Own any guns that have "a history"?

[Trebor]

The Revenuer took the gun away with him, and actually brought it back several weeks later, deactivated (barrel welded to the receiver and the muzzle plugged, but otherwise intact) and registered.

You know that registered DEWATS can be legally be reactivated now, right?

I forget which NFA paperwork you have to file, but it's a fairly simple process. I'm sure if you ask over at www.uzitalk.com someone there would know and could probably reccomend a gunsmith to do the work.

If you have the gun, and the paperwork, why not? Even if you only shoot it a few times, it would be a blast, and it would increase the value for resale in the future.

 

[stevereno1]

I have a weatherby vanguard in 7mm rem mag. that has 47 deer killed with it. Pretty good history, no?

 

[Trebor]

I have a weatherby vanguard in 7mm rem mag. that has 47 deer killed with it. Pretty good history, no?

Depends. One a year for 47 years, or just 47 deer in one looong day?

 

[Stephen21B]

I would love to know what my Lee-Enfield no. 4 mk 1 and my 1961 East German Makarov have seen

 

[macFarlaine]

We have a pair of Le Pages that were presented to Elisa sister of Napolean Bonaparte.Both are cased with her crest embossed.

 

[Gazz]

Years ago, I answered an add in the local want ad paper for a Colt 1911. The Colt had been sold when I called but the seller said he had some other guns for sale, one was a P08 Luger. I asked him to hold it for me and made about a 2 hour drive to get it. When I got there, another guy was coming out of the house with his arms full of guns - including an M1 carbine and related militaria. He scowled at me like I was ruining his day! I went inside and met the fellow selling the guns, Ernie D. was his name. He asked if I was the guy who came for the Luger and I said I was. He told me that the fellow just leaving was rather sore that he was holding the pistol for me and I said I could tell. The other guy also got a P38. He reached up on shelf and brought it down, holster and all. It was in excellent condition with all parts matching as well as both magazines but the holster showed some wear. Ernie then proceeded to tell me how he acquired it. "I was in Europe during WW2 and we were fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Me and the Lt. were out driving in a jeep when we decided to stop and smoke a butt. After a couple of drags, we heard some rumbling coming up the road so we drove the jeep off into the brush at the side of the road and readied ourselves with the bazooka. Around the bend comes a German half track so the Lt. lets a rocket fly and hits the half track which stopped it dead. The Lt. then told me to go check it out to see if there were any survivors. So I ran over with my carbine and looked inside and of course they were all dead. I saw the Luger on the belt of the officer so took my knife and cut the belt and took the pistol."
I bought some other pieces from him but none with that kind of story. He was an interesting guy and an unsung hero. Ernie succumbed from pancreatic cancer a couple of months later.

 

[Hokkmike]

I own an O/U shotgun that was the training gun of the current trap world champion who is on the US Army Team. I omit his name because I do not have specifc permision to use it.

 

[ndh87]

I've got a pistol, a lever action, and a shotgun from my great grandfather (they're not really all that old though) I have my granddad's service revolver and a pair of .22 pistols from him. And i have a '52 mosin that probably has some history to it.

 

[hueytaxi]

Have a few. My prize is a Harper's Ferry M1855 Rifle (my Dad used to have paperwork showing it was taken in John Brown's raid; sadly that is lost). I have my Grandfathers M1873 Springfield 45-70 he was issued in the Nebraska Hom Guard enroute to Cuba for the SA War. From my Dad, I also inherited three weapons I assume were his Dad's: another M1873 45-70 and 2 damascus twist DB 12 ga. shotguns. Personally, I brought home from RVN, a Viet Cong SKS with a handcarved stock, no sling or blade, just a brass butplate nailed on the end. Also have an Uncle's Baby Browning his widow gave me....he was high up in the sheriff's office and this was a "throwdown" in it's day. Some of the other C&R could have a history, don't know.

 

[AZ_Rebel]

I (proudly) own the actual 12 Guage Double Barrel Shotgun used by Doc Holiday at the OK Corral. It is a Belgian Made Wm. Parhurst with 18.5" Barrels. There is a Wells Fargo & Co. logo stamped in the stock and the date 1881.
I know this to be the real gun because the man at the Gun Show that I bought it from was very knowledgable and assured me it was Twue and that he had seen the actual email from Doc Holiday to prove it! (It's Twue, its Twue... Madeline Khan in Blazing Saddles).

 

[hueytaxi]

One of my hammer guns is also a wallhanger Parkhurst.

 

[XavierBreath]

the man at the Gun Show that I bought it from was very knowledgable and assured me it was Twue and that he had seen the actual email from Doc Holiday to prove it!

To bad he didn't give you a copy of that email! You'll never prove the provenance now!

 

[goon]

My dad has a .32 Ortgies that my grandfather took from a German prisoner during WWII. It didn't work properly for a long time but a little research and an order to numrich gun parts got it back up and running.

 

[jad0110]

Great thread ...

... I'm going to have to go back and read it more carefully. Lots of great stories here.

Below is a repeat of what I posted in another thread:


My grandfather worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during the 60s and early 70s. He was assigned to Saigon a few times during the war to establish a field office there. When he left Siagon for the final time in the spring of '74, the South Vietnamese government presented him with the Chinese Type 56 SKS pictured below. All I know is that the South Vietnamese Army captured it off of an NVA soldier earlier in the war.

The gun has not been fired since. Less than two months ago my grandfather gave it to my father, along with a Montanyard bow with arrows that he had also been presented. He took it to a gunsmith for inspection, and as I had suspected, the gun appears to have never been fired. The stock is a little beat up and worn, but mechanically it looks brand new. It was loaded with cosmoline, so that likely helped preserve it.

We completely disassembled it (including the firing pin) to get as much of the cosmoline out as possible. So maybe before thanksgiving my dad and I will take it out to shoot it for the first time in 30+ years. I remember seeing the gun from time-to-time growing up, so though I may not know much of it's history, it is still something cool to have in the family.

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

I have a Yugo 59/66 SKS that I'm sure has seen some action at some point, so yea, it has a history.

 

[hueytaxi]

Hand carried this wrapped in brown paper home from RVN. Had to check it with the Stew when boarding and pick it up deplaneing. Times were different then.



The stock is hand carved, the outer metal highly pitted, but action is excellent with all matching numbers. I've owned it since 1970 and never put a drop of oil on it. Still looks like the day I took it out of the field.

Here is the Harper's Ferry M1855 dated 1861



Here is another Chinese SKS I bought in the early 80's that could (doubtful from the condition) have seen service in RVN.



This is my shooter and coverted to duckbill mags.

 

[AZ_Rebel]

To bad he didn't give you a copy of that email! You'll never prove the provenance now!

Well NOW you tell me that!

 

[chrlefxtrt]

I have my grandpa's .30-30 and the sling he made for it by hand when he got back from the Pacific.