Grandpa's Gun

[marshman]

Pretty neat story, at 14 years old i used my Grandfathers gun for my first buck.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...monster-22-point-buck-during-hunt/4269060002/

 

[teej89]

pretty cool!

 

[406LIFE]

My grandpa my dad and myself all used the same 30-30 lever action to harvest our 1st deer. That's a cool piece of personal hunting history.

 

[F250]

Great family history. I have used my grandfather's Winchester model 54 .270 to take a couple mule deer. The rifle was purchased by him in the late 1920's.

 

[BrentD]

I use Grandpa's 1897 Winchester on turkeys every year. And my other Grandpa's 1890 Winchester on squirrels.

Old guns are a great connection to one's roots and their traditions.

 

[tzone]

Cool story.

I used my grandpa's gun last weekend in WI. He passed when I was a 2 months old. But, my uncle gave me that rifle last year. It's a Remington M740, in 30-06 of course...like all the other hunters on the Iron Range, MN had back then. I was not successfull on scoring a deer with it. But it was fun to carry. I even threw on the red/black checkered wool coat.

 

[tzone]

I use Grandpa's 1897 Winchester on turkeys every year. And my other Grandpa's 1890 Winchester on squirrels.

Old guns are a great connection to one's roots and their traditions.

VERY Cool!!

 

[Howie]

When I was a lad starting hunting I was passed down an Iver Johnson's Champion, 12 ga. single barrel, hammer shotgun. It was my grandfather's uncle's gun from the 20's. It remains the only shotgun in my safe.

 

[kwyeewyk]

That kid's got some start on hunting! My grandpa is the reason I hunt, he had a matched set of bolt action .22s waiting for my brother and I to get old enough but he died when I was 4 and my mom wouldn't let me shot it yet then so I never got to shoot it with him. Also ended up with his 20 gauge and his Model 1903 .30-06, which I have used to harvest every big game animal I've killed with a rifle. As I understand it the 06 was used in the Korean war, but my grandpa was an airplane mechanic there so he wasn't using it.

 

[The Yetti]

I have the 22 that I learned to shoot with that was my grandpa's. I try to take it out every year and do some squirrel hunting.

 

[88man]

 

[MuleyBum]

Very cool!