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Model 94, 30/30 Winchester..

My dad bought it in June 1966, at the RAF Alconbury Rod and Gun Club on base just before we came back to the USA after him being stationed in England for 3 years...

Ringworm, you started a great thread here - I have enjoyed reading it as it grows with new entries each day. Interesting just how many firearms were gifts from parents and relatives. Odessa

Marlin Model 60 given to me in 1967

Ithaca Model 66 Super Single 20 ga. given to me Christmas of 65 by Dad and Mom.

Rem. 788 chambered in 308 Win. fall of 1967, bought that one myself with money I earned putting up hay all summer.

Still have all of them. The 788 is ready for it's fourth barrel.

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I have a WestPoint (made by Marlin) lever action 30-30 that was my Dad's, and it was given to me in 1982.

Rem 700 BDL in 270 Win purchased back in the early 70's. Now in its 4th stock, jr sized for my grandson.

Savage mod 23A 22short, 22long and 22long rifle. made in 1923. given to me in 1983.

I have a Model 94 Winchester 3030 my father bought new in 1958, and gave to me. I was 8 years old at the time, and have been owning it and shootin it for 52 years now. I almost have it broke in I guess.
In my younger years I was a tracker on man hunts in Law Enforcement, and I have newspaper clippings with pics of me carrying that rifle on a track.
I it carried for almost 20 years doin that, and many a outlaw has looked down the business end of it.

Marlin Model 60; my first rifle.

Basically worn out, and in need of some serious TLC. Gonna "play with it" some, when I get to reworking it.

Winchester 94 in 356 Win. My wife bought it for me brand new in 1992. Beautiful walnut stock ... the gun that is.

winchester m70 push feed in .30-06. bought her used at a gun show 25+ years ago. paid $325 for it as-is.

moa rifle with factory stuff, prolly could get smaller with the handloads, but why bother. breaks bottle and kills stuff. someone put a lotsa $ in this rifle. fully bedded stock, prolly a 2lb. trigger. currently wearing a 3-10x40 scope. wandered into a gun shop 3-4 years ago, found the brother to this rifle, with no scope, in mint condition. it's been shot, but no indication of wear, no dings, metal almost 100%. dealer said he wanted $400 for it, and i jumped. both in .30 u.s. slapped a new leupold scope on it and stuffed it in the safe. figure it's a backup when the first one wears out. haven't shot it yet. prolly need to do so one of these days.

-tom

A pair of pre 64 M70's in Brown Precision synthetic stocks and Krieger barrels;one in 375H&H and the other in 270 Winchester.Both go back to the 1980's.

Both are on their second barrels.All up with scope the 375 weighs 8 pounds,and the 270 comes in at 6-14.Both are long favorites and very reliable rifles.

Bob,

There is a 2 gun battery you could probably hunt the world with and never look back...

I have owned a Browning bolt action safari grade, .300 Winchester magnum rifle made in Belgium back in 1964. It has served me very well and I never paid any attention to it weighing a hair over 8-lbs. It was also the most accurate medium bore caliber rifle, right out of the box I have ever owned

Marlin 336 in 44mg. I bought it new with my first 2 or 3 pay checks in 1967. I have given it to my oldest son, but that rifle will always be mine:)

A Browning BAR in 30-06, made in Belgium in '71; shoots lights
out; a xmas gift from my father; So good that I have not considered another rifle;

A Remington scoremaster 22 LR handed down to me back in 64 (I was 10) by my older brother. He had been given it by an uncle back in the early 1950's.

1903 Springfield sporter, bought from the gunsmith who stocked it in 1970, Lyman 48 sight, $150. A couple years later, had it drilled and tapped, bolt altered, fitted w/ Timney triggerl, replaced the Springfield mainspring w/ one from an Enfield for faster lock time. Scary accurate, to this day. It won the first registered metallic silhoutte match ever held in the state of Missouri (Aug., 1979)...and with a Leupold M8 4x scope.

Winchester Model 94 25-35 cal. Bought it from a bartender in Winifred MT - 1963. The original owner was a fellow by the name of Red Shirt Charley who had a little spread in the Missouri Breaks up towards Big Sandy. His pickup broke down just outside Winifred and he hocked the rifle at the bar for cash to repair it. Weeks later he came to town to buy the rifle back from the bartender. The bartender told him who bought it and Charley came looking for me...wanted to buy it from me. I was working on a road construction crew at the time and he caught up with me at the job site. He wanted to buy the rifle for what I paid for it and I said no way. He would not take no for an answer. So I went for big profit and gave him my price.
He took a swing at me, I ducked and hit him with the #2 shovel I had in my hand. Not a fair fight you say? He stood 6'4" and weighed about 260. Me? A scrawny 6' 175#

I have my Dad's Remington Model 12 .22 that he purchased in 1921 in Fort Bayard, NM. Found the receipt in among his stuff when he passed away. He started me shooting it when I was about 7. The first new rifle I ever purchased with my lawn mowing money was a Marlin 336A 30-30. I remember mother had to sign for it at Gibsons Discount Center, so maybe about 1969? I still shoot it too. To be very honest, when I purchase a gun I usually get pretty attached to it, and I still have it. Maybe that explains the 5 Fort Knox gun safes and the need for another.

Roundoak - that is a great story. Allen 917, I used to live in Odessa TX when I was a boy. I had forgotten all about Gibson's Discount Centers, sort of an early Wal-Mart, my Mom like to shop there (with all five of us in tow).