Every here has holy grail guns they've wanted ever since they were a kid, or saw a movie, or handled one in a gun shop. But how many anons' grail guns are a little unexpected? What was yours?
I just had a great day so cool bro story time: When I was a kid in the '80-90s I spent a ton of time reading through a 1965 Shooter's Bible my dad had. All kinds of cool guns, low prices, etc. But one gun in particular really grabbed me--the High Standard Flite-King Riot shotgun. It was the only shotgun in the entire book that had a full-length mag tube. It just looked so different and cool compared to everything else, plus the same was a lot more rad than "Mossberg 500" or whatever. Always wanted one. But they're not really common guns, especially on the East coast, and in recent years the prices have been going up...
Cont...I still wanted a vintage corncob riot shotgun, so a few years ago I jumped on a 1949 Ithaca 37 for $100 that some retard had chopped the barrel on with a rusty hacksaw. Sent the barrel out and for another $30 got it properly finished to 18.5" with a brass bead. It's an awesome gun, but it still wasn't what I really wanted in my heartpenis...
I really want a Savage Model 99 in 358 Winchester. My grandfather had one that he passed down to my dad that got stolen when I was a little kid. I was infatuated with it. I was devastated when it was taken. I’ve always wanted one to replace it. I know it won’t be the same, but maybe it will mean something to someone in my family in a few generations
Cont...Last night I was browsing the online catalog of a big local gun shop. They're good guys but anything remotely cool, unusual, tactical, or desirable is overpriced to fuck and back. But then way down at the bottom I saw "HI STANDARD RIOT 12GA." Called them first thing this morning, made sure it was there and not a pile of rust, and headed over at lunch. Looked at the gun, filled out the forms, paid the man, and just came home with the shotgun I've wanted for about 30 years. All for $212 out the door.
It's in pretty good shape all things considered. I'd guess late '60s make. Feels different from the Ithaca--it's BIG and MEATY and not delicate feeling at all. These were popular LEO guns for a short time so it must be decent.
I want a Ross MK3. I fell in love with it, but they are unicorn rare on my side of the Atlantic, I've only seen one in 10 years at a British auction, and it went at a ridiculous price.
Word is that there are some in central and eastern Europe, but so far no luck, and I don't read slav runes.
I’ve actually been able to acquire a few of my holy grail guns. My M1 Garand, All marching P08 Luger and Daewoo K2. However there was one that got away. It was serial #1 DR300( postban dewoo k2 in 7.62x39), it was brand new and unfired still to this day. It came up for sale in 2015-16 for $2500. But alas I worked at a dollar store and was a poor fag.
Jonathan Price
Yeah mine's not cracked thankfully. It's a bit of a beater though so I'm not fussy about keeping it original, if it cracked I'd just get a Boyds stock. Mine's a 1956 and slamfires.
Josiah Hernandez
Post K2
Alexander King
This is hideous. Is there something it has going for it besides """aesthetics""'? Jesus it is ugly.
Oliver Hall
Yeah but mentally I couldn't justify $400+ for an old pump shotgun, no matter how much I wanted it. So finding this for $199+tax was perfect.
Brody Edwards
Mechanically interesting.
Also weebs like it because it was in an anime or a couple animes
Brody Edwards
Oh, it's weird as shit, that's for sure. But I happen to like its aesthetics. To each their own, I suppose. I happen to think AKs are ugly as fuck but I don't knock people who like them.
It does have a crazy super low bore axis which makes it good for rapid fire target competition (what it was made for) but I'm sure that there are better guns for that these days.
Gabriel Campbell
That particular model was never in any anime (at least that I know of).
The Mateba model 2006 was in Ghost in the Shell but that doesn't look anything like the MTR-8.
Brandon Jenkins
I have two:
pistol grip Winchester 1887, yes, because of the movie.
