How the hell do you guys have "favorite guns"?! I have two gun safes on the property for some of the more impractical stuff, but here is a (mostly for opsec reasons) complete list of the functional tools I employ on a consistent basis, even if just to clean and lubricate to maintain their readiness.
Concealed Carry: CZ 2075 RAMI, 9mm Luger (14-round extended, Cajun Gunworks Pro Package)
Open Carry: Nighthawk T4, .45 ACP
Work-bag gun: Springfield XDe, .45 ACP (NuShock trigger)
Car-bag gun: Springfield XDs, .45 ACP (Powder River trigger)
Range gun: CZ 97B, .45 ACP (Cajun Gunworks Pro Package)
Hunting "Anti-Bear" sidearm: Chiappa Rhino 60DS (Vortex RAZOR red dot)
"Bug-Out-Bag": SIG 229 & 226 Legion, 9mm Luger (threaded barrels, 20-round magazines)
Wife's purse: 10" barrel custom machined lower AR-15, .223 Wylde (Cry-Havok barrel QD, Vortex Prism 3x, ASR-ready)
"His" side nightstand: FN Five-seveN, 5.7x28mm (X300, 30-round magazine)
"Her" side nightstand: Mossberg 590 Shockwave, 12ga (1300 FPS #4 Federal)
Truck gun: Benelli M4 LEO Tactical, 12ga (1600 FPS #00 breacher Federal LEO, EOTech EXPS3)
Medium game: Tikka T3x CTR, 6.5 Creedmoor (Vortex Viper PST FFP, XLR Element Carbon chassis, ASR-ready)
Large game: Custom AR-10 Lower, 6.5 Creedmoor (Vortex Razor HD AMG, heavy barrel, ASR-ready)
Zombie Killer: KIVAARI Takedown Backpacker, .338 Lapua Magnum (Vortex RAZOR HD GEN II, Q Trash Panda)
"I can only find ammo for the FN Five-seveN" emergency backup: FN P90 MIL/LEO, 5.7x28mm (short barrel suppressed)
These objects are all purpose-driven tools.
You don't prefer one gun over another one?
One that you don't shoot more than the others?
One you would sell last if you had to sell them for whatever reason?
One that you don't enjoy working/cleaning the most?
All of the firearms above are specific purposed tools. They were selected for that purpose and would be my "favorite" weapon for the intended purpose. I probably have a favorite gun per caliber, but don't think it's realistic to have a "favorite" gun all-around.
The CZ 97b is my favorite firearm to shoot, followed closely by the Nighthawk T4. The only reason the CZ has the upper hand on the Nighthawk is the Cajun Gunworks pro package.
If it was the end of the world and my last 24 hours needed protection to see the very end go dark and I could only grab one weapon from the safe, it would be the CZ 97b.
I'll probably get the.. ire of many other people for saying this, but I let guns get pretty dirty. I was trained with the mentality that cleaning is part of discipline, but that realistic scenarios entail a weapon needing to perform reliably in sub-optimal conditions, so I would prefer to know how all of my equipment operations in dirty conditions. With that said, I religiously clean the CZ 97b, because I put 1,000 rounds through it a month, bare minimum.
Frustratingly, the CZ has developed a small rust spot on the inside of the magwell, but after 3 years, 5 barrels, and more rounds of .45 ACP than I care to recount I'd say this is not unexpected wear and tear.
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