Do You Have A Heirloom Gun Given To You By Your Dad

[PlaytheAces]

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.

 

[Rayfan87]

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.

 

[moralem]

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.......

 

[Wyatt Burp]

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.

 

[rhmc24]

Yes my Dad left me a few guns --


He left me the American ones. The others I got in Europe 1947-48 ----->

 

[wrkerr]

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!

 

[fyimo]

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.

 

[GKC]

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.

 

[Frank121]

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!

 

[GoDevil Man]

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.