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I have a few guns that just speak to me when I use them. They fit like a fine suit of clothes or a well worn pair of jeans. You don't hAve to wonder if you can make the shot you just know you will. I often wonder when I am handling them where they have been or what they have killed. Yes to me some guns do have a soul. Your thoughts and experiences?
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Every now and then when I handle an old rifle, I often wonder if this thing could talk? The places its been, the people who owned it, the game that it has taken, etc
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I have a rifle and a shot gun that are over a 100 years old. I often ask myself the same questions. I bet they have some interesting stories if only they could talk.
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My Winchester 1895SRC speaks to me. Before I got it I'd never once given though to moose hunting or hunting any sort of mountain sheep or goat. But everytime I pick it up (which is often since it's one of my go-to rifles) I think i should get a moose tag or get in shape to climb after a sheep or goat. It's my favorite saddle gun and handling it often reminds me of our adventures together.
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I think it's just some rifles fit you like a old broke in pair of boots, and not just in size, it's more like they just feel and shoot better for you than your other rifles and it gives you confidence.
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Every now and then when I handle an old rifle, I often wonder if this thing could talk? The places its been, the people who owned it, the game that it has taken, etc Lord yes they can MS9x56. And how about 'the people' it's owned Jerico? an old Man, friends with my Gramps, both now deceased, was a rancher out West, he sent me his '94 Winchester 30 WCF that spent over 40 years in his saddle scabbard, the rifle has no bluing or finish left on it, sports pretty good scars on the right side of the action, I have to think from a rockslide or horse wreck. The rifle wears three notches in the butt stock, I called the old Gent to thank him dearly for the gift, I asked about the notches, he said, "I wont answer that son"............................................how's that for some soul?
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Pre 64 model 94’s have soul
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Sure it can. Every time I pick up my grandpa's old big bore 94, I think of him. It has soul:
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I think it's just some rifles fit you like a old broke in pair of boots, and not just in size, it's more like they just feel and shoot better for you than your other rifles and it gives you confidence. Exactly. If your rifle is talking to you, you should probably be institutionalized. :-)
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I don't know that I'd call it soul, maybe character ? Whatever it is, none of my bolt actions seem to have any but my lever actions do.
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i have frequent conversations with my guns and dog , they have souls without any doubts.
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I put a little note under the butt plate of some of my rifles with name, address, date and if I hunted with it. I found a note under the butt plate of a Winchester 94 that was made in 1897. I wrote the old gentleman in Massachusetts and got a reply that he had bought the rifle, used, in the 1930's and hunted with it until he got too old. I think he was glad to find out where his old rifle ended up and that it was still being used. The old Winchester carried some of its history with it when it came my way and some of my rifles do the same thing. After finding the note, I always check to see if some lost history can be reclaimed by a previous owner's note to a future caretaker. It is the top one in the photo. I'm not sure about soul, but it seems like these days the old 94 Winchester kind of likes hanging out in the gun rack with that sleek little 53 Winchester.
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i have always wondered those same questions, who all owned this rifle ? pistol ? did they shoot some nice animals with this rifle ? has it been to different countries ? i have a old Nazi Luger pistol brought back from Iwo Jima / World War 2,by my old neighbor Mel S. was a 1st waive medic in the Black Panther squad as his wife told the story ,Mel was in a wheel chair and could not longer speak because of a stroke. i look at this pistol i own now and wonder just what did Mel see ,hear ,what and who did he try to save with poor medical equipment , that must have been hell for all these young soldiers ? yes guns try to talk to us,Pete53
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i have frequent conversations with my guns and dog , they have souls without any doubts. Dogs without a doubt, Guns I think more of an aura obtained by the hands of many users. I have a 1876 Winchester that was used in a murder, then hidden for 80 years in a fireplace. if any gun would have a soul that one might.
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Shiloh Sharps rifles have soul and so does my Winchester Model 71
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Not by itself. When in the hands of someone who knows it, who has learned where it strikes and what it does when it hits, then it is alive.
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Don't know about a soul, but I have one in particular that I think is a redhead.
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What's it like owning a gun you dare not load?
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What's it like owning a gun you dare not load? And that the ammo is never big enough?
Guns don't kill people, it's mostly the bullets
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