Russ, I agree! I've found myself sitting there thinking about similar things, and wonder what my Great Grandad is thinking when he is looking at me holding his gun and admiring it and in a perfect world possibly shooting it myself. I also inherited sever other guns, some pistols from a Colt .45 1911 down to a Colt .25 1908...an American Gun Co. shotgun and the rest are various rifles. I normally deer hunt with a 22-250, but since inheriting all of these, I will try my hand at my Dad's Marlin 30-30 this next deer season. And while I sit in my stand waiting for that big buck to find himself in my sights, I'll be able to pass the time thinking about how my dad would sit with the same rifle and wait for the big one.
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