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A couple of Colt's passed down to me. A Woodsman Match Target (1959) and a Colt MKIII Border Patrol (same as a Trooper) from 1972. Both still see range time. Here's the required pic's and one of my Dad taken in England during WWII. He served in the RCAF.
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I have been very blessed by my Family, especially the older members. Two different pistols have been given to me, both with Family history. One, a flintlock, heavily embellish, made in Germany or France in the 1700's and brought to America by legal immigrates in my family from Germany. The second one is a Colt single action .44-40 given to my great Uncle at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory, by the Marshal who had brought in Belle Starr and taken from her. This gun letters in 1883 with Ivory stocks; 7 1/2" barrel; 4 of 5 matching numbers. With 3 sons I'm going to be in big trouble, short 1 gun but I'll think of something.
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He didn't give it to me, my mother did, but it was his. He didn't hunt that I ever knew of. We went fishing one time that I recall. After I left home, he purchased a 12 ga. Sears-Roebuck pump gun to use at the local fire department turkey shoots. He won a pickup truck full of turkeys, hams, and bacon slabs with that gun. I got no idea how much money on side bets. He even rented it out to others who wanted to shoot it.
Just a plain old Sears Model 200, with a 30" full choke barrel. This picture is several years old but the gun looks the same now. I don't know that I've ever fired it.
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I have a few...
S&W Model 17-3 gift to me on my 17th bday back in 1998.
S&W Mod 67 customized by Frank Glenn
Rem Mod 550-1 .22 auto
Win Model 67A .22
Savage Mod 220D single-bbl 16 Ga
Love every one of them.
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My hand-me-downs
About 20 yrs ago, Dad came to me with what turned out to be a "Zulu rifle" that had been converted to a shotgun. Trap door (think that's what they're called) side hammer 12 ga. Was given to him by his Grandfather. I also have a 336 Winchester I bought from him (his eagle eyed wife was watching the transaction) when he was too weak to hunt any more. I bought it cheap $25 because, wink wink, "Won't eject a round, scope's messed up and I think the barrel is bent". It did need a new ejector then it shoots perfect. When he passed I thought I was to get his S&W Model 10 but evidently he forgot that me and my sister both had put in a request for it (he had asked his children what inheritance they desired. I guess he did not have enough guns) and Sis left his home with it. Oh well, she shoots it. Good for her though I have requested that if she ever wants to get sell it that I will
be the first one she tells. PS I have made sure I have enough to go around to all my children and grands!
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My dad only owned one gun.It was a Mauser 30-06 he probably bought in the 50s to take deer hunting a few times.He gave it to me in the early 70s when I started hunting.I added a recoil pad and sling after refinishing the stock with tung oil.The scope was bad so I bought a weaver k-4 for it.
It still shot poorly with a number of keyholes.I had a Douglass barrel installed and oh my! What a great shooter it became! Around that time I had taken up bow hunting and since we are limited to one animal and one season,I never took an animal with it.I don't think I've shot it since the 80s,but it's ready if I ever go after deer or elk again.
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A Remington Rand 1911A1
A custom .270 built on a 98 Mauser action (killed my first deer with it.)
Custom .30-06 on an 03 Springfield action. I killed my second deer with this gun but wish it was in its original form. In the 60s, who would've thought those surplus 03s would ever be worth anything.
Also grandads S&W 1917 Army.
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My Dad passed in 1975. He only had one firearm, not counting the WWII bring backs, and that was a Remington 512. .22lr, tube fed, bolt action. I could kick myself for not taking it when Mom offered it to me.
I did get a couple of Granddad's guns tho. A model 41 Remington Targetmaster, and a Winchester 1892 lever action in 25-20.
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My dad only purchased one gun for himself. He bought a new S&W Chief's Special Model 36 .38 special for the princely sum of $79.50 in 1968. He had a bunch of Police friends and shot with them monthly, especially since they gave him department ammo to shoot. Dad was wicked with the little 2 inch gun.
The Chiefs' Special was the first gun I ever fired and I got to shoot it quite a bit. On my 21st birthday, dad gave me his gun. He died in 2003 at the age of 73. I still have and occasionally shoot the 1968 Model 36.
My dad shot a lot of hot +P loads through the gun. The only repairs done to the gun over the years were a new bolt because the cylinder latch threads stripped, two new thumb piece nuts, and just recently .004" endshake bushings. Locks up tight an timing is perfect. I replaced the beat up original grips and plastic Pachmayr grip adapter with a nice set of period stocks and an aluminum Tyler T Grip
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I have a mid-1960's S&W Model 36 that belonged to my grandfather. My dad, who just turned 90, gave it to me a few years ago. It had been shot very little, if at all. I have taken it to the range a couple of times and shot it with my son, who will eventually own it. Dad's youngest brother, who has since passed on, got most of my grandpa's guns. He never had any children so I don't know what became of them.
