Guns your father had when you were growing up

[david_the_greek]

mossberg 500
benelli m3 super90
benelli legacy

M1 garand
1903A3
sks (dont remember which)
2 enfield no4 mkII
a mosin
yugo m48

Browning high power
kimber gold match
ruger mkII
sig 230
I think I gott'em all. he set me on the right path when it came to getting guns

 

[Grizzley Adams]

my dad had 2 guns a flintlock rifle,and a winchester double barreled shotgun,both served him well and he is buryed with both of them.

 

[Niner]

My father's guns

My father didn't hunt, although he had a Reminginton Scoremaster 22 for killing sharks and a Mossburg 12 gauge, both of which he let me and my brothers hunt with.

His prize pistol I inherited. It was a .22 Walther that a fraternty brother and close friend gave him when he returned from WW11. The friend was a Major in the signal corp.


The pistol was his home defense gun all of his life. Thankfully he never had to defend his home with a .22.

The pistol has a slightly melted handle on one side. Kind of makes you wonder what the actual history was. I prize it more than any of my collection.

 

[Guns_and_Labs]

None. My dad was a minister, liberal and pacificist. Fortunately, his beliefs were never tested.

I take after my grandfather, who had, as far as I can tell, a .38 revolver in the bedroom (former military issue, I was told), and a rifle and shotgun in the closet downstairs. Or maybe my uncles, who all seem to have been issued a .22LR revolver, a .45 acp 1911, a .30-06 of indeterminate make, and a 12 ga. side-by-side. Substitute a duty revolver for the 1911 in the case of the LEO uncles (the rest are all military).

Of course, I seem to have missed the lesson about "one gun", last I checked the three gun safes.

 

[slicknickns]

All i can say he is quite the aficionado. And has quite a extensive collection, but it all fits into one nice very heavy safe. and a couple of lock boxes for various closests. From stuff strictly for hunting to home defense and barricades.

 

[Dravur]

My dad's guns

I truly love all of my dad's guns that I have and would never sell or dispose of any of them.

He had a nice collection and I have it now in my safes. He had a;
1901 vintage Colt Peacemaker
03A3 Springfield sprterized into his hunting rifle
Winchester model 63 i learned tyo shoot with
High Standard HD military, I learned to shoot pistol with.
4" Model 19
a Few shotties,
some more rifles.

But the items I treasure the most are the black powder guns he built over the years. He bought the kits and took his time, polishing every surface, and Tru-oiling the stocks with dozens of coats until they shined with an inner glow. He put hours of love into each gun. I have 3 revolvers and 4 rifles he built.

My fave is the .45 Hawkens rifle. The first he ever built himself. It is a thing of beauty. and is set with a set trigger which makes the primary trigger about half an ounce, but my dad loved to shoot that.

He is still living and still loves to shoot. I try and pick him up any gun he ever mentions as wanting to shoot, my way of honoring him. I even got him a Schofield one day as he thought they were interesting.

If anyone knows of a nice pennsylvania rifle, flintlock, in a .36 to .45 caliber, with the long wood and the roman nose stock, I am looking for one for him. He was always sad that he never made a penn rifle with a flintlock. I would like to find one for him, just so he can shoot it, and if it needs it, refinish it. He has gotten past where he wants to build them from scratch, unfortunatly.

 

[whatbrick]

Here's what I can remember:

(*) - denotes that I now have it
(#) - denotes that my brother now has it

Colt 1911A1 (stolen over 10 years ago - may they rot)
Colt 1911A1 Reproduction (purchased in recent years)
* Springfield 03A3 (turned into hunting rifle like above)
# M1 Garand
Colt Trooper in .357 mag (claimed by mom shortly after wedding)
* Ruger Blackhawk in .41 mag
Remington 700 (left-handed for mom)
Single-shot Shikari .44 Rem. Mag
# .300 Win Mag (can't remember make/model)
# .264 bolt-action (can't remember make/model)
* Browning semi-auto 12ga.
New England Firearms single-shot 12ga.
# Double-barrel 12ga. (can't remember make/model)
Ruger 10/22
Pair of pearl-handled Derringers (sold some years ago)
* Winchester bolt-action chambered in .375 Whelen
# Colt SAA - .45LC
# Single-action .22 revolver (can't remember make/model)
* Stevens model 87A - .22lr
Ruger Mk.II (given to my brother's father-in-law as a gift)
J.P. Lower model Sharps blackpowder rifle in .45-90 (recent father's day gift)

There were other's that he sold/traded over the years, but they were either before me or I can't remember them.

 

[shadowbuz]

My Dad's Guns

Dad was a Baptist preacher, but had a nickle plated Smith and Wesson Mod 10 from Christmas 1948. lI never knew what happened to it, but it finally made it's way "home" last June.

 

[atvalaska]

Remington Model 721 30/06

he gave it to me, and now i don't have either..

 

[boatmanschneider]

winchester 1200 and a mossberg .22 bolt action for hunting fox and rabbit. I still have them.

 

[rogertc1]

Sears bolt action 12GA, Ruger MK1, 1917 Colt 45APC/45C , Remington 1911A!, S&W Mod 10, and a M1 Carbine. That was all there was in our family growing up.

 

[RippinSVT]

.44mag SBH, Nylon 66, Rem 511 Scoremaster, Winchester 1200 12ga.

 

[swiftak]

My father never owned any guns. My grandfather was a hunter and owned several guns. I never met him as he died in 1946, and I was born in 1957. I saw the guns in my uncles closet when I was 9 or 10. I can only imagine what these guns were. I remember a bolt action rifle and a double barrel shotgun among others. They are all gone now. It breaks my heart.

