple. Plus, it was my Dad's service revolver, so the only way I'm parting with it, to use the expression (but it is true), is having it ripped from my cold, dead hands...

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:14 am

Marlin 39A Mountie.

Idiot · Post by **Idiot** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:21 am

Ruger GP-100 4" 357 Magnum. Self defense first, hunting second.

Darn! My 410/45 Colt paradox NEF single-shot would be the most practical choice, but hauling it around the streets with 3 million other people would be too tough. Got to go with the handgun.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:22 am

wilko · Post by **wilko** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:38 am

12 gauge shotgun. It can do it all by simply switching ammo. And since you only mentioned guns, i'll take my bow too LOL.. all set!

2X22 · Post by **2X22** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:52 am

One of my .44 flattops.........

2x22

JB · Post by JB » Mon May 03, 2010 11:56 am

I'll go along with the others. A 22LR rifle would be hard to beat. I'd probably go with one of my Anschutz rifles.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:58 am

wilko wrote:12 gauge shotgun. It can do it all by simply switching ammo. And since you only mentioned guns, i'll take my bow too LOL.. all set!

A big ditto.

GoatGuy · Post by **GoatGuy** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:11 pm

10/22

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:11 pm

I think my S&W Model 60 in 357 Mag.

Kinda awkward to carry a long gun concealed.........

-Stretch

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:18 pm

Mini-14 or Model 94 in .30-30

336A · Post by **336A** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:20 pm

Without question or a moments hesitation it would be a good pump shotgun combo in either 12 or 20 gauge.

brno602 · Post by **brno602** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:21 pm

Thats a Easy? My BRNO 602 in 375 H&H, I know it is a big bugger and way over kill but it is also very accurate. I cast for it too keep costs way down and it shoots great with a round ball too going 900 fps. Or I can load a Sierra 300gr and Take a Elk at long range and when I win the lotto I will be off to Africa with it.
But really Just one gun?

Since this is a lever Forum and it had to be a lever it would be my 99 in .300savage.
I use my bow for up close varmints that come into the yard, so I am good with one gun and I also do not count my air rifle as a gun. lol
But again the big gun is not fussy about any load I have tried in it be it a sqibb or a 300gr FMJ it shoots them all well.
I could bag a deer with a .22lr though illegal so I will stick to my mid bore .375 and if I shoot a Moose that's like 4 deer in one for me. So it's the big gun get's my vote
P.S I have seen more Moose killed with a 30/30 tied I think with the .270. Dam them small bores

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:25 pm

madman4570 wrote:I kinow this has probably been asked other times but times change and people are always adding/selling/swapping guns etc.This this can change accordingly.

So,with that in mind--------IF you could only have (1)ONE GUN period,counting whether it be either handgun/rifle/gun close to your heart(only one gun period,what would it be as of today?? Not one for each catergory just one.

It sounds like an "infringement" of my 2nd Amendment rights: You can have the rest of mine when you can pry the last one that's now also empty from "my cold, dead fingers."

brno602 · Post by **brno602** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:34 pm

casastahle wrote:
wilko wrote:12 gauge shotgun. It can do it all by simply switching ammo. And since you only mentioned guns, i'll take my bow too LOL.. all set!
A big ditto.

What the heck happened to my other post? dam Them Computers!

brno602 · Post by **brno602** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:43 pm

Griff wrote:
madman4570 wrote:I kinow this has probably been asked other times but times change and people are always adding/selling/swapping guns etc.This this can change accordingly.

So,with that in mind--------IF you could only have (1)ONE GUN period,counting whether it be either handgun/rifle/gun close to your heart(only one gun period,what would it be as of today?? Not one for each catergory just one.
It sounds like an "infringement" of my 2nd Amendment rights: You can have the rest of mine when you can pry the last one that's now also empty from "my cold, dead fingers."

It's a hyper something ? Not a real one but a what if, in a what if one. We all need a Rifle, Shotgun, Pure not inline Black powder Rifle and a .22 Plus the Bow and air Rifle.That's the way I look at it lol.

