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What is the oldest rifle you still have that "YOU" bought "NEW"? For instance I have a Rem 700 264mag that "I" bought "NEW" in 1964 . Also have a Ruger 77R "I" bought "NEW" in 1967, their first year of production. Still have the box for the Ruger. What's you story? OK I will be 79 next month.
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700 BDL, 7 mag bought in 1975, got a Stevens 311 shotgun bought for 60 bucks at a Globe store in 1968 on North Shepard Drive in Houston.
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Might need to start an "Old Farts" sub-forum.
Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk. That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied. Well?
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Weatherby Vanguard in 243Win in '76. Shot one deer with it. It's sits in back of one of the safes ever since.
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My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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I still have the .270 Remington 700 BDL I ordered from Sears when I was in high school, 1966. It’s in almost perfect condition.
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If this one counts..........Remington 511 Scoremaster that I got for Christmas 1962. My father bought it for me, and I'd picked it out. If that doesn't count, then the Remington 700 Classic 270 that I bought in 1979.
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A Winchester Model 88 in .308 Win., bought in 1967 @ age 14….my first centerfire rifle! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Got a Stevens model 311 I bought in 1968 and a Win. 700 in 243 I bought in '71. Still have a Remington (514?) 22lr single shot I got in about '62 as a Christmas present
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Every rifle ive ever bought was bought new......
Bought a used skb shotgun a time or two......all good.
Did spring for a never issued Chinese SKS in cosmoline once.....Have no idea how old it was.
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.270 in a 700 ADL (when they were polished blue and walnut) in 1993. I was only 13 at the time. $300 on sale at K-Mart.
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I usually purchase from the used market. I do have a Win 70 Classic purchased new in about '95. Or at least I still have the action and trigger. The stock and barrel have been replaced. And there is a Timney trigger waiting for installation.
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Rem 582 22RF I bought in the mid 60s
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Weatherby Vanuguard 243. Back when they only came in one grade. Nice, shiny wood. Shiny blue. Last year before VGX, VGL.....
1983, I was 13 and paid $318 for it. $7/lawn and by skipping lunch and saving the money. Bought it in early fall, and had nothing left to by a scope and mounts. Was heartbroken when that settled in.
Dad surprised me with a Nov. birthday present of a Tasco Worldclass and Weaver mounts.
Still have it.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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I don’t really fit in here I guess. Oldest would be my model 70 classic stainless synthetic stock 243 that I picked out when I was 4 in 1996. Then killed my first Deer in our alternative season with a muzzleloader when I was 8. Seems like I was about 11 before I killed anything with the 243.
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WOW!!! It sounds great. What a wonderful collection of fine arms. Thank you all so much. We all cherish those items that take us back.
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The first one I bought is a Winchester M94 .30-30, bought in 1970.
I had received a shotgun a year earlier, a Winchester M370 in 410.
Still have both, I have used the M94 every year I've hunted. I haven't hunted squirrels for a while but used to burn 'em up with that little 410. I received a pump 20 gauge for Christmas a year after I bought the M94, but still preferred the 410. Don't know why, just did.
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Thompson Center renegade 50 cal.
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12 ga 1100 from K Mart in 72. Ruger M77 in 30-06 and BAR 22 in 1979 . Still dove hunt with the 1100, bought with grass cutting money. The Ruger now sits in a Boyd’s laminate stock. The BAR is a squirrel killing machine and has a Burris FF 2 3x9.
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Remington 7600 in 257 Roberts. Bought in 1993 and still has a place in the safe.
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If rimfire scan be included…..a Remington Nylon 66. I was 10 years old and my Dad and I split the price….would have been late ‘61 or early ‘62! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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