you can have as many as you want and this isn't about having a set number or minimum number or anything.

so something like a fire happens and you have lost all your guns , this is totally hypothetical just a fresh start

insurance check comes and like all insurance checks never what it needs to really be what are you replacing first?

based on most used and handiest not necessarily collection , collectable ect. no rules about is it still made ect.. you want to get back to shooting what you like at the game you want to chase , we can pretend your life isn't completely up-ended by the fire and it will take years to get back to normal, we are pretending , the house was just replaced presto.


since I am thinking all new
I guess first thing would be pick up a new carry gun probably a G19MOS gen5
then a 10/22 with an lpvo
then a short shotgun 20 inch barrel 12 ga
a dispatch pistol , probably another wrangler they are really handy to have a couple of for trapping don't feel bad if it gets dropped.
build out an AR good components good lpvo
a bolt action 308 with a decent scope.

that's 6 there would be game/competition specific guns later and a spare or two but that would be the core of getting me back to the things I want to do and enjoy.

what order exactly would depend on what season was coming although bird , trapping and deer sure run very close to each other in dates.

what would be your core , it doesn't have to be what you have today , just if you were starting over what would you choose as the core.

Because of ammo I would probably standardize on 9mm, an AR in 5.56 possibly a 350 legend upper to go with it., 12 gauge and a .22

Ok I’ll play along

Savage 99 in 308

Marlin 880SQ in 22LR

And either a

Winchester model 12 or browning A5 in 12 Gauge

Springfield Hellcat 9mm

What came next would depend on what came available and when but those would cover my hunting needs and self defense for a while till I got back on my feet, unfortunately I have been there and had to start over from scratch so I k ow how hard it can be

Probably did more hunting with a 22 rifle, 12 guage 870 and a remington 788 243 than all ever do with the rest of my guns put together.
Now i think an AR in 223 is important to have and a sig 365 9mm.
If I could only have one gun it would be an 870

Ruger 308
Cz .22
Ruger single six
ATI 20
Win 1300 turkey spl.
Then hopefully could get back some of the just because guns.
M77 220 swift encore contender and some others

10/22 and single 6
700 bdl 300 win mag
12 ga
.223

it doesn't have to be a fire

it is just a way to think , what do I really use for the enjoyment or need of it

I was using it as sort of an exercise of what to give away

it was never my intention to go to my grave with a vast collection of guns , I figured I would give them away to people who they would be special too along the way. having dealt with the guns of an estate I am thinking I might pick up the pace on that.

I have a single shot 22 I don't use that is going to be the first thing to go a little Marlin youth gun , I am giving that to my brother for my nieces to learn on with an invitation to come shoot with uncle Pete I'll bring the ammo.

Like my money, my guns are scattered everywhere, ain’t any way possible I could lose them all.

But to play along I’ll just name calibers I’d stick with…
5.56
.308
.22
.45
9mm

it doesn't have to be a loss at all

if I enjoyed the game and games I do and hadn't gathered what I had over the years , this would be my list to play and protect just the same.

A22
223
243
44mag
40
45apc

do you chase bear? just wondering what your 44 use is , just curios no critique

I have a few 44mags first one was a wedding present from my wife a SS Super Blackhawk I'm not giving any of those away till I am too old to shoot them , then kids or grandkids.

I think I would check gun broker for an older 10-22, modern winchester model 70 in 270, same model in 300 win mag and 22-250. a ruger markII in 22 hornet, mossberg 500 in 12 gauge, a ruger single six in 22, a rock island 1911 in 45 acp. Then whatever caught my eye.

Browning A bolt SSteel Stalker in 7mm Mag.
Ruger 10/22 Stanless Grey/Black Manlicher stock
Remington Mohawk carbine .243
Lyman 54 cal caplock

It's fun to shoot and reload also when I trap the big wood I carry it under my jacket.

makes sense , similar here

OK, I'll participate:
Ruger Single Six convertible SS 5.5" barrel
Ruger MK IV semiauto 6 7/8" target model
Ruger 10/22
CZ 457 in 22 LR
CZ 457 in 22 Mag
Rossi M92 16" stainless 357 mag
Beretta A400
Remington 870 with 18 or 20" choke tube barrel
Christensen Arms Mesa in 308
S&W Model 66 or 686 4 inch pre-lock model
Glock Model 19 gen5
AR-15

.

my son played

MR920L his current carry gun this is a glock but made by Shadow systems 17 slide length 19 grip length with RMR dot all the things you want to do to a glock already done so your running a factory production gun.

Berretta 1301 ether comp or tactical aka short barrel what was available at the time might decide
a 12ga pump gun he wasn't sure exactly what model right now
Ruger MK4 tactical
SFAR 20 inch 308
a BCM 16inch AR-15

A single shot 12 gauge, a .22, and after that probably a flintlock smoothie

I see a lot of
10/22s
shotguns with short/shorter barrels
AR-15s
deer rifles
22 handguns for trapping
personal defense pistols

which definitely make sense

300 weatherby, 44 mag, 22 mag, 10 gauge, and a 12 gauge would be a start.