I can understand the 1st sentence, but the second I don't agree with at all

OK......Everyone who wears glasses or has eye problems need not apply! You don't count......You can't have a favorite gun to shoot if it has a scope on it.

Next time I'll make it 3 posts: (1) for those who have eye problems & wear glasses (2) for those who don't & (3) for those who just wear reading glasses

Haven't shot one in years, but the M249 SAW was pretty sweet.

My corrective lenses for nearsightedness makes shooting open sights an even greater challenge, but it doesn't keep me from seeing how well I can shoot without a scope. Sure, the iron sights are a little blurry, but I can see them well enough to make kill shots with a rifle at 100 yards, and with a pistol at 25.

Pure fun to shoot gun... have two:

Marlin 1894CL .32-20

Close second: Marlin 1894C .357

Everyone I've let shoot the .32-20 always have a big smile, plus a tight grip when I go to get it back from them.

Probably my AR in 450 Bushmaster. It's a blast!
The converted Saiga 12 is a drum full of smiles as well.

My custom 338 Lapua Improved.

Of the ones I own, mine would be my S&W M&P Sport II AR. It's still as it came....open sights and no scope, although I've thought about getting a red dot. Haven't used it to hunt anything yet and not sure I will unless it's coyotes or pigs, but it is a blast to shoot. My boys love it too.

It's pretty cool to me to see the variation of preference that we all have.

It's kind of the idea of agreeing to disagree, but still agreeing the freedom to have a choice is nice.

I'm wondering if we could break the shooters into groups..... game hunters (large game, small game, fowl); pervasive species, varmint and pest eliminators; target shooters; tactical shooters; cowboy shooters; and plinkers?

I fit all of those groups. Are you going to literally break me into 6 pieces and stuff me into all groups??????

My Thompson (the top one) has the ability to convert a liberal to pro-2nd amendment

450 Bushmaster

Why do you have to divide us? Why can't we all be just shooters?

you know, I really don't shoot mine enough to have a favorite. If I had to pick, I'd say my Browning 725 Sporting 20ga. Shooting in the Elm Fork SC league

For just the pure pleasure of shooting, I'd have to go with my KelTec PMR 30. An absolute hoot to shoot! Everyone who's ever run a full magazine of 30 rounds of WMR ammo through it can't help but ask to run a couple more mags through it! Practically no recoil, great trigger, and enough muzzle blast to almost convince yourself that you've just shot a center fire pistol. Definitely addictive.

THATS WILD LOOKING GLUCK

Glock

Just an observation!

Spent over 10 years watching people fight over what hunting & shooting configuration is best. I finally post one post in "Rifles, Shotguns, and Handguns" in an effort to get people just talking "firearms", sharing info & pictures, and the next thing you know we're trying to divide everything up again. Many of those categories are already addressed in existing sub-forums.

I'm already lining up a "New & Improved 2017 - Which is best .308 or 30.06" thread...

Some of my favorites are:

Suppressed 10/22 with subs
Custom 6.5 Creedmoor shooting LR
CZ-527 in 223 for general rifle practice

Remington 3200 on the skeet field, Winchester Model 12 in the bird patch. P_102

My favorite guns to shoot are mostly ones I inherited from my father as they bring back good memories of his teaching me about shooting and marksmanship.
Colt Gold Cup 1911 with trigger and accurizing work done by a gunsmith
Dan Wesson 6" 15-2VH .357 Mag
High Standard Supermatic Citation 106 .22LR

I also love to shoot the LR-308 I built with a Lilja 24" bull barrel. It shoots better than I do.