The most fun gun you shoot.

[NSP64]

I bought a Masterpiece arms 9mm with fake can. It was a purchase just "in case"

I got to playing with it and found that I can load 1.3 gr of Win 231 under the Lee 125 RNFP boolit and it cycles fine. It is a hoot to shoot and 'bump fire'.

That load wont cycle my other 9mm's so I color the primers to keep them separate.

Surprisingly accurate if aimed and have no problems hitting a B-27 @ 80 yrds

[Picard]

Sounds pretty awesome. How much did that pistol cost?

For me, my favorite gun to shoot might just be a Marlin 795. It's a ton of fun trying to hit targets at ranges past 100 yards, since you have to hold over so much.

[Moonie]

Hands down the 2 300AAC uppers we have.

[Kraschenbirn]

I won't own a gun I don't enjoy shooting but just for "fun" it's gotta be my 1894 Marlin. A half-dozen liter plastic bottles, a few clay pigeons, and coffee can of reloads and I'm fixed for a couple hours of old-fashioned plinkin'.

Bill

[Jevyod]

1952 Marlin 336 in 35 Remington. 1950 FPS and 1.3" Groups @ 200 Yards with j-words and a 2-7 scope.

[ShooterAZ]

For me it is the T/C Contender. 22lr, 22Hornet, 223Rem, 357Mag, 44Mag, 30-30, 7X30 Waters. All of my barrels shoot cast well, and the versatility and accuracy is unmatched (for me anyway). From silhouette shooting to prairie dogs at over 200yds. Deer, elk, and everything in between. I have had more fun with this than any other.

[xman777]

LMT AR-10. Spent a fortune, but absolutey love that gun! I affectionately call it "The Pig" It just eats up 30 cal ammo and the thing weighs a ton.

[Shiloh]

I love 'em all. Current favorites are wheel guns. I don't have to look for brass in the snow.

Shiloh

[dragon813gt]

1894C, nothing like a mag dump of 170 grain bullets hitting steel at 150 yards. I enjoy shooting all of my firearms. But chasing brass from the autos is tiring. The 1894C and S&W 586 always go to the range w/ me. My carry gun is a Walther PPS so that's a joy to shoot as well.

[NSP64]

Sounds pretty awesome. How much did that pistol cost?

$275.00
88591

[captaint]

I'm on a revolver kick right now. Love the model14's with wadcutters.
Mike

[bosterr]

These days, it's my Great Grand Dad's Win. Model 94 32-40. Built in 1897, it's amazing how accurate it is with Accurate Molds 32-180C (my design) and IMR 4895. I've been looking for a vintage appearing Marble tang sight (windage adjusable) to wring every last bit of accuracy out of it.

[osteodoc08]

Fun? My 15-22 or my Marlin cowboy 45 colt with 255gr cowboy loads ahead of a light charge of trail boss

[Janoosh]

Fun Gun?
FR7 in 7.62 x 51 whatever with 32 cal pistol boolits sized to 311, small smount of powder, any primer. Great plinking to 100 yds.
Small action Martini in 38/357 and shooting sub-sonic 38 special thru it. All you hear is "Chuff" and the plate moves at 100 yds.
Small action Martini in 22 mag with a loong barrel and a 20 power Lyman super target spot on it. Grass Hoppers and bumble bees at 100 (sometimes), and I fear that I'll never find cheap ammo for it anymore.

[mdi]

Normally, I love my revolvers, but since it's arrival, my M1 Garand is the most fun to shoot. I've had it out a few times shooting and easily go through 200 rounds per session, most HXP surplus but some handloads too. So far, more fun than my leverguns or my all time favorite rifle; a 10-22.

But I've got a Savage No. 4 Mk I* in the works that is pretty promising...

[Echo]

Fun to me is hitting the target, so my funnest gun is my Day 30X (22 on a 45 frame). The first time I shot it (in competition) I shot a 298 match course (Clover Range @ Ft Sam)- the next time (a few days later) I set a new USAF record on one stage of the 22 Match at the All-AF matches - that still stands! (Because they don't shoot that particular match anymore...)

[John Allen]

M1 Carbines or my Top breaks

[Smoke4320]

Kriss Super V followed by a 300 blackout

[lancem]

9mm AR with slidefire stock, built it for fun and it is. Yes it eats ammo and I don't care, that's why I cast and reload. Always looking forward to ventilating a new burn barrel...

