As I start to segue into the Golden Years, my thoughts turn more and more to the fabled bucket list. We are not granted an infinite number of days on this mortal coil, and if you're like me, there remain some guns/pursuits that remain unfulfilled. If you care to share them, perhaps someone who reads this may be able to help you achieve one or two, and vice-versa. Anyway, it's fun to dream!
Here's mine, in no particular priority:
1) Pope-barreled single shot (Ballard, Stevens, Winchester), .22, .32-40.
2) 1903 Springfield NRA Sporter
3) Niedner-barreled anything (extra points for a Tom Shelhamer stock)
4) Savage 1895
5) Savage 1899 A,B,C .32-40
6) Savage M1899 .250-3000
7) Sharps-Borschardt barreled in a 1930's .22 wildcat
8) Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1903 6.5x54 (I owned 8mm's and a .257 Roberts but never a 6.5x54)
9) Stevens 417 Walnut Hill
10) The chance to put an animal larger than a deer in my sights. I better get cracking on that as physical limitations are rapidly closing that door.
11) M1841 Mississippi Rifle
12) Double rifle chambered in .30-40 or .303 British. I always said that such would be the ideal deer rifle for the conditions in which I hunt.
