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 Re: Family heirloom...........
[Re: texretvet]
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11/01/15 03:32 PM
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flintknapper
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This is going to go against the grain...but personally I'd hunt with it. That is what the rifle was built for. (also protection)
I think it deserves an 'original' stock and butt-plate, you can save the old one if the story behind it is important to you, but it adds no value to the gun. I appreciate the 'sentiment' it lends...so don't get me wrong.
Why 'retire' a functioning piece of history? There is 'Sentiment' yet to be realized IF used and cherished by you.... and whomever you pass it on to. If you choose to put it away....then you choose to finalize the history of the rifle.
It's a great piece, but not a rifle so rare or valuable that it should be in a museum.
Repair that butt-stock to its former 'rustic' and unbroken condition and use that baby! Pass it on....and let another USE it. Be sure to pass along the story behind it as well.
Great rifle, thanks for sharing.
Flint.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Family heirloom...........
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
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11/02/15 03:31 PM
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TX_Huntress
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 That is really neat-congrats on owning an awesome piece of history!
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o779/TX_Huntress/Deer/MyBigAxis_small_zpse8nbtmhx.jpg)
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Re: Family heirloom...........
[Re: texretvet]
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11/02/15 03:34 PM
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Chief Joe
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Great story and rifle. I think I'd get a stock made for it but not change it out.. Time is on your side !! 
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: Family heirloom...........
[Re: texretvet]
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11/03/15 01:44 AM
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texretvet
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I would like to hunt with it at least once. The action is a little sloppy and I worry about the headspace. I have a couple of .38-40 rounds and they seem to lock in pretty tight, but I would want to have it checked out first. I don't know anything about the rounds I have so I would buy some of the old black powder rounds for it.
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