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12-19-2009, 02:37 PM
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Death, family and guns
My father in law passed away last week. We buried John at Fort Sam Houston Wednesday. John was a soldier serving as a radio operator in the pacific aboard a ship. He delievered the news that D-Day was occuring to the ship captain. The captain had John get on the ship PA system to announce it to the crew. John got done with the Army, dissambled his 1917 Enfield and stuffed it in his duffel bag and went home.
Fast forward to last night. We are sitting at the dinner table and some one mentioned they could not find "that old rifle that dad had". I recounted that John told me that "He gave it to his best friend for a trade for a charter arms revolver caliber 38, 15 years ago"
I did not have the heart to tell family the value of an enfield that was only used on the range and to shoot at Japanese kamikazy planes.
No one knew what guns he had or were interested until they started deviding the property. His best friend died 5 years ago and the oldest sister is going to try to get the enfield back. I told her "good luck".
Lastly, they have pictures with him on horseback with a S&W6 inch frame in a holster. I never saw it and am sure it got passed on to someone years ago.
Inventory your stuff, pass the list to your most trusted friends and keep it updated, it will provide great help later.
Here is the picture I was speaking of
Last edited by peyton; 12-19-2009 at 04:45 PM.
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12-19-2009, 03:03 PM
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Sorry to hear of the loss of your Father-in -law. So many guns with a history get lost along the way. I have several original guns from the 1800s, and I am sure there was some kind of family history behind them. I will never know. That old Enfield will probably be treated like any other, with no one ever knowing the great history behind it.
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12-19-2009, 03:14 PM
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Sorry about the loss of your Father-in-Law. A loss like that is hard any time of year, more so at a holiday time.
It sounds like he traded and kept what was important to him, if so, no harm done.
I have several items that are of huge importance to me, but their "street value" doesn't amount to much. I want those few trinkets to stay with me as long as I am here. Once I am gone, I don't care if they end up in the river.
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12-19-2009, 04:48 PM
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Looking at the photo enlarged, I do not think is an N-frame, am I correct? I wonder who made the holster? It was not found either.
This photo was in the late 50's or early 60's.
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12-19-2009, 05:07 PM
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Enlarging the pic, it looks like a 6" K frame 357 (judging by the cartridge size).
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12-19-2009, 05:17 PM
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Sorry about your Dad peyton.
The gun looks like a 6" K frame with high horn magnas. It could be a K22, K38 - who knows?? That is a very cool picture
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12-19-2009, 05:45 PM
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It took a lot of convincing that I was the right man for his daughter. We just celebrated our 34th wedding anverisary
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12-19-2009, 05:55 PM
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Condolences Jason.
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12-19-2009, 06:20 PM
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Sorry about your loss. I was in your situation a few years ago when my father-in-law died. He had a few guns he'd had for years that I "inherited" when we had to clean out the house. His favorite gun, an el cheapo 38 snub never was found. I think one of the neighbors that would come over and help my mother-in-law just took it and she never knew it.
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12-19-2009, 08:17 PM
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Sorry for your loss.......
It is a very good idea to record your inventory. My kids requested I list all changes and custom additions made.
Personal Firearms Record Gun Owners Data Sheet
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