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My heirloom piece, is a snub nose security six. I bought it , and gave it to my dad for being my best man at my wedding. When he died I got it back. Last gun I'd ever sell.
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I'm fortunate to have several including the Winchester model 67A boys rifle he gave me when I was 11, my son received it when he was 11.
The Broomhandle on the right came back from occupied Japan after WW II, I pestered my dad to get it down out of the closet and show it to me as often as possible. I have the certificate allowing him to bring it home as well. The other Broomhandle came back with my wife's grandfather from France after WW I. Both will remain in the family.
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It wasn't an heirloom when he gave it to me. A nice Remington Sportsman 48 in 16g in the box but lightly used. That was 55 years ago, and it still goes bang every time, and occasionally birds will fall. 30 inch barrel, full choke. It's what I use when I feel the need to reach out and touch a bird at long range.
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My father never owned a gun, but today I took my grandson to the trap range, and he shot his great grandfather's Model 12 Winchester. My father in law gave it to me shortly after my wife and I were married. No, it was not immediately after the ceremony!
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Very fortunate to have 4 very special guns to pass down to my 2 girls when they're ready...and I'm done with them.
Two Browning Sweet 16's (Belgians of course!)....one from my dad, one was my grandfather's
A Winchester 61 .22 pump, first gun I ever shot at 6yrs old...Dad's squirrel killer.
A S&W M36 that was my granddad's...1st handgun I ever shot...1st I ever carried concealed and still carry often.
All are working guns, beat up by years of faithful service to my family...all will continue to be used as intended...
All are absolutely PRICELESS!!!
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My father was a doctor In the Navy during World War II.He was on an attack transport that was transporting army personnel for the invasion of Japan. As we all know, the bomb was dropped and Japan was never invaded. While stationed in Japan, he was required to carry a 30 caliber carbine, even though he was a non-combatant. He said he enjoyed shooting the carbine.
He returned on the transport to the US, after the war when the ship was decommissioned. As was common during wartime, there was a lot of scrounging, and the ship had more equipment, weapons and supplies than it should have. My father and the chief quartermaster were friends, and he gave him an M1 Carbine in cosmoline.
He kept it in that condition for about 10 years at which time he reassembled it without a spring, which prevented actually firing it, so my brother and I could play army.
About 5 years ago I had it completely restored. There was only one spring that was missing. The gunsmith completely documented every part. It was manufactured by Inland in October, 1944.
It's an incredibly accurate weapon and a joy to shoot.
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I'm sorry that Photobucket went haywire or I would show you a photo of the 1873 Colt that belonged to my Great-grandfather. I don't recall the year of manufacture, but it is a black powder frame 44-40 gun.
I remember the ceremony of my Grandfather pulling it out of where it stayed in a safe in his office and, one by one, thumbing those .44-40s out of that cylinder and they looked like they were the size of artillery shells to me at age 10.
Now it is fifty years later everybody is gone and I'm left holding the Colt. Kind of sad, but I am happy and honored to have it. I take it out of my own safe and thumb those big shells out and to hold the revolver in my hand and I swear I can almost feel the warmth of those hands that held it before mine.
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I sure wish I did. My step-mother gave them all to his 2 brothers, and they have refused to give them up.
My Grandma gave all my Grandpa's guns to his 3 sons - with the number of grandkids, there weren't enough to go around anyway.
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When my Dad passed he lived above the Ohio river near Steubenville,Oh.We shot that pistol just out his back door over the hill,that was pretty cool.To get that pistol back to Nevada I had to drive down the river 50 miles to Wheeling WV.and get a hardened case with 2 locks on it from Cabellas so I could fly out of Pittsburgh Pa.with it on my flight out.I called the airlines and you have to declare a firearm at the luggage counter and it travels with your luggage in the underbelly not on carry-on.When I got to the luggage counter I said I'm declaring a firearm and the lady behind me just gives me a stair.I guess people go hunting in different parts of the country and they acted like it's no big deal.
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I don't. So I made sure that each of my children have a few which fit thier style, that we shot together, and that they can pass along.
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I have several "heirloom" guns that mean the world to me, coming from my family.
The first belonged to my paternal grandfather, who died in 1942. His wife, my grandmother, kept it as a house gun, and when she died in 1975, it passed to me. Granddad wore the gun daily in a shoulder holster as a country storekeeper in Kentucky. The factory letter describes its origin.
