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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 4025283" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>I don't have the first rifle,,,</p><p>But I do still have the first handgun I ever bought.</p><p></p><p>Like my first rifle I bought this at another farm auction,,,</p><p>It would have been somewhere around 1964,,,</p><p>The price was a whopping $10.00 bill.</p><p></p><p>It did come with a "sock" full of ammo,,,</p><p>About 