My first gun bought was a replica Navy Colt 36cal cap & ball revolver. Man that gun was a hoot to shoot! Kitl 100s of skenks and a few snakes and zillions of tin cans. Loved every minute from melting lead and making bullets to loading and greasing the top of the balls in the chambers to prevent flash-overs, to BOOM cloud of smoke!
My LAST(?) gun is a Shiloh 1874 Creedmore Sharps (think Quigley Down Under) in 45-70 with a 34" bbl and vernier sights. If I can find a match load for it, I will bring it to the BBB.
I have let a few slip through my fingers that gives me pain every time I think about letting it go: the custom Rem Shop XP single shot, bolt action pistol in 7mm-08...(excuse me while I shed another tear), the Rem 1100 20ga w/ 3" chamber, (another tear!!). However, there was one POS that was a royal piece of junk from day one - a Winchester mo 190 semi-auto 22LR. That gun was a (to me) a piece of very disappointing junk. The best thing I did with it was trade it for a Ruger 10/22...(another tear!!!!).