Free: Contests & Raffles.
My favorite one is a Browning Citori I haven't bought yet.
I've only had it a year or two now, but my favorite "oddball" gun would be my Husqvarna 30/06, made in 1951. Built in Sweden on a Mauser 98 action, and it shoots great. I recently had a Timney trigger installed and I mounted a Burris Fullfield II 3-9x40 in Talley lightweight rings. It's a especially meaningful to me because it's from Sweden, and my grandfather was actually from Sweden, migrated over to the U.S. with his parents when he was a young boy. So I'm 1/4 Swedish, we have ancestors in Sweden still, with the same last name, so it's pretty cool to me to have a rifle from there that's nearly 70 years old, and it's better quality than the majority of rifles that are made today. Also I have a riding lawnmower that's made by the same company.
Not really my favorite, but it sure has my respect, it has takes a licking and keeps on ticking.1962 Remington Sportsman 48, 16 ga semi-auto, 2 3/4 in, 26 in barrel "full choke" short barrel.My dad gave this shotgun to me on my first chukar hunt. It has been "accidentally" dropped in Hood Canal in January. Spent 20 years as a closet queen. Did a tour rattling around behind the seat on my old Silverado.Has never misfired or had a mechanical problem.Now graces a place of honor, kept clean and lubed, fully loaded alternated 00 buck and slugs, in a quick to reach SHTF location. Ugly, scratched and pitted, but I would bet my life on it.
Husqvarna quit making firearms about 1970 I think. I have a link to a list of serial numbers I will send you so you can look up the year your rifle was made.
My favorite oddball is a Savage 101 handgun. It is a 22lr single-shot that looks like a revolver but is a single-shot, the cylinder & barrel is all one piece and pushes out to the right side to load & unload. Elvis Presley had one. It is a very accurate gun for a cheap side of the handgun market.
@Superdown that looks like a hoot!