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I've got a side by side double barrel 12 gauge Riverside. It was my great grandfather's. Full choke in both barrels. It was said to have won many a turkey shoot. My great grandfather only ever killed one turkey and was with this shotgun. Story was he gave it both barrels. He said, " better half a turkey than no turkey".

Grandfather gave me a Colt 1851 Navy, it was given to him by HIS grandfather, I am to give it to my oldest grandson... and so on and on.....


G.G.Grandad.......

Winchester Model 1887 Manufactured in 1894. Great Grandpa bought it new.

Sweet.

My brother-in-law stole them before I got there. Haven’t had contact with him or my sister since.

GGGG grandfather's Leman half stock 38 cal rifle.

GGG grandfathers. A Hollis percussion shotgun,and a hetherington percussion shotgun.

GG grandfather. Ithaca NIG 10ga.

Great grandfather. Winchester 1897 12ga.

Grandfather. Browning superposition 12ga and a Winchester 54 30-06, and colt woodsman .22

Dad. Lewis gun 303 british.

Sad hearing a couple of posters talking about relatives snagging up guns.


And other things


Happens all the time.

I have no doubt the back story of some of the gems I have gotten over the years outta pawnshops are a result of this.

My dad, tho a hunter and trapper in rural NY State in his Depression-era youth, never touched a gun after his service in the Marines in WWII, so none from my dad.

My son already got the ones he grew up shooting from me.

Lost every last one in Katrina...

great grandpaps sheriff pistol and retirement star....

Guns were for a purpose, thus Dad’s were utilitarian. I have my Grand Father’s Belknap 22 single shot and champion 16 ga single shot, Dads Marlin 35 rem lever and Win 12 ga pump. I still carry the win for grouse and turkey. Only a 2 3/4 chamber with fixed full choke but it has taken more birds than I can recall. Didn’t ever know about the Colt 1911 .45 until he passed. Guess it was there for a purpose too.

My dad brung home two Japanese Officer's swords from Okinawa, gave them to his kid sister in NY State to hold when he left for England to court my mom. Kid sister married a notorious tightwad, never did find out what happened to those swords.

My inlaws in maine.
Notorious estate plunderers.
Mostly Native Americans
Then they get pissed at each for doing it.
Think mostly cause others beat em too it actually...

Schitt like that dont fly on my side of the family.

Sometimes we need to be the Grandpa, start it going.

Me likey.

Congrats. I am very impressed.

Best of show right there.

I inhered my Savage 99 300 savage from my Uncle, I also inhered my dad's Savage Stevens 311 12 gauge SXS with a Tenite Stock. The old stock had got so loose I could not keep it on the gun so I had a wooden set made up for it.

Great old guns I use still today.

Yup. Thread winner. Is it a thunderer or lightning? The long barrel is fairly rare. I have a few myself. Delicate but beautiful in the hand.

thunderer