Albany Mountain
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A few days ago, my 40 year old+nephew called me and asked about shooting, specifically 30-30's. He evidently had a friend take him shooting with a Mossberg lever action and he said he had a blast. We had a long talk regarding calibers, hunting, economics, and rimfires. My mind was wandering the whole time. We kinda settled on him getting a rimfire Henry in the future to have some shooting enjoyment.
Once my mind quit wandering to the point of making a decision, I called him up the next morning and told him to come by, as I was going to give him my Dad's pre64 Winchester 94 in 30-30 with over 100 rounds of ammo I had. I told him that although I adored the rifle (as it was my first rifle to carry hunting when I was 10 years old), that it probably would remain a safe queen for my remaining years. I had actually shot it a few times a couple years ago at the range but don't need it for hunting due to the other bolt actions I have for hunting. It still has the description tag in Dads handwriting. And I looked up the manufacturing date of 1957.
Needless to say, we both were ecstatic about it. I've been thinking the last few years how to move these guns onwards and giving to my fathers only grandson, sounded like the best plan of all. And perhaps my nephew's 12 year boy will be the next on the ladder as he is starting to shoot as well with positive results. I'm sure Dad is ecstatic as well.
My mind is settled now.
Once my mind quit wandering to the point of making a decision, I called him up the next morning and told him to come by, as I was going to give him my Dad's pre64 Winchester 94 in 30-30 with over 100 rounds of ammo I had. I told him that although I adored the rifle (as it was my first rifle to carry hunting when I was 10 years old), that it probably would remain a safe queen for my remaining years. I had actually shot it a few times a couple years ago at the range but don't need it for hunting due to the other bolt actions I have for hunting. It still has the description tag in Dads handwriting. And I looked up the manufacturing date of 1957.
Needless to say, we both were ecstatic about it. I've been thinking the last few years how to move these guns onwards and giving to my fathers only grandson, sounded like the best plan of all. And perhaps my nephew's 12 year boy will be the next on the ladder as he is starting to shoot as well with positive results. I'm sure Dad is ecstatic as well.
My mind is settled now.
