Hand down guns

[Dave]

So what do you have in the way of guns handed down from older generations. Do you ever use them?

I have an old Colt Peacemaker with ivory grips. I got it from an uncle who got it from my great uncle. My brother sent an inquiry to Colt along with the serial number of the pistol. They shipped the pistol to a hardware store in Kansas in the 1870's. I know my great uncle had it in 1910.

I have an old single shot 12 ga Montgomery Ward shotgun that was the first gun my Dad bought. This year my oldest son went to carrying it in his pickup while up in the hills to shoot any grouse that are standing on the road. The old gun killed half a dozen grouse this fall. The son likes it. It is quick and easy to load and shoot, and that 32 inch full choke barrel will reach out a ways too.

I have a Winchester model 64 30-30 that my Dad used his strawberry picking money to buy when he was 14. I also have the antlers off the first deer he shot with that rifle. My brother and I both shot our first deer with that rifle. I have packed it a few times for old time sake but haven't shot a deer with it since I was 13.

I have an old 03-A3 that I described in another thread. Dad sporterized it back in the 50's. It is actually in my son's gun safe waiting for his son to get old enough.

When I was a youngster starting hunting in the 60's there were lots of old military rifles packed in the hills. And certainly lots of 30-30's. I never see any of those rifles any more. You would think that a 30-30 is incapable of killing a deer anymore. One has to wonder where all those old guns are at.

 

[B&M Farms]

I have a Remington 1889 12 gauge that belonged to my great grandfather, a Remington Model 11 that belonged to my grandfather and a pre '64 Winchester Model 70 30-06 from my dad. These are the three most important guns I own because of who they come from and the stories that came with them.

 

[Rafter S]

I have my grandfather's 12 gauge, made by Eastern Arms Company. It hasn't been fired in about 30 years. It got where I'd pull the trigger and nothing would happen. I'd cock it and pull the trigger again. Sometimes it would fire then and sometimes it took a third try. I don't know a lot about guns, but I decided it was probably time to put it up.

And my son has my father's 410. I don't know much about it. I don't think the manufacturer and serial numbers are legible. The only thing I know about it is that many people look at it and can't figure out how to break it open. Instead of a lever you pull the trigger guard back about 1/4".

 

[Alan]

My grandfather was the only one who had guns that remember in our family, he had two daughters and a son so at his passing all the guns but one went to his son. I was his only grandson at the time and one of the things he left me was his squirrel gun. I haven't completed any serious research on it, it's a Savage Sporter .22, although mom says he used it quite a it hunting squirrels and such when she was a girl. The last patient date on it is 1917. I still shoot it on occasion, now I have the itch I may take it out in the next few days.

Dave, my strawberry picking money had to go toward school cloths. :mad: of course I threw and ate more than went in the crate. I was great to come home from the fields cloths all stain from strawberry fights stand I front of mom and have my sister give mom 14 crates worth of money and I would have to explain why I only picked two or three all day. :lol:

 

[greybeard]

Nothing really old, just a couple from my father.
Nylon 66 .22 and a New Haven model 600 20 ga (made by mossberg)
Both look like crap but shoot very well--my father was very hard on firearms.

 

[Dave]

My grandfather was the only one who had guns that remember in our family, he had two daughters and a son so at his passing all the guns but one went to his son. I was his only grandson at the time and one of the things he left me was his squirrel gun. I haven't completed any serious research on it, it's a Savage Sporter .22, although mom says he used it quite a it hunting squirrels and such when she was a girl. The last patient date on it is 1917. I still shoot it on occasion, now I have the itch I may take it out in the next few days.

Dave, my strawberry picking money had to go toward school cloths. :mad: of course I threw and ate more than went in the crate. I was great to come home from the fields cloths all stain from strawberry fights stand I front of mom and have my sister give mom 14 crates worth of money and I would have to explain why I only picked two or three all day. :lol:

Alan, my strawberry picking money went to school cloths too. And raspberry picking money. And blueberry picking money. I was real happy when I got a real job cleaning chicken houses with a scoop shovel and wheel barrow for $1.25 an hour.

 

[skyhightree1]

springfield .22 and some iver johnson 12 gauge shotguns

 

[Nesikep]

The only hand-me-down I have isn't from family.. a friend of mine gave it to another friend of mine, who gave it to me.. it's an old Cooey 22 with the metal trigger guard... doesn't look fancy but the barrel is in mint shape and is very accurate. I've shot several bears with it, a bunch of yotes, and hundreds of birds... that's only in the 5 years I've had it.

 

[rla442]

I've got quite a few but, the most precious hand me down gun is an old High Standard Model B pistol that my grandmother carried. As a youngin, I remember her carrying it in her purse and supposedly she used it when my dad was young to shoot a guy that was stealing her chickens. I've got my dads grandfather's old Belgium SxS 12 ga with damascus that came with him to this country from Sweden. The barrels are worn so thin you could shave with them. Then there's my dads homemade 32 rimfire pistol he made as a kid. If I remember right the barrel is from and old colt but the rest is sawn out of a block of steel and flat stock. Its pretty crude but functioned when he was a kid.

I got a couple old Winchesters that belong to my grandfather, uncles and great uncles. I even have some that were bring backs from a WWII that weren't family but guys I remember growing up and the stories they told about the rifle.

 

[TexasBred]

All I have is an old Remington Improved Model 6 single shot 22 and and LC Smith Double Barrell 12 gauge shotgun. Both belonged to my grandad.

 

[wv mud river]

Ithaca 16 gauge pump belonged to my dad. he bought it at sears and roebuck. put it in layaway and make payments on it. I think it was the first new gun he ever owned. still looks new. the only gun I would not sell.

 

[Archelgray18]

A nice .22 rifle is always a good firearm to pass down. What if he doesn't get into guns? A .22 will always be useful. Or any lever action rifle. If I wanted to pass down a 1911, I think I'd have to stick with Colt. I think any gun you choose, he will cherish because it came from you.

 

[Archelgray18]

A nice .22 rifle is always a good firearm to pass down. What if he doesn't get into guns? A .22 will always be useful. Or any lever action rifle. If I wanted to pass down a 1911, I think I'd have to stick with Colt. I think any gun you choose, he will cherish because it came from you.


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[lavacarancher]

Yes, I have many hand-me-down guns. I have a 25-20 with hexagon barrel, a 30-40 Kraig, .257 Roberts, .243 Win, a couple of very old dbl barrel 12 ga. shotguns, two .22 (one a single shot shorts only gun) and several newer, more modern rifles. Don't know what's going to happen to them in a couple of years. My daughter would probably destroy them and my son's wife would probably do the same. I'm sure if my grandparents and uncles knew how things turned out they would never have given them to me.

I still shoot the 25-20 from time to time but ammo is getting harder to find. I can drive a nail at 200 yds with the .243. Just killed a couple of hogs with it two weeks ago.