All Of mine are sold😉

Model 12 Riot gun made in 1927. I picked it up in 1988 while in North Africa and it saved my life more times than I can count.

60s vintage Anschutz Savage import 22 bolt gun. I had one of my customers when I had a paper route in the early 80s give it to me.

Super X model 1 with custom wood on it that I picked up used. Heavy as a bag of bricks but it's a laser beam for bringing down birds.

Remington 40x single load that has been chambered in various cartridges over the years.

No serial number lunch box special Ingles Browning Hi Power that my nana made and stole from work during the war. She carried it with her everywhere and I even saw her shoot people with it when she lived in Johannesburg.

Springfield bolt action that my grandfather carried in the Pacific while fighting the Japs as a Marine.

An M1 Garand that my grandfather carried later during the Korean War while serving as a Marine and killing the red Chinese That gun was later rebuilt and used by him for shooting in competition.

A Smith & Wesson model 10 that my dad carried his first day on the job as a Detroit police officer.

S&W K38 given to me by Dr Norman E. Borlaug who was one of my clients until he died about 12 years ago. He told me that he carried it while doing his research in Mexico and Central America in the 50s and 60s and that once he shot and killed two bandits with it while working in Guatemala .

Needless to say I could go on and on about this subject.

A stainless Rossi 22 revolver that my pop's bought me when i was a kid. Still new in the box and i wouldn't take for it.

My grandfather's sporterized 1917 Enfield, built by my great-grandfather back in the 60's. It's one of my most prized possessions.

[s][/s]I recently inherited all of my dads guns and have a lot of my grandfathers. Other than a couple of shotguns I won’t ever get rid of because I use them, the rest don’t mean that much to me. They’re worth what they’re worth.

My grandfather's Remington 512 single shot bolt action .22 made in the early '40's. It was the first "real" gun I ever shot as a young kid.

Man, that sounds like some interesting family history.

I've got my great grandfathers Marlin 336 and Remington sportsman 58. I've had them since I was a teen and don't plan to part with them.

I have my paternal grandfather's Colt police positive and a double barrel Fox shotgun. It was responsible for an accidental discharge discharge that killed a distant relative in the 1910s.

Got a bunch from my maternal grandfather, but the two I'll probably not part with is a 700 BDL in .30-06 and a SW 29 .44 mag. The others I probably wont part with the others but he loved those two. Also have his Remington Speedmaster 22 that he taught me to shoot with.... that one won't go anywhere either.

Hell most of my safe is guns I can't/wont part with.

My pa’s Remington 600 Mohawk 6mm is the one that will never leave! Shot my fist deer with it with him in the blind with me. Still have his reloads for it.

My grandfather gave me his old Remington 742 30-06 when i was in high school (ealry 90's)...he hunted all over the country with it from bear in Alaska while in the military to deer in Mexico. Wish this rifle could tell his stories... I have a bunch of memories of him and I shooting it at the range and out at the hunting lease when he'd drop me off at one end and make me walk to the other scaring the deer up for him!haha i really miss him and thankful i have his rifle as a memory of him

Not sure i could pick between the two.
Winchester 1892 in 44-40, around 120 years old, my dads. Shot a few hogs and deer, really slow.
Winchester 1894 in 30-30, not sure how old it is but was my grandpa's. Shot one hog and a couple deer with it.

I know the feeling

Rightly so. Beautiful craftsmanship

Thank you, sir!

32 Rimfire belong to my great grandfather before serial numbers ! My dads guns we learn from ?

I've got a couple... things like my Grandfather gave my wife - not me ! - right after we were married, a beat up Savage single shot 20 gauge that had been his last car gun as our "house gun" 'cause we were living in a ground floor apartment across the street from the old Police Range on Greenbrier, 1st street north of the Viaduct, west of Zangs. The stock was busted almost in half and was my first time to put one back together and refinish it...It is so old it does not have a SR # and stays loaded just inside my closet door...and shoots buck shot better today than it did new after I had the choke opened up.

