Your dad's rifle

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I was thinking today about the rifle that got me involved in shooting. In my case it was my dad's little takedown Winchester 62A slide action .22. It is a neat rifle with all the things that a rifleman could want; light, accurate, sturdy, and a fit and finish from a bygone era that makes a man's mouth water. The only thing better than that little rifle that introduced me to shooting is my father, whom I greatly admire, and even at age 33 hope to live up to one day.

So tell me, what was your pop's favorite rifle that got you interested in shooting?

Ben
 
Marlin 60 knockoff from Western Auto. I think it's a Revelation. Still have it, but it's got the new ejector system in it now since the old one broke.
 
Used to be my dad's, now it's mine. A Winchester Model '94 in .32-40. Hard as hell to find shells for, but man is that thing accurate as all get out. Took it down, cleaned the whole thing, put it back together, and hit a metal plate at 200+ yards with iron sights. gotta love it.
 
My dad got me started with his bolt-action Marlin .22 repeater. I don't recall the model, but it was a tubular mag with an apeture sight jobbie. It was damaged in the fire that claimed my brother's home some years ago and I don't recall if he still has it or not.

Later I learned center-fire riflery with a Winchester 94 of 1950's vintage and a Winchester 92 in 25-30 that my grandfather purchased new shortly after the turn of the century- 26 inch barrel and a crescent buttplate. A true work of Winchester art.

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Rabbit.
 
I learned on my Dad's WW2-issue Lee-Enfield in .303. He'd managed to "lose" it on discharge, and it went out to South Africa with him.

Dad was trained in pre-war British riflery standards, which meant getting off at least 30 aimed rounds at 100 yards in 60 seconds. He was also taught (by an old RAF sergeant-major) the classic Lee-Enfield loading technique of pulling the trigger with the middle finger, not the index finger. The index finger remained at full extension, so that as soon as the weapon fired, a simple flick up of the hand lifted the bolt and slid it back, and the thumb (also kept up at full extension) flicked it back and down. He could attain an incredible rate of fire with this technique - more than once, I timed him at 45 aimed rounds in 60 seconds ("aimed" meaning that each shot hit a man-sized silhouette at 100 yards, although not necessarily in the bullseye). It's no wonder that in 1914, the Germans thought they were up against massed machine-guns when they ran into the BEF in France! If all those guys could shoot at this speed, I'd hate to have to assault their lines...
 
my dad's "loaner" gun (that i borrowed a lot) was a M94 Swedish mauser carbine that had been lightly bubbasized (shortned stock and reciever sight). i still have this gun and it ranks among my favorites.

monty
 
My dads old Winchester 94 30-30 that I learned on had been stolen. The 30-30 trapper carbine that he got after that is with my oldest brother...but I still have his remington nylon 22 semi that loads the ammo in the stock. :)

I still have the first gun that he bought me, though...stevens 410 with color case hardened reciever. I just need to get a trigger guard and hammer for it. both are broke. :(

Darrell
 
Well the rifle I identify with my dad is a drilling in 12x12 with .30-06 under, he has had it as long as I've been around and has hunted squirrel and bird to bear with it. I've never shot it, although I hope it will be mine one day.

The rifles I started out on were a Benjamin .22 air rifle and a .22LR single shot bolt.
 
Savage 99 in 300sav. He took everything from rabbit to elk with it. He bought it himself when he was 16 by saving money from odd jobs. Got back from his hitch in the army to find that his step-father had given it away to pay for a bar tab. He had to track it thru 3 people who had bought/traded it, but he managed to buy it back. It currently occupies a very honored position in my collection.
 
My dad took me shooting only once, and even then we only fired five rounds from his Remington 7400 in .243 with a Bushnell Sportsman 3-9x40mm.


We ran out of old bottles pretty fast. :D One of these days, I'll have to take him shooting. :)
 
My dad wasn't into shooting or guns. He had a 22 rifle and a 20 ga shotgun but he inhereted those. He never took me shooting and we went rabbit hunting twice.

Started shooting with my best friend in primary/secondary school. We remain shooting buddies to this day (25 years later) but we live 9 hours apart.
 
Western Field bolt action .22 with 7 round detachable magazine. A beautiful rifle that I have to this day, scoped out and ready for squirrels. Add to that my Mossberg 183D .410 Bore shotgun, which I also have, and you have the first firearms I ever fired (and I own to this day). Those two are bar none the most valuable firearms I own, save for a Colt 1849 Pocket Pistol that I would never part with for any money (carried by Great Great Grandfather in the Battle of Atlanta).

Ash
 
This one is easy, since my Dad only ever owned one rifle, one shotgun, and one revolver.

The revolver is a Charter Arms .38, that he still has, the shotgun was a Winchester 1897 16 ga. that he inherited from his grandfather, and which now resides with my brother.

The rifle is a Winchester 1906. About 15 years ago my Mom & Dad went "on the road" in an RV, and gave me first dibs on either the '06 or the '97. This was an easy choice, since the '06 is in original condition whilst the '97 had been refinished about 10 years before then. Also, the '06 is the first firearm of any type that I shot, at age 8. We put many a brick of .22 ammo through it when I was a kid, and I still give it a good work-out from time to time.

It isn't the prettiest gun in my safe, but it is my favorite. it was given to my Dad when he was 8, back in the time when my Grandfather owned a Connecticut general store, and my Dad would bug him almost daily for a rifle. One day, a travelling cheese salesman told my grandfather that he was a cheap skate, and pulled this .22 out of his trunk. It had probably bounced around in there for quite some time, and had seen some rough handling since it left the Winchester factory in 1925. Yet, it still shoots straight, and feeds everything, shorts, longs, and long rifles (as well as Colibris), without a hitch.

My Dad is still around, and he and my Mom moved to our town about a year ago. He occasionaly goes to the range with me, and enjoys shooting his first (and only) rifle just as much as I do. I would be lying if I said that he didn't like to sometimes put some lead down range with my Garand or one of my other rifles, but the old '06 is still the champ.
 
Winchester model 60A

I still own and perform varmint control with my single shot bolt action Winchester. It has a 23" barrel and is still the accuracy champ in my collection. It is about 75 years old and has trained four generations in the fine art of shooting. It started out with my grandfather, my WWII Marine father, Me, my son, and in a few years it will train my 1 1/2 year old grandson. I hope it will train future generations of my family long after I am gone.
 
mine

my dad had a ruger deerslayer .44 mag. that was 17 years ago and 6 bucks later it is still the gun I turn to.short, light,deadly to 100 yards. great heavy cover gun.
 
My dad did not own a gun.


My grandfather's 97 winchester "goose gun" is all I have from the family. That is all there ever was.


I have made up for this lacking in the family.
 
My dad has a black polymer (though it feels more like plastic) stocked .22 revolver with stainless barrel and receiver Remington.
All I know it's it's a .22LR Remington, though it's a great little gun. We always plinked with it (and his other .22s, .22 pump, .22 Marlin, .22 magnum). They got me into shooting, I believe.
 
Marlin single shot .22
Remington 10-48 12 guage

First rifle and shotgun I ever fired. In the safe today.
 
My dad gave me his deer rifle a couple of years back, and old rem 700 ADL that he'shot more deer with than I probably ever will. I think his favorite gun is a single shot 12 guage that belonged to his dad, him and I both put a couple of shots through it once to test fire it but now he just takes it out of hte cabinat to rub some linseed oil into the stock occasionally.
 
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