[w5pv]

If it goes bang without the heavy recoil I love it.

[357Mag]

Howdy -

Marlin M-336 XLR .35Rem

Have shot 5/8" 5-shot groups @ 100, w/ surplus "J"-word Rem 150 PSPs over 18.6gr I4759.

Currently experimenting w/ " Dead Center " .35 cal 195 SPBTs & I4759, shot from " neckless " .35Rem brass.


For handgun, my S & W M-520 w/ custom 4" heavy bbl, action & metal work by Dave Schwarze. .357Mag all-the-way !!


All good fun !


Regards,
357Mag

[plainsman456]

My win94 in 30-30 or my marlin in 41 mag.

Fun to shoot and cost is small,the wife loves them as well.

[montana_charlie]

The only gun I shoot 'for fun' is my 45/90 Sharps.
You can load a batch of ammo, doing everything perfectly, and take it out and shoot groups smaller than two MOA.
Take the same loads out three days later, and you can't get a group smaller than a paper plate.

So, the 'challenge' remains, no matter how good your load and technique may be. In my book, that's "fun".

My other guns each have their (smokeless) loads 'perfected' and each has a specific purpose. So, they are ready to go at all times, and don't spend much time being 'plinked with'.

Yesterday, the Sharps did this well at three hundred yards ...

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv203/montana_charlie/11-24-2013300yd_zps1a7ef482.jpg

[Dale in Louisiana]

Right now... trapdoor Springfield, but it changes with the phases of the moon. They're all a hoot!

dale in Louisiana

[dverna]

Uberti 1873 clone with .38 Spl reloads. It has a Marlbes tang sight and is not only fun to shoot but cheaper than current .22's. It will empty 10 shots in less than 6 seconds. Fun plinker and it can be loaded with .357's for more serious work.

Close second is a Marlin Cowboy in 1894 in .38.

It is hard not to love a .30/30 M94

Yep, I love lever actions. I have over a dozen of them. Not saying the other guns are not fun - but it is different kind of fun.

Don Verna

[1Shirt]

Kinda hard to pass up a 10-22 Ruger for all around fun!
1Shirt!

[dilly]

I look forward to fall so I can take the 44 to the hedge apples.

[dilly]

Sorry double post.

[opos]

All fun or I'd be playing golf or vollyball (I'm a really old guy so that's not in the cards)...I really get a kick (minimum) out of my Old Model Ruger Blackhawk in 30 carbine...accurate...huge fireball...enormous roar and just a hoot to shoot.

[Changeling]

For just walking out on my deck and shooting targets/squirrels/groundgogs and certain birds. I absolutely love my Ruger .22 Mark I Bull Barrel target pistol with Ultra Dot 4 scope. This pistol was taken apart cleaned up, reasembled and installed the scope by 44Man. It is the best shooting .22 pistol I have ever shot.

I also really like my Ruger44 Mag, I guess one could say I really like all my guns, thats probably why I have only sold a few of them.
However I did have a custom old craig I lent to a friend 20 years ago, LOL!:roll:

[theperfessor]

A 4" skinny barrel model 10 S&W. Cheap to shoot, moderate recoil and noise, accurate enough to scare soda bottles at 50 yards. Got a lot of other guns that cost more and do more but none are more fun for a stress free couple of range hours.

['74 sharps]

My Colt Single Action Army with the 45 cal case loaded with real black powder and a 250 grain Lyman 4545190 bullet. Same load as Custer carried; however, he should have taken the Gatling guns offered by his boss instead of saying they would slow him down...............

[Jupiter7]

Well I'm a pistol guy at heart, Springfield Armory range officer 1911 makes me and lead best of friends. No surprises, lead on target where I point it.

[joehaberxxx]

My Colt SAA in 44 spec. I agree with some of the earlier posters that hunting for brass in the grass is a pain in the ---, otherwise it would be my 6.8 Stag Arms Hunter - Its the most accurate rifle I have

[PS Paul]

$275.00
88591

When many other guns were nigh on impossible to obtain, we were able to get about a dozen of these in the store earlier in the year.

At one point, some woman, who clearly was not entirely comfortable around all the guns and animal mounts (Seattleite), saw one of these I was showing to a few customers. She looked at it in disgust and said, "WHAT is THAT for?". Almost in unison, a few of us and the customer all replied "That's for fun!" ha ha!

