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Your Most Cherished Firearm, and Why -
KenK/84Bravo
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Mine would have to be the 1942 Izveshk, M38 Carbine, in the white, unfinished stock, (no varnish etc.) Rough tool marks that my Dad picked up and brought back. He saw a lot of Combat WWII, Korea,Vietnam, and only picked what he thought were Militarily significant pieces.
I would Love to know the History behind this rifle. Where it has been, the conflicts it has seen, etc.
Got me in to the whole 7.62X54 round, and subsequently collecting M38's/M44's.
What do you have? Why is it important to you?
Please share.
I would Love to know the History behind this rifle. Where it has been, the conflicts it has seen, etc.
Got me in to the whole 7.62X54 round, and subsequently collecting M38's/M44's.
What do you have? Why is it important to you?
Please share.
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Feel the same way about useing some of his old tools inherited.
Its a comfort and a good feeling to know.
Never knew your Dad was a Ranger in WWII, Brother.
Much Respect.
Most of my best friends are Rangers, I'm not sure how that happened. (?)
This was my great grandfather's revolver, mechanical pencil and a business card. He was a judge in South Dakota in the 1940's and 50's. It was my understanding he kept the revolver in a small pocket in his robe when he was on the bench. He passed away a year before I was born. I would have certainly liked to have known him. I have several of his personal items including fishing lures. pocket knives, duck decoys, his writings on bird watching and other personal papers.
My Grandmother kept the revolver under her pillow until she passed away...it was given to me in 1984...it has little monetary value, but it is priceless to me.
Simply a priceless rifle.
I have a number of "close seconds". I'm lucky enough to have most of my Grandfathers guns, so his A5 Light 12 Browning, 99 Savage 30-30 take down, and Czech made custom 16 ga. double engraved, along with an inexpensive old H&A 32 pistol a former Chicago Police Chief gave my Great Grandfather, who gave it to my Father on his 35th Birthday(with a personal letter), who gave it to me on my 35th birthday(with a personal letter), and I'll give it to my Son in just over 4 years along with both letters and a new personal letter. We all share(d) the same first name.........
I also have an old Bernardelli 25 Auto my Father in Law gave me just after I got married. He bought it in Italy in 1944. It's in the original box and a box of ammo missing 2 shells. He made me promise I'd never take it to Italy!
Any gun that was given to me by a relative or very close friend is cherished and treasured. PRICELESS!
Although I said I would never trade it, a 1940 Nambu model 14, (another bring back from my Dad.) That was a Safe Queen. 300 rounds of hard to come by ammunition, a reproduction leather holster, (very nice.) Couple magazines. One SS original, two Triple K blued/aluminum. (Waited 5 years for a production run.) Traded it for an Essential Arms AR-15. Stripped/sandblasted, Cerakoted in flat OD green, black magpul furniture, Muzzle brake, Sig-Tac CP4 BDC illuminated reticle scope, 4X. Aftermarket Trigger (Timney ?) 3.5 lbs. set up.
20" Heavy, Chrome lined barrel.
Very accurate configuration. Although I hated to part with the Nambu, it made sense, as it was a Safe Queen. (And) My Ranger Brother wanted it for his collection.
Custom work done on the Essential Arms, by a good friend Ranger Brother. (Armament Specialist.) Up in NY State.
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You are certainly keeping good company...
Rangers lead the way. Past present and future leaders.
Carry on.
Maybe you have a friend, relative or even a distant relative that knows and appreciates how special that old '94 is.
Would make one hell of a gift, and its wonderful old legacy would continue........Ed
Thanks for sharing your story.
moms EIG 22 lr derringer
The little bottle neck .38-40 round is also one of my favorite to reload and shoot. Amazing how accurate this ammo is in this old 127 year old rifle. I haven't reset the sights since they were last set by great grandpa sometime before his stroke in the mid 1930s about 85 years ago or so. At 50 yards they're dead on.
This guy NEVER gets tired of seeing cool old Lever Guns.
Especially a cool old Lever Gun with some family history!!
When asked what is my favorite caliber, I like all calibers.
Life is too short to hunt with a ugly gun.
Wow! Now that's an old gun with some history!
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
"One of the ugliest"?
Seriously? You have something else at that level?
On a visit with him a few years before he died, he gave the rifle to me. I loved that old man and the rifle will always hold a special place in my heart. It will go to my Son when I pass, along with its history and special meaning which he is already well aware of.
I would say Granddads 1903 boot backup from his Newark PD Motor Officer days. Fits perfectly in my wedding/funeral suit.
I remember when I first saw it. Had a holster sewn in his boot. I thought he was the coolest....and was.
I'll see your Granpa's 1903, and raise you my Grandma's 1903!
One of many firearms I'll never part with. It'd be tough to pick just one!
It took me 5-7 years searching for and finally locating magazine lifter parts through Numrich.
Bolt action, tube fed, Beaver tail forend, made in the 1940's, understand it was a Military "Training Rifle."
(?)
Extremely accurate. My Son can hit floating leaves in the pond out back at 100 yards, all day long. It will be his.
The one that I like most that I bought is an HK import Benelli Super Black Eagle. I read about it way back then about how it could shoot 2.75, 3, and 3.5" in any order, without adjustment. I drove over 2 hours to see and hold one. I knew I had to have one but at over a grand to buy, and me at ~20 I had to work a lot of overtime to save for it. I later bought a shorter barrel for it, then after that bought a slug barrel that has sights on it. I then put a 2x7x32 Leupold on it with removable mounts. I have said that if for some reason we can only have one gun, this would be it because it is so versatile, at least with all the accessories.
I use the SBE a lot for hunting, but one relatively 'lowly' gun that while I don't really cherish, it is on me all day, every day and I trust my life to it. It is a Kel-tec P3AT (.380). My wife and I call it my "American Express" because I never leave home without it (even when I carry one of my 10mm's). That is kinda our code word too for her to remind me to take it off if we are going somewhere it is not permitted (post office or concert usually).
So I don't really have a cherished firearm like most of you folks. Have a few 30-40 Krags that I bought when I found out my great grandpa used a couple to dispatch a band of Zapatas. He died with one in his hands when a group of 100 or so of them came back after the fall of Mexico City.
The last one I will part with is a Ruger SR1911 that was a gift, provided to me with custom machined grips that were machined by a couple of the guys in the shop, so I guess that would be the most cherished.
Brad Steele
Margaret Thatcher
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Mark Twain
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