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Just bought a M70 300 H&H Bull Gun that was "upgraded" (excellent work) with checkering (original owner found it too slippery at Camp Perry) and a Pachmayr style pad (he also didn't like recoil). Yeah it's not a collectors gun but it is mint, has beautiful fiddleback and came with correct sights, an as new 1&1/4" Unertl 16X for about $1500 less than a bare "collector" gun.
We don't collect, we shot em' all.

The pad is marked on the back:

Ed's Sporting Goods
Lexington NEBR

Gun left WRA in 48' and no one in Lexington has ever heard of Ed.

Anyone remeber Ed's ? Thanks!

btt

"Thread pirates are like boils, they must be lanced right away. "

you have been, so I get to miss your posts .... so sad.

Have you considered that "Ed's Sporting Goods" might have been the manufacturer of the recoil pad and not a gun shop? You might try asking Vapodog on AR, as he claims to be from Western NE.

Jeff

My grandfather lived in Lexington and he told me that Ed's was on the corner of W. 7th st. and N. Madison until about 1970-1971 when Ed passed away. Ed didn't have any boys (2 girls) and he had nobody to pass the business down to. His widow just shut it down. One of the big gun dealers in Lincoln bought the inventory.

Grandpa said that Ed did a pretty good business back in the '50s and '60s. He also said that Ed could get ornery but that he really was a good guy.

Lexington is now "Tijuana north" with a school system bogged down by kids for whom english is a 2nd language. I guess that we're on Larry's "ignore" list, so your information won't help him any.

Jeff

Fixed it

A cousin that lived near there back in that time said he had heard that Ed had been very active in a big poaching ring and they are still trying to locate all the guns he and his two friends were using. Sounds like they may become government property if located and somebody will surely be looking BossLady,Oldman?Karen up real soon. Think I would keep that rifle under wraps.

"Thread pirates are like boils, they must be lanced right away. "

you ALL have been, so I get to miss your posts .... so sad.

what any of you idiots have to say isn't even worth consideration but perhaps there will be an ADULT member of the site who can offer something. Lexington historical society has also been nice enough to look into it for me.

I find it a bit ironic that the vast majority of people at 24HCF will go out of their way to help another member, but the vast majority of people at 24HCF have formed an unhealthy dislike for Larry in any/all of his reincarnations.

Why do you think that is?

Jeff

First of all, found out all about the shop, late owner and what became of the business thanks to some nice folks in Lexington.

Jeffie, had to read your post. Some facts you may find disconcerting:
1. My name is Karen
2. The vast majority (as you put it) consists of at most 5 regular and 5 more infrequent thread pirates out of 22,000+ members. Anyone who got past fractions in third grade would call that a "insignificant minority."
3. Those who stalk others' threads with no purpose but to lie, incite trouble and contribute nothing nor buy/sell anything from members wishing so to do are really poster children for the Troll sign.

Sorry to have to miss the pearls of wisdom dispensed by a tiny group of sexist fools, but you few and your buddies are all on ignore and many other members (at least according to my PMs and emails) advise just not bothering with your crap, leaving you on ignore and getting on with my business.

Last communication from me, just wanted to burden you with an alien idea to you: (facts)

Ironic isn't it how a fool such as you can delude himself into thinking people actually listen to him. Grow up! Karen

P.M. post away, this thread will no longer be read by this member

Well, you might be a woman, but you go by Lawrence "Larry" Root.

Jeff

Is this the Larry Root who graduated from BMI in 1960?


ddj

Don't know, but a person graduating from college in 1960 would be in his/her early 70s in 2010.

Jeff

I think his/her name was Larry before the sex change operation; now it's Karen.