And so it is, a load of fun!

[jonp]

My Ruger Single Six with the 22lr in it. I have fired 10, 000 or more rounds through it at everything from partridge and rabbits to knotholes. Its the most carried gun I have when I'm home on vacation cruising around the woods

[Jack Stanley]

I think a Browning model fifty-three is real close to the top of the fun list . But of course you know there are many trying out for the job .

Jack

[smokeywolf]

The one I have in my hand at the moment.

Might be a 1835 Springfield, 1860 Colt, model '73 Winchester or a 03 Springfield.

[Gunslinger1911]

I'm having fun with a John Ross S&W 500 recently (with about 85% loads). Just bought a 5" 610 from a member here - that's a really cool gun !!!

Year in and out I keep going back to my S&W 25-2 (4", 45 Colt) , somebody, somewhere really knew S&W triggers (or got lucky) honest to god 1 1/2 lb trigger pull - not a newbie gun !

[RKJ]

It's a toss-up between my 4" M28, my FN 9mm Hi-power, or my Ruger MK II GM. I like all my guns but these are the ones I'm enjoying the most right now.

[Artful]

I love 'em all. Current favorites - Remington 700V in 243, Mosin scout, Rossi Puma 357, Ruger 10/22 and Ruger Mk 2 pistol, Walther P38 9mm

[carbine86]

I just love shooting my remington gamemaster 760 in 300 savage 1/2 to 1/4 groupings at 100 with an oold burris 3-9x40.

[MarkP]

I love them all but at the moment it is a Win 94 in 38-55, Rem M Seven KS 350 RM with NOE 360-180 HP & Trailboss, S&W M 617, 8-3/8" M-14, 1-7/8" M-637.

[Jailer]

I won't own a gun I don't enjoy shooting but just for "fun" it's gotta be my 1894 Marlin. A half-dozen liter plastic bottles, a few clay pigeons, and coffee can of reloads and I'm fixed for a couple hours of old-fashioned plinkin'.

Bill

Same here but it sure dose use a lot of lead. I need a collar button mold.


Hands down the 2 300AAC uppers we have.

My 300blk bolt gun is the one I shoot the most. I'm always messing around trying something new with this thing.

The one I miss the most is my M&P 15-22. Talk about a whole day of shooting fun. I let a guy talk me out of it for more than I paid for it so I did ok but I'm definitely going to have to replace it.

[geargnasher]

When I want pure, no-work FUN I find my hand reaching for the .45 Colt NEF Classic Carbine and a can of pistol ammo. The red dot sight looks stupid on it but takes all the eye stress and thinking out of aiming, which was my point in putting it on there. Plus it's FAST.

Gear

[HawkEyeEarl]

What to pick?
Model 92 Lever action, I guess is at top.
It looks good, works good and fast and is easy to hit with.

[btroj]

Marlin 1894 CB in 45 Colt. Moves cans and stuff around the berm like no other. Ten rounds in the magazine makes for plenty of fast shooting.

[L1A1Rocker]

Ruger 96-22. It's a leveraction version of the 10-22. It's also internally suppressed.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j154/L1A1Rocker/P1010016smSighed.jpg

[zomby woof]

M1 Garand

[btroj]

Ruger 96-22. It's a leveraction version of the 10-22. It's also internally suppressed.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j154/L1A1Rocker/P1010016smSighed.jpg


You win

[novalty]

My favorite handgun is my Smith & Wesson 1911, and my favorite rifle is the Winchester 94 chambered in 25-35, that I had passed down from my Grandmother.

[CastingFool]

Price of ammo and availability has tempered my desire to just burn ammo. I remember long ago of buying ($5 plus tax )a brick of .22RF and shooting it up in one day. that was fun. my buddy had also bought a brick, too. When we left, the ground was covered with empty shells. So, I would have to say my .22rf bolt gun is my fun gun.

[NoZombies]

I dunno, it's kind of a toss-up.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcrsxCVl_rc

[NoZombies]

http://youtu.be/9uyQkh2fdE4

[otter5555]

scoped 44 mag handi. love to ring iron @ 550 and watch my buddies eyes get big :)

2nd fav would be scoped 30-30 handi @ 800 and " " " " " :)

both with reduced vel home cast loads. only way to shoot.

[texassako]

It is like choosing which child you love the most, but if I had to pick it would be my Martini in .30-40 Improved or my Llama XVII .25 ACP handgun if there are not any .22 cases on the ground to hide my brass.

