My dad is in his sixties and is giving me his guns now. Here they are, he says I can have them:
The rifle on top is a Savage model 3B .22LR that belonged to his father (my grandfather) who became sick and died when my father was about 3 years old. My father never knew him and no one ever talked about him. This gun is the only remnant I have of my mysterious grandfather. Neither I nor my father knows much of anything about this man. My grandfather's initials are on the stock. The front tip of the wood was painted blue because, according to my father, it was "cool" or something back then.
The bottom rifle is a Savage model 99 in 300 Savage that my father bought when he was a young man to hunt deer with and it served him well over many years. I am not sure what year it was manufactured in.
The pistol is one that my dad and his uncle made together when he was a boy. His uncle helped him with the brazing. It was made from an old .22LR rifle whose stock broke and was no good.
Anyways I just thought I'd share.
He also gave me an old bolt-action shotgun, a "Gamester" model 348, the brand is Harrington and Richardson I think, and a newer Browning lever action .22lr rifle.
What can you tell me about these guns? Also, can anyone tell what the donor gun was for the home-brewed pistol?
The rifle on top is a Savage model 3B .22LR that belonged to his father (my grandfather) who became sick and died when my father was about 3 years old. My father never knew him and no one ever talked about him. This gun is the only remnant I have of my mysterious grandfather. Neither I nor my father knows much of anything about this man. My grandfather's initials are on the stock. The front tip of the wood was painted blue because, according to my father, it was "cool" or something back then.
The bottom rifle is a Savage model 99 in 300 Savage that my father bought when he was a young man to hunt deer with and it served him well over many years. I am not sure what year it was manufactured in.
The pistol is one that my dad and his uncle made together when he was a boy. His uncle helped him with the brazing. It was made from an old .22LR rifle whose stock broke and was no good.
Anyways I just thought I'd share.
He also gave me an old bolt-action shotgun, a "Gamester" model 348, the brand is Harrington and Richardson I think, and a newer Browning lever action .22lr rifle.
What can you tell me about these guns? Also, can anyone tell what the donor gun was for the home-brewed pistol?
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