Help identify heirloom from Grandpa

[DWalt]

Speaking of Louisiana hog butchering, does anyone else remember the 1981 movie "Southern Comfort"? Also starring the recently departed Powers Boothe in one of his better roles.

 

[MSGAIS]

That's a very nice firearm. Hold onto it until you can one day pass it down to your own grandson.

 

[S&Wrevolverfan]

Speaking of Louisiana hog butchering, does anyone else remember the 1981 movie "Southern Comfort"? Also starring the recently departed Powers Boothe in one of his better roles.

I sure do. I was a young 19 year old working on a drilling tender in the Gulf of Mexico with a bunch of old time true born and bred coon@$%&**. My father was one of them and just happened to be the barge captain on the same rig with me.

I brought a copy of it on VHS with me when my hitch started. Back then there wasn't even television reception on those old rigs, but we did have a T.V. and VCR for the ones that brought "Adult" movies with them.

Like I said these were old time true born and bred coon@$%&**.

That VHS tape was sent by helicopter and boat to every rig in the gulf by the tool pushers and company men. They were ecstatic. It must have cost 20,000 dollars to send that tape all over the gulf and by the time it made it back to me my hitch was up and it had been safely returned back to me.

It was like I had something worth millions to them and they had promised to return it undamaged. What a memory. Thanks for bringing it up. That's a special memory of when I spent those years on the gulf working with my dad.

boytoy, that revolver looks great hanging on that wall. Never let it go.

 

[oldcorps76]

My advice....

Write a letter describing the history of the gun, and everything you remember about it. Put is in a display case with the gun. That will make family members less likely ever to sell it and more, want to pass it on. History like that is priceless. It's what I tell every family member of a living war vet who 'brought home his .45....'