 

[Murphys Law]

My dad's only long gun was an Ithaca Model 37 shotgun and he also owned an old Colt 1911 .45 and a Colt .45 SAA (peacemaker). I still have the 1911 but sadly the SAA and the Ithaca are long gone.

 

[rugerman]

My dad was a forrester, loved the woods, loved to hunt and fish carried a ruger standard 22 pistol with the 6+ inch barrell for as long as I could remember (holster wore 2 front sights off it) its at my sisters now. He left me an old savage 12ga auto (looks like a hump back browning) a 12 &20 ga 1100, a 94 in 30-30 a 303 enfield, a remi 22 and a stevens 22 they all now reside in my gun case, damn I miss him.

 

[Rio Laxas]

My father only had a couple when I was growing up. He had a pristine 1968 Colt Python, a Browning Hi-Power, a Remington 870 Wingmaster, a broken 1878 Colt double action revolver in .44-40, and an ancient (but presumably working) flintlock pistol that he got in a trade with a Montagnard in southeast Asia. He was always more of a knife collector. When I became interested in firearms as an adult, I helped convince him to triple his collection.

 

[the_right_reverend]

My dad was a accomplished trap shooter and had a fetish for browning Shotguns in any form side by side over under and auto........... all still leaning in a broom closet in a farm house in the woods

haven't move a inch since his death 15 years ago

 

[Nautilus]

Savage 99 in 300 savage (gave me when I was 15)
Ramington 742 (30-06) To replace the Savage he gave me.
Winchester 1400 12ga
H&R 10ga single shot
Remington SP10
Unsure of the brand 10ga O/U
Ruger 10-22
SKS
Ruger black hawk .44mag
Ruger Security Six .357mag
Ruger P85
Ruger .22 handgun
Tec-9

The two guns that stand out were the Remington 742 and the Winchester 1400, they are the only two guns that ever came out of the gun cabinet.

 

[FROGO207]

He still has them. An old Savage Stevens single shot bolt action .22, A Winchester 30-30 saddle ring carbine from the turn of the century, and an OLD 16 guage break open single shot that has no markings on it at all. Still uses them and is as good a shot as I am (while I practice LOTS more).

He shot 4 groundhogs this last summer in front of the barn. Told me that you have to aim 10" to the right at 30' to hit something!! I offered to fix the aim and he said to leave it the way it was as his father had used it for years that way and he is going to also.

 

[Win1892]

Inland M1 carbine
Browning BAR in 270
Win 1892 in 38WCF
Polish Radom
Browning A5
High Standard 22 revolver
Ruger 9mm auto
Ruger 10/22
Russian SKS
Couple of single shot shotguns
S&W 1000 12 ga. Auto

Grandad had a nickel S&W 38 sp that was Lend Lease marked

 

[Zip7]

Man, I can't open my safe without thinking of my Dad. He passed away a few years ago, and had a good many guns... He introduced me to shooting with a Winchester model 67 22 single shot, and a 39A. I have both in my safe.

The first 12 gauge I ever shot was an old Zephyr Woodlander made by Victor Sarasqueta. It was the first gun I remember Dad carrying when he took me squirrel hunting or dove hunting. I still have it, and take it out every year opening day of Dove season, and shoot some birds with it I shoot a little trap with it occasionally too. I love the old girl...

When I was a teenager, I hunted more than my dad did, and he didn't want me out pounding on the old spanish double - because I wasn't very easy on guns. I came into about $1000 and in 1980 he helped me pick out my own double - a field grade Browning Citori. I used it some, but really used my 870 more, and a few years later when I wanted to sell it he wouldn't let me - he gave me some money instead. I have it in my safe today. My Dad was a smart man when it came to guns.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

The two I remember growing up were two classics. A 12 gauge pump, and a Winchester 94.

 

[Kentucky_Rifleman]

Dad was an avid hunter, and when I was growing up he killed chucks by the dozens with a Remington 700 chambered in 25-06.

He also had a little Mossberg 640 Chuckster in .22 Magnum. It has the little fold-down plastic fore-end. He bought it when he was 21, so the Mossy must be approaching 50 years old.

He also killed a lot of dove with a Browning Light 12 automatic.

When I was 14 he bought me my own groundhog gun (I had been using the Chuckster up until then) A Remington 600 Mohawk in .222.

When he passed away, I inherited all of these and still have them. I'll still own them when I die.

If I get around to hatching young-uns at some point, I'll pass them on. If not, they'll probably end up with a cousin of mine.

KR

 

[Nico Testosteros]

Like some others, I'm also coming from a tradition of no guns. I couldn't even have a BB gun as a kid.
But I'm making up for that now. Having married a native west Texan helps.
I've been given a gun for Christmas for the past 3 years.

 

[Officers'Wife]

My Dad had many and all well treated. Most were antiques as he preferred lever action rifles. Since he retired he has giving most to myself and my siblings. I won't bother to list them all just the highlights.

His 'saddle gun' was an 1892 in 32-20 that now is in my possession.
His "coyote rifles" are a bolt action Springfield in 30-06 and a 50 cal bolt action of a type I don't know.
His 'business rifle' - a long barreled swing block in 45-70 that he and my grandfather often argued over.
His 'play rifle' - a semi automatic FN FAL

As for handguns, he only had three. A Colt revolver in 32-20, a S&W (mil issue) in 45 LC that fired 45 ACP with little 'half moon clips' that kept them from falling through. And last but not least, a Colt 1911 in 45 ACP. Dad has little use for handguns, but like the guy in the movie that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to use one.