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This thread is for you to share pix of your favorite old gun that you take out and shoot every so often, not necessarily the most expensive collectors item that reposes in the safe. It will be the old smokepole you treasure because it was your Dad's or one you just think is too cool for school. Here's mine:

This is a gun I got from an older fellow who lived in Southgate, CA. It is a Savage Model 23D, .22 Hornet, with a Weaver K-12 scope. This model rifle, from the 1930's, was a very plain-Jane economy model to begin with. The older fellow related to me that he had lived next door to a guy who was a stockmaker for Weatherby when they had their plant there in Southgate and had purchased the gun from that neighbor many years previously. I have no reason to doubt the story, old guy did not seem like a BS'er and the finish of the stock supports the story. The checkering is first-class, the ivory (?) insets and grip cap are certainly reminiscent of early Weatherby. Whatever the story, it shoots equally as well as my CZ 527 .22 Hornet. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to shoot it, I take it along on every prairie dog hunt and always run it out of ammo before I reach for another.

Hawkeye, what is it and what is its story?

That's an old, .32 S&W Long, Regulation Police.

a trapdoor passed down from my grandfather, whose serial number turns up on a hand written list of guns rounded up by Captain Jackson of the 7th Cavalry after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and sent in for repair. verified by a letter from the Springfield Research Service.

Belgian Cape-Gun, 16ga X 40-40 Maynard, Damascus, cast-off in the stock.

Hole

Lee

Fguk.

That is UBE.



Dave

TRH,

Even though you're easy to make fun of, you have a lot of really nice handguns and some knowledge to go with them.

GFY,
Travis

I don't have anything really "cool" but I bought my dad this Garand about a year ago and I have an 03A3 that I think is cooler than a bag of badges.

Thanks, Travis. Same to you, and GFY.

The Colt was given to me by my Grand-father, it was given to him by his Grand-father, I am instructed to give it to my oldest Grand-son, carried by Henry Hewlett Maynard, OBIT says he marched with Sherman....

She gets shot on special occasions...

I got that one too Hawk, is your 1890 LR or WRF, mine is the latter.

Stevens tip-up .22lr a gift from grandpa when I was 8.


1952 Colt Commander .38 Super Dad bought new and passed to me for a duty weapon.

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