# Shooters: What guns would you get if money were no object? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125 "2006-09-01T21:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![motomoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@motomoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motomoon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/21 "2006-09-04T06:11:55Z")
A [Heckler & Koch PSG-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_&_Koch_PSG1) or a mint-in-hardcase original Russian [Dragunov SVD](http://www.dragunov.net/svd.html), either one cheap for about $12K ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/22 "2006-09-04T06:21:29Z")
A flamethrower! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/23 "2006-09-04T06:24:04Z")
Serious answer: the Walther PPK, just for the James Bond reference. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/24 "2006-09-04T06:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I have a Yugoslavian Mauser 98. I’m not sure what the story was. I think I heard that they were bought and then stored immediately. I don’t know if that’s true. Anyway, it’s in great condidtion. It’s in its modern box and has the bayonette, sling, cleaning kit and ammo pouches. I’ve never fired it, and I’m thinking I should sell it. (I have another Mauser 98 I can shoot.) Any idea what it might be worth on the market? [/QUOTE] Are you sure it’s a Mauser K98 and not an M48 or M48A? There’s very little difference between them mechanically, (the M48/As are very well made, easily as good as the K98s) but an M48/A is worth about AUD$450, whilst a genuine WWII K98k is worth about AUD$1000 if it has all the original markings, including the swastika, on it. **silenus** , everybody and their brother did seem to issue a Mauser or derivative thereof at some point, with three notable exceptions: The British Empire/Commonwealth (Lee-Enfields), the Russians (Mosin-Nagants), and the French (Lebel M1889/MAS-36). Funnily enough, the Lee-Enfield is still in active service in India and Africa. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/25 "2006-09-04T08:48:19Z")
I’d love a H&K USP [Mark 23](http://www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/index.jsp?loc=101&SITEID=A&PartNumber=723001). The ultimate big-ass .45 hand cannon. Plus if it’s good enough for the Navy SEALS, it’s good enough for me. Oh, and throw in a supressor while you’re at it. Not sure I want to spend $2,400 on a handgun though. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/26 "2006-09-05T15:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Really? Damn. My former father-in-law sold his a long time ago… and not for $20K. One more reason for the guy to be kicking himself (besides the fact that he’s a prick). [/QUOTE] Well, the semi-auto version is only worth a couple thousand, I believe. Class III firearm prices really took off in the past 20 years, since only pre-1986 guns are available. [Here](http://www.westernfirearms.com/wfc) are a few for sale, and some class III info, too. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/27 "2006-09-05T15:58:04Z")
The Holy Grail for handguns is the [SIG P210](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sig_P210). The only way it could be better is if it came in heavier calibers (I’m not a 9mm fan) but it’s hard to improve upon perfection. Rifle-wise, I’ve always wanted a bullpup. I’d take a [Steyr AUG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_Aug), an [IMI Tavor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMI_Tavor), or the aforementioned [Walther WA-2000](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_WA2000) without thinking twice. I’d also get a .50AE Desert Eagle simply for the novelty of it and I’d also get a [Cobray Streetsweeper](http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976556233.htm), a [GLOCK 18](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock_18), and (my personal favorite) a [Serbu Super Shorty](http://serbu.com/shorty.htm). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SeaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/28 "2006-09-05T19:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] an SMLE Mk III (no star), [/QUOTE] I’m thinking I got’s me one of them! For me it would have to be a British L1A1 preferably one that took part in the Falklands War. ---
**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/29 "2006-09-05T19:49:46Z")
I’d love to have a nicely engraved British double-barreled express rifle. The kind that are custom-fitted to the customer in a fancy shop in London, and if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/30 "2006-09-05T19:51:05Z")
Let’s see… I’ll take a set of matched Holland and Holland Royal Double Sidelocks, one in .700 H&H and one in .375 H&H, just to hang over the fireplace. A damascus barrelled Parker Shotgun (with hammers please) would be nice. In the functional side of things, I’d like a Seecamp .25 auto, a Les Baer custom .45 1911 varient, a Rock River Arms AR varient, an FN/FAL, a Steyer AUG and an H&K MP5. Throw in a Browning BAR and a Steyer Scout and I’m pretty much good to go. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/31 "2006-09-06T02:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] I’d take a [Steyr AUG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_Aug)… [/QUOTE] I fired one of those once. I want one. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/32 "2006-09-06T09:10:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] A damascus barrelled Parker Shotgun (with hammers please) would be nice. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a double-barrelled muzzle-loading percussion 12ga shotgun made in the mid-19th century by I. Hollis & Sons of London. Nothing adds a touch of elegance and class to a room like a 19th century British muzzleloading shotgun, IMO. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/33 "2006-09-06T13:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] Nothing adds a touch of elegance and class to a room like a 19th century British muzzleloading shotgun, IMO. 😉 [/QUOTE] Except of course the aforementioned British bespoke big game rifles, with the requisite elephant and water buffalo engravings and platings. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/34 "2006-09-06T16:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Except of course the aforementioned British bespoke big game rifles, with the requisite elephant and water buffalo engravings and platings. 😉 [/QUOTE] Oh lord yes! £100,000 H&H double… I’ll be in my bunk. These seem so… so vulgar - [M1 Garand](http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod-rifles-m1-garand.shtml), [M1A National Match](http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod-rifles-national.shtml), [M25 White Feather](http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod-rifles-m25.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125/35 "2006-09-06T16:27:40Z")
I’d be very happy with the relatively-cheap (when compared to an eighty thousand dollar gun, at least) [Sig Sauer SSG 3000](http://www.snipercentral.com/ssg3000.htm). It’s just so damn sweet. Handgun-wise, my current wishes are a Springfield 1911, and a Walther P99. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooters-what-guns-would-you-get-if-money-were-no-object/371125.md?page=1)