Steve Milbocker
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My dad did pretty well in life and owned some very nice firearms. Shortly before his death last February at the age of 88 he sat down with us kids and had us divy up his collection. I’m the oldest of us kids, 64, so I got to choose 1st. But rather than go for the high end rifles and handguns he amassed later in life, oh I got a couple, but mostly I chose the guns that he started out with when he didn’t have much. The ones I remember as a boy, the ones that meant something to me. One such rifle that I always liked was this Savage 219 in 30-30. He bought it from a guy he knew at the County Road Commission. He said it had a 16 ga. Barrel as well but he never got it. The scope he originally had on it came home from Korea courtesy of the USMC. He told me it came off a 50 cal. He got a Purple Heart there so I guess he’s even This rifle killed a boat load of deer in the cedar swamps of Northern Michigan. I even killed one myself with it about 45 years ago. Just another good memory. Thanks for sharing it with me.