When my dad died in 1987, I inherited his Model 28-2 that was shipped in 1968. I picked it out for him when he indicated he wanted a revolver for a house gun. He kept it by his bedside from 1968 until his death.
My stepfather-in-law was a WWII and Korean War vet. He willed his Korean War service pistol to me. I wrote down the history of it so future generations will know that this pistol has some significance in our military history.
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I inherited my great grandpaps old sherrif pistol and gold retirement badge from 1907. Colt 1877 in 41 colt
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Nope my Pop's had a .38 snuby I don't even remember the name brand,I seen it once.I think one of my sisters got it when he passed on in 2011. We lived in different states.
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My Son and Grandson already have my Dad's guns.. They might as well have them instead of being in a dark old safe.
They'll get another batch when I croak.
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My father was born in 1910, and he had two guns,,,
a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun
and a Model 94 - 32 Win Special rifle.
He used both of them like a carpenter uses a claw hammer, so,
when he passed, no one wanted the rough looking guns.
My 2 daughters have husbands, and they all like coming over shooting.
I have purchased several "pairs" of guns for my daughters to inherit.
No arguments as to who gets which one,, they are identical.
The non-identical ones they can argue over,,, or sell and split,,
I will not care!!
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Not from my father, but my Grandfather and my Uncle. From my Grandfather, his Colt Woodsman pistol he bought new in 1950. I got that in 1995 and have used it ever since, and from my Uncle, his 16 gauge Ithaca Deerslayer that he got for Christmas in 1971.
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Got a Winchester 67 single shot 22 from the old man. Better yet are the Nylon 66 22 And the Winchester Model 54 stainless 30-06 I got from my mom! I can’t take the Nylon66 to the range without getting an offer on it. It’s going to my daughter and I’m not selling!
Love those family guns. It’s like shooting with the grandpas and uncles I never knew.
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I wish. Dad wasn't a bigtime shooter. He had a Husqvarna .30-06 and a High Standard .22 hair trigger model that were stolen, almost certainly by a housesitter, back in the late '80s. Dad only had a Winchester 1400 shotgun when he passed, one of the Ted Williams brand made for Sears back in the day. Too new to be vintage-cool and too old to be modern (no steel shot). Being a semi it's not even a good trap gun, they don't cycle the action.
I intended to break that pattern. While my two girls are pretty young, they'll come to learn that they will either have to be into shooting or marry into it. I'm not going to leave my guns to non-shooters so they can end up in a pawn shop or, almost as bad, sit in a box for decades. Nearly all of my guns either took me a long time to find, or I spent considerable time building/fixing them.
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I have several. My dad's last service revolver he carried when in uniform (a 686 no dash), his concealed carry off duty gun (a 66 no dash), a model 29-2 birth year gun for me from 1973, and a model 15-2. The model 15 was the first S&W he gave to me when I was just in Jr High School. It's been through quite a bit, but she still shoots great.
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I got a CZ 24 (Mauser rifle) from my dad, that's about as close as that goes. Other siblings have received a single shot 16 gauge, a S&W 38 special revolver, and a Hi Standard 9 shot 22lr revolver. There are others that we claimed, but as heirlooms, none of those that had a lot of family significance tied to them, and little personal history.
On the other hand, a lot of my purchases have one eye intended for just that, for my son. I've got any number of "real steel" semiauto pistols, Warsaw Pact guns, older steel 22's etc, that I enjoy, and one day will pass on. My son and I enjoy the extra cleaning and care that goes into maintaining blued steel, and I think he'd value them more than he would some random polymer.
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Hmm, my Dad has two of my guns that he won’t give back........nevermind. Please feel grateful if you had a good dad. The guns are at best reflections of your relationship. When my son turned ten I gave him a Henry 22lr, i had his name engraved in it with love dad.
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I have four, actually. Dad passed from pneumonia on Feb.28 of this year. I inherited a new production 642 that he kept on the nightstand after Mom died. Also got an old Iver Johnson single shot .410 that my great grandfather gave Dad in 1937. Also, a bolt action 20 gauge shotgun from Sears that his Dad used to birdhunt with. The crowning jewel to me is Dad's Browning Light Twelve A5 that Dad himself bought when he first went to Detroit to work in 1954. No telling how many ringneck pheasants he bagged with that thing, and, with him being a tool and die maker, it is absolutely IMMACULATE to this day. Beautiful bluing and wood like those old Brownings were known for. Still have the original owner's book and wooden plug that it was shipped with, not to mention an old Marble cleaning kit still complete in it's metal box. This gun hasn't been fired in probably forty years, but I think the time is coming soon for me to see how it shoots. Three generations of shotguns that I wouldn't take ANYTHING for.
