The way it was.

[Sxsnuf]

Once again, genetics plays a part.

I don't want to drift too far from the thread title, but I'll concede you might be onto something there. My oldest brother had a heart attack at 38.
However, my extensive research indicates they may have simply not drank enough whiskey.
Dr. Evan Williams and I have engaged in a long term treatment plan to ensure I don't fall victim to a lack of that particular dietary supplement!

 

[bcp]

Breakfast, Italy, 1945.



Bruce

 

[monks]

Breakfast, Italy, 1945.

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That jeeps name is Marylin and the seats look downright plush! Look at the two Garands leaned against the side of the Jeep. They have cloth wrapped around the stocks (for the cold maybe?).

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[Sxsnuf]

They must have shed their state of the art camo before the photo was taken.

 

[bcp]

Jack London




Bruce

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[orygun]

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I'm checking out the photo identifying the rifles, and notice. It wouldn't be as fun to just read the title!

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[orygun]

Nice. I had one of those rifles.

 

[Sxsnuf]

Nice. I had one of those rifles.

I'm too tired to do much tonight, but I seem to remember those were made in some now defunct Remington chamberings. 30 Rem, 35 Rem, was there a 25 Rem?? I'm pretty sure even 300 Savage? I thought I might need one of those, about 20 yrs ago, but I was too stupid to "pull the trigger" on that deal. I only wanted it as a companion piece to my Savage 99s, but ammo for any of them is pretty hard to find these days.

 

[Bobbygun]

I'm too tired to do much tonight, but I seem to remember those were made in some now defunct Remington chamberings. 30 Rem, 35 Rem, was there a 25 Rem?? I'm pretty sure even 300 Savage? I thought I might need one of those, about 20 yrs ago, but I was too stupid to "pull the trigger" on that deal. I only wanted it as a companion piece to my Savage 99s, but ammo for any of them is pretty hard to find these days.

If you handload, out of curiosity, the first place I looked had brass available for 25 Remington and 35 Remington at a cheaper price (about $1 per) than the .300 Wby Magnum and .270 WSM brass I ordered yesterday from Graf & Sons. The 30 Remington and 300 Savage brass was out of stock, but I did see some 300 Savage ammo for about $50 per box of 20 at Midway.

 

[Mike_M57]

I'm not sure I have any of grandpa's hunting photos anymore. A lot of photos and films were 'borrowed' by one of his nephews and never returned. I'll have to look in storage to see if anything is left.

One thing I'd especially like to find, and share, is some old 16mm B&W footage of a group of his hunting buddies out archery hunting for deer. I remember a few scenes of the guys showing off their 'skills' target shooting with their recurve bows, followed by the group walking through scrub brush and flushing a nice little deer, followed by what looked like the Keystone Cops reenacting a medieval battle. There were arrows flying in so many directions. Some actually TOWARDS the deer, amazingly enough. I'm not sure who was laughing the hardest, the guys 'hunting', my grandfather holding the camera, or the deer who was safely out of range. It looked like some good times.

 

[2ndtimer]

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Bruce

Great picture. Should be captioned: "Land this one, or else"!

 

[orygun]

I'm too tired to do much tonight, but I seem to remember those were made in some now defunct Remington chamberings. 30 Rem, 35 Rem, was there a 25 Rem?? I'm pretty sure even 300 Savage? I thought I might need one of those, about 20 yrs ago, but I was too stupid to "pull the trigger" on that deal. I only wanted it as a companion piece to my Savage 99s, but ammo for any of them is pretty hard to find these days.

25, 30 and 35 Remington chamberings. The rifle shown is either a Model 8, or the earlier version of same gun which was called the "Remington Autoloading Rifle". the 300 Savage came along after the gun was changed to the Model 81. Funky cool guns, operating on the Browning Long recoil system.

 

[Oxygen Mask]

Remember the Les Schwab big buck rack contest where the winner got a rifle?

The first deer I got in Oregon with a rifle (I grew up in the south and we hunted deer with beagles and shotguns...) I won! But...the year before was the last year of the rifle. I won a locker full of beef. I think it was 1979, maybe 80.

I was 20 or so, couldn't afford a gun, someone loaned me Ruger in 264 win mag, beautiful wood stock. He said "Don't scratch it..." Opening morning I walked out to the edge of a landing while my 2 buddies were about 100 yards each side of me. The edge of the landing gave way and I fell. Scratched up the rifle... But this scared a bunch of deer that ran out to my left below me. Buncha does. Then off to my right I see this buck bounding away. I threw up the rifle and couldn't find him..dialed down the power..but.. clearly the scope crosshairs were...crooked. The buck was about to crest the ridge and be gone, so I sighted shotgun style with both eyes open and followed his bounding... and fired. Crazy lucky shot really, my friends thought I was joking when I yelled that I had found that buck right where I shot. Later we used a rangefinder to check it and it was 250 yards!

That blacktail had the largest rack they had ever recorded at Schwab's and it was only a 4 point! Biggest blacktail buck I've seen even to this day. No head no legs no hide the carcass weighed 195 lbs, it yielded 135 lbs of meat! Later I learned that it would have been a Boone & Crockett record if I had known about that stuff at the time...

 

[Oxygen Mask]

Funny I can remember details like that from 45 years ago but can't remember what day to take out the garbage.... it's hell getting old...

 

[Mikej]

Funny I can remember details like that from 45 years ago but can't remember what day to take out the garbage.... it's hell getting old...

I know that one man!

 

[JohnnyMac]

My great-great uncle. On his gravestone is written "One of Stonewall Jackson's Boys"

 

[bcp]

Bruce