her grandchildren. So, when our boys became old enough to hunt, both started with Mom’s Rifle. And as it is supposed to be, they grew into their own rifles. The little gun didn’t see as much hunting as it had, now that she was rais- ing our family. But time flies and soon our children had children of their own and the little gun came out of the safe once again. Frankie the third was first of the grandchildren. He shot his first deer, a doe, with the gun and the following year his first buck. Then at 10 it was his brother Coltin’s turn and he shot his first deer, a doe, with Grandma’s gun. The following year he shot his first buck with the 250 and this year will graduate to my Winchester Model 70 pre-war 257 Roberts that originally was his great grandfather’s gun.
Details of the checkering, and how the wood flows around the bolt release. Look closely and see the joint under the scope lock ring where the bolt was cut, a section taken out and put back together.
When I returned home around 11:00 she was already in the house. As I walked by the door I noticed the rifle in the corner and two loaded shells and an empty. “So did you kill a deer,” I asked? “I feel sure I did but wanted to wait until you got here to go check,” she replied. Quickly I changed clothes, stuck the other two shells in her gun and told her to walk in front in case it jumped up. She had marked the spot where she saw
the deer jump out of the field. We went to the spot and I walked into the woods no more that 10 yards and saw the deer, dead as a hammer. As with many heart shot deer, this one had made that mad dash for 20 yards or so and piled up in some blackberry vines.
The little rifle had found a loving home and was destined to live on as an heirloom from Edith to Beverly and from Beverly to her children and now
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Family traditions run deep with our family when it comes to hunting, just as it does in the families of many of our readers. These guns are more than just hunks of steel and wood. They are living memories of times and people past who made us what we are today. While many of today’s rifles are well-made and shoot perfectly well, they are made of alloys and composite. They are just as good or better than the classic rifles of yesterday but they lack the warmth of blued steel and polished walnut. While I own many rifles with composite stocks, and hunt with them, they won’t carry the same tradition as does Grandma’s Rifle. They get the job done but are more like tools than works of art. All of us diehard hunters and gun nuts have a favorite gun that is special only to us or our families. It may not be a true work of art but instead a gun that is surrounded with our family memo- ries. In this day of changing times and attitudes toward us hunters, we must be ever vigilant to make sure that we guard this freedom that will allow our grandchildren the same opportunities that my generation has enjoyed, to pick up a favorite rifle and head into the mountains to form memories that we can pass down.
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tin’s buck and eyed the rifle in Frankie’s hands, his question was natural and welcomed. “Why yes, Liam, you will use Grandma’s Rifle and some day your children will use the same gun.”
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