My Dad left me an old Remington model 11a shotgun. Whenever I look at it I'm reminded of sitting in the middle seat of an old Ford pickup between my Dad and my Uncle. With the smell of coffee from a old metal thermos with a cork lid.................happy times.
Dads guns he left for me.
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mdauben
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Nice story. I know I've got a couple guns my Dad left me and even though they are not necessarily ones that I would have gone out and bought myself, you could not give me enough money to sell them.
JTHunter
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The guns I never got
Somehow, my father's second wife made most of his guns "disappear".
When they were getting divorced, he went to the house to collect these guns along with some other personal possesions only to be told they had been "stolen". She met him at the front door with a county sheriff's deputy and they denied him entry into the house.
:banghead:
They included his M1 and .45 from his National Guard service, the pump-action .22 "gallery gun" I learned to use as a kid, a 12 ga. SxS exposed hammer percussion-cap shotty, at least 4 other rifles (all original!) flintlock and percussion-cap, 4 cavalry sabers (one was 4' long with a huge filigree bell!), and 2 short, heavy swords that looked like something a gladiator would use.
Imagine the collection those would have made!
Somehow, my father's second wife made most of his guns "disappear".
When they were getting divorced, he went to the house to collect these guns along with some other personal possesions only to be told they had been "stolen". She met him at the front door with a county sheriff's deputy and they denied him entry into the house.
:banghead:They included his M1 and .45 from his National Guard service, the pump-action .22 "gallery gun" I learned to use as a kid, a 12 ga. SxS exposed hammer percussion-cap shotty, at least 4 other rifles (all original!) flintlock and percussion-cap, 4 cavalry sabers (one was 4' long with a huge filigree bell!), and 2 short, heavy swords that looked like something a gladiator would use.
Imagine the collection those would have made!
FreddyKruger
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my brother got our dads guns. pretty much because he is older by 10 years and had a licence...
2 old but reliable BRNO 22lr bolt actions
a 410 single shot that had seen better days for sure
and an old 12g sxs with exposed hammers.
there was also a nice air rifle, that was apparently unregistered for god knows how long, dad had it for as long as i remembered. all it needed was a $10 permit to make it legal, but my dipsh** brother didnt bother, police picked it up and instead of doing something he just let it go and it was probably destroyed...
2 old but reliable BRNO 22lr bolt actions
a 410 single shot that had seen better days for sure
and an old 12g sxs with exposed hammers.
there was also a nice air rifle, that was apparently unregistered for god knows how long, dad had it for as long as i remembered. all it needed was a $10 permit to make it legal, but my dipsh** brother didnt bother, police picked it up and instead of doing something he just let it go and it was probably destroyed...
Tim the student
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Buck, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Your dad had some nice taste in guns though.
Thank you for sharing this. Those are some sweet-looking guns, definitely something to cherish. My inheritance guns were my mother's Nylon 66 and the Glock 23 I bought new and later sold to my dad for money to fix my car with way back when. My brother got the Stevens single shot 20ga that Dad grew up with and some guns he gave Dad that he never shot.
ole farmerbuck
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Thanks Tim, he was a good man and I sure do miss him. We didnt hunt together except when I was too young to go by myself. I need to find out how old the Browning is. How do I do it? It does have 2 barrels....32"? non vent rib and 26 or 28" vent rib.
ole farmerbuck
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Thanks gp. I do cherish them for sure. I'll have them for my boys and daughter. They like it that I have lots of guns!
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It's amazing what ties those old firearms have to our loved ones. My cousin and I each have one of our grandfather's old rifles -- he has a 30-30 lever action. A buddy had asked him if he ever wanted to sell it. My cousin's response? "There's only one other person who's going to own it and he's sitting over there" as he points to me.
Tim the student
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Try giving them a call. I've called Remington before to find out the born-on date of an old wingmaster I bought - maybe it will work for the Browning.
loud-mouth shnook
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Good on you , sir.
And my condolences as well.
Those are 2 wonderful pieces and I'm sure they're a joy to own, regardless of the circumstances of their coming to you. (That said, I CERTAINLY your willingness to trade them to get your father back. You have wonder about someone who wouldn't.)
My teenage son has 6 long guns of his own.
One day, he'll be the recipient of many more upon my passing.
I received one of my grandfather's many guns upon HIS passing in 1968.
My son and I (even at his age, he's level-headed to the point of suspecting his being a mutation have decided to institute for ourselves an age-old european family tradition, that of the "Family Weapons". When I pass on, he'll then be the owner of his father's arms and all related equipment, i.e., reloading, etc. As I've trained him of the use of all the aforementioned, he'll do the same for his offspring when he himself becomes a father. When he passes, the chain will continue ad nauseum.
And my condolences as well.
Those are 2 wonderful pieces and I'm sure they're a joy to own, regardless of the circumstances of their coming to you. (That said, I CERTAINLY your willingness to trade them to get your father back. You have wonder about someone who wouldn't.)
My teenage son has 6 long guns of his own.
One day, he'll be the recipient of many more upon my passing.
I received one of my grandfather's many guns upon HIS passing in 1968.
My son and I (even at his age, he's level-headed to the point of suspecting his being a mutation
have decided to institute for ourselves an age-old european family tradition, that of the "Family Weapons". When I pass on, he'll then be the owner of his father's arms and all related equipment, i.e., reloading, etc. As I've trained him of the use of all the aforementioned, he'll do the same for his offspring when he himself becomes a father. When he passes, the chain will continue ad nauseum.
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