Catshooter · Post by **Catshooter** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:46 pm

I too enjoy this type of threads as things do change.

These threads also show who packs, and who doesn't. Gotcha!

For me it is a Smith & Wesson Shorty 45. No one gun can do it all, but it comes all mighty close.

Cat

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 03, 2010 12:52 pm

Ysabel Kid wrote:Yep, the topic comes up a couple/few times a year, but it is always a good one. Interesting how things may change given the changing times too.

I agree - always a fun topic and interesting mental exercise...

Like YK, I think I'd pick a handgun - my Redhawk .45 Colt, most likely. Strong, can fire many types of ammunition (and in a pinch perhaps even well-constructed sabot loads if needed), use many types of powder, virtually any large primer, and is powerful enough to do anything I can think of being likely to need.

Unfortunately, in a 'just one gun' scenario, one has to assume that something very socially BAD has happened, and the nation would be in an unstable state, with the "authorities" corrupt and violent and thus any VISIBLE guns rendering the owner subject to harm. In such a case, a handgun (or a SMG) makes sense, and due to the more finniky nature of feeding SMG's, and the higher likelihood they'd be banned or stolen by a corrupt "authority" makes me prefer the good old double action revolver.

The "second" gun, by the way, would be a levergun in the same caliber (either .44 Mag or .45 Colt would do, and nothing wrong with .357 Mag in this scenario, either).

The "third" (I know, I'm just anticipating the next thread...

) would either be a .22 LR or a .308 bolt gun.

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:26 pm

A good 22 LR rifle.

Idiot · Post by **Idiot** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:32 pm

Catshooter wrote:I too enjoy this type of threads as things do change.

These threads also show who packs, and who doesn't. Gotcha!

For me it is a Smith & Wesson Shorty 45. No one gun can do it all, but it comes all mighty close.

Cat

Every waking hour of every day for most of my life.

schauckis · Post by **schauckis** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:43 pm

Colt Python .357 magnum.
Gotta get myself one....

- Lars/Finland

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon May 03, 2010 2:51 pm

A .22 rifle would be my choice but I'd hate to have to make such a choice.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:01 pm

1 dog: Yes 1 lady: Maybe 1 gun: no way in HADES could I make that choice and live

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:05 pm

Catshooter wrote:
These threads also show who packs, and who doesn't. Gotcha!

Cat

THIS WOULD BE A T-TOTALLY INCORRECT ASSUMPTION, SIR.

lthardman · Post by **lthardman** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:18 pm

I try to live by the rules. I even pay the tolls when no one is looking. But, this may be the proverbial straw. I certainly agree with the .22 LR votes, but then I'd have to find a friend who chose a reliable pistol, or even find someone with a 1911 who nodded off often...

Chas. · Post by **Chas.** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:33 pm

Interesting - on one thread, everybody is extolling the virtues of the venerable .30-30, but on this thread only one person chose it. I'm still trying to decide which is the only one for me. I'm leaning toward my .45-70 Marlin cowboy.

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:47 pm

I'd cheat.

Some of my favorites were bought from private individuals and have no paper trail.

71fan · Post by **71fan** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:40 pm

My primary motivation is hunting, so I would be inclined to choose a cape gun or drilling of some sort, in a nice short 20" version so it could be used for home defense.

However, I don't own one, so out of the firearms I own I'd choose my 44 trapper which could take down just about anything I hunt and is still a quite capable home defense weapon. I could even load snake shot and have a slight chance of taking some birds.

Haycock · Post by **Haycock** » Mon May 03, 2010 4:54 pm

S&W 686-1 6"

1) Comfy on my belt, hidden by a jacket
2) fits nice next the lamp on my bedstand
3) Will kill a deer at 50yds with 158gr .357 JSPs
4) Will kill a rabbit at 25yds with 158gr .38 SWCs

(Sent from my Droid)
Haycock

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Mon May 03, 2010 5:31 pm

Doc Hudson wrote:I'd cheat.

Doc!

You could do that and live with yourself not feeling quilty.

