My Father taught me to shoot on his fathers Savage 24 Combo gun, .22LR/.410 It's a 1st gen, so made from 1938 to 1940. No serial #, which was common back then. Hard to believe that was 55 years ago. Was slow shooting a single shot at a time. It was a great teaching experience though.

 

Began this adventure with the Winchester 67a single shot, 60 years ago. You asked for my favorite, that would be the Winchester Windsor musket, in 22short.

 

I like the retro look of my Remington Target Master model 510.

 

My H&R Sportster is my favorite, but I also have an old Anschutz 1393 and a Remington 514.

 

For me, it’s the 1885 Lowall hands down. But they are all very cool.

I had this one restored with a Benchmark stainless barrel I had Cerakoted to look the part. I took it to the Lapua Test Center and it’s a regular shooter.

A Stevens 44 would be great too!

 

Much of my nice collection (or, as the MSM would say, "unbelievable arsenal that nobody but police and the military should have!" ) is single shots, so trying to pick a favorite would be an exercise in futility.
Often, my most recent acquisition becomes one of the favorites . . . . . . until the next one comes along. If I had to choose five of the rimfires (sorry, can't do it, let's go with 10), it would probably be these in no particular order (but it is always subject to change)

• Stevens 417 Walnut Hill
• Mauser ES350B
• Remington 40X
• BSA International Mk V LH
• Haenel KK Sport
• HWZ 29
• Stevens 44 1/2
• Ruger/Korzinek No.1
• Walther Sportmodell V Meisterbüchse
• the last one would be a toss-up between the BSA Model 7 Superb, the TC Contender carbine, the Winchester Highwall musket, and a lovely large frame martini sporting rifle to rimfire conversion

 

2 fav's... Contender and Encore in both handgun and rifle.

 

Remington 510

 

Remington #4. It's not a target gun. But, it has killed more than it's weight in gophers.

 

H&R Sportster in a 300 Blackout.

 

H&R U.S.R.A. Preferably one with the Roper R serial no. If you’re not familiar, I suggest you look it up. It has quite a story.

 

H&R U.S.R.A. Preferably one with the Roper R serial no. If you’re not familiar, I suggest you look it up. It has quite a story. View attachment 634328

Came to this thread to post exactly this,
Have 3 of them, one a -R.
Trying to get one in the 2800-3800 sn range, and one under 50.
heck of a straight shooting pistol.

best part of them is the round-ejector models, that will shoot the casing through three people and the brick wall to nail the cow three fields over.

 

Don’t forget this 45 Colt/410. Yes, it hurts. Common in Korea War…

 

I see somehow that this pic got tied the attachment in my post of my 1885. Wonder if the moderators can determine how that happened? Never seen that before?

 

Remington 540X..It fits me perfectly.

 

Springfield model 15.. From Dad

 

I only have one currently that is a "native" single-shot. The Ruger No.1, in 204 Ruger.

There are also the Winchester 52B, and the CZ 455 Varmint with single-shot adapters, but they don't really count.

 

The Ruger #1s are fickle, some shoot great, others not so much. I was lucky and had a real doozy. It too, was a.204 Ruger. I killed 100s of prairie dogs with mine, banged up the stock some ,then had the stock refinished. It turned put better than new. I won the wood lottery with it. I sold it to a guy who only buys beautiful guns for twice what i paid for it. Loved that single shot My brother had 5 of them. He really loved them.

 

My favorite single shot has always been the Marlin Ballard rifles made from 1875-1891. I collected early Marlin lever action repeaters for years before I bought my first Ballard single shot, but once I had one I began searching for, and buying more of them. I just think they're the most beautiful of all the old single shot rifles, and very accurate with a good bore!
I own a little over 3 dozen now, and still looking for more.

I also love Remington single shot rifles from the 1800's, but only civilian sporting models.

 

My favorite single shot is my Vudoo!

 

My Favorite is my Remington 40-X:

 

1973 Ruger #1 in 270 Win
TC Encore in 23" MGM barrels in 20 Vartarg, 444 Marlin and 500 Linebaugh
TC Contender in 10" barrels in 22 Hornet, 30 & 357 Herrett
1898 Springfield Armory with Redfield 102K aperture sight (when I was putting this on, I forgot the finish nail to make it 4 cartridges) in 30-40 Krag

 

I know from experience that you are absolutely correct. Here’s mine with the R .

 

If we're including pistols, then add this one.

It could use a liner, but I'm OK with using a rod to eject every round for now...

 

My favorite single shot would be my 2500X. Followed by either my 10X X3L or Anshutz 54 RFBR rifles

 

My Colt Colteer which was my first rifle, I lost the push on front site and added a Bushnell 4X scope. I bought the gun when I was 15 years old and I'm 66 now. Plus the Cooey model #39 that I learned to shoot with, it was my Aunts until about twenty years ago. Both will be handed down to two of my grandchildren.

 

1885 Low Wall, built 1909. Shoots great to 100 and beyond (even with the 1:20 twist).

 

Stevens Crackshot. Mine will put three shots in a dime at fifty yards with iron sights.
Wonderful design.