I understand the connection with our family gifts. My dad died when I was very young and mother gave away his only gun: .22 single shot Westernfield. He used it on the farm in central Illinois to kill predators and hogs for butchering. Years later (I was adult) decided I was going to locate his .22. When I found the gun, barrel and action were being used as a stir rod in a paint shop and the stock was in a stack of scrap lumber. The shop owner gave me the gun and now it's in the vault after total restoration wearing a Lyman Alaskan 2 1/2 scope. My grandson wants only this .22 and my Springfield Trapdoor 45/70.
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