Only interested in single shots now.......

[GARD72977]

I have found my self only looking at single shots. I'm getting more picky and honing in on just a few different guns. This really is an addiction.

[Ozark mike]

Thats because there just cooler than the 223 toy guns that people use to cut down the Forrest with.
My next one will be a winchester hiwall in 45-70

[Dapaki]

I like both semi autos and single shots, both have a place for fun, sport and precision. AR's are great guns, we may have to use them soon...

[trails4u]

I have a soft spot for them too......particularly those made in the 1870s - 1890s. I also like Remington Model 8/81s, have a modern bolt gun for my primary meat gathering tool, and recently acquired an 1898 Krag.

I guess I like them all!!!!! :)

[Ozark mike]

I'll grab a 12ga sxs or a m1a or anything else just not a m16 I've had bad luck with them since i was in the service if they work for you more power to you

[Ozark mike]

Old bolt single shot 22s are the cats meow for fun around the farm

[Dapaki]

Old bolt single shot 22s are the cats meow for fun around the farm

I do agree with you there!

[Bad Ass Wallace]

Always had a thing for single shots my self!

https://i.imgur.com/6KviTv1l.jpg

[smithnframe]

I like em too!

[marlinman93]

Nothing quite like shooting single shot rifles. It's methodical, and relaxing. Unlike any repeater it allows me to spend more time shooting, and less time reloading, since I can't burn up ammo like I could with a repeater.
My personal preference is antique single shots because I love shooting those guns made at a time when craftsmen were turning out some of the finest workmanship ever.

[bedbugbilly]

Some folks like oranges and some like apples . . . . but for myself, I also have found that I have thinned the herd and what primarily interests me now are single shots . . . am even reverting back to wanting to shoot muzzleloaders like I did for many years. It would be interesting to know the ages of those who primarily like single shots . . . my guess is that many are older with some younger enthusiasts among them.

I primarily grew up on single shots - muzzleloaders, a Stevens Favorite that was my Dad's, etc. We hunted when we were kids and our influencing adults taught us that it was important to make every shot count.

I have drifted towards several lever guns in the past couple of years but still like a nice single shot. I sold my two 30-30 lever guns as I wasn't[t using them but now I am looking for a single shot 30-30 just because I can try and experiment with a wide variety of bullet weights and shapes where with a lever gun I stuck to flat nose.

I don't begrudge those that like semi-autos, etc. but I have seen so many who see, to be more interested in how may rounds they can go through rather than how well they cn shoot and hit what they are aiming at. Like I said - to each their own and that's fine For myself, I seem to have just as much fun with a singe shot and maybe going through 50 rounds or so in a range visit over several hours. My days of competition are over with but I still compete with myself to see if the next shot can't be better! LOL It's all good no matter what a fellow likes.

[Scrounge]

I have found my self only looking at single shots. I'm getting more picky and honing in on just a few different guns. This really is an addiction.

When I was in Junior High School Spanish class, my Maestra Cubana (Cuban teacher) taught us a song about girls. Me Gustan Todos is what I remember as the title, and it means "I like them all."

I had a bad experience in Basic Training with an M-16, too. We were told if we fired full-Auto we were gonna get shot. Half-way through qualification fire mine goes full-Auto. Fortunately, on the last 3 rounds. Instructor explodes, pulls his pistol as my hand goes up. I told him the sear seems to have broken, as I didn't switch it auto. Selector is in fire, not auto. He had me put another mag in it, and pull the trigger. Dumps the mag. Got me another rifle and I finished qual. Somewhere in there he put the pistol away. Missed expert by two rounds. Didn't get shot, though, so it was good. ;)

[koger]

What Marlinman93 stated X2! I find myself shooting single shot centerfires, more and more, and loading for them, while my whizzbang bolt rifles are sitting on the shelf. You are right, it is an addiction, but a good one. I have gotten several good buys over the past 2 years, by waiting and being patient. Most of my single shots in my meager collection, could be sold quickly and easily get a profit of $200-300 each. Dont pay out the nose for something unless you plan on keeping it indefinitely. That is my take on it.

[MT Gianni]

I love my single shots but wolves run in packs.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

My name is Glen and I am a single shot addict.

