I don't have the gun or a picture, but my uncle had an old Savage-Stevens Favorite, circa. 1900, and it was a spendid little gun. Falling-block single-shot, about 5lbs. Nice little rifle.

 

No story , just handed down over 3 generations. Remington 41 Targetmaster.

 

working on it's 4th generation
marlin glen mod-20

with a mod-80 stock (stained, not varnish) original!!!
a little tweak'n and its all good.
my grandson the treerat-slayer is work'n it hard.
my father bought it new in 1960 from western auto.
probably took more bull-frogs than most people have seen, or heard
up until 1990 it never shot anything but shorts.
if my son could have forced a 12ga shell in it, it would have spent it too.
but now it belongs to my grandbaby. and he only gets cb-longs or
shot-shells.
sea-ya
gendoc

 

Marlin Mod.99 w/Tasco 3-7x20.I bought in 1960.Shown is the tightest group I shot with it this year.

 

This isn't even my gun, it belongs to a close friend who haunts this forum and I had it over for a cleanup and curiosity inspection (and photoshoot) a few weeks ago. It's a Savage model 602, only made a couple of thousand of them, as in 2, and in my opinion is one of the best looking oldies out there in steel-trimmed walnut. 22 Short only, and it operates as smoothly as glass. One sweet old beauty.

 

I have a 41-p Ihope to post later. Great old gun , shore

 

Gendoc; nice to see a good piece of old iron being pass down.

 

You said it,Dino. Those Marlins are some kinda accurate!! RH

 

I've never seen one of those before,22AGS, but is darn good-looking! OK folks, this is how it's done. Keep that Walnut and Old Iron coming!! :F

 

I think I have posted pictures of most of my guns here somewhere so some may be repeats.

The first 22 that I ever shot was this Stevens Favorite. That was 48 years ago and the rifle was old then, in fact it's exactly the same.
My grandfather had me stand on his workbench and shoot it out of the window while he worked on a tractor or something when I was 5 years old.
This old rifle and I shot many birds in his garden and fruit trees.

Early Marlin 99, made around 1960, sold by Marlin factory last year so I am it's first owner. It's a "Special" Model 99.

A pic of my Marlin 336 44 Magnum along with a Marlin 39A. The 44 is fun to shoot.
The 39 is too.

 

How about something nearly 117 years old ?

But, this Marlin is a bit younger, being born only in 1946:

 

But, this Marlin is a bit younger, being born only in 1946:

Cradlerobber!

 

I wish I knew who the "wealthy" man was that ordered this, from Marlin's custom shop, in early 1906. This was not an inexpensive rifle, for that time. It probably cost around $100. I have a factory letter coming from the Cody Museum, but it won't have any real details.

Marlin Deluxe Model 1893, 30-30, "A" checkered pistol grip stock, 26" half octagon barrel, half mag, sling studs, rifle buttplate, and it's a TAKEDOWN!:bthumb:

If I quit buying firearms I could probably afford a better camera.

 

Remington 341-P, 1937 vintage.

It's a beauty, and I hope it can make it into my future children's hands someday.

 

Winchester 61. In a few years it will be going on to it's 4th generation of owners.

 

My first rifle, a Noris .22, captured during the war by my uncle in Germany, given to me in 1956, taken back a few years later and returned again in 2005. It was a mess and I rebuilt it to what it was like in 1956.

 

Here's an old gun in new walnut. It's a CMP H&R mod. 12 in a custom American black walnut stock with maple burl caps.

 

Some beautiful stuff here. I have no way of posting pictures (no camera) but even if I did, my "iron and wood" gun is not here as it got dropped off at a gunsmith yesterday.

It is a 1906 Winchester Expert (the one with the pistol grip stock), made in 1916. Not an heirloom as we found it and an Iver Johnson Owl's Head .38 revolver left behind in a rental house my Mother in Law was moving into. However, that was over 35 years ago, so I've probably owned it about as long as anybody.

Some previous owner didn't understand the circular dovetails that hold the magazine holders to the barrel and butchered them up, ruining the magazine tube in the process. That's what I'm finally having fixed, 35 years later. I used to shoot it as a single shot but probably haven't fired it in 15 years. The barrel is pretty bad; I'm thinking about having it relined as barrels seem to be scarce as hens teeth.

 

SQUAWSACH, please post a bigger picture. That one need a better look.

 

cp1969; When you get the old Winny back, maybe you can find someone to help you with a coupla pictures. It's a classic and certainly deserves a post here. We would sure like to see it. Maybe you can find someone with a cell phone to help out ?? RH

 

I've got eight weeks to decide how much I want to spend on this old gun. As it is, it's nothing to look at. The bluing is all brown, it has scratches and dings all over, the stock and forearm are worn very badly. I don't know how to abuse a firearm to get it into this condition, which happened in it's first 50 years of existence, not since I've owned it. I've got guns that I bought new in 1969 that look used, but pretty close to new condition. They certainly don't look like this.

On the way home Saturday, I stopped at a different shop and they had two 1906's and two 1890's that were in much better condition than mine and IIRC were priced around $375 for the 1906's and $450-500 for the 1890's. They also had a 61 for $650--I've been giving that some thought.

Here is a link to the gunsmith who is working on my 1906. Lots of photos.

http://www.gunsmithingonly.com/

A friend recommended him to me. From the looks of some of his projects, he does good work.

 

My offerings

The Remington model 24 was probably bought by my grandfather around 1920 or a little bit before. As near as I have been able to determine it was made around 1918, +/- a year or two. I started shooting it when I was (almost) big enough to hold it - 5 yr.s old or so, and full time when I was 10. Still shot true when I finally retired it when I got a 62A when I was 14. The action was not strong enough for the high velocity ammo. Some little spring or something would break and the rifle would fail to eject. I could only shoot standard velocity, and that was hard to come by.

The Mossberg 44b came into my possession when I was a forester in Montana in 1964. Belonged to a school teacher buddy who didn't want it. It was his father's gun. I paid the princely sum of $20 for it.

Unfortunately my 62A was stolen while I was in college and never recovered.
VH67 man:

 

Nice pair,VH. Sorry about the 62A. I know how that feels. Was a groomsman in a friend"s wedding one night, and some thug knew and took chance to break in and steal six guns, all I had. He's still in the big house( one of many offences). I can't abide a thief. RH

 

 

22AGS; I got to leave for work , but I'll take a wild guess. Is it a remmy and a winny? Maybe a341-P and a 72? Hope I'm not too far Off!! RH

 

Remingtonian 34 & 341P belonging to Flysalot, who don't do pictures.

 

At least I was 50%. Thats better than usual. RH

 

My first firearm, a Remington 580 that my dad gave me when I was about 5 or 6. He cut it way down (front and back) and it was in pretty bad shape when I got it out of the family vault a few months ago. I cleaned it up and now my 6 year old is using it. It shoots pretty well, and seems to prefer the cheaper "bulk" style ammo (which is just fine for me!).

JJ

 

That"s what it's all about, JJ. Family history being passed down. Whenever he uses it, he'll think of you and his granddad. Ain't that right,jn? RH