Generation to Generation Heirlooms

[lrb1200]

Just throwing this out there about family and how past generations thought enough to entrust the future generations
with the firearms that held meaning and memories to them.

And maybe how far back this tradition has been alive with
your family.

My great grandfather passed this pair of Winchesters to my grandfather, who passed them to my father, who passed them to me.

Both in original condition, 100% original factory, no reblue, no wood refinish, birthdate 1904 of both. I don't know the story behind exactly why
my great grandfather purchased them and kept them in pristine condition.

But I do know he thought enough of them to pass them on
to the future generation in the hope they would preserve these heirlooms as he did, to pass them on to the next generation.

They passed to me in the condition my great grandfather passed them, and I believe it's my duty
to pass them the same way.

An 1894 SRC in 25-35, and an 1892 Sporting Rifle in 44-40.

 

[mauser9]

Super!! And those are some valuable and often hard to find specimens. Great heirlooms and real treasures to pass down. Plan to pass my 98k to my son someday. Thanks for taking time to post.

 

[model70hunter]

Like Iggy I have my paternal Grandfathers Trap door rifle he took to NW Iowa to homestead in the early 1900's. I doubt he ever fired it in Iowa.

It is in my safe and will go to one of my grandsons.

In his youth in the 1800's he did use it to guard wagon trains from Virginia to Kentucky. There were highwaymen, he did use the trapdoor a time or 2.

 

[Ed Fowler]

This S&W 22 target pistol was passed down from my grandfather to my father to me. I own several target pistols, this one is as accurate as any. I very much like the fine windage and elevation adjustments possible in the rear sight design.

 

[Hedrin]

Posted this one in another thread hereabouts, so skip if you've seen it before.

I have a K-22 Outdoorsman I believe to be a 1st Model. Serial 653xxx. Family lore says my grandfather carried it in a holster under the seat of the cab he drove in the 30's. It has holster wear to the bluing at the muzzle and the cylinder so I can believe it. I learned to shoot on this gun. Grandpa could hammer nails with it. I wish he had lived longer, I could have learned a lot about shooting from him. He came from a rural background and took his rifle (have that one too!) to school every day and shot for their dinner on the way home (try doing that nowdays!). He took three bullets with him and his father was very unhappy if he didn't bring at least one bullet back home.

And the man himself...

 

[nolesfan]

My Great Grandpas LC Smith passed down to me from my dad.

 

[Wyo]

My Grandad's Marlin Model 90 20 ga. and his 22/32 HD:

I also have his pre-64 Winchester Model 70 .270 Win. from 1947 and my great-Grandad's Iver Johnson 38 S&W from when he lived near Yellowstone Park before WWI. I'll pass them all to my son and grandsons one day.

 

[arjay]

My father hunted deer a time or two,but it wasn't really his thing.He came from a culture where the men all are part of the militia so he kept this around and then gave it to me when I took up hunting.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

My only heirloom weapon, my uncle's 1930's Red Ryder BB gun:

 

[flundertaker]

I received nothing and have no kids so it all works out perfectly. what I have I wanted to pass on to my nephews but they have shown zero interest in any thing other than video games.

 

[epj]

This little .30RF pistol is a Wesson, but not a Smith. It is a F (Frank) Wesson, which my grandfather bought in the early 1870's. He gave it to my grandmother around 1890, and I inherited it when she died in the 1960's. Aside from the family connection, the gun is serial #1. Roy Huntington ran this assertion by Roy Jinks prior to publishing a story about the gun, and Mr. Jinks agreed that it was probably the real deal. He has a collection of these "other Wessons", and is somewhat familiar with them. I need to figure out some family member to pass it on to.
Here is the serial number on the butt:


One more image.



This is the only gun I own that I have never fired. Ammunition (.30 RF Short) has not been produced for the last 98 years as best I can tell.

 

[Leatherhead23]

I have my grandfather's Remington Nylon 66 that he bought new in 1964.

I threaded the barrel so I could use my suppressor on it...I think he would be proud. Today would've been his 100th birthday. I think I'll go out and plink a few rounds and think about him.

Happy birthday, Papa.

 

[rjm6120]

My father passed this 1965 Ruger Standard to me back in April. I remember always admiring this gun when I was young, and never thought I would be old enough for dad to ever pass it on to me. Sweet shooting .22---I have no desire to buy any others.

 

[msinc]

My luck is bad...I don't even have an idiot with a High Point to pass to me!!!! My father was getting off a troop ship in San Francisco in late 1945. He was coming home from WWII in the Pacific. He had in his duffle bag several guns...an Officers Nambu, his 1911A1, two Japanese officers swords and some other assorted war trophy trinkets. He tripped on the gangplank and threw the whole mess overboard. It couldn't be recovered, so I missed again.
But it wont be that way for my son...I have put together a decent collection of guns and thankfully, he seems to be very into shooting and hunting. I guess some of us are just destined to receive and some to give.

 

[Valmet]

msinc- I know that on a lot of troop ships coming into SF after WW2 soldiers were told at the last min that they were going to have their guns confiscated if they attempted to bring them in and as a consequence there are a LOT of Pacific Theater guns at the bottom of SF bay.

I've been lucky enough to inherit a few guns from both grandfathers. Winchester 1890, Browning A5 16 Ga, Merkel 304E 20 Ga, and M1884 Trapdoor Springfield.