[besk]

Actually, I prefer break open guns best - usually single shots.

[ascast]

yup an illness

[Scrounge]

What Marlinman93 stated X2! I find myself shooting single shot centerfires, more and more, and loading for them, while my whizzbang bolt rifles are sitting on the shelf. You are right, it is an addiction, but a good one. I have gotten several good buys over the past 2 years, by waiting and being patient. Most of my single shots in my meager collection, could be sold quickly and easily get a profit of $200-300 each. Dont pay out the nose for something unless you plan on keeping it indefinitely. That is my take on it.

I've only got two bolt action rifles. A 1903 Springfield Sporter (don't know if it was originally made that way or not) and a Mosin Nagant 1891/30. Would really, REALLY like a milspec 1903 Springfield. I've had two others, one was in the really low-SN range that tended to shatter, one was stolen from my household goods decades ago. Unless someone is offering me a Barrett .50BMG in trade, I'm keeping the 03. The Mosin could go, but it's my backup for close-up work where the 03's peep sight doesn't work well. And if things get that bad, someone else will probably inherit it real soon thereafter. I have my dad's 1884(I think) Stevens Favorite in .22LR, learned to shoot rifles with it. Love it, and just got it working again a couple of weekends ago. With thanks to Bookworm for his assistance with that! Got another Favorite model of 1915 and a Crackshot in .32RF calibers that I'm going to convert to center-fire, including machining new CB breach blocks. Will be, respectively .32LC and .32SC. Do love me some single shots. Just not fanatical about it. :) Looking at getting an M1 Garand one of these days. Looking at getting an AR15 and an AR10, too. Depends a lot on what comes up & what I have to spare in the way of change when things come up. And while I'm not afraid of wolves, there are other critters that run in packs, too. Some of them do really scare me!

Bill

[GhostHawk]

Hi, my name is Wild Bill and I too am a single shot addict. But I do like a few autoloaders around just in case.

You know old favorites like a Yugo SKS, or a Ruger 10/22, or even some of them ugly as sin Hipoint Carbines.

But my favorites are the single shots. Mostly H&R/NEF, I do have one old Rolling block takedown that was reworked, relined for .32sw long.
I do tend to stay away from the high speed high recoil calibers. Pistol calibers are fun, good ol dirty thirty, few other odds and ends. I don't expect anyone else but a few other brothers here to understand.

[357Mag]

Hi Glen !


With regards,
357Mag

[uscra112]

Nice to see it's not just me. Stevens 44s, 44 1/2s, and Favorites are my addiction.

[26Charlie]

There’s hi class SS like BA Wallace’s Sharps, but there’s low class SS like the H&R break opens that seem to stick to my fingers when I find them in gun shops. Usually for less than $200. Have a .44 magnum Shikari, which I was shooting yesterday. Also a .45-70 Buffalo Classic, a slim .30-30, and a satin-nickel finish Handi-gun marked .357 Magnum but is really chambered for .357 Maximum. All are accurate. I never sold off an accurate rifle, and these are fun to shoot, so they will probably go to the grandkids.

[sharps4590]

What marlinman and Glen said. I got hooked on them back in the mid-80's with my first Shiloh Sharps. Then came a Ballard and somewhere shortly after that the interest evolved to German rifles in general. I've accumulated a few Deutsch one shooters. Just last week I was a day late on a gorgeous German single shot in 5.6 X 35R with mounted scope. British single shots also appeal to me, especially the Henry's. However...those come a little dear for my blood. Closest I've come to any British single shots is a Jeffrey Rook rifle on a Daw action that's been re-lined and re-chambered to 25-20 WCF. It was originally a 255 Jeffrey and I load it to those ballistics.

I like my bolt action, pre-war Mauser sporter's and Mannlicher/Schoenauer's just about as much as the singles. As others have mentioned I didn't like the M-16 in basic training and my opinion hasn't changed. More power to those who do like them...but there will never be one in my toy box.

The rifles that rise above the singles, for me, is my double rifles, drillings and maybe my German combination guns.

[Jedman]

I am always on the hunt for unique single shots that I don’t own.There are so many ways to make a single shot action that it’s just fascinating to me.