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I sorta do.
I have a smoothbore percussion cap musket my dad hand built from scratch playing around in his shop after he retired.
It ain't much to look at, and I'll likely never actually shoot it. But the fact that Dad built it makes it worth more than all of his other guns combined to me.
Good thing because I didn't get any of his other guns. Or any of my grand-dad's. My step-monster gave them all away but made sure I never got any of them.
The last laugh is on her though since I got the "best" one of them all. Not the one that's worth the most, but the one I'd choose if I only got to choose one.
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My dad gave me this 19-2 several years ago. He has given me other guns as well but this one means the most.
I remember him packing it in a S&W holster when we hiked the Colorado Rockies when I was a young boy.
The serial number is dated at 1965. He paid $105.00 for it. I have the original receipt.
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My dad had 10 guns that my brother and I split after Dad passed. I didn't consider any of them heirloom guns. The one I really wanted, a Savage 99 takedown, he left to my brother. I shoot left handed and got a Remington 721, an Ithaca 37 in 16 gauge, a sporterized 1903 Springfield unfinished, and an Enfield revolver. The Ithaca I gave to my son, the 1903 had been sporterized by my great uncle and I finally got it finished a year ago.
My uncle, married to dad's sister, left me a 1903 Colt and an M1 Garand. Those are the heirloom pieces I have.
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My father was a man of modest means - the only gun he ever had was a Kimel 5000 6 shot revolver chambered in 32 caliber - purchased at Western Auto, I have it now.
It's worth about $150 or priceless depending on one's perspective - I of course fall into the later camp.
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10-28-2017, 11:15 AM
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My dad is still around, but at 86, he is starting to "take care" of a few things. He gave me his dad's Parker shotgun, his own Savage pump shotgun and a S&W model 17 that I learned to shoot handguns with when I was young, along with a High Standard Sport King. He bought me my first rifle, a Marlin Glenfield .22 bolt action that I still have.
My dad worked at the old Springfield Armory, just across the river from where I am typing this. He made sure my brother & I were taught firearm safety from an early age. Mom was in complete agreement. He has a few Smiths around him "just in case". I bought my mom a Ruger SR22 when they first came out.
I bought my son a Henry .22 when they first came out. Every kid should receive a big long box under the Christmas tree. My daughter received a Browning .22 rifle when it was her turn.
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Mom gave my dad this Winchester Model 67 .22 Long Rifle for Christmas 1946. I was less than three months old. Dad gave me his rifle when I was 16. Many a cottontail rabbit was on the table because of this fine rifle.
A few months ago I took "Dad's rifle" to the range. To see if it's still shooting accurately, I set a target up at 25 yards. Took one shot and didn't shoot another round at that target (see pic below)!!
Winchester Model 67 in .22 Long Rifle
Thanks for looking at Dad's .22.
God bless,
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10-30-2017, 01:41 PM
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Maybe not “Heirlooms” but from Dad
When dad passed mom gave brother ( NYPD) the handguns, me the rifles. Dad lost interest in his NM M1 Garand so it didnt have sentmenfal value to me. During hard times I sold it. Feeling bad about 10 years later, I contacted the buyer who still had the gun. He never shot it. Bought it back for what he paid for it. What a bargain.
One of my first military leaves back home (1976) I had cash in hand. Dad his first good present from me. Something he always wanted. A Colt 1911. Its a MkIV Series 70 in nickel. My brother gave me the pistol couple years ago. They will never leave me but to go to my son.
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10-31-2017, 12:36 AM
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These Two pistols sit on a shelf next to my desk. Dad picked them up in a German officers barracks when they were moving through Germany at the end of WWII. There's an old Iver Johnson sitting on the shelf next to them that belonged to my Grandpa. Not a lot of value but a lot of sentimentality. I also have Dad's Model 60 that he carried as a BUG, and a k98 Mauser he also brought back from the war. I'll probably end up passing them to my nephew, assuming he's interested. May be a bad assumption though.
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11-01-2017, 09:26 AM
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My paternal side has too many people and my father was never into shooting so the one he took a couple times hunting was given to someone else. I wish he had gotten it, it was a Winchester 1894 saddle ring in .32ws. On my mother's side the only guns were 2 or 3 Ithaca shotguns, my uncle currently has them, no idea what his plans are for them as he and his son don't really get along.
