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Nice guns Jim, got a Seneca just like that in 36 cal. The rest of them make a guy want to get out his plaid hunting coat. MB

Turkey season starts here March 30. I need to sit in bow stand, see if I can kill a turkey, pig, or an aoudad with the old 38-40. It was made in 1884.

Nice old "73" it will kill what you hit with it.

Awesome. I just got a 38-40 made in 1903. I just ordered 200 rounds off of Gunbroker and plan to hunt with it this Fall.

Seems like all the Senecas had real nice wood. Wouldn't mind having one in 36 cal. also, love to see a pic if you have it.
Yes, the old guns take me back to my first times in deer camp. Lots of pumps & lever guns and red wool.

Hope to see more posts here.

I have been looking for a 243 for my daughter to hunt deer with. Not really for anything in particular. Went to a gun auction March 2nd. Picked up a Remington 788 with a beautiful wood stock on it for about the same price as a Ruger American.Had a Kassnar scope on it that I replaced with a Swift Premier 3-9.Also picked up a really nice Squires Bingham 22 for $70. Put a Jap Tasco scope on it as soon as I got home. Took em both to the range this past Monday. Had the 22 cutting holes at 25 yards with cheap Remington Thunderbolts. Had the 243 under an inch at 100 yards with Federal blue box 100 grain ammo. Gotta love walnut and steel.

My 1903 M-S I got a year ago. It made meat this last season:









My new Brno 22F I got in December. Was able to scope it, work up reloads, and get it in the woods a couple of times this last season, but no deer offered themselves up:

I like my rifles with blued steel and wood stocks. I do have an AR I don't shoot much just because Obama was such a good gun salesman. Most of my rifles are from the 20's through the 80's. Levers are my main weakness.

Mike

My last purchase was a Remington Model 30, with a new barrel on it...
but it was not finished chambered....need to get that done..

6mm barrel on it, and the bolt has been finished off into a magnum..

I'm thinking the intent was to make the 30S into a 6mm WSM....

Great wood, nice looking rifle...$275.00

I'm a sucker for a M1917 Enfield, sporterized or not.

Lyman sites on this one...

I like old lever guns, mostly Savages. Have an AR put together by our friend deerstalker, and it sits in the bedroom for intruders, otherwise, it'll never get fired. If I could have only one rifle, it would be some form of Savage lever action.

My latest 1899 was made in 1914 for the defense of Canada while all her young troops were fighting overseas. Called the Montreal Home Guard it was used by the folks that volunteered to watch vulnerable places like bridges. Each rifle has a rack number and usually the volunteers name on them. About 800 were made, fewer than that survive today. 303 Savage cartridge rather than 303 British because the cost to retool to the Brit cartridge (and probably the time delay) was too great. It's got to go thru an importer before I get my grubby little hands on it but it's on the way. Should make it here in 2-3 months.

Picked up a new to me 99 F. 308 yesterday

I got a couple this weekend...

I stumbled across a late 80s / early 90s vintage Winchester 94 SRC trapper in .30-30 a few days ago and it is making it's way home to me now. I paid "too much" but it is what I want, so .. it is what I want. Rear sight comes off, williams receiver goes on, and it will be the spittin' image of the rifle that rode behind my truck seat for some years after I finished college. Gonna be fun.

Tom

Myself, if all that were available were tactical, economy and dials and knobs of today I would lose interest.
I chose firearms of my youth- or before. If it has hand checkering, even better. Who would of think of painting a rifle stock , anyways?
Lever actions intrigue me more than the rest...just me

I'm a real sucker for a good 308 and this Sako L-579 really grabbed my attention Monday. I successfully fought off the urge to buy it though. Tuesday I wasn't so successful. I had an offer to buy the scope that came with the rifle which made the cost of the rifle too ridiculous to pass up. It's a pre Garcia Sako in good shape and should make a great shooter. I have a Sako peep sight I'm going to stick on it and see how it does as an Iron sight deer rifle. Since it was made in 1971 or 1972, it's my newest old rifle.

Roy,

I sure would enjoy seeing that one, when it shows up down this way....

what a great history to the rifle....

Let's get together and talk guns when it gets here.

Roy that is a very nice old 99 you got coming ! great find,Pete53

"Want" is my price guide.