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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
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11/19/13 09:02 PM
11/19/13 09:02 PM
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Mt. Olive
Sharpshooter69
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Remington 742 Woodsmaster Carbine my Grandfather left me when he passed in '94. Never been fired.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/19/13 10:48 PM
11/19/13 10:48 PM
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Posts: 9,717
Cleburne
.308
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Cleburne
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A Marlin Glenfield 30-30 my mom bought my dad back in 74. Also a Remington 700/.308 my step dad bought me several years ago. I still use the Marlin as my tree stand/woods gun & the .308 as my long range weapon. I couldn't imagine ever needing or wanting any other rifles to hunt with.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: OcToBeRDrEaMiN67]
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11/20/13 03:18 AM
11/20/13 03:18 AM
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Posts: 694
Guntersville,Al
Oatsj
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4 point
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Guntersville,Al
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I have a 742 jammaster in 30-06 that my grandfather bought new in I believe was 68.I have killed so many deer with it that I have lost count.Many a box of shells have gone through her and she still hasnt lived up to the models reputation.The gun fits me so well and is so natural that I honestly dont remember aiming at the last several deer I have killed with it. Now that's a gun!
retired 6 Saturdays and one Sunday
I am lucky, I don't have as far to go as I have been!
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
#751267
11/20/13 03:22 AM
11/20/13 03:22 AM
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Posts: 3,348
Monroe County, AL
skintback
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,348
Monroe County, AL
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My first shotgun was a Stephen I believe, .410, bolt action with a tube magazine (like a 22), my dad bought me in 1978. It's sitting in the safe. I don't know how many squirrels and doves its killed but enough to feed an army.
The second is a Winchester lever action 22 mag that he bought new in the 60's. I've had the stock refinished and the barrel and receiver re-blued, and it looks like a brand new, much like when he gave it to me.
Third gun he gave me, is a Remington 7400 243. I haven't shot it in a while, but my wife and son have killed quite a few deer with it over the past several years. I'm not sure of the date but it was the first year that the 7400's were released.
Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, or it's not worth doing at all!
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/20/13 04:10 AM
11/20/13 04:10 AM
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North Shelby
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My Grandmother gave me my Granddad's childhood 22 single shot bolt action after he passed. She gave it to me over her own son. I have always had a very special place in my grandmothers heart. I was about 12 or 13 and I thought it was the best thing anyone had ever given me then and still do! When my grandfather was a boy he put the only meat that was going to be on the table with this rifle. It is stamped "Witte Hdwe Co. St. Louis, MO. EXPERT" I think it was made by Savage for them back in the days when every store had a gun department. I think it is circa 1930-1940's.
Does anyone know what this gun sold for new? It is PRICELESS to me!
Last edited by superdave; 11/20/13 05:25 AM.
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
#751346
11/20/13 04:34 AM
11/20/13 04:34 AM
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Hayden, Alabama
HHSyelper
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I'm sure most of you do, but if you don't, get a safe to keep those guns in. I lost my family keep sake guns a couple of years ago when we got robbed. Lost an old Browning take down 22, old beat up Ithaca pump, and a single shot 410 that all meant the world to me. They can have the benelli, other brownings, etc... just wish I had my juke guns back. You don't really know what they mean to you until they are gone.
To God Be The Glory!
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/20/13 06:48 AM
11/20/13 06:48 AM
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Huntsville, AL
Claims Rep.
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Huntsville, AL
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For me it's a High Standard Sentinel 22LR revolver. First gun I ever shot, and I hit what I was aiming at the first time! Dad always carried that gun on the dash of his work truck wrapped in a rag, and I was always after him to let me shoot it whenever we were in the woods (dad was a logger, so I was ALWAYS after him!  ). When dad passed away my brother and I split up his guns. There was no way I was letting my brother have that revolver! It sits in my gun safe right now, and I'm smiling thinking about the memories!
Jesus... I hope you know Him personally like I do.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Proud crossbow hunter!
