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 Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
[Re: mbavo]
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01/08/16 02:05 AM
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Very cool. One could only imagine the pride you feel when you handle that gun, thanks for sharing 
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
[Re: mbavo]
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01/08/16 04:05 AM
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Great way to carry on the family tradition, congrats!
"In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/08/16 07:18 AM
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Mike Honcho
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“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/08/16 07:23 AM
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A treasure. Don't let it get out of the family.  Never EVER let it leave the family. Good stuff there Sir.
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
[Re: mbavo]
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01/08/16 12:28 PM
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 AWESOME!!!!!
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
[Re: mbavo]
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01/08/16 12:55 PM
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Chief Joe
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Priceless!
"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: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
[Re: mbavo]
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01/10/16 04:07 PM
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Love them old lever guns! Had to hunt up close & personal - just like your Great Granpa!
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/13/16 11:51 PM
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mbavo
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I would like to say thanks to everyone for the kind words and interest.
God willing, I will post another thread next year with another deer harvested with my Great Grandpas rifle.
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/14/16 11:32 AM
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westtexaswatkins
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That's awesome, congrats on the buck. Very cool rifle.
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/14/16 07:51 PM
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Re: 123 year old rifle still getting it done
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01/15/16 04:24 AM
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Awesome story, and a nice deer. My dad brought back a German 8mm Mauser from WWII and it was his hunting rifle for 30 years. When he died my oldest sister inherited it, and now 4 generations of our family have killed deer with it. In fact, two members of the family have used it to kill two deer with one shot. Since I had such fond memories of that Mauser, a few years ago, I bought one that looks almost exactly like it and carried it on a few hunts, but never shot a deer with it, but last year, I took my son on his first deer hunt, and he shot a deer with it, so hopefully we're starting a new tradition.
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