aarondhgraham
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Hello mattL46
My best friend was a shooter,,,
She was on her high school rifle team in the late 60's.
Her Father was a WW-II vet who loved target shooting,,,
Her brother grew up around rifles,,,
But never caught the bug.
When my friend passed away a few years back,,,
I offered to store her firearms for him.
He lives in California and was a bit leery,,,
He didn't want to take anything home that was illegal.
So the night before he flew back west,,,
He shows up at my place with several blankets of rifles,,,
One of those rifles was a heavy barrel Winchester model 52 of some ilk.
This gun was definitely set up for bench shooting,,,
It weighed a ton and had huge peep sights.
I cleaned it up a bit and took it to the range,,,
With Remington mil-surp LRN ammo,,,
I shot a 1-hole group at 25 yards.
I have never been so tempted to steal a gun as I was with that rifle.
In actuality I could never do that to anyone,,,
So I did the next best thing and offered him a lo-ball price of $500.00,,,
I wasn't trying to steal the rifle though as I told him that it was probably worth twice that at least.
In a later conversation he told me he sold the model 52 for $1,800.00.
He did decide to gift me two others from her collection,,,
He gave me the two guns she always took out when we went shooting,,,
They were her nickel-plated 4" Model 34 and her Mossberg 340-KC target rifle.
That Model 52 would have been wasted on me,,,
The Mossberg and the S&W and I get along very well,,,
So I have two fine guns to remind me of my dear departed friend.
Aarond
.
My best friend was a shooter,,,
She was on her high school rifle team in the late 60's.
Her Father was a WW-II vet who loved target shooting,,,
Her brother grew up around rifles,,,
But never caught the bug.
When my friend passed away a few years back,,,
I offered to store her firearms for him.
He lives in California and was a bit leery,,,
He didn't want to take anything home that was illegal.
So the night before he flew back west,,,
He shows up at my place with several blankets of rifles,,,
One of those rifles was a heavy barrel Winchester model 52 of some ilk.
This gun was definitely set up for bench shooting,,,
It weighed a ton and had huge peep sights.
I cleaned it up a bit and took it to the range,,,
With Remington mil-surp LRN ammo,,,
I shot a 1-hole group at 25 yards.
I have never been so tempted to steal a gun as I was with that rifle.
In actuality I could never do that to anyone,,,
So I did the next best thing and offered him a lo-ball price of $500.00,,,
I wasn't trying to steal the rifle though as I told him that it was probably worth twice that at least.
In a later conversation he told me he sold the model 52 for $1,800.00.
He did decide to gift me two others from her collection,,,
He gave me the two guns she always took out when we went shooting,,,
They were her nickel-plated 4" Model 34 and her Mossberg 340-KC target rifle.
That Model 52 would have been wasted on me,,,
The Mossberg and the S&W and I get along very well,,,
So I have two fine guns to remind me of my dear departed friend.
Aarond
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