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Offline whitedogone

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Best Christmas ever!
« on: December 31, 2009, 01:04:12 AM »
We were down at the inlaws for Christmas this weekend. I got the ussual wool socks at such. They always get me great gifts that are always needed. But, this year my father-in-law hasn't been in the best of health. We got to talking about guns and such and he said that he had an old rifle in the closet for years. I told him I'd oil it up for him if he liked. Well, I had never seen it before and was suprised to find a Winchester 94 in the back of the closet. As I cleaned and oiled it up , he told me he bought the gun new in 1951 (ser# 1859xxx). He bought it for a deer hunting trip to Michigan. He had sighted it in and had shot a box of shells thru it and had another box of shells for it (the second box) in the closet that had one round out of it. After I got it all cleaned up, he told me that he wanted me to have it! Wow, what a great gift! I told him that I would baby it and keep it in the safe. I would love to use it to take a hog one of these years. It is real good condition and has only some light freckling mainly on the lever and underside of the receiver. And like I said it's only had a box of shells run thru it.


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Re: Best Christmas ever!
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2009, 01:35:01 AM »
That's a great rifle.  I bought a similar rifle a few years ago that had been fired 4 times.  It still had the original box of ammo with 4 fired cases.  I paid $60.00 and danced all the way home.  That's a beauty!
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Re: Best Christmas ever!
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2010, 06:25:15 AM »
Every time you take it out, it will bring back a flood of memories.  A gift for the rest of your life.  DP
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Re: Best Christmas ever!
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2010, 10:31:16 AM »
How memories begin, traditions roll on, and families tie together!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

I LOVE IT!

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