cslinger
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Yeah yeah we all have our high speed low drag ubertactical undead, ninja, grizzly bear killin' evil give Sarah Brady nightmares firearms but lets take a look at the softer side of firearms ownership, the sentimental side if you will.
What are your sentimental pieces? Is it your first gun, your great grand daddy's shotgun or the Red Ryder BB Gun with compass in stock that you had as a kid?
My most prized is my late Grandfathers "Puppy's" pre 64 Winchester thutty thutty. It was given to him by my late Grandmother and eventually found it's way to me. It shoots wonderfully and is my way of being able to go shoot with my Grandfather whenever I want.
Even cooler is the fact that I also have the original box of shells purchased with the firearm.
Next I have my Ruger Vaquero. Now this is special because Sheslinger surprised me with this one Valentines day. I had been wanting a .357 stainless Vaquero with the white grips for quite some time. She had gone to a gun show by herself, found it, negotiated and bought it for me. This was such a huge surprise because she wasn't really much into firearms at the time and for her to go through all that trouble just blew me away not to mention I was just stunned to get a firearm for a gift.
The last one is non-firing but is still special. It was brought back from WWII by my late Great Uncle. It is a Sauer 1913 and original matching magazine. Externally it is in pretty good shape and the barrel is in great shape. I have looked into getting the parts to bring it back up to spec but have decided to leave it as is.
So whenever somebody asks one of those if you could only keep one rifle and one pistol kind of threads I would have to say that in reality it would come down to that ole' thutty thutty and the Vaquero. They will do everything I could ever need and have way too much sentimentality to ever part with.
So what are yours?
I realize somebody is gonna post a picture of a Glock and that's ok but it better have a really good story. Just kidding.
What are your sentimental pieces? Is it your first gun, your great grand daddy's shotgun or the Red Ryder BB Gun with compass in stock that you had as a kid?
My most prized is my late Grandfathers "Puppy's" pre 64 Winchester thutty thutty. It was given to him by my late Grandmother and eventually found it's way to me. It shoots wonderfully and is my way of being able to go shoot with my Grandfather whenever I want.
Even cooler is the fact that I also have the original box of shells purchased with the firearm.
Next I have my Ruger Vaquero. Now this is special because Sheslinger surprised me with this one Valentines day. I had been wanting a .357 stainless Vaquero with the white grips for quite some time. She had gone to a gun show by herself, found it, negotiated and bought it for me. This was such a huge surprise because she wasn't really much into firearms at the time and for her to go through all that trouble just blew me away not to mention I was just stunned to get a firearm for a gift.
The last one is non-firing but is still special. It was brought back from WWII by my late Great Uncle. It is a Sauer 1913 and original matching magazine. Externally it is in pretty good shape and the barrel is in great shape. I have looked into getting the parts to bring it back up to spec but have decided to leave it as is.
So whenever somebody asks one of those if you could only keep one rifle and one pistol kind of threads I would have to say that in reality it would come down to that ole' thutty thutty and the Vaquero. They will do everything I could ever need and have way too much sentimentality to ever part with.
So what are yours?
I realize somebody is gonna post a picture of a Glock and that's ok but it better have a really good story. Just kidding.