This is a good one! Your favorite sentimental gun - for whatever reason. I included descriptions this time for each entry.
#1: Winchester Model 1897 Manufactured 1910
#2: Dad got this old German shotgun from a solder after WW2. It is a 16 gage full choke both barrels, the trigger guard is stag. I think dad bought it off the solder for $37.50, it was all the money he had on him; the guy was needing money. We had a neighbor that was a gun smith and he restored it, he had it for three years; I guess it was hard to find info on it because the factory had been bombed during the war.
#3: This is an original old Colt Peace Maker with ivory grips. My brother sent the serial number to Colt. They replied that the gun had been shipped to a hardware store in Kansas in the 1880. I know a great uncle had it in 1910. he gave it to my uncle who gave it to me.
#4: Original Winchester model 57 Ser 25699 with a 330 scope M-8, W R WEAVER CO, El Paso, TEXAS.
Back story; My Grandpa and Grandma raised four sons on a farm they rented 50/50 with the land lord. Mr and Mrs Ringle didn't have any children, but thought the world of my dad and uncles. Mr Ringle couldn't choose one not over the other so he gave the fun to my grandpa. It hung in a fun rack up stairs in my grandparents house until I was in high school. I'm the only grandson. My Grandma couldn't choose which son got the rifle, so she gave it to me. Supposedly Mr Ringle used to take it to Minnesota whitetail hunting. Not sure if that's true. Just what I was always told.
What I do know is that Weaver scope has a variation of a German #1 reticle. At 75yds you can knock a good ball off the top of a fence post with it.
#5: This gun is first gun my father could afford to buy. Up until then he had a shotgun he borrowed from family. My brother and i plus my sisters all learnt to shoot with this gun. For such a short barrel it is extremely accurate. It is a Glenfield .22 calibre S-L-L-R. Comes with a seven shot magazine and over the 40 years it has never failed or missed a beat.
#6: Winchester 7mm Rem Mag that we got from an elderly neighbor 30 years ago... I recently spent a pile on it, 6-16x 50mm bushnell scope and a new stock.. it ought to reach out and touch things
#7: My grandfather's 1949 model 12.
5th anniversary gift from my grandmother to him.
#8: This was my Dad's rifle. Not sure when he acquired it, probably in his late teens early 20's. I believe he paid $20-$25. It is the only rifle I enjoyed
hunting with. It has taken a lot of deer and a few coyotes. I realize it looks a bit battered compared to some, but it has never missed, I have, but
not the rifle. When my Mom's home burned, nearly thirty years ago, all of the firearms in the house had severe smoke damage, a friend did a pretty
good job of cleaning them. My one cousin told me I should never take it apart to try to do cleaning as there would be risk that some parts, especially
involving the the wood, might not go back in place as they should. I can't use the open sights anymore, and haven't found another rifle that seems
to fit my hands, so the blacktails are safe from me
#9: Many many days spent killing pop cans and chasing around horned toads (never shot a horned toad, always caught em!) with dad and grandad!
Dad has a old Marlin 39a.
Grandad had whatever 22 was handy.
#1: Winchester Model 1897 Manufactured 1910
#2: Dad got this old German shotgun from a solder after WW2. It is a 16 gage full choke both barrels, the trigger guard is stag. I think dad bought it off the solder for $37.50, it was all the money he had on him; the guy was needing money. We had a neighbor that was a gun smith and he restored it, he had it for three years; I guess it was hard to find info on it because the factory had been bombed during the war.
#3: This is an original old Colt Peace Maker with ivory grips. My brother sent the serial number to Colt. They replied that the gun had been shipped to a hardware store in Kansas in the 1880. I know a great uncle had it in 1910. he gave it to my uncle who gave it to me.
#4: Original Winchester model 57 Ser 25699 with a 330 scope M-8, W R WEAVER CO, El Paso, TEXAS.
Back story; My Grandpa and Grandma raised four sons on a farm they rented 50/50 with the land lord. Mr and Mrs Ringle didn't have any children, but thought the world of my dad and uncles. Mr Ringle couldn't choose one not over the other so he gave the fun to my grandpa. It hung in a fun rack up stairs in my grandparents house until I was in high school. I'm the only grandson. My Grandma couldn't choose which son got the rifle, so she gave it to me. Supposedly Mr Ringle used to take it to Minnesota whitetail hunting. Not sure if that's true. Just what I was always told.
What I do know is that Weaver scope has a variation of a German #1 reticle. At 75yds you can knock a good ball off the top of a fence post with it.
#5: This gun is first gun my father could afford to buy. Up until then he had a shotgun he borrowed from family. My brother and i plus my sisters all learnt to shoot with this gun. For such a short barrel it is extremely accurate. It is a Glenfield .22 calibre S-L-L-R. Comes with a seven shot magazine and over the 40 years it has never failed or missed a beat.
#6: Winchester 7mm Rem Mag that we got from an elderly neighbor 30 years ago... I recently spent a pile on it, 6-16x 50mm bushnell scope and a new stock.. it ought to reach out and touch things
#7: My grandfather's 1949 model 12.
5th anniversary gift from my grandmother to him.
#8: This was my Dad's rifle. Not sure when he acquired it, probably in his late teens early 20's. I believe he paid $20-$25. It is the only rifle I enjoyed
hunting with. It has taken a lot of deer and a few coyotes. I realize it looks a bit battered compared to some, but it has never missed, I have, but
not the rifle. When my Mom's home burned, nearly thirty years ago, all of the firearms in the house had severe smoke damage, a friend did a pretty
good job of cleaning them. My one cousin told me I should never take it apart to try to do cleaning as there would be risk that some parts, especially
involving the the wood, might not go back in place as they should. I can't use the open sights anymore, and haven't found another rifle that seems
to fit my hands, so the blacktails are safe from me
#9: Many many days spent killing pop cans and chasing around horned toads (never shot a horned toad, always caught em!) with dad and grandad!
Dad has a old Marlin 39a.
Grandad had whatever 22 was handy.