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/20/13 07:06 AM
11/20/13 07:06 AM
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Posts: 6,903
shelby county
buzzard
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14 point
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shelby county
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Mine is a Rem 700 in 8mm mag. The gun has killed everything from Brown bear in Alaska, Elk in Montana and Wyoming, Moose in Canada, Mule deer in wyoming, Doll sheep, caribou, whitetails in Canada and many other critters over the last 40yrs.
My grandfather willed the gun to me a few years ago, yet he still hunts with it. Well he did, it's currently lost somewhere in customs we believe in Chicago along with a 2K$ pair of Swarovski binocs. Last seen a month ago when switching planes to go to Sask. Never made it to its destination and they have no clue where it might currently be.
I'm sick to say the least. At least I was able to kill a deer with that rifle last year so he and I do have that small bond together with that gun.
Lucky for me that at least I still have him around though.
Last edited by buzzard; 11/20/13 07:07 AM.
"Hell with them fellows, buzzard got to eat same as a worm"
Josey Wales
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: buzzard]
#751496
11/20/13 07:19 AM
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Boxes Cove
2Dogs
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Mine is a Rem 700 in 8mm mag. The gun has killed everything from Brown bear in Alaska, Elk in Montana and Wyoming, Moose in Canada, Mule deer in wyoming, Doll sheep, caribou, whitetails in Canada and many other critters over the last 40yrs.
My grandfather willed the gun to me a few years ago, yet he still hunts with it. Well he did, it's currently lost somewhere in customs we believe in Chicago along with a 2K$ pair of Swarovski binocs. Last seen a month ago when switching planes to go to Sask. Never made it to its destination and they have no clue where it might currently be.
I'm sick to say the least. At least I was able to kill a deer with that rifle last year so he and I do have that small bond together with that gun.
Lucky for me that at least I still have him around though. Hate to hear that, but on the bright side ,in a couple months ya'll can buy it back at Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/20/13 07:44 AM
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Madison, AL
wmd
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Madison, AL
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Pretty much all of the guns I got when my dad died. Some are mult-generational guns, some are ones that he bought and used for years, and some are ones that I had given to him as gifts over the years. Of course my son already considers all of them his, which I hope they will be some day.
"Any way you look at it, most of the problems facing baboons can be expressed in two words: other baboons" -
D.L. Cheney and R.M. Seyfarth
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
#751542
11/20/13 08:24 AM
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Montgomery
WmHunter
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Montgomery
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My first gun - Remington 1100.
And my Dad's Belgium made Browning 16. Thing is a flame thrower.
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
" Chuck Sykes is a dictator control freak like Vladimir Putin " WmHunter
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
#751569
11/20/13 08:56 AM
11/20/13 08:56 AM
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Posts: 11,313
Walker county
Driveby
Doing the best I can.
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Doing the best I can.
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Walker county
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I have the first real gun I ever shot, an old H&R .410 single shot that belonged to my grandfather. It's not really sentimental but I'm pretty fond of an old Winchester .22 single shot I bought off a shady character in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Alabaster.
The true mark of a man is not how he conducts himself during times of prosperity, but how he conducts himself during times of adversity.
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: XVIII]
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11/20/13 09:12 AM
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Posts: 4,100
Grant, Alabama, USA
TR
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Grant, Alabama, USA
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Mine is an old 12 guage Wingmaster with 26" improved cylinder barrel. I've killed dove, quail, rabbit, squirrel, deer and pheasants with it. My dad bought it used for $50 or $60 when I was about 16 (42 years ago). He didn't hunt then so I bought it or traded him out of it somehow. Until I bought a Mossberg turkey gun last year it's the only shotgun I have used since I got it other than trying an over and under for pheasants in South Dakota a few years ago. I went back to my Wingmaster the next day. Great gun, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Last edited by TR; 11/20/13 09:17 AM.
"Make a difference, take a kid hunting".
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Re: Sentimental guns
[Re: Driveby]
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11/20/13 09:36 AM
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Posts: 7,564
lower shelby county
XVIII
OP
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14 point
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lower shelby county
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I have the first real gun I ever shot, an old H&R .410 single shot that belonged to my grandfather. It's not really sentimental but I'm pretty fond of an old Winchester .22 single shot I bought off a shady character in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Alabaster. Just dont worry abt those scratched off SN#s
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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