Jedman

Just some of the ones I can think of,

Break actions
Sliding barrel, Rem. Beals
Swinging barrel, Stevens sure shot, Lee side swing
Swinging block, Stevens 44
Side hinging block, Phoenix, Snider
Rolling blocks, many types
Falling blocks, many types
Tipping or drop blocks, Martinis
Revolving drum, Werndls
Trapdoors
Floberts, many types
Lazy L swing block, many types
Bolt actions, many types

I’m sure there are quite a few I didn’t think of such as two homemade zip guns I made where to load one you unscrew the barrel to load and the other has a straight line bolt with a cross bolt to lock it.

[marlinman93]

I still have a small number of pre 1898 Marlin lever action repeaters, and my bolt action hunting rifles. I also own a number of other SA and DA revolvers, plus semiauto handguns, and rifles. But most of them sit taking up space in the safes. I have no plans to sell any of them, just because my only interest in shooting, loading, and collecting is single shots. They don't cost a dime sitting there, and no need to sell them. I do occasionally take one out of the safe and wipe it down, or just admire it. So although antique single shots are my priority, I wont be selling anything else off.

[Drm50]

I like single shots if they are originals or quality like a Ruger or good import. I guess I like all quality made guns. I don’t have much use for autoloaders but I can’t say I’ve had bad experiences with M16a1, never had mine jam or run away. I got a bad taste for autos from Rem 742s. Now a M16 is going to go through more ammo in one practice session than most deer rifles go through in several years. Compare failure rates and you will find there is no comparison. The only auto loader I own are a #8 & #81 Rem and some 22s.

[shutinlead]

If it goes bang, it has my interest - has for more than half a century. The vintage single shots are a definite favorite much like what's been expressed here. But!!! I have a sibling that has went through the "program" a couple of times and he's calls himself "recovering" because it's a process. He lined me out one day and told me that this single shot stuff I was calling an addiction - isn't. "An addiction is only if you are trying to quit :grin:," like someone else told me, if I find a cure for this don't tell them what it is... My brother said he'd prefer I call it a passion (def. - strong and barely controllable emotion) when I'm around him and when I'm around others that don't feel they can afford what I do, call it an affliction (def. -something that causes pain and suffering) :bigsmyl2:
So Gard, I understand completely what you are going through, in fact I still try to limit myself on purchases but that part about "barely controllable emotion" - don't ask how that's working.
Greg

[brass410]

just picked up a brace of singles and two doubles they somehow complete me,

[rking22]

Can’t say I’m only interested in single shots, but they form a major part on my using collection. From air guns, muzzle loaders and break open shotguns to rimfire rifles and pistols. Then Sharps hi and lo walls, Contenders, TCR83, Handi, and a couple conversions. Yep , I love single shots! Actually, growing up as I did, even a 10-22 is a single shot, just stores 10 rounds on board! Pump guns rock too! ARs and bolt actions fall into the appliance category for me.
Here’s the latest, just finished the rust blue on the action. Resetting the breech and getting ready to blue the barrel.
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[pertnear]

My name is Glen and I am a single shot addict.

Hello, my name is Dave and I am a single shot addict. [smilie=l:

I have a Ruger #1, #2 & #3. I also have a Martini Cadet. I still want a Browning 78, Dakota #10, a modern Winchester High/Low Wall. I recently discovered Uberti had a Highwall called "Big Game" with round barrel & scope base. I only wish there were more caliber choices in this model.

Uberti High-Wall Big Game (https://www.uberti-usa.com/1885-high-wall-rifle)

This rifle looks interesting too in .303 Brit.

1885 Courteney Stalking Rifle (https://www.uberti-usa.com/1885-courteney-stalking-rifle)

[GARD72977]

I have other guns that I shoot and would not part with. It just seems I'm not willing to spend money on any new rifle that's not a single shot.

I'm an offhand shooter. I just have to ask myself how many guns do I need that do the same thing? The answer always seems to be one more.....

