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re: Inherited a gun from my Grandfather
Posted on 12/1/10 at 8:50 am to chadg
Posted on 12/1/10 at 8:50 am to chadg
My grandfather, also a WWII vet, had 7 children and all had 4 or 5 children of their own. I am the youngest of 30 or so grandchildren. Right before my grandfather passed he gave me his Winchester Model 59.
He had some other guns, but of all his grandkids he had one POS who routinely stole from him. fricker is in jail now where he belongs. He stole some guns from my Dad too.
This thread reminds me of this song... LINK
He had some other guns, but of all his grandkids he had one POS who routinely stole from him. fricker is in jail now where he belongs. He stole some guns from my Dad too.
This thread reminds me of this song... LINK
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Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:29 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:Is this a Yankee thing? Each to his own...
shooting the hell out of dicks
Posted on 12/1/10 at 9:40 am to lsu_tiger_az
quote:I have my Dad's, and it's in really good shape. I just brought his old Rem Scoremaster .22 to a smith to be rebuilt.
I have my grandfather's Remington 870 16 gauge
Posted on 12/1/10 at 1:10 pm to OSchoenauer
great old gun,I have two like that and Belgian Brownings ar getting more and more rare. Will need one more for MY grandsons..........
Posted on 12/1/10 at 1:42 pm to lsufan112001
quote:
my GF gave me a Japanese rifle from WW2. Still got it, of course....
Mine did too.
Posted on 12/1/10 at 2:26 pm to 4LSU2
My kunt of a step mother stole my grandfather's guns that IU was supposed to inherit from my dad. 
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 9:28 am
Posted on 12/1/10 at 6:30 pm to chadg
Great story
I was born after both grandfathers had passed so I never got to experience this bonding. Thats a nice shotgun with more sentimental value than anyone could imagine.
I was born after both grandfathers had passed so I never got to experience this bonding. Thats a nice shotgun with more sentimental value than anyone could imagine.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 3:55 am to dawgfan1979
Nice story.
I have a few guns and fact I could shoot 1 every day of a month and never shoot the same one twice in that month.
Of all the guns I have, I had inherited 2. The first one is a 1897 double barral shotgun that had put food on the table for my wifes great grandfather's family. Was told by Father n law the history of it. Now that he has passed, every time I pick it up I thing about him as if it was yesterday.
The second one I have is a 1972 Browning sweetsixteen that was my fathers. He had said that he was going to give it to me one day. Well he passed away and then came Katrina. One of my brothers had it and he had came to my house at the time. At that time, he gave it to me.
From there I had told my son and son n law who ever has my first grandson will get there pick out of the 2 guns I hold close to my heart.
My first Grandson was born back in Aug of this year!
I have a few guns and fact I could shoot 1 every day of a month and never shoot the same one twice in that month.
Of all the guns I have, I had inherited 2. The first one is a 1897 double barral shotgun that had put food on the table for my wifes great grandfather's family. Was told by Father n law the history of it. Now that he has passed, every time I pick it up I thing about him as if it was yesterday.
The second one I have is a 1972 Browning sweetsixteen that was my fathers. He had said that he was going to give it to me one day. Well he passed away and then came Katrina. One of my brothers had it and he had came to my house at the time. At that time, he gave it to me.
From there I had told my son and son n law who ever has my first grandson will get there pick out of the 2 guns I hold close to my heart.
My first Grandson was born back in Aug of this year!
Posted on 12/2/10 at 4:00 am to fishfighter
My grandfather died when I was 6. He left me his pre WWII browning belgium 12 gauge. Gave it to my son.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:08 am to chadg
Neat. My similar story is that when my grandpa (mom's side) died, I got his bow--an old Browning Accelerator. After a few years I found out the backstory on the bow. My dad owned the bow and sold it to my grandpa. But before selling it, dad killed his first bow buck with it-which, despite being smaller than his other mounts, is still hanging in his living room. My parents divorced when I was young, long before any of this transpired, so dad didn't realize that I had the bow. And, he doesn't know that I'm in the process of taking all the camo tape off (the bow is pristine underneath). I'll restore it to new condition and give it back to my dad to hang above that deer.
Also, my dad sold my grandpa the accelerator because he bought a browning drake flightmaster that he used for several years and then passed down to me. I used it to get my first bow kill when I was 19-a small six. I still have it.
Also, my dad sold my grandpa the accelerator because he bought a browning drake flightmaster that he used for several years and then passed down to me. I used it to get my first bow kill when I was 19-a small six. I still have it.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 8:34 am to chadg
When I read the topic I automatically thought about my g-pa giving me his 16 gauge double barrel. Nice story man. And I def will be passing the 16 he gave me to my boy
Posted on 12/2/10 at 10:05 am to Bama and Beer
I never met either one of my Grandpa's.
But yours sounds like a pretty cool dude.
But yours sounds like a pretty cool dude.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:13 pm to chadg
Awesome. Any pictures?
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:03 pm to chadg
My favorite thing in the world is a 1930's era .22 remington target master rife that belonged to my grandfather. I found it about 10 years after he died forgotten in the attic of my grandmothers house. Sharp shootin little gun
Posted on 12/2/10 at 2:02 pm to DropaDeuce
Is that .22 a single shot? Cause my grandma (yes, sounds weird) had one that was a single shot and she shot it in competitions back in the 40's.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 11:31 pm to Bama and Beer
Awesome! My dad gave me his Browning Belgium humpback 12 that his dad gave him. One of my most prized possessions
Posted on 12/3/10 at 10:25 am to tigerbait2
quote:Holy shite.
Browning Belgium humpback 12
Posted on 12/3/10 at 3:58 pm to DropaDeuce
yeah. single shot bolt action. I can plink away while everyone else has to reload their magazines
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