Holy grails of sporting rifles

For me the holy grail is a marlin 1894 in 41 mag, not super exotic or expensive but my collection will not be complete without one , and I must take a deer with it . One of my goals before they put me in a pine box
 
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I remember seeing a reasonably priced double rifle in .303 British by a good English maker in very good condition for sale at a gun show in Vancouver a couple of decades ago. Two young guys were selling it, and I'm not sure they knew what they had. I wish I would have bought it. Nowadays a real nice double or real nice single shot in .303 is right up there on my list of dream rifles.
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My uncle had one. A Daniel Fraser.
 
Sako .22 HG

This one is rare....maybe even "Holy Grail" rare...a fullstock Sako M-78 .22....from what information I can gather (from Sako Collectors Association, etc.) this is the only one known. If you see or hear of another, please let me know.

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Rob said:
This one is rare....maybe even "Holy Grail" rare...a fullstock Sako M-78 .22....from what information I can gather (from Sako Collectors Association, etc.) this is the only one known. If you see or hear of another, please let me know.

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Wow! That is a thing of beauty.
 
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What do you have or know of? You know, the ones that are very hard to find, or unique. Maybe something long discontinued and still new in the box, maybe a odd chambering, or super low serial number... Etc
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For a very long time my dream rifle was a '74 Sharps and every time I felt like I could / should afford one of the replicas an unexpected expense would rear its ugly head.
Then one day my Dear Wife talked me into taking her to an estate sale to look at possibly buying some furniture.
She was busy looking over the items for sale and I was wandering around grumbling to myself about ' being dragged ' to this place when I overheard two fellows discussing how they should dispose of " Dad's gun ".
I had to tell them that I had heard them mention " gun " and they replied that it was an ugly old " thing ".

The ugly old thing turned out to be a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range Express, unfired in 45 - 3.2 complete with dies, brass and some loaded ammo.
Apparently the deceased gentleman had purchased the rifle without realizing that his health issues at the time were a very serious and fatal cancer and unfortunately was not able to shoot the rifle before it caught up to him.
Long story short, we made them an offer and the rifle with all the goodies along with an expensive china cabinet came home with us.
It is and has been a fun rifle to load for because when I bought it I had owned a BPCR Browning for many years and had several bullet moulds for the 45s ranging from 330 gr. to 565 gr. and several in between.
It sees quite a bit of use and gets to be carried a few times every Fall.
Believe me, there is nothing like packing a 13 lb. rifle up and down hill to make one appreciate a 6 lb. 700 Titanium....
 
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My dear Kevan, next time you are within arms reach of me, expect a kidnapping.
I will haul you awff to a local vender of lotto tickets and allow you to gasp numbers.
In return, I will pay for the tickets and allow you a porshun there of said winnings.
Olley oh fruck.............the footless horses that surround you..........no harm, no fowl.......:cheers:
 
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