[Catsmith]

Winchester trapper 3030 or oldschool ruger 44 carbine for me.

[HARRYMPOPE]

Ruger Old Army and Air Arms TX200 .177 pellet gun.at least this month.

[Chilmonty]

Pair of Vaqueros in .357. Shooting both at same time gunfighter style, fun stuff!!!

[CPL Lou]

My favorite fun gun is my Knight Rifles muzzleloading 12ga.
120 grains of Swiss FFG and 2.5 ozs of shot.
Shreds cans out to 50 yds.
Real crowd pleaser too [smilie=w:

CPL Lou

[geargnasher]

My favorite fun gun is my Knight Rifles muzzleloading 12ga.
120 grains of Swiss FFG and 2.5 ozs of shot.
Shreds cans out to 50 yds.
Real crowd pleaser too [smilie=w:

CPL Lou

Yeah, I can definitely go with that. x101Airborne has a couple of frontstuffer shotguns (flinters), big fun and lots of grins. They also put meat in the pot and have fed us both a time or two.

Gear

[rbuck351]

M92 Winchester in 25/20. Cheap, fairly accurate, low recoil and good for 150yds or so.

[TXGunNut]

Speaking of crowdpleasers my 1858 Remmy clone has never failed to put a silly grin on my face and attract quite a bit of attention. SAA's firing Holy Black are a close second. First "fun gun" that comes to mind is my old MK I Ruger 22 but it hasn't been out of the safe in months. Need to remedy that after deer season.

[jaysouth]

I have a Handi Rifle in .357 MAX. I really enjoy this on several levels. Loaded to the firewall with 180 gr. jacketed bullets, it is stepping on the ballistics of a .358 Win. The muzzle blast from the 16.5 inch barrel also blows away chronys set up on adjacent shooting benches at the range. Loaded with 170 gr. cast bullets at reasonable velocities, it is an awesome deer gun.

Loaded with my Lee 158 RNFPs over 5 grs. of 231, it is cheaper to shoot than a .22 RF. I am using this gun to teach grandchildren to handle rifles because it is cheap and has the safest action you can come up with.

[imashooter2]

It moves through cycles... Every Spring, I fall back in love with my 1911 for the PSA Shootout. Then it's revolver time for USPSA and ICORE. In the fall, Palmyra has a great rimfire match and my 15-22 comes out. Yep, cyclical...

[coleman]

AR-180 22 with 250rnd drum mag on top. Was at a MG shoot near Kearny Ne. in the late 90's where they (Class III) people would let you shoot the guns for a little more then the price of ammo I miss those days. It took awhile to load that drum up but it was a lot of fun. The on that hurt the most was a HK 51 with a meat cleaver stock on it.

[HighHook]

7 shots with a pump shotgun at anything and everything out in the boondocks. Must be the ching Chang sound and the ground moving that does it...
I don't do it very often but sure puts a smile on the face...

Second is the #8 shot on an m1 garand...

[aussie-dave]

"Phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range". Oh sorry wrong forum.

Seriously though, we're limited down under in what we can have, but my favorite would be my 4" GP100 with full house home made magnum loads.

[snowtigger]

If it goes bang without the heavy recoil I love it.
Took me a long time to figure that one out. After shooting "magnums" all my life, I got the itch for a 280 Remington. I never realized you could actually see muzzle blast through the scope and see your hits on the target.

[kenyerian]

Like most of us I enjoy anything that goes bang. At one time or another I have pretty well shot everything but I do have a couple left on the bucket list. I still need to get a revolver bigger than a 454 and I still haven't owned a 45-70. And maybe a 32 TC Cherokee would be nice also.

[tygar]

I'm a group shooter guy & I get the most fun out of rifles that shoot 2" 5 shoot groups or less at 500yds. I enjoy that even better than at 1000. (of course I can't shoot 2" at 1000 more like 5 x 2") Of them all my favorites are Rem700 in .308, Rem700 6.5-284 F class, & 6.5-06 Rem700 hunting rifle. All custom made on the Rem action. I do have a new light 1000yd gun (17lb or less) in 300 Win that may take over if it shoots 4" at 1k like I think it will do.

My next favorite guns are...all the rest.

[oscarflytyer]

OK - answered the worst first - now the most fun.