Another one with some "miles" on it is my S&W pin barrel Model 60, that was "tuned" by the head Deputy Sheriff of Upshur County - Dale later became the Sheriff I'm told - when he had a gun store I called on , and has custom Cocobolo grips made from a clay mold of my right hand, done at a National Trade Show as a sample of the grips when I worked for a Wholesale Sporting Goods Distributor in Carrollton in the '70's . Let off single action is about 1 1/2 - 2lbs & double action is super smooth like glass. It's got more years on the road than I can count of being my bed buddy anytime I traveled without flying for the last 40-50 years. Today it stays loaded on my Nite stand within reach.

Today now that my road's end is almost in sight nothing is sacred except those 2 really old shooters, since I sold off the 5 gun collection of SAKO Classic Grade 's including the 1 of a kind 25'06 ever made that I spent 6 hours hand picking the stock out of every Classic Grade long action stock in the factory in Finland during a 10 day Moose Hunt & Factory Tour as my "present" from the company, after 10 days in England that Holiday Inn picked up round trip airfare & hotel in London for the wife too by winning a # of nights stayed in a Holiday Inn in a year contest. could have stayed a week in any Holiday Inn in the world for a week but the SAKO people worked me into a Annual Conference for world wide Principals of SAKO importers.

There are a few hand me collectable pieces still left to pass down. A semi rare pistol grip Winchester Lever Action 22 tube fed rimfire that shoots everything from Shorts to LR's with about 2000 made in the late 60's & early 70's - there's a story behind how I found a case of these during the BK Inventory that were "left 5 levels up and almost hidden on a wood pallet" after all the Hijacker Fork lifts had been sold off, I'm sure for someone to take home for themselves, 4 of the 5 guns in the case lot went back to Chicago for company officers and I got the last one for $ peanuts, and a recently acquired 7x57 XTR Fwt M70 also with only about 2200 made. Neither of my late 40 & early 50's 2 sons shoot or hunt so I'll pass these to someone else's children when I'm gone...meanwhile I still shoot both of these occasionally just for &^%$'s & giggles ...and the wife of 53 years knows how to shoot the single shot shotgun and the Smith M 60.

I'm gonna try and hunt the 7x57 this year if the weather is not bad...be a shame to get it wet and rusty when my SS Marlin 270 is the right choice for hunting in the rain.
Ron

I've got a couple... things like what my Grandfather gave my wife - not me ! - right after we were married, a beat up Savage single shot 20 gauge that had been his last car gun as our "house gun" 'cause we were living in a ground floor apartment across the street from the old Police Range on Greenbrier, 1st street north of the Viaduct, west of Zangs. The stock was busted almost in half and was my first time to put one back together and refinish it...It is so old it does not have a SR # and stays loaded just inside my closet door...and shoots buck shot better today than it did new after I had the choke opened up.

Another one with some "miles" on it is my S&W pin barrel Model 60, that was "tuned" by the head Deputy Sheriff of Upshur County - Dale later became the Sheriff I'm told - when he had a gun store I called on , and has custom Cocobolo grips made from a clay mold of my right hand, done at a National Trade Show as a sample of the grips when I worked for a Wholesale Sporting Goods Distributor in Carrollton in the '70's . Let off single action is about 1 1/2 - 2lbs & double action is super smooth like glass. It's got more years on the road than I can count of being my bed buddy anytime I traveled without flying for the last 40-50 years. Today it stays loaded on my Nite stand within reach.

Today now that my road's end is almost in sight nothing is sacred except those 2 really old shooters, since I sold off the 5 gun collection of SAKO Classic Grade 's including the 1 of a kind 25'06 ever made that I spent 6 hours hand picking the stock out of every Classic Grade long action stock in the factory in Finland during a 10 day Moose Hunt & Factory Tour as my "present" from the company, after 10 days in England that Holiday Inn picked up round trip airfare & hotel in London for the wife too by winning a # of nights stayed in a Holiday Inn in a year contest. could have stayed a week in any Holiday Inn in the world for a week but the SAKO people worked me into a Annual Conference for world wide Principals of SAKO importers.

