For deer hunting I like my .54 cal Kibler Colonial or my T/ C New Englander. For birds and skeet I like my original Isaac Hollis 13 ga. . I have several smoothbores, so which ever one I have with me is my favorite.
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What’s Your Favorite Long Gun that You own.
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Mike in FL
50 Cal.
That's a pretty rifle.
That's a shooter. Doesn't get any better than touching holes.Don't look at the hoofies boys!
My Early Lancaster build: blank from Pecatonica, 45" Rice swamped 50 cal barrel with sq cut rifling & Siler Deluxe lock. The patch box, eschutcheons, keys, underlugs, nose cap, ferrules, sights, and ramrod (less fabricating ends) all made by Larry (Omha). Aqua Fortis stain with polymerized tung oil finish. About 7.5 pounds
Last photo: Never in my life did I have the first 4 shots come out like this. Benched at 25 yards and zerro sight adjustment. I should have signed up for the lottery that day.
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Mine is my 1803 Harpers Ferry replica in .58 caliber, followed closely by a 2 band Parker-Hale rifle.
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Hears mine first ever build 24 gauge smooth bore NW trade gun 26” barrel with a re Davis lock .
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All y'all have those nice guns. I have only three, 2 percussion and 1 flint. My go to and favorite is my GPR. It shoots better than I do, always goes off and I have made it mine (still looks like a GPR, though). My others, while good guns, a Pedersoli Kentucky flinter and a CVA mountain rifle are excellent guns but the GPR is wonderful.
Good grief how am I supposed to pick a favorite out of the 38 Muzzle loaders I own. If it isn't my favorite it usually doesn't get to stick around long. Although right now at this point in time, I would have to pick my latest acquisition. The Charlie Caywood 50 cal SMR flintlock he made in the late '60s or early '70s.
The runner up would be the Hatfield 45 cal flintlock.
The 54 cal percussion Hatfield didn't stick around long, after doing some repairs and cleaning it up I gifted it to the officer who took my place when I retired. It was a cheek slapper for me.
The runner up would be the Hatfield 45 cal flintlock.
The 54 cal percussion Hatfield didn't stick around long, after doing some repairs and cleaning it up I gifted it to the officer who took my place when I retired. It was a cheek slapper for me.
I honestly can't say. Hard to pick a favorite. Lately the one getting the most field time is a tie. My CVA .36 squirrel rifle and CVA Frontier .50. these are by far not the nicest nor most expensive of my guns but there is something about them I just really like. They look just about identical, are very short and lightweight, and dependable. Been eradicating the armadillo population around here lately with those two. There is a .54 trade rifle I got last year in the safe. She's pretty. Haven't shot her yet but I'm thinking she might be a contender. Also a flint Pennsylvania rifle I acquired a while back that also hasn't been fired. It has a 499 mile long barrel on it and I don't have a rod long enough to clean it yet, which is why I haven't fired it. But it looks and feels great. About 7 pounds. But, ifin ol' TDM pointed his Red Rider at me and made me pick just one... An old hand built .45 SMR left to me by my wife's now deceased step dad. He hadn't fired it in about 20 years and I've had it about 20 years, and there is a load in the barrel. Gonna be fun getting that one out. But it looks like an SMR should, shoulders great, and weighs next to nothing. The sear spring is broke so, once I get around to finding one of those, and clearing that 40 year old load, and giving it a good cleaning, she's going back into service. I think it may have been a Dixie kit but not sure.
smooth1
32 Cal.
Ask me tomorrow after the USPS delivery.
That is like asking father which of his 5 children is his favorite In front of the children. I love all of my long guns equally including the unmentionable modern ones.
I could spend all day looking at the pics posted in this thread. 
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