Used to be the Milsurps. Nowadays (older and rebuilt shoulders) its the lever Marlins/Savage 99s, and the 44 SPC and 45 Colt Flattop Blackhawks with my cast bullets. The two revolvers are probably the hands down most fun!

[375supermag]

My favorites are SA revolvers of whatever caliber I happen to be shooting at the moment.
I have a Richards-Mason conversion in .38spl that is just great fun
Ruger flat top in .44spl is right there with it.

[paul h]

They're all fun and when they stop being fun they get sold.

That said, and after a bit of rumination, I'd say a Remington no.4 rolling block. It was my late fathers rifle as a boy and every time I cycle the action I'm brought back to some of my earliest and best memories as a child. That's where my fascination with firearms began, and it shoots much better than it's peppered bore and less than steller sights should.

Which reminds me, I haven't shot it in far to long and just might have to dig it out of the safe this weekend.

[rintinglen]

I like 'em mild and round. For me, a K-frame S&W makes for a great afternoon. A box of wadcutters or three, and I can play for an hour or two. Course I only have 6 of 'em of various lengths and sizes, so it's easy for me to pick my favorite.

[felix]

Tygar, I am surprised at your post! It seems you are bored with close range charging tin cans, or shotgun shells bobbing in the water at a hunnert or better. I know of weather men who cannot touch YOUR gun's groups at those distances you describe unless by a very lucky stroke of conditions they recognize without trajectory support (flags, etc.). ... felix

[Love Life]

Come on now Felix. Not every gun or person has to shoot like that for it to be fun!! One of my most fun guns is my S&W model 28. It'll print 3 inches (ish) at 25 yards and is a hoot!!!

I also enjoy guns that shoot far accurately, however lugging all the **** out, setting up on a bench, driving targets (paper/steel) down range, throwing out flags, filling out notebooks, waiting for the planets to align, etc can be a pain some times...and boring.

It can even be a pain to drive your steel out and ping steel at long distances.

It's good to be able to pull up, walk your target out, walk back, and be shooting within 5 minutes.

[felix]

You got it, LL! ... felix

[msp2640]

For me it is a revolver that came in a all or none group buy that I made about 10 years ago. A S&W 48 6 in bbl, 22 Mag. It was one of 4 or so handguns, that I said I'd resell as soon as I could, to recoup the cost of the entire purchase. I went to the range and threw it in my range bag, because I'd never shot a 22 Mag thru a handgun and wanted to do so, before selling it off. Well now 10 or so years later, it's still here and joins me in every range trip for a box of 50, during every trip. Just a bit different than a "regular" 22 and an unbelievable single action trigger, from the early 70's era S&W, just a plain fun gun to shoot - Cheers Bill in MA

[John in WI]

Years back I built a Polish AK with underfolding stock. When I finally got the bugs worked out and got her running right, it turns out to be a real hoot. You have to be a bit careful, because the steel stock can be a little rough on your teeth. I built it as a SHTF/bugout firearm, figuring that with good ammo the 7.62x39 would make an acceptable deer round (the are right around a .30-30). But even with the cheapo spam-can foreign stuff it does pretty well.

[tygar]

Tygar, I am surprised at your post! It seems you are bored with close range charging tin cans, or shotgun shells bobbing in the water at a hunnert or better. I know of weather men who cannot touch YOUR gun's groups at those distances you describe unless by a very lucky stroke of conditions they recognize without trajectory support (flags, etc.). ... felix

Not sure what your saying. Shooting 500 is not hard with good guns & better scopes. If you know your bullet & load you know before you even shoot what your dope is for elevation. What gets you is wind & estimating.

Shooting "groups" is not hard cause your just gestimating the wind & it doesn't matter where they hit 10 ring or paper, just the group size.

At 500 even the wind is not that bad. If you know what it is where you are & the grass etc is blowing basically the same figure your clicks l/r & you should be in minute of kill.

Where you get killed is after 500. I have been shooting at the Quantico 1000yd range & had flags blowing 4 different ways between 500-1000.

Another one that will get you talking to yourself is at our tactical range out to 950, most of the targets from 5-900 are over a large pond & if you don't think the wind over water can't kick your az you need to try it.

Any good F class or 1000 yd gun plus custom target & hunting guns with good barrels & put together right & have Nightforce scopes or similar, should shoot less than a MOA at 500. Even stock Savage's in the F class & other hi end guns are shooting that & better & shooting nice groups at 1000.