There are a few hand me collectable pieces still left to pass down. A semi rare pistol grip Winchester Lever Action 22 tube fed rimfire that shoots everything from Shorts to LR's with about 2000 made in the late 60's & early 70's - there's a story behind how I found a case of these during the BK Inventory that were "left 5 levels up and almost hidden on a wood pallet" after all the Hijacker Fork lifts had been sold off, I'm sure for someone to take home for themselves, 4 of the 5 guns in the case lot went back to Chicago for company officers and I got the last one for $ peanuts, and a recently acquired 7x57 XTR Fwt M70 also with only about 2200 made. Neither of my late 40 & early 50's 2 sons shoot or hunt so I'll pass these to someone else's children when I'm gone...meanwhile I still shoot both of these occasionally just for &^%$'s & giggles ...and the wife of 53 years knows how to shoot the single shot shotgun and the Smith M 60.

I'm gonna try and hunt the 7x57 this year if the weather is not bad...be a shame to get it wet and rusty when my SS Marlin 270 is the right choice for hunting in the rain.
Ron

Single shot Stevens 12 gauge that was my Dad's. First gun I ever shot, and first rabbit, squirrel, pheasant, grouse and woodcock with it.

Used it until I was 13 and Dad got me a Mossberg 500A 12 gauge. Still have both.

Two for me. My grandfather's Browining CItori that I got when he passed away and a Winchesters M70 Super Express in 375 H&H that my dad got me when I graduated college.

Easy. Glenfield model 30A that belonged to my grandfather. You would have to kill me to take it.

I bought a Savage model 24 back in the 70s. It is a 22 over 410. The best squirrel and rabbit gun ever made in my opinion. My daughter and son both have hunted with it. Several people have tried to buy it from me, but I just smile and tell them it's not for sale.

My Grandad's old double 12 side by side. It's an old wall hanger only. But it was his then my dad's and now mine. It's non functional. Son made the mount for it. It will go to him when I'm gone. We tried having it fixed while Dad was alive but never could get anyone to do it for us.

In 1969-1970 my Uncle was doing a stint in West Germany with the 1st Infantry Division after having done two tours in Vietnam. He purchased 3 pre-Garcia Sako rifles from the Kaiserslautern Rod and Gun Club and brought them home. Two were Sako L61 Finnbears - one in .270 and the other 30-06, the last was a .243 Forester. He subsequently sold/traded the Forester as he had brought it home for my Aunt but she did not want to hunt. He kept the 30-06 and gave the .270 to my Dad. My Dad ended up using it to take every deer he ever killed (and there were many).

I have so many memories of hunts with Dad using that rifle. It was the first gun I ever shot. He's 85 now and no longer hunts, I've owned that rifle for the last 10 years or so. Upon my beloved Uncle's passing from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure, I also inherited the 30-06. I have 2 grown sons. My oldest has and hunts with the 30-06 (though for years he used the .270 also), my youngest will get the .270 when I get too old to hunt or pass away. I was 6 years old when my Uncle brought these guns home. I'm now almost 60. They have taken so many deer and hogs that I can not count them all. Three generations of hunters, over a half century of memories. I could not even begin to put a value on them.

Every time I hunt with the .270 (on the left) I remember the hunts with Dad, his first deer and his last and so many in between. All the mornings we hunted together. Later in life we got to where we almost always hunted together in the same blind, and I'm so grateful for that and the memories it gave me. Till this day, I still hunt in the same blind with my boys whenever I can. I still have the US Army paperwork on the purchase of these rifles from the Rod and Gun Club. The .270 was purchased with a Tasco scope and 2 boxes of ammo for $116.45. The 30-06 was $119.25, the .243 Forester was a whopping $75.75.

B-78 Browning 30.06 with Kahles scope and custom Austrian scope mount.

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