re: Most treasured gun you have ever inhereted

My great granddad left me a Winchester 1894 in .25-35 WCF. Made around 1912 if my research is correct. She's more than a little banged up but shoots just fine, even though it's hard to come by ammo for it (hell, even getting brass to reload is next to impossible). Best part of the gun is that it has half of an old buffalo nickel for a front sight. Apparently the sight broke off and he had to fashion one in the field for it. He was dead when I inherited it so I never got to ask the man himself exactly what circumstances led to that nickel being mounted on there. It shoots as straight as any factory iron sight I've ever used though, so I'm not complaining.