There are also ARs & M14s shooting MOA. I have 2 that do. An AR shooting 80 gr Bergers with 25gr RL15 shoots 4-5" consistently & one of my M14s shoots 7-8" if I can see the sites good & the murphy gods are smiling.

Any ways, that floats my boat.

I am getting into CBs with rifles & all the above is meaningless for them. The post was about what was fun for the individual. I've spent a whole lot of time & money to get guns that do that, just because I like it.

Now I'm doing the same with CBs. A boy with his toys. I am even planning to use a couple of the guns we're talking about. Hoping I can get real nice results.

[joecz858]

For me its definitely a vz58. Its the closest I can get to an AK, and ammo is dirt cheap!

[Andrew Mason]

my lever action .357 magnum

[timtonya]

Ruger Super Redhawk 9". 260 cast rcbs bullet and 7gr autocomp.

[jonp]

"Phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range". Oh sorry wrong forum.

Seriously though, we're limited down under in what we can have, but my favorite would be my 4" GP100 with full house home made magnum loads.

I'll see your 40 watt phased plasma rifle and raise you a 45 Longslide with laser sighting

[GSCSA]

Handgun S&W 25-2, rifle M-1 Garand, full auto Browning M2.

[Texantothecore]

My H&R Buffalo Classic in .45-70 has turned out to be more fun than any other gun I have shot. Everything from roundball to buffalo stoppers it just flat out shoots.

[josper]

Rifle - My 1895 Marlin Guide Gun, I just love shooting this ,it always preforms. Handguns -Ruger New Model Blackhawk in 45 colt. I have been spending a lot of time at the range with this .My load is a 270gr SAA Keith style boolit with 9.5gr of power pistol.

[johnho]

M1's, all of them. Next is my S&W 686.

[popper]

308 AR carbine. If I didn't cast I couldn't afford it. dragon813gt - hang a ball cap off the sight rail - brass falls at your foot.

[gandydancer]

any 22 long rifle. pistol--revolver--rifles. never found one that did not shoot great. if one did most times there was a reason. find it & fix it.:)

[Horace]

6 inch GP-100 with Firewall loads of 125 - 158 jhp using 2400.

Horace

[kens]

Plinging steel with last shot of Garand. Steel plinking on both ends of the range.

Right now fun is a Marlin Camp .45 carbine. Little thing is ringing steel at 150 yards. I had no idea .45acp could go that far.

[jeepyj]

My 33 year old Ruger Blackhawk with a red dot. That old gun and a couple hundred 150 grain swc with about 5 grains of unique can keep me entertained for a couple hours quite nicely. Plus it will generally out shoot my buddy's factory loads ever time. Second is about any other wheel gun.
Jeepyj

[Dale in Louisiana]

My best day EVER at the range:

Plinking, Tanker-style (http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/?p=134)

dale in Louisiana
(thinking of a fine day almost forty years ago)

[gmsharps]

My Thompson Auto-Ordanance M1A1 45acp. It is a great stress buster.

gmsharps

[243winxb]

This one was the most fun, till all gun clubs in the area banned them. Sold it in 2011 :( http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n420/joe1944usa/M16A1%20Carbine/M16A1Carbine007.jpg

[harley45]

Wilson Combat Tactical Elite 10mm!

[Wayne Smith]

Two extremes: My grandmother's revolver - an H&R 32 S&W (short). I load a piece of buckshot over 1.2gr Bullseye. Just plain fun to pop, pop, pop. The other is my S&W Model 3 in 45 S&W. Vastly accurate without great recoil with 250gr boolits. I could shoot these all day.

[Larry D.]

Easy to answer, M1 carbine.

[Bigslug]

The John Browning / Winchester 1890/1906/62A pump action .22's - ESPECIALLY the ones that are S/L/LR capable.

At one time I reached a point with the competition rifle shooting where every trip to the range was either leather coats, cuff slings, and position shooting, or sandbags, chronographs and shooting for group. Got to where even my .22's were super-precise "cheap eating" practice versions of the match guns. I woke up one morning and realized that I had forgotten how to plink.

That was exactly why I bought my 1906 with almost no remaining finish and in need of stock replacement for the lofty sum of $75. Nice thing about it is that it doesn't HAVE peep and globe sights OR the capacity to mount a 20x scope. It isn't dependent on any particular level of recoil to function. It doesn't even care if the rounds in the magazine are all the same type. I can go to the range with that gun and not overthink anything - or even be prone to it. It's my ultimate "chill out" gun.

