My 88 Classic Whelen carries a perfect deep half moon gouge in the stock.
I fell asleep in the stand and it slid onto a nail.
oiled her up and we're good. My friends freaked out but I told them it's character.
The Whelen always gets brought up every deer season about the first time it erupted in the woods.
The guy who was closest to me says he's never heard anything like that before.
After that it was nicknamed "The Cannon". The flame out the end is always a good crowd pleaser too......
One of the best deer seasons I ever had was the first year with that rifle.
