In the movie Fury near the end Brad Pitt is running a STG44… at first l thought it was a Johnson but the mag placement was the giveaway for sure just to name one.
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Yeah I think he stole it from the “Broken Wang Naaazi”
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The Johnson is a prize for sure. Nice one.
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I should order one of those for myself @string1946
That would be great for hospital visits!
You can never be too careful 
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It’s good to move things along in Wal-Mart as well.
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7.62x39 in SKS stripper clips.
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I guess I was thinking the arc shape of the stripper clips was due to rimmed cartridges like .303.
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I’ve always said if you know how many guns you have then you don’t have nearly enough. My number is 370 give or take 10.
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I was like 68 is low ball! 
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Mine is about 10 with 370 bullets.
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I know this might sound stupid but my OCD is kicking in and I’m failing at stopping myself from asking this question: does your wonderful collection, or some portion of it, have an organization scheme? I can see arranging alphabetically by manufacturer, by approximate build date, by war/era, by color of the wood, by caliber, even in alphanumeric order by serial number—if present. Btw, this is why my basement and garage are a bit chaotic, as is my desk at home. I have trouble settling on one organization plan and sticking to it.
Thanks for sharing this inspiring collection. At least now I feel better about having several dozen firearms. There’s a great cartoon posted on PSA forum somewhere that sums up collecting in general very well. It’s the one in which the guy’s wife says, “you have enough guns,” and the man says, “yes but I don’t have these guns.“.
People who think gun collecting gets out of hand should see some of the Lionel train collections. I think to a serious model railroad collector, 370 items would be a nice starter collection 
Thanks again for sharing.
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No they’re not in any order. To start with they were, kinda. Revolvers here, pistols there, mil-surps here, modern long guns there and you can see the remnant of that time but that got to be too much of a hassle. Now they go wherever they will fit. I also collect PlayStation 3 games and they are arranged in alphabetical order and they’re much easier to shuffle around.
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That is an amazing collection! With a collection as big as yours, there has to be some that stand out. The ones that you remember like, you paid too much for or every time you see it you think back “man, why did I buy this?” Or even a gun that you hate shooting. For me, I have some in my collection that I came across and had to have. After taking it to the range, I felt either underwhelmed or it left a bad taste in my mouth. The AMT Backup was one for me that is horrible to shoot BUT I love taking my Raven MP-25 out every time.
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Well I guess I have some that fall into a couple of those categories. I have a Stevens model 94 single shot 20 gauge shotgun that my grandfather bought at Western Auto and gave to me for Christmas when I was 12. It’s been stolen once and recovered. If for some reason I had to sell my collection, it would be the last to go. The “why did I buy that” I guess would be the Colt All American 2000. This is the pistol that almost put Colt out of business for good. It was designed by well know firearm designers Reed Knight and Eugene Stoner. After the design was passed off to Colt, management decided to double the trigger pull from the original 6 lbs. to 12 lbs. They also extended the barrel and slide and the grip length. It was a terrible failure and was only manufactured for 3 years and in numbers around 20k. It is chambered in 9mm and locks and unlocks by a rotating barrel. Colt historian, Rick Sapp, has called the pistol “one of the most embarrassing failures in the company’s history.” Massad Ayoob was particularly critical of the design calling it “sad and ugly with pathetic accuracy”.
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Now I can show my wife: “See, I don’t have a lot of guns” 
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Good luck with that!!!
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I completely understand the Stevens. I have a few that are in the same boat as well. The Colt All American is definitely an odd bird. The rarity and oddity of it would draw me to it like a moth to a bright light. Which it truly is a unique part of history now with a story to tell. The question is though, does it shoot well? Or do you hate it?
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