The more meaningful one is my dad's Marlin 336 in .35 Remington. I told him last fall when we were hunting that I've always loved that gun, he said to me "just wait a while, it'll be yours soon enough." Can't say I'm in a hurry for it when you look at it that way.
Liam Scott
This ugly quiet bastard.
Valkyrie Arms quit making repros some years back, and fuck if I even know where to get the parts to MAKE one. But the DeLisle is definitely top of my list for Grail Gun.
It's more of a dictionary-sized catalog with a few articles in it. No writer.
Jason Scott
Ah. Havent seen that book, thanks.
William Hill
There's a guy on the Canadian gun forum that just made one. Might need an account to see this. His last post in the thread was "off to the range tomorrow" so who knows if it blew up or something lol
"Shooter's Bible" is better thought of like a magazine than a book. Think of it like Reader's Digest, or perhaps a trade magazine. It's published every year and there are tons of spinoffs too.
Gavin Sanders
I've always wanted a jingal gun in .90 with shells filled with HE, despite all the impracticality I still want one for the boogaloo
Parker Jones
I love old double rifles, especially the black powder ones. Every once in a while one pops up for auction which includes a mold for explosive shells, which were a thing back before smokeless powder and the famous "nitro express" rounds were invented.
Landon Mitchell
Yeah, tried the link, needs login to view. Is there a way to show how he made it? How long ago was his last post?
Leo Rogers
theres a guy on my local armslist trying to sell that thing for forever
Bentley Kelly
He built it over the course of May/June and last post was Jun 29.
Got a 45acp barrel blank, threaded it for the SMLE and machined the SMLE action so it could be set into it. Also shortened the bolt a bunch.
Work done to complete the bolt: - anneal the bolt body and head - cut off bolt handle to allow bolt body to be held in collet on the lathe - cut bolt body to length - drill and tap body for thread on bolt head - drill deeper spring channel in body - cut firing pin to appropriate length and thread end - cut firing pin spring to appropriate length - plasma weld bolt handle back on - cut dovetail in underside of bolt handle for plastic bumper - cut recess in bolt head - mill an ejector slot in side of head - re-heat treat and temper bolt body and head - fit plastic bumper to bolt handle - lots of filing and fitting
An AK. Any AK. I live in leafland and these puppies are prohib (some unicorn models aren't, but I'm not calling unicorns for no reasons). Some chug down the road in the reserve has a full auto he regularly lets loose with total impunity and I'm 110% jelly as fuck. I've fingerfucked a few, and my old shovel is giving me the misty eyes look so I'm very tempted to Ivan one in a shed.
Ethan Foster
hey I've got one of those too. Had no idea what it was. Took it to a gun shop and they said something about it being a riot shotgun, offered to buy it from me. I thought it was too cool to let go and kept it.
Parker Jenkins
M1895 Lee Navy K31 Mannlicher M1895 Werndl–Holub rifle Martini–Henry (also Greener Shotgun)
Anthony Torres
What location?
Kayden Jenkins
>What was yours? I always am looking out for a good turkey blaster, and I haven't seen a Savage 24v in a bit. .222/20g over under is perfect.
>Greener Shotgun It pisses me off so much: the Greener GP is dirt common, and cheap, in bongville, but is fucking rare in the US.
I love combo guns
Elijah Bennett
I saw one at the lgs they let me hold it
Liam Ward
You should buy it. They aren't expensive, just hard to find.
Xavier Turner
it I would have if I could
Noah Moore
I was always in love with the M-14, so since im an adult I about a loaded M1A with a walnut stock around 7 years ago. Its sits in the next to my M1 Carbine because I only shoot my AR-10 and pistols lol.
Xavier Adams
Martini-Henry in .577-450. Real dream would be to be able to shoot it more than once a month without going broke lol
Jeremiah Johnson
I want a proper US property marked 1911 non US so they are practically unobtanium then maybe a sig p210 or a radom sucks not being in the USA
Connor Brown
I haven't read the book, but I'm surprised the M1 Carbine is in it.
