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I need to have the copper removed and throat checked. Dunno if its worn out or not. Will call Mr Penrod next week and schedule an inspection. Id like to put a 12x AO Leupold on it
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Every year I take my dad’s Remington 760 out a day in deer season - hunted with him and that rifle 35 years and the memories it brings back are great ones.
I’d take that .22-250 out groundhog hunting every year and pay homage......but that’s just me and I tend to be a bit sentimental.
Really is no right answer here - do what your heart tells you is right.......since that is a part of your dad as well.
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Hookeye, my Ol man gave me his #1 22-250, #627, don’t use it much, figure I’ll use it when I draw a good antelope tag.. photo host site
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JMHO- I'd use it at least once as is for something and get it to the right person that would use it as pop would. My mother got rid of most of what my father had, but I got to keep his Marlin she bought him when they were young. Used it for my first whitetail and countless others since even though I've been lectured time after time about how inadequate of a deer rifle it is. Very sentimental for me because I know how tight money was for them when they were starting out, and new in the box firearms were still kinda scarce at that time
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No wrong answer here but if it were me and it had life left in it I would leave it as is and take it out from time to time and remember my dad. Not to say you couldn't do the same if you re-bore or re-barrel it but I would want it to be the same as it was when he was using it. Yep that’s the route I’d go. Not a bad reason to “have to” get out to fresh mown hayfields after woodchucks in the cool of a summer morning.
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Hookeye, my Ol man gave me his #1 22-250, #627, don’t use it much, figure I’ll use it when I draw a good antelope tag.. photo host siteNice rifle. Goat would be good in picture
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Hook,
As we’ve discussed, I’m in the very same situation. In my case, the rifle goes back 2 more generations. I feel obliged to give it a whirl, as-is. It doesn’t hurt that it’s probably more accurate than any other rifle I own, nor that it carries & handles like a dream.
The 2 1/2x scope is a bit tough for my eyes, but I figure that if my forbears could take game with it, then I should be able to, as well.
It may never be my one-and-only, but I’m definitely taking it afield, and relishing their memories when I do.
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I'm fortunate my 50 year old son is a shooter and hunter. He is also a gun lover, he'll get some real nice ones. I've been giving him one every year for Christmas. It's great seeing him take one out of the case.
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Wouldn’t tell you what to do with your Dad’s rifle but will tell you what I have done with my Dad’s shotgun! After Dad gave me his early 60,s Browning A5 L12 that he bought new and carried all the Deer, bird and rabbits hunts we went on. That I used to kill the my first buck. I bought it home and cleaned and lubed it the next range trip I and my brother shot a box of shell thru it. Being as that I am left handed I ordered a left hand safety. This was 5 years ago and I still haven’t put it in but it is in the packaging hanging from the trigger guard. I have told my son when I put it in the right hand one will be packaged up and put under the butt pad.
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No real family history stuff. My dad was a shooter/ dealer so rotated through a variety over the years. Really the #1 he kept has the most hunting history.
Will call Penrod sometime this month and get it to him for inspection/ cleanup. My dad bought a few rigs from Schutz Bros when Mark worked there.
Proly add extension ring to rear and get the crosshairs squared, pop some dirt piggies.
Good enough.
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I inherited my dads ruger #1 in 300 win mag. I’m leaving it alone as he had it. Same for the m77 in 06.
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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I’m a 22-250 fan so I’d either leave it as is or go 22-250AI
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Long time friend gave me a M700 in .22-250 that had trigger issues. Dennis Erhardt rebarreled it and chambered it to .250 Savage. It is one of the most precise rifles I own. One curious aspect is that 85 BTs will group around 1/2” and 100 NPT hover in the 1/4” realm.
I am..........disturbed.
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Just me and sis. We both have daughters. Im the only shooter/ hunter. Am the last.
No grandkids due to some genetic thing popping up out of the blue on my youngest.
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I guess you need to decide how bad you want to use it. If you really want to use it pull the barrel, I would save that by the way, and put a new barrel on copying the factory contour. I would chamber in the same case head size so as not to permanently modify the rifle. I'd go with a 25-06 myself. Cool to see several other guys on here with their fathers Ruger No. 1s. Here's a pic of my dad's 6mm Rem. with a 4 digit serial no. The one I just got back from Ruger getting rid of the salt wood.
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According to the .22 crowd you have a great deer rifle right there... Deer, hell - Eskimos hunt polar bears and everything else with them. Hardly any Eskimos get killed or eaten, either, by wounded game.
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.22 cf not legal for deer here. Only shot one deer w .243 win ( #1 RSI ) and was not impressed w factory 100gr. 200gr .35 rem is a wee bit better Pops #1 will be the 4th ive owned.
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The orig red pad does need replaced as its got some delam going on.
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I've got a number 1V in 7mm mag that was my grandfather's. Every couple years I take it to the range just to shoot it. Some day I'd like to take a deer with it just to say I did but I'm sentimental that way.
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