M14 Forum

mercman · December 8th, 2011, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Whatsinaname181

winchester 1890 pump. still have it. snuck it outside to play with it when i was about 6 or 7. left it out undernieth my dads truck canopy in the backyard... he found it about a week later with a nice "patina" on it. its a break apart- oh yes. That buttstock? makes for a nice paddle :D

still have it and its still a fine shooter. has leaf and tang peep sights.

Ouch!! Yeah, my son took a pair of binoculars that I got for my 7th or 8th birthday and left them outside. I'd taken very good care of them and was going to pass them on to him later...........but, they were pretty messed up after sitting out in the rain for a few days. Sigh.

I also loaned a nice Winchester Mdl 94 .30-30 carbine to one of my inlaws. Those folks all have pretty corrosive skin oils and the gun wasn't wiped down after use and rusted and pitted the back strap. Grrrrr!!!

JPriest · December 8th, 2011, 11:49 AM

Mine was a Remington Nylon 66. My uncle owned it and gave it to me when I was 7.

mercman · December 8th, 2011, 12:00 PM

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Mine was a Remington Nylon 66. My uncle owned it and gave it to me when I was 7.

Still have it? The prices for those have gone up astronomically. I should have bought one when they came out.................

sirtirithon · December 8th, 2011, 02:11 PM

Marlin model 60 that my grandfather bought for me...love it!

1KPerDay · December 8th, 2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Houndmaster

Ruger 10/22. My father bought if for me for a birthday gift.

Same here. I leaned it against the Land Cruiser in the driveway on the way home from the store; it fell over and cracked the brand new stock and broke the rear sight. I was mortified.

I shot it like that for years then finally replaced the stock and installed a scope. My kids love shooting it.

mercman · December 8th, 2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sirtirithon

Marlin model 60 that my grandfather bought for me...love it!

It's amazing how many guises the old Mdl 60 came in. I've got one that is made to look like a M1 Carbine. Sweet shooter, too.

1KPerDay · December 8th, 2011, 03:45 PM

Post a pic if you can. Sounds cool.

mercman · December 8th, 2011, 04:00 PM

Sure. I just have to get off my a$$ and do it! I'll take the funky NCStar RDS off it first though! It was kind of a gift from a buddy who passed from pancreatic cancer. He'd given me several guns to sell for him before he found out he was dying. I went to see him in the hospital and in the course of our conversation asked what I should do with them. He said just keep them. I got pretty choked up, he was a good buddy. Of course now I can never sell any of them..............

Dare2Think · January 14th, 2012, 09:24 AM

I thought that it would be a neat tradition to start in my family. I bought my son a 10/22 for his first birthday, and every year on his birthday (which is today), I take his picture standing next to it…except for his first birthday since he couldn’t even stand. So every year on Jan. 14th I pull the rifle out of the locker and have him stand next to it and smile (to see his growth in relation to the rifle). This year he remembered and even asked me about it a few days ago to reminded forgetful dad. Here is the progression so far: Years 1 – 4.
His name and birthdate were laser etched into the receiver.

Enjoy…and happy birthday Haiden!

hammer 1 · January 14th, 2012, 09:52 AM

My first a marlin model 60, bought it from a school friend for 15 bucks. That was also a time you could buy a 50 round box for 50 cents. I still have it, its a safe queen now, it earned it. I cant even remember how many bricks it saw.

mercman · January 14th, 2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Dare2Think

I thought that it would be a neat tradition to start in my family. I bought my son a 10/22 for his first birthday, and every year on his birthday (which is today), I take his picture standing next to it…except for his first birthday since he couldn’t even stand. So every year on Jan. 14th I pull the rifle out of the locker and have him stand next to it and smile (to see his growth in relation to the rifle). This year he remembered and even asked me about it a few days ago to reminded forgetful dad. Here is the progression so far: Years 1 – 4.
His name and birthdate were laser etched into the receiver.

Enjoy…and happy birthday Haiden!

That's very cool!! Your son and mine share the same birthday, just different years. I'd bought him a Winchester Youth model .22LR and should have done that too. Thanks for sharing!

mercman · January 14th, 2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by hammer 1

My first a marlin model 60, bought it from a school friend for 15 bucks. That was also a time you could buy a 50 round box for 50 cents. I still have it, its a safe queen now, it earned it. I cant even remember how many bricks it saw.

Man, those Mdl 60's are everywhere! I remember when they sold at Coast to Coast and Monkey Wards. I, too, remember when a box of 50 rounds of .22LR could be had for under a buck and even for less than $.50. Those were the good old days.......................

ppcshooter1 · January 14th, 2012, 02:16 PM

The first .22 I ever shot was a Browning .22 Auto you load through the stock. It was so old it didn't have a s/n. When Dad passed in '06, I got it, a scoped Marlin Model 60 he bought back in the early 90s and a Ruger 10/22 Stainless International I gave him for Christmas in the mid to late 90s. The girlfriend I had around 2000 gave me a Romanian .22 bolt action trainer for Christmas. Then I bought a Marlin 795 back in October. For my Christmas present to me this year I sent a RRA upper receiver to Compass Lake and had them build a dedicated .22 NM upper.

Marty

grndpndr · March 31st, 2012, 06:24 PM

Model 514 Remington boys rifle, single shot-bolt action.Cheapest .22 rifle in remingtons inventory Im sure but at 5-6 yrs old it might as well have been the finest rifle ever built as far as I was concerned.Even @ that age I was to small for the stock so my Dad who had little use for aesthetics/gunsmiths cut the stock himself w/handsaw.Didnt matter to me,I loved that rifle for many years and still do.many a good time was had with that rifle.Fired so many times its chamber is becoming worn/potentially dangerous with a bulge by the extractor cut.Never the less it has taught my boys to shoot also.I still have it
with its very nice straight grain walnut stock. All steel/wood and still in good shape save the chamber I am restoring the rifle so one day my grandchildren God willing will learn to shoot using that very same rifle.

A .22 that I had a real desire for then and now was/is the browning t-bolt .22 LR,talk about quality of the real Belgian Browning!Another rifle that was a huge attraction for me was the browning FN mauser action sporter with the classic stock sans any garish adornment save hand checkering and fine lines.No contrasting forend or abominable forend spacer.One BBL feature ill never forget was the stepped bbl,not a stepped bbl as in a military mauser but rounded stepped
barrel more in keeping with its sporter heritage.Sorry to get so far away! Old farts dreams.

mercman · March 31st, 2012, 06:31 PM

That's what is so great about passing guns down to the next generation. That rifle will probably be shot by your grandkids's kids! I think that barrels and chambers can be relined..............

http://www.redmansrifling.com/relining.htm