And if wishes were horses...

[elmo_iscariot]

There's a meme going around, and I picked it up over at Tam's:

"What would you get if you could get any five guns, cost and practicality be hanged?Cost be hanged? I'll rule out fixed and crew-served guns here, to keep the decision making process manageable

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[knirirr]

Now I'll have to answer this...

[elmo_iscariot]

Indeed you shall. For what it's worth, I've chosen to interpret "practicality be hanged" as a go-ahead to consider illiberal firearms laws overriden for the sake of argument; I couldn't own the C96 with its shoulder stock in New Jersey. I assume this parameter will have a much greater impact on your list.

[knirirr]

It does indeed have some effect, although some of the items I'd very much like to own are legal. I've even got one already (although not a very good example).

[elmo_iscariot]

Fair enough. I took the meme to mean "guns you wouldn't buy in real life, but would wish for them if you could wish for them," leading me to exclude firearms I'm in love with and may in fact save up for in the future.

An attainable grail-gun list would be much harder to pin down. A Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless and at least two Smith & Wesson Top Breaks would make a mighty struggle for places.

[knirirr]

Ah, I see.
Of those I picked, there's only one that I could actually own and conceivably afford, but I'm not likely to ever find one as they seem impossible to find. That is, a good condition example of the one rifle on the list. From what I can tell most of the good ones get deactivated and snapped up by collectors of militaria.

[elmo_iscariot]

Ouch. I can understand, if I twist my brain around a little bit, the incentive they see in it, but that's still a crime against culture, right there.

[theweaselking]

Are you assuming "there are only three left in the world and they're all in the hands of private collectors who will not sell for any price" and/or "they're all lost and nobody has them" as bars to the meme?

[elmo_iscariot]

Nope. I even considered ignoring "has never existed" as a disqualifier but decided that went a step too far. ;)

[theweaselking]

Hey, the NRA has prop guns, fictional guns, and A BLOODY LIGHTSABER in their gallery. You wouldn't be completely out of line!

[elmo_iscariot]

They had a bunch of the movie guns on display at the Pittsburgh convention. Cheesy, sure, but awesome nonetheless.