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I finally have my Grand Dads Winchester 1895 that he and Grandma custom built in the 60's! Gramps sold it to keep family from fighting over it! Still a beautiful rifle all these years later! I hadn't see it since 1988!View attachment 419779
Posted this before but this was my Grandfathers. After retirement he bought a bar in a poor part of town. He got knifed twice. First time in face and he took the clown down to the floor where he stayed till Cops got there. Second time guy got him in one side and he took off. Grandad took off after him and some bystander pounded the clown down when he tried to jump in his truck to get away from my Grandpa. Grandpa went back to bar, refused ambulance, took a couple bar rags and jumped in a cab to go to the hospital. That one the Doc there said he could have died. Grandma had had enough. She said he had choices. Sell bar, no longer work there, or carry a gun. So he bought this. I remember as a child seeing him take it off a shelf in the kitchen to drop in his pocket before kissing Grandma and going off to work. It's the only reason I have kept it. Near as I can tell it was made pre WWII. Still fire a mag through it now and then for fun.
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I finally have my Grand Dads Winchester 1895 that he and Grandma custom built in the 60's! Gramps sold it to keep family from fighting over it! Still a beautiful rifle all these years later! I hadn't see it since 1988!View attachment 419779
This Winchester Model 1894 30-30 has been in the family since it was purchased new in 1907. It was used as the family ranch gun/hunting rifle. The length of pull is sadly far too short for me, as the stock was cut down many decades ago to accommodate the small size of everyone on my father's side. My father was never a hunter, but he told me the story of the only deer he ever had a shot on was with this rifle and he fired in the dirt to scare it off because he didn't have the heart to kill it. Of course, he told his brothers he missed... Lol. It is far from pristine, but it was well used. I love the old flip up peep sight, the thing is still very accurate.
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My father's hunting rifle. A Springfield 03A3 he sporterized after buying it from the NRA. Nice rifle.
Yes Erma then a lot of German writing on the slide. Box it came in has German writing in it too. They were from what I have read imported before WWII.Thats cool! Does the grip inlay say ERMA?
View attachment 419844 View attachment 419843 Shown many times, my moms M-94 in .25/35W and the ad for my dad's .22 s,l,lr Mossberg.
Yes Erma then a lot of German writing on the slide. Box it came in has German writing in it too. They were from what I have read imported before WWII.