Somehow, I think I already know that answer!

tman · Post by **tman** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:42 pm

glock 27. illegal to hunt with in pa

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:01 pm

Chas. wrote:Interesting - on one thread, everybody is extolling the virtues of the venerable .30-30, but on this thread only one person chose it.

Well, if it's any consolation, were the scenario that it had to be a rifle, and no option of a 'companion' handgun, I'd choose the .35 Remington levergun most likely - it's sort of a ".30-30" only stretched out a bit...

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:21 pm

firefuzz · Post by **firefuzz** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:55 pm

wilko wrote:12 gauge shotgun. It can do it all by simply switching ammo.

Here's me. Most versatile one-gun armory there is.

Rob

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:04 pm

My 16x16-9.3x72R Drilling.

And as soon as I'm down to that, I'll start building 9mm submachineguns out of plumbing parts for the necessary social work...

wileyj · Post by **wileyj** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:07 pm

Blackhawk 357 with 9mm second cylinder. 6.5" barrel. .357 / .38 Special/ 9mm
good for lots of things

Post by **Hobie** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:21 pm

Some days I think I'd want an AR-15 to take BACK my lost guns.... BUT, when I had no money, had to have one gun to do it all, anywhere, it was a 12 ga. It might be what I had back then...

Or it might be the Winchester 120 with extra barrels...

Either way there is lots of versatility. A .22 LR would come next. Then a 1911, then a deer rifle, then an AR... Hey! That is about what I did, for real!

big_foot · Post by **big_foot** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:23 pm

God forbid...

Mossberg 500 w/ 20"bbl & long tube

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Mon May 03, 2010 9:38 pm

Chas. wrote:Interesting - on one thread, everybody is extolling the virtues of the venerable .30-30, but on this thread only one person chose it.

show up late to the party and folks say bad stuff about you.

a win. '94 was, and could easily be again, my one and only.
now, which one???

30wcf for me.

hobie woke me up from a bit of brain fade.
is this one gun?

win94_5bbl.jpg

Thunder50 · Post by **Thunder50** » Mon May 03, 2010 10:32 pm

A NEF Handi-rifle with extra barrels or an AR15 with different caliber uppers (22LR to 50 beowulf)

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:04 pm

wileyj wrote:Blackhawk 357 with 9mm second cylinder. 6.5" barrel. .357 / .38 Special/ 9mm
good for lots of things

Hadn't thought about that - now THAT'S an excellent choice...

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:49 pm

In keeping with the OP thoughts and for whatever reason I had to go to just one gun and one gun only, my choice has not changed in at least the last 20yrs or so. I would undoubtably go with a .22 rifle, probably my 39A.

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:34 am

30-30, but I haven't shot my .243 yet.

gak · Post by **gak** » Tue May 04, 2010 3:23 am

- Predominately Urban or Unknown mix:

Pre-lock S&W 65LS (Lady Smith) .357 - unique in K-land blend of fixed sight, 3", full lug/shroud, satin stainless. Tied with:
Similar format gloss stainless 66 Combat - these two vie for nicest package Smith's ever put together IMO. 3" 686 close behind or right in there. Could interchange here but, WRT the latter "L" entry, carry-ability puts the Ks over the top and trumps extra round or two cap and higher tolerance of regular use of 125 gr in the 686--but just barely. Ultimately, 158s get it done fine.

- Predominately Rural setting:

Ruger New Vaquero "Montado" - stainless, 3-3/4" .357, for ruggedness, fool-proof reliability of Ruger/SA operation in potentially horrid conditions. Ultimate Desert gun.
Tied with:
Brand-new (just being announced) New Vaquero .44 Special in 3-3/4" and 4-5/8" lengths. High country/possible cat or bear country living would put this one over the top.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Tue May 04, 2010 4:46 am

El Chivo wrote:30-30, but I haven't shot my .243 yet.

One word IMHO in reguards to the .243 Win. "SWEET"
My favorite round to date.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Tue May 04, 2010 6:36 am

My one gun would be a Thompson Center Contender, I have lots of different barrels for it and it would cover just about any situation for me. Got three 30-30 barrels for it too.