Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Bored with modern rifles...........

Have a couple of oldsters I hang on to for various reasons, the most important part being they make me smile.

Grandad's first gun, purchased sometime in the first decade of the last century. 1890 Winchester chambered in .22 WRF. Functions flawlessly and when my eyes settle down it shoots better than I would have anticipated.


Another is a Marlin 1894, originally chambered in .25-20 Marlin but in serious need of a new bore. Had it relined and chambered in .25-20 Win.


Has a copper piece inlaid on the stock with the original owner's name and it does just dandy, even with the leaf sight and old eyes..


Put a Lyman tang sight on it for grins and set down on the 100 yard butt, just to see.....the target says 1st shot, which is true, but overlooks the fact it was the first two shots.


I'd rather be lucky that good, 7 days a week.