[fcvan]

My name is Frank, and I am a single shot addict. My first 10 years ago and is an H&R 1871 Classic Carbine in 45 Colt with a 20" barrel. Favorite load is a 454 RB over 3 grains of Bullseye for 950 fps. My second was an H&R 1871 Handi Rifle in .223 with a 24" 1-12" twist heavy barrel. Favorite load is an NOE 225-62 RN, powder coated plain base over a charge of IMR4227 for 2450 fps. I technically own another Handi Rifle in 500 S&W, but it was bought for a neighbor who has an X Frame, still haven't delivered but his birthday is coming.

The problem with my addiction is I used to go weekly to murder tin cans. Those rifles haven't seen daylight but twice this year. I'm not going through withdrawals, but my rifles are. I need to correct this soon.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

The 'old' original single shots are the best!

https://i.imgur.com/i1Nqq7ul.jpg

[sharps4590]

BAW, what's the middle rifle? I do not recognize it. And, yes sir, I agree. The old originals are best.

[marlinman93]

Hello, my name is Dave and I am a single shot addict. [smilie=l:

I have a Ruger #1, #2 & #3.



What's a "Ruger #2"???

[pertnear]

What's a "Ruger #2"???

I was wondering when someone would ask that. ;-)

A Ruger #2 is a custom Ruger #3 that has been fitted with Ruger #1 wood. This has become my favorite Texas Hill Country deer rifle.

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[missionary5155]

I recon I fit into single shot group also... I guess at this moment my favorite is a Frank Wesson Second Model in a straight wall 44. Cartridge is just like a 44WF but with a straight taper. This is the model that had the bevel on the sides of the chamber to pull the fired case out with the fingers... if you can. I carry
a straight brass rod to encourage stuck cases to "eject".

[John Boy]

Count your fingers and toes. I have more than them of single shots in the safes starting with three 1872 Tip Ups

[MOA]

The 'old' original single shots are the best!

https://i.imgur.com/i1Nqq7ul.jpg

Especially when in the hands of the original bad boy Wallace.[smilie=s:

[Baltimoreed]

I was wondering when someone would ask that. ;-)

A Ruger #2 is a custom Ruger #3 that has been fitted with Ruger #1 wood. This has become my favorite Texas Hill Country deer rifle.



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I had a Ruger#1V in 25-06. Great whitetail medicine. I like your #2, did you do the restock? What’s the caliber? Nice.

[pertnear]

I had a Ruger#1V in 25-06. Great whitetail medicine. I like your #2, did you do the restock? What’s the caliber? Nice.

The caliber is 6.8mm SPC II which most folks consider to be an AR-15 caliber. The little cartridge really flexes its muscle with a 22" barrel in the strong #3 falling block action! The forend wood was easy to find but the #1 butt stock was not. It was a semi-inlet that I ordered out of Canada then fitted & finished myself. The hardest part was getting the stain color to match on the two piece stock.

It's a long story on how I decided on the 6.8 cartridge. Just let me say that loading & shooting this rifle has been a learning experience which is still underway. I'm amazed at the cartridge's performance!

[Bad Ass Wallace]

BAW, what's the middle rifle? I do not recognize it. And, yes sir, I agree. The old originals are best.

The middle one is an Alex Henry police carbine dated 1878 in 577/450. The hammer is on the LHS so that when carried in a scabbard on horseback, the hammer does not catch any branches. This particular rifle dated back to the era of Ned Kelly's bush ranger gang!

https://i.imgur.com/anHnrwFl.jpg

[sharps4590]

Ahhh. Ok, thank you. I couldn't see the entire lever or I might have recognized it. I'm a little familiar with the Henry but obviously not enough. It is my favorite British single shot action...and a little out of my comfort zone to pay for. One in 450 BPE would tickle my fancy considerably.

[dverna]

I am a fan also. I shoot off a bench so I do not like the breakopen designs.

I used to shoot a BSA Martini in prone smallbore and loved that rifle. Had a Martini actioned Free Pistol from Russia for many years (Vostok IJ-1). Then along came a Ruger #1, Browning 78 and H&R. The H&R did not last long...mine was a piece of crap.

My current "wants" are a Baby Rolling block in .357, and a Martini CF.

For hunting I still use bolt action repeaters but shoot them single shot on the bench when "playing". The vast majority of "playing" is with lever action .357's. A blast to shoot at the dueling tree.

