More long guns thanks to grandpa!!!

[jstwrit]

Although my wife may not appreciate the "coolness" of this, I think my friends at INGO will. My wife's grandpa just gave me two rifle's and a double barreled shotgun. I now have a Marlin 1892 with an octagon barrel, beautiful buckhorn rear sight and a long (1970's Lincoln Continental looking) front sight. He also gave me a Winchester Model 61 which is scoped with an old Redfield. Last is a double barreled shotgun which is still at his house so I don't know much about it yet. Aren't grandpas awesome! I'm happy to have a piece of heritage to pass to my boys! Now I need to find a safe I can afford to better house these antiques.

 

[nighthawk80]

That is sweet!

 

[Spot Me 2]

Pics or your lieing.....

Seriously though, congrats on the new guns!

 

[gunman41mag]

It's a great feeling when you get free guns

 

[gunman41mag]

It's a great feeling when you get free guns

 

[MrSmitty]

Sweet!

 

[dpzj96]

Congrats man. I have received several guns from my grandpa through the years. I found an old JC Higgins Model 66 with a poly choke in the back of a closet we were cleaning out after my grandmother passed. It had a broken charging handle, but Numerich solved that problem. He and I replaced the broken one with the new one last weekend. I realize this gun is probably not worth what the part cost to replace, but this is a gun that I will never get rid of.

 

[jstwrit]

Blah, Blah, Blah...

I get it...Spot Me 2, you're jealous! I understand.

 

[jstwrit]

The fun is all ours!

 

[sonrider657]

Congratulations. I am jealous. I do not have any family heritage like that. Treasure it!

 

[nova512]

make sure to let him know you are thankful.congrats.

 

[oneshotonekill]

Hand me downs are great, I got a couple. What I was thinking was when my generation are grandfathers, we'll be giving away black guns!

 

[Michld01]

Awesome! Actually, I just received a Winchester 1897 12ga that was made in 1931 that belonged to my wife's great-grandfather.

 

[leveraction]

nice, its obvious you appreciate them who will cherish them and someday pass them on to another generation of gun owners, good deal

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Gotta love gun giving grandpas, don't ya?

 

[Duce]

Just a sobering thought. It's great to receive guns owned by family or good friends. Just remember that there may be a time that those and good memories are all that are left of them. Don't miss a chance to visit, thank, take'em to dinner, or shoot the breeze. For as with us all "Each moment may be the moment you take your last breathe...Don't want to be a gloomy Gus, personally I've missed more than a few oppurtunities...Learn From Others Mistakes....Duce<><

 

[gcoop]

every time i touch the jc higgins 12 guage gramps left me, i think of all the good times that papaw told me to keep my gruby little hands off of it.

 

[Expat]

None of the wife's family were gun folk...

Congrats on the great score.

 

[jstwrit]

Doing just that!

Just a sobering thought. It's great to receive guns owned by family or good friends. Just remember that there may be a time that those and good memories are all that are left of them. Don't miss a chance to visit, thank, take'em to dinner, or shoot the breeze. For as with us all "Each moment may be the moment you take your last breathe...Don't want to be a gloomy Gus, personally I've missed more than a few oppurtunities...Learn From Others Mistakes....Duce<><

My wifes grandma just passes away and we are taking the opportunities we still have to visit with him. We take our three young boys, a meal, and eat with him once a week. I don't have any regrets with the time I had with my grandma and I think we'll be able to say the same thing about him. As part of the gift I insisted that he tell me all he can remember about the guns so I can better appreciate them. Thanks for speaking the truth...

 

[jstwrit]

I started this thread a long time ago and finally made time to take a few shots of two of the fore mentioned rifles. ***Having some trouble loading the the other one, I'll keep trying***