Anyhow, I got one myself recently and took it shooting for the first time last Sunday. Absolutely loved it, definitely grab one when you can. I can see why WWII vets cherished it.
>I can see why WWII vets cherished it. not humping around the extra six pounds of M1 garand could have been a factor
Zachary Turner
it looks cool because it was made to shoot other people, lethally or not, dunno how long we've been BEANBAGGIN' people
all the other shotguns are hunting guns with long barrels with ribbed sights and a tiny magazine tube, same shit applies to today.
You can easily find a shotgun of similar construction.
Benjamin Cruz
A friend has that high standard but tge mag tube is wobbly and the feed ramp seems fucked. I haven't inspected it tho. I may trade him, im not gonna lie its sexy, but i feel like i may have to restore the shit out of it.
James Martinez
i got my holy grail gun back in april, and it's still sort of surreal to me that i own one now
when I first got to guns I found an posting on a local firearm sales forum with one of these at a ridiculously low price (around 900 bones IIRC) I contacted the guy lightning fast but he started pussyfooting and said he had arranged to sell it to a friend instead (while the listing was still active) years later the SAME FUCKING GUN (it's a small market down here and I got extremely obsessed with this fucker) is back on sale, this time for twice the price I fucking hate this shit country full of price gouging fudds
Jose Thompson
Minigun
Oliver Diaz
golly gee I wonder why the fuck could that be
Aiden Reed
Thanks for the link. He hasn't sold it because his price is insane. I've seen two sell for the 5-6k range, both of them had more than just one speedloader.
Christopher Reyes
P5 Compact is peak space gun aesthetics. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if I could ever find it in a gun shop, don't trust Gunbroker for stuff like this. Corncob pumps are patrician taste, user
Remington 592m in 5mm rem mag. Wanted one for a while Walked into lgs One on the rack for cheap Ammo in stock Wtf 360* and walked out the door (with the gun)
William Garcia
big retard spotted that's fucking lame dude, sorry to hear that. mine was 1000 after some haggling, came with the stock and everything
I saw a Martini-Henry Demo-shoot at my local range when I went there to shoot back in 2003. Fell in love and even got to shoot it. Been looking for a functioning one ever since. Saw a few offers that were well out of my price range (8000$ and 7800$ in that order) and had to pass it up. Seen them at auctions regularly but always non-functional.
>what's your Grail gun? Actually I got one of my Grail guns recently. Numbers matching Kar98k, byf45, bore is in almost pristine condition. Good strong proof marks and it's not a Russian capture. It actually cured me of wanting another gun for like 48 hours. >Just ordered an AR 10 lower from PSA.
Paratrooper Arisaka. Most people have seen one and never realized it--it was the bad guy's rifle in Dirty Harry. Sporterized of course.
Blake Ross
The Mp7. Never thought id ever get my hands on one since I live in NZ but I managed to shoot one a fair bit. Lived up to every part of the hype. Super controllable, intuitive reloads, controls are almost perfect. I could put small fist sized bursts at 35m. Only this is the stock is aids. Wobbly bullshit. Tradeoff to make it compact. On a brand new one id assume its more rigid but other than that, its perfect
One day I'll join the C96 club too. For now I'll be content with my Luger.
Christopher Nguyen
Continued. My initial thoughts were it was going to be a glorified Uzi type dealio. Controllable but not that much greater than current systems. Didnt want to buy into H&K hype so was rather cynical before handling. It surprised me in almost every way. I thought build quality would be like the G36 - looks cool but feels too light and plastic toy like. Quality exceeded expectations. Very solid aoart from the aforementioned stock issue
Sebastian Evans
i figured that was the case but i never looked up how much those guns were. he also had a medusa revolver for sale at one time. its just one those "oh neat" posts you see sometimes on armslist
Oliver Gomez
Special Interest Arms has been making delisle copies for years. I have one of their 9mm integral rifles (on a modern platform). It is tits.
