What guns have been handed down to you?

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My dad has been long retired and after becoming fully convinced that his hunting days were over he has given me:

Remington 7600 .270
Remington 1100 12 ga

I am almost gauranteed to get my father-in-law's collection of various old .32 & .25 autos and a couple of .22 revolvers. The only other family who could conceivable end up with his guns are my wife's sister and her husband. He is so anti that he refused to go paintballing because it would have been "unethical" to shoot something that is even gun-like, and when they got married he made her give a .22 revolver back to my father-in-law. Needless to say there won't be any guns in their house...
 
Only one an 1813 Harpers Ferry muzzle loader. My dad is still alive but he gave it to me before something happens because he wanted his firstborn son to have it. It has been passed down in the family starting with his grandfather.
 
my father in law gave me and old revolver. im pretty sure its a j frame(im cluesless with revolvers) its a S&W 2 inch snubby that is 38 S&W caliber, not 38 special. it has 38 S&W ctg on the barrel. i need to post pics of it and ask for ID. anyway he gave it me me when i married his daughter. his dad gave it to him when he was married.
 
My grandfathers A.J Aubrey SXS shotgun, bought just before WWI.
 
I have three, but, well... Four.

My dad's Walther P 38 with four digit serial number and Nazi markings on it. I've all but retired it so that I can hand it down to my son in good working condition.

My first real gun, a Remington Nylon 66. It was bought by my brother-in-law when it first came out, and my brother traded him a bow for it. Then my brother gave it to me for my ninth birthday/Christmas.

My first real hunting rifle, a Savage model 340, 30-30. I don't have a magazine for it, but it still fires just fine single shot, though the safety has never worked properly.

And then, my dads old 12 gauge. Remington model 878. It's a sweet shooting shotgun, even if it does hold only three rounds. They only made that model for three years, and in pristine condition (which this one isn't) they're worth about $250 dollars. Oddly enough, that's about what they sold for new.

None of these firearms are really valuable to a collector, but there is family history in them. I want to pass them down to my son at some point.
 
Where to start?

I got my great uncle's S&W topbreak .38, nickeled, made in 1884.

I got my grandfather's Iver Johnson .32. It's a hair bigger than a P-32.

I got my aunt's H&R .32 Long revolver.

I got another IJ, but a larger .38 and right this minute I can't recall who it belonged to. Maybe my mother.

Seems that there are 3 or 4 more of these near-junkers floating around somewhere in the safe. Those "old folks" born between 1890 and 1924 sure liked their little pocket pistols. (Not much changes, right?)

The good guns I got from my father in 2007 when he had to stop shooting at age 85. Among them were his favorite Python, some K-17s, a Cooper 57 Custom Classic, a S&W 649, a S&W 647 and some long guns, etc. His brother got some too. (Same uncle who gave me a Mountie in '63 and got a Nylon 76 from me a few years ago.)

My uncle also has my other grandfather's guns and a cousin has the rest of my late uncle's guns. Actually 2 late uncles.

Who knows where they'll all end up. One day I would like to have the Stevens Favorite if you're reading this Susan. :)

John
 
I've been handed down the following:

Colt Buntline Scout .22
Ruger Blackhawk .357
 
Pre '64 Model 70's in 30-06 super grade, 264 win mad, 243 featherweight, a Belgum Browning auto 5 12ga, and a bunch of other modern guns.
 
I've had several handed down to me but only a couple are of any real sentimental value to me.
1st generation Colt Peacemaker in .45 Colt that belonged to my grandfather.
1903 Springfield rifle made by remington in December 1941 that is still in unfired condition. This one my dad bought just after WWII.
 
Long story about a long lost father omitted here. He left me his Hi-Standard Supermatic. It has given me an appreciation for well made handguns and I think of him when ever it's handled. It gets used often.
 
None, 1st generation gun owner here. My kids will be inheriting quite a bit when I kick the bucket though. Lucky kids. (grumble..)
 
My pop left to my brothers and me:

1. Remington model 12 pump .22
2. Universal M1 Carbine
3. I seem to remember that at one time there was a .22 SA revolver of some flavor also, but no one knows where it is (unless my half brother pawned it and isn't telling us).

My grandpa had no firearms; just cheap Crosman BB gun that he used to scare away stray cats. Didn't know other grandpa. Mom was/is an anti, for the most part. Step-mom left me a Rossi snubbie .38 which I gave to her years ago when some weirdo was stalking her.
 
I have a Winchester lever action chambered in 32 Win special and a Stevens single shot 12 gauge I inherited from my grandfather. Both were bought new by him after returning from WWII in the 1940's.
 
Just one, that I somewhat begged for it was once my dads but no longer in his possession personally since he wasn't a gun guy... A Stevens model 58? bolt action 20ga shotgun. I will cherish it and pass it along to someone else.
 
I have very little, I'm a first generation shooter from a family of anti's.
Boy, I'd be jealous if I didn't know what the cost of a handed down was. As it is, I have a Kimber TLE that my best friend left to me when he died at 36 of stomach cancer.

Since we aren't having children and neither me nor my wife have any family, this makes me wonder where my collection will go.
 
My father passed to me when I turned 25 a couple of sweet rifles.

#1 was a pristine FN G Series and the other a Rare exempted SIG 308 rifle.

at the end of 1999 I passed them back to him as the state I live in considers them to be Assault Weapons.

So at this moment they are locked in a safe I own on his property.

They are in cold storage so to speak until the SFTF or the laws become more Firearms friendly. :cuss::banghead::cuss:
 
My father in law gave me his Stevens Favorite .25 rimfire that he had since he was 13. Ammo hasn't been made since '42. I've been planning on getting a .22 barrel for it so we can shoot it.

My grandfather passed away last year and I ended up with his .45 auto. He served in WWII, but it was not military issue, rather a Colt commercial, c.1947. He had already given me his old Mossberg .22lr way back when I was a teenager.

I've never really been into the latest, greatest, hi-tech weapons. I like old guns with character and history. When I go to a gun show, I walk right past the tables filled with new handguns and black rifles, and go look at the cool stuff- the Garands, Schmidt Rubins, Martini Henrys, etc..
 
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