Every Gun Handed Down To me Is Junk!

all firearms that I inherited are priceless... even if not valued by any others... I was given my maternal grandfather's only one.. purchased at the sale barn when someone came up 5 bucks short.. grandma was quite upset with his purchase.. lol... an old Stevens O/U 410.. was kept on top of the cabinets next to the sink in the mud room on the farm.. I was always fascinated by it and was given it when my aunt moved off the farm and into town... not for sale...
 
I ended up with my maternal grandfather's Remington RAS(Remington Autoloading Shotgun) 12 gauge, which is what the Model 11 was called before 1911. Mom's sister-in-law gave me a Stevens 311 16 gauge several years back. It had been leaning up against the wall in a garage that flooded about 6 inches deep decades before. I took it apart and got it cleaned up.





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I've got my Dad's old bring back Dou 44 large ring K98 German Mauser. I've cared for it since I was in grade school and wiped it down with Baby Oil. It's in excellent shape and he took it out of a German Warehouse brand new from the crate. He did the duffle cut so I restored it with another stock.
 
I sure hope you saved the original stock and the cutoff piece of the forend!
That ORIGINAL stock had a MATCHING serial number to the rest of the Mauser!
I’ve reattached these cutoffs very successfully on many occasions!
 
Dad left my brother and I a few guns, most of them not worth a whole lot. I got an Enfield revolver, an Ithaca Featherlight 16 ga, a Ranger 22, an unfinished sporterized 1903, and a Remington 721. Brother got a 20 gauge Remington Model 17, a Savage 99, an old bolt action shotgun, a Savage 32 pistol, and a no name 22.
 
I still have some family guns. Same story they got used to put meat on the table. Most are not safe to shoot but i wont get rid of them. Guns my grandpa had. Cheap guns my dad had growing up cause thats what they could afford.
 
My parents never had firearms. My kids are going have it made. Lucky ducks….
 
My Parents home was a gun free zone. I was allowed to buy a Daisy BB gun when I was 12. When I was 16 I ordered a Italian 6.5 MM Carbine and 200 rounds of Military Surplus Ammunition for under $25.00. What my Parents didn't know couldn't hurt me. About 20% of the ammunition were duds with some interesting hang fires also. I did get some modern Hunting ammunition and the little Carbine was accurate with good ammunition. I still have it. The only gun I got from an inheritance was a S&W Model 10 that my Uncle left me. He was a high ranking Fire Marshall for the Chicago Fire department and the gun was given to him during the 1968 Riots. A little know secret was Mayor Daley issues a shotgun and Model 10 to each Fire crew after a Fire Truck was damage from a Molotov Cocktail. It was this Daley that gave his Police Officers an order "to shoot to kill or maim looters and arsonist's". It wouldn't fly today but the day after the order was given the riots stopped. When I got back from Viet Nam the pistol was gone as were a lot of my possessions. My Parent's had allowed a Cousin to stay with them after his Parents kicked him out. I never saw the Cousin again.
 
Dear old Dad left me a Western Auto Revelation R100b. Single shot bolt action .22lr. Apparently made by Mossberg. I love that little rifle.
had one, it didnt survive my young and dumb years unfortunately.
It was a real sleeper. Until very recently, I never had a 22 that would touch that things accuracy.
 
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