Guns that take you back. Also gun porn.

The Mossberg bolt action shotgun was introduced on my birth year.

avvidclif said:

I got a Daisy BB gun for Xmas when I was 6-7. By the time I was 9 I was allowed to prowl Grandma's 160 acres by myself with her Stevens 22 auto. Dove hunted with a single shot 410 for years. In the evening we (brother and I) would load up in Grandmas '54 Chevy and drive the "block" shooting all the jackrabbits we could. Got where I could spot them by their ears. Once it got dark:30 we would go fox hunting. Headlights (not car) and homemade fox calls made from cow horn. Drive around that end of the county and just pull over on the side of the road and call. Dad knew all the good calling spot. Everyone knew everyone and no-one cared. Out in West Texas, where else. Coleman Co

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Made me grin.
Dang Bluecat

avvidclif said:

I got a Daisy BB gun for Xmas when I was 6-7. By the time I was 9 I was allowed to prowl Grandma's 160 acres by myself with her Stevens 22 auto. Dove hunted with a single shot 410 for years. In the evening we (brother and I) would load up in Grandmas '54 Chevy and drive the "block" shooting all the jackrabbits we could. Got where I could spot them by their ears. Once it got dark:30 we would go fox hunting. Headlights (not car) and homemade fox calls made from cow horn. Drive around that end of the county and just pull over on the side of the road and call. Dad knew all the good calling spot. Everyone knew everyone and no-one cared. Out in West Texas, where else. Coleman Co

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Born & raised in Coleman Co but did most of my road hunting in the far west (non-Bluecat) end of the county.

Moonpie said:

When I was about 13 my grandfather gave me his shotgun.
An Iver Johnson Champion
single shot 12ga w/ a 32 full choke barrel.

Paw.

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Reminds me of a gun in my safe. It's a Mississippi Valley Arms single shot 16 gauge. Looks like hell.

My dad was a really smart guy. He was valedictorian of his HS class. Entered WW2 in the Army Air Corp, and somehow became a drill instructor after only two years in.

My dad became a cop in the 50's and advanced quickly, eventually making Chief. He trained rookies and one night had an interesting encounter. They were called to a bar on a domestic situation. Some guy had been slapping his wife in the bar.

They show up and drag the guy out front to cuff him. His wife goes nutso and starts beating my dad over the head with her high heel. His partner helps him subdue her, and my dad grabbed her by the hair and her belt and threw her through the cop car window (it was down).

Meanwhile the guy is still not cuffed and pulls a shotgun out of the shrubs in front of the bar and puts it to the head of my dad's partner. My dad has his 38 to the guy's head (I also have that 38).

Cooler heads prevailed and no one was shot.

Back then if a cop took a gun off someone, they had 60 days to file paperwork to get it back. If they didn't, the cop who took the gun off the arrested person could take it home. And that's how it ended up in my safe.

gemihur said:

My guess would be a Mossberg Model 141

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Yes sir, it's a Mossberg.

Marlins model 60 .22lr.


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unicom said:

Marlins model 60 .22lr.

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not with a hinged forearm it's not!
Mossberg either 141 or 142

TxBigfoot said:

Who here knows the make of this old rifle?

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A shotgun is NOT a rifle. He was referring to the lower photo.
Mossberg 141 or 142

When I was about 8 years old my dad and I were behind the dam on our lake where he set up a tin can and handed me his Marlin 30-30. He told me that I had 3 shots and if I didn't hit the can at least twice I would never shoot that gun again. I hit the can all 3 shots.

My dad died when I was 10 years old and my mother used that 30-30 as a house gun for a few years and then it was stolen when I was 16. I sure wish that I still had it.

Got a 410 Winchester single break open ( no serial #) at about 9yrs and the next year a Sheridan 20cal pellet rifle. Still have both. Dad bought that Winchester from West Texas Wholesale and I bet it didn't cost $10-15.

We moved from the city to the desert foothills when I was four and my dad bought my mom a used Marlin 39a from Jack First long before he moved from his brick and mortar store. I learned to shoot with it which is probably why I'm better with a lever gun than a bolt action.
It's seventy years old and still shoots great. "Stock photo" follows since it's late & I don't want to go through the photography drill.

On my 14th birthday in 1958, my favorite aunt took me from my home in suburbs to some store (don't remember which one) in Boston where she bought me a single shot Remington Model 514. When my older brother, with his tube fed .22, wasn't around to drive us to the town dump, I'd take myself there on my bike with my rifle across the handle bars. We did our best to decimate the tin cans, bottles and rats.

That rifle was used a lot until I finished high school at which point real life took over and it ended up in the cellar of my folk's house. Eventually I retrieved it and over the years it got stored in many closets, garages and basements as different jobs took me around the country.

About three years ago, I ran across a post on another forum by a guy who was in the process of resurrecting his Model 514. It got me thinking about mine. It had gone unfired for many years and was tucked away in the corner of my garage. I got it out and checked the bore to find out that it was shiny and unpitted. The barrel, receiver and bolt had all acquired a patina of rust. With some 800 grit paper soaked in gun oil and carefully applied elbow grease, things began to look presentable again. I took the bolt apart to find that all its internal components were functional but were covered with gun powder residue. Hoppes No. 9 cleaned them all up and so after lubing with gun oil and reassembly my 514 was ready to go once more.

I took it to the range and it was flawless and as accurate as I remembered. I was 70+ years old but that rifle took me back to my boyhood days. My Model 514 is now 60 years old and it still puts a smile on my face every time I shoot it.





This price for 514 in this ad that's underlined in red is about what my aunt paid.

My nephew has one of those. It was covered in rust so did a similar cleaning. Still shoots well.

That Rem M 514 was my first rifle when I was 10 or so.

Great starter gun for a young man.
The next generation enjoyed the Marlin model 60.
My Sheridan Bluestreak sure got a workout!

To All,

As I've said elsewhere here, MY first "real gun" was the RIVER CITY ARMS 12 gauge "long-tom" single barrel that my beloved grandfather gave me when I was a "wet behind the ears kid", "- - - - so that he can hunt with the men."
(I felt VERY GROWNUP that day.)

I probably couldn't sell it for 20 bucks but to me alone it's PRICELESS.

yours, satx

satx78247 said:

To All,

As I've said elsewhere here, MY first "real gun" was the RIVER CITY ARMS 12 gauge "long-tom" single barrel that my beloved grandfather gave me when I was a "wet behind the ears kid", "- - - - so that he can hunt with the men."

I probably couldn't sell it for 20 bucks but to me alone it's PRICELESS.

yours, satx

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That’s cool though. I already have a cva hunter 20 gauge ready for my son

Sam7sf,

Fwiw, my nephew (my kid sister's son) KYLE THOMAS C________________ was (very likely) briefly THE YOUNGEST GUN-OWNER in TX, as I bought him a Remington 870 Wingmaster .410 Skeet-Gun when he was less than 2 hours old.
(K.T. is now >30 & he won't sell his "first gun" either.)

yours, satx

I have 2 brothers. We were born back in the 40's. When each of us turned 10 years old Dad got us a bicycle and a shotgun. My older brother and I each picked a Winchester Model 12. My little brother picked a Winchester double barrel. We would put them across the handlebars of the bike and ride through town and out in the country to hunt. No one even took a second glance as it was just natural for boys to have guns and bikes. I still have mine and it is, as you would guess, my favorite.