With what is happening, AR's are a necessity and have an important place in my inventory.

[Harleysboss]

My name is Brett, I'm 51 and I'm not an addict!! It's more of a "Habit" :wink: So far the herd consists of a custom Ruger #2 in 50-70, Rem Roller 50-70, Rem Roller in 40-65 and anxiously awaiting delivery of a new Shiloh Sharps 45-70 Business rifle. Oh yeah numerous muzzleloaders, 58cal Early Va Longrifle, couple T/C cap locks, couple White in-lines....man that might be it?

[jaguarxk120]

Ya gotta try a Savage Model 219, they came in 22 Hornet, 30-30, 25-35, 32-20, and a few others.
Nice break-open single that can be carried all day.

[muta4warrior]

I've been getting into more and more contenders lately (I think I own 8 receivers now). Just ordered a 16" barrel from MGM in 45WM and should be here in time for when the fire restrictions are lifted.. I also have a couple US bolt actions that I enjoy loading and shooting with CB loads (My 1903 Mk1 just turned 102 years old so I try to not shoot full power military loads though it).

[Yooper003]

I too have a passion for single shot rifles, although unlike a lot of you I have stuck with the new cheaper models. I certainly do envy some of those great old Hi walls & rollingblocks a lot of you have. I have Encores, Henry’s & cva’s what has impressed me the most is how well these cva shoot. I have a 44 mag. & a 35 Whelen in cva hunter mod. Costing less than 300$ & they are the best shooters of the bunch.

[MOA]

I too have a passion for single shot rifles, although unlike a lot of you I have stuck with the new cheaper models. I certainly do envy some of those great old Hi walls & rollingblocks a lot of you have. I have Encores, Henry’s & cva’s what has impressed me the most is how well these cva shoot. I have a 44 mag. & a 35 Whelen in cva hunter mod. Costing less than 300$ & they are the best shooters of the bunch.


Yooper003, I too have been eye balling the cva's lately, although from a different perspective. I'm on the lookout for a good donor rifle that provides a good platform for re-chambering and reboring in unusual calibers. The handi rifle SB2 is getting out of hand with some of the pricing seller's are wanting to the tune of 4 or 5 hundred dollars for a 200 dollar gun.

[Scrounge]

Yooper003, I too have been eye balling the cva's lately, although from a different perspective. I'm on the lookout for a good donor rifle that provides a good platform for re-chambering and reboring in unusual calibers. The handi rifle SB2 is getting out of hand with some of the pricing seller's are wanting to the tune of 4 or 5 hundred dollars for a 200 dollar gun.

I looked at the CVA Hunter earlier today, and they're no longer in production, and are being replaced by the CVA Scout rifle. About $350-500. Beats $900, but not by enough to get me going there. Not yet, anyway.

[Yooper003]

Last week Buds still had some hunter mod. Left.

[Chill Wills]

Yup! Singleshots are king and have been my greatest interest almost from the beginning.
Almost exclusively interested in American rifles of the black powder era.

[MOA]

I looked at the CVA Hunter earlier today, and they're no longer in production, and are being replaced by the CVA Scout rifle. About $350-500. Beats $900, but not by enough to get me going there. Not yet, anyway.

True, the new scout is not less expensive than the hunter. I'll be keeping my eye out for the hunter series on the auction sites for what is there at a good price.

[Jedman]

I found a 16 ga. Comblain shotgun on Gunbroker a couple of days ago. In many years of watching for another Comblain rifle or shotgun at a reasonable price I stayed in the auction way past what I thought it was worth and finally dropped out of the bidding in the last few hours and let the person have it. It was the best condition , almost like new antique I have ever found. In the last 2 days of the auction all other bidders dropped out and it was just me and the other person that eventually won it bidding and even though it was a holy grail museum piece and I wanted it bad I could see the other bidder wanted it even worse. In the final hours the price doubled and the other bidder even though ( he ) was winning put in 2 more bids after I was at my final bid I knew I had to let it go.
I don’t want anything that bad that I will pay stupid money for a gun.
I really like ( crave ) single shots but I own so many now that I don’t have places to keep them and have to let some of them I want pass. It’s a passion I am trying to keep in control.

Jedman