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Like many of the posts here, the gun I’m most attached to is not due to performance but rather an emotional connection. My Dad was never a hunter or much of a shooter but he grew up on a farm and wanted me to know how to handle a firearm. When I was little he would borrow the neighbor’s 22 from across the street and we’d go to a caliche pit out side of town to do some plinking. Anyway, one day he bought a raffle ticket for some charity and the prize was a nice pump shotgun from a local business in town that was a furniture/sporting goods store (interesting combination). As luck would have it, he won the shotgun! I don’t remember anything about it except that the picture I saw of it looked beautiful. At that point my Mom stepped in and pointed out that she had been wanting some new bedroom furniture so I think you can guess what happened to the shotgun. As a good husband and seeker of domestic tranquility, my Dad went down and traded it in for the furniture but had enough left to buy a Winchester model 67. I have great memories of shooting/cleaning that gun and I've used it as an intro to shooting with my own kids. It’s still in great shape and just getting it out and cleaning it still puts a smile on my face. My Dad is gone now but I like to think I still have a little piece of him with me every time I put my hands on that rifle.