[357maximum]

Going by roundcount downrange lately I would have to place my current favorite and favorite for the last 11 months or so as my AS ISSUED "Turked" Gew88 Commission Rifle. It was free and it is a hoot. It eats alot of stripper fed 15 grains UNIQUE "plinker" ammo for some reason. It constantly amazes me how accurate it is out to 300+ yards and did I mention it was basically FREE ( I had to buy a rear sight for it) from a buddy that bid one auction number too late and did not want it. A pocketfull of stripper clips is some very fun and cheap THERAPY.

[Gunslinger1911]

Remembered a fun one from the past - Stoger Luger 22LR. Fun as $%^&* !!! That toggle action was FAST ! We could make a Ruger Mark 1 jam working the trigger too fast, never could the Stoger.

Accurate too !! One that's gone that I want back !!!!!!!!!

[woodbutcher]

:twisted:My most fun guns are my 1895 Marlin in 45-70 and my 1911A1.BUT the most pure FUN gun that I have EVER had the privelage to shoot was a quad 50.NOW that sucker will put a smile on your face that Ajax and steel wool won`t remove.:twisted:
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[snoopy]

A quad 50 would be AWESOME! I really liked the .45 grease gun, but what a *********. The D.I.'s told us " the only way you are going to kill a russian is to make him laugh so hard that he gets into an accident with his own weapon" fun stuff. Nowadays its my 44 c and b.

[T-Man]

Sharps 1874, 34 inch tube, 50-140x3 1/4. Wm. Malcolm 6x Power Scope with 9" extension, Boolits launched are out of a Hoch Custom weighing 700 grains paper patched, this sits on top of 147 grains of GOEX ignited by Federal Match primers all stuffed into cases from Dixie Gun Works. No problems smacking a 55 gallon drum at 1,000 yards on a pipe line ROW ever time the thing goes BOOM! I own many rifles, but this one is by far my favorite. After buying a Barrett M82 A1, it sorta inspired me to start saving my pennies for this baby. Wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but, there it is. If you like huge, authoritative BOOMS!!!and shoulder slamming recoil, followed up by a massive cloud of white smoke, then waiting patiently for the SMACK of the hunk of lead onto target. you simply cannot go wrong here, folks

[Frosty Boolit]

The hi point .40 carbine is the most fun gun to shoot that i have. I'd trade it for a 686 with a 4" barrel though!

[btroj]

Going by roundcount downrange lately I would have to place my current favorite and favorite for the last 11 months or so as my AS ISSUED "Turked" Gew88 Commission Rifle. It was free and it is a hoot. It eats alot of stripper fed 15 grains UNIQUE "plinker" ammo for some reason. It constantly amazes me how accurate it is out to 300+ yards and did I mention it was basically FREE ( I had to buy a rear sight for it) from a buddy that bid one auction number too late and did not want it. A pocketfull of stripper clips is some very fun and cheap THERAPY.

Therapy is the word I use.

Some days it is ok to "work" on things at the range. Some day I just go to shoot for fun. Those are the days when lots of ammo and the right gun needs to go. I find that guns that allow for reasonably quick, accurate shooting work best for me. High magazine capacity seems to help too.

[historicfirearms]

M1 carbine followed closely by the Uzi carbine.

[Dale in Louisiana]

A quad 50 would be AWESOME! I really liked the .45 grease gun, but what a *********. The D.I.'s told us " the only way you are going to kill a russian is to make him laugh so hard that he gets into an accident with his own weapon" fun stuff. Nowadays its my 44 c and b.

I used to be an assistant instructor on the M3A1 when I was at Fort Knox. We used the same range that we used for the M1911A1, with pop-up targets out to 75 meters. Had they been real people, that would have been some hurting son-of-a-guns. It was a lot easier to hit at 75 meters with that than the 1911A1, and with trigger control, two-round pops were easy.

Of course, an M4 in 5.56 makes the M3A1 a dinosaur and it's even easier to hit with. Still, a .45, that's a big hole.

dale in Louisiana

[Kylongrifle]

At work something like the 37mm and 40mm launchers with various specialty rounds(the rounds were what made it so fun). Here at home I love to shoot muzzleloaders. I really like to shoot garands too.