Originally posted by opoefc:
Duece, Family guns are treasures that can't be measured in dollars and few of us have the privedge of being tempory custodians of family ordnance hierlooms. I'm luchy in that my father, grandfather & great grandfather passed on down to me their guns, starting with a Rev. War flintlock Kentucky rifle carried by Wm. Cornett,of Patterson's Virginia regiment, a S&W #2 from the Civil War, used by a Kentucky Cavalryman ancestor ancestor, a Model 1892 Winchester of my grandfathers, that he used in the Hatfield & McCoy feuds & the "Coal Wars" of Eastern Kentucky, with three notches in the stock, a Model 62 Winchester .22 pump my Dad used to shoot sparrows on the wing and given to me at age 4 to shoot flying squirrels in the barn loft, etc. Great way to learn how to lead a moving target! Also a 1st model Stevens 12 ga, single shot shotgun, my uncle gave me to keep the stock ponds on the ranch free from snapping turtles. The turtles would bite the feet off the geese & ducks on the pond, Not good, as the geese were semi-tame and were Guard geese, that would chase the hogs out of the garden whenever the hogs got out of their pen. Geese without feet can't chase hogs. All these guns will be passed on the my sons & grandsons, of course, plus a few items like some registereds mags I've picked up and my M1 Carbine from my Army time in the Korean War , Ed.