Now there is a friend of the family who was basically another grandfather for my sister and I who passed this year, he had previously given me a Remington 550-1 and promised me an old tube fed bolt .22, the bolt action is temporarily with his daughter and SIL, still going to me eventually. There was also an H&R 622 almost new in box, since I'm the only one with a pistol permit (in NY you need a permit just to own) that little revolver went to me. While we were doing the paperwork on the 622, the SIL who has my bolt action pulled a box out that had two old S&W's; a .38 hammerless and .32 DA. Those are on my permit, but still belong to him, they were bought new by his grandfather and it's believed he carried the .32 while he was postmaster on a local railroad.
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11-01-2017, 11:41 AM
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My dad was never a big gun fan so there was nothing that came my way......but I will be passing on many a Smith, Colt and other guns to the kids and grandkids so that they can never say I did not have any guns to pass on. I may even give them a chance to pick a few before I even kick the bucket.......
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11-01-2017, 11:43 AM
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Here's a couple Winchesters. My dad traded a Luger for the take down Winchester 1892 .44-40 in the late 50s. Around 1963 he traded a Remington .30-06 autoloader for a Winchester 88 .284. his altime favorite gun until he died in '08. I even bought him a Weatherby Mark V but it didn't nudge the Winchester off the top of his gun rack.
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11-01-2017, 12:10 PM
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Yes my Dad left me a few guns --
He left me the American ones. The others I got in Europe 1947-48 ----->
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11-01-2017, 04:19 PM
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My dad bought this Colt 357 new in 1954. When I became an LEO in 1977, he presented it to me to use as my duty weapon. I carried it for many years.
He passed in 2013 at the age of 95 and I think of him every time I shoot it. My grandsons (who live in a throw-away world) have fired it and are amazed that they are using something that their great-grandfather used!
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11-02-2017, 06:16 PM
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My Dad gave me his Winchester Pre 64 Model 70 in 270 Win, His Remington Skeet model 1100 shotgun, and his S&W Model 10 with 6 inch barrel. I've had them since the mid 80's and I recently gave my Brother the S&W Model 10 because he never had an interest in guns until recently and he was thrilled getting it.
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No, I don't, and I'm still sick about it.
My dad bought a S&W Model 10 in 1950, the year before I was born. I told him all my adult life that I wanted his gun when he passed, and he said he would leave it to me. It was the only handgun he ever owned. A few years before he passed, he tried to give it to me, but I told him he needed to keep it, or he wouldn't have a gun (he'd sold all his rifles and shotguns by then.) Looking back, I wish I'd have taken it...anyway, after he died, I asked my stepmother about it, and when she went to get it, it was missing. She never messed with his gun, and didn't care for guns. I strongly suspect their next door neighbor took it...he had a key to the house, and he had admired that revolver many times...but of course, I had no way to accuse him. I know my dad would never have sold it, and neither would my stepmother. I still think about that gun, and I hope the dirty so-and-so who took it never gets one minute of enjoyment from it.
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When at my Mom's house Easter weekend of 2016 she gave me my Dad's S&W that we called the "fishing gun" because he took it with us when he and I went fishing.
The package included the 36-1 Chiefs Special Nickel-plated 3" barrel .38 Special with matching original grips in the box and Mustang 3 grips installed, black S&W and tan Bianchi holsters, parts list/instruction sheet, holster brochure, safety card with authorized service centers, S&W ammunition brochure, warranty card, original trigger (assuming since it had one on it), oiled paper, bore brush, and the original blue box.
Finish on the cylinder, top of the pistol, and front of the trigger guard is somewhat dulled from years being carried in the rough holsters. Definitely not a safe queen as this was a frequent carry but it is beautiful to me because of the memories of fishing with my Dad.
My Mom said she would like for me to shoot it some and not just put it away and never use it. I compromised and have it safely stored at an off-site lock box unless I take it out for a few rounds at the gun range. Every time I do take it out it reminds me of my Dad, but so does looking at the pictures.
Thanks for looking!
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I have my Grandpa's ole Remington Model 10 full choked 12 gauge. My Dad is 65 and is still getting the "goody" out of his long guns, he has no handguns. I bought the Remington at the estate sale when my Grandma had sold her home and getting ready to go to assisted living. A distant cousin of mine was the auctioneer, I was 16 or 17 and I was going to bid $100 or so. The auctioneer basically willed me to keep bidding up to $125. Later he told me even if I had quit bidding he was going to bid for me until the other guy quit. I've shot it a time or two, but it knocks me in the cheek and with full choke on a gun that old, I'd have to use bismuth with it in the duck boat. But, I wear grandpa's old brown camo quilted hat in the blind when the temp dips below 40. Short-billed, it's perfect for me, after I carefully cut a slit in the back so it would fit.
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