"Gotta Have Gun" - what was your last "gotta have gun"?

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Skans

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The point of this thread is to have everyone reflect on all of the guns they've admired and possibly purchased and think about the last time you saw a unique gun that you just had to have. I mean one that really screamed "TAKE ME HOME"!

Not a gun that you purchased for some practical reason, but one that truly stood apart from all others where you thought to yourself, "boy, this is the coolist gun / rifle / shotgun - I just GOTTA HAVE IT.

My last "gotta have" gun would be my EAA Stock 10mm. Before that I'd have to travel back some years and say it was a Steyr GB.
 
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Tom2

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I have bought lots of gotta have guns on impulse. Usually they ended up serving little purpose in the lineup and traded off eventually. So I kinda look for something with a specific role nowadays, unless it is really cheap, then you can say buy it for fun. Lot of cheap surplus imports are like that. Who needs a Mosin rifle? Ridiculous as compared to a Mauser or a Springfield, but so cheap it is irresistable to have one. Now if it were more expensive, it would have to pass scrutiny and be forgotten.
 
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mavracer

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I suppose it'd count if I drove 75mi cause I heard they had a Lipsey's 44 special flattop Ruger there. Not one single thing I can do with it that I don't already have 2 others that would do it just as well. But I needed it bad just had to have it. Now I just need one more gun LOL.
 
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docpadds

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Browning HiPower. Was first semi i shot when young.

Bought a beauty, and within 8 hours went and bought a second one :)
 
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Beentown71

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Customized 10/22. I already have 10 .22lr's. But I just had to have it. Everytime my wife opens my closet she asks why I need so many bricks of .22 (5000 rounds).

Then I open the safe and we start diminishing the stack ;)

Beentown
 
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Kreyzhorse

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My last gotta have gun was my Ruger LCP. It was when the gun first came out and was pretty hard to get. Stumbled on one, and while I was interested in seeing one, I was hooked the first time I held it. Granted, it wasn't unique or that rare, but man I was hooked on that little gun.

Before that, my last "Oh my God!" gun was a Ruger No. 1. Wasn't a big fan of the set up until I found a pristine used 45-70 Gov't that looked like it had never been fired. When I threw that gun up to my shoulder, I was floored. Great handling rifle, damn accurate and while my first intention was to use it without a scope, my old eyes just didn't see it that way. Anyway, still happy with it and really enjoy looking at it and hunting with it.
 
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fisherman66

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My last gotta have gun was my Ruger LCP. It was when the gun first came out and was pretty hard to get. Stumbled on one, and while I was interested in seeing one, I was hooked the first time I held it. Granted, it wasn't unique or that rare, but man I was hooked on that little gun.

Before that, my last "Oh my God!" gun was a Ruger No. 1
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Exactly the same story here. It's like we are twins separated at birth.
 
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DiscoRacing

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long ago... when i had just turned 23... i got a desert eagle .44 mag.. it seemed like too much gun for me then.... i got discouraged by my lack of marksmanship/price of ammo.... i sold it... .now im going to buy one again.... i have to have it.... am going all out for the nickel finish this time...
 
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2DaMtns

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I posted a story in the rifle forums about my most recent one, a Remington 722 300 savage, cause it's what my dad and grandpa hunted with, and what I killed my first buck with.
 
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Bigfatts

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Here's mine, it's a Steyr that someone sporterized and turned into a take down. Nice engraving, nice wood with nice checkering. A take down with double set triggers? How could I resist? I got it for (what I consider) a good price. I haven't actually got it yet, in fact I send the MO for it off tomorrow. Before that it was a High Standard K-120 riot gun. Slickest pump I've ever had and clover leafs slugs at 50 yds with irons and a smooth bore.

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MosinM38

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Ever since I had started reading gun magazines(reading pictures), I had been wanting a savage 99.

2 years ago I snagged a 99 in .300 savage for $342 and have been ultra-thrilled ever since. Amazing little rifle.

Latest gotta have? AR-180B. I got it, plumb happy, just waiting to get a scope to mount on it, but informal plinking, it seems pretty good.

I don't really have any "Gotta haves" now......Money is really tight, and I maybe shouldn't have bought the 180B....But it was only $585....
 
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fastforty

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My safe is stuffed with gotta have guns, LOL (not gonna list them all).

My current gotta have is a Springfield EMP. They are scarce at best, almost endangered here in PRK. After seeing them spotlighted on Guns & Gear, it was a 99% done deal. I lucked out & got to hold one at a local shop that had just gotten it in, after waiting 2 years to get it. Once I got my hands wrapped around it, I absolutely 200% HAVE to have one. Good thing is, cash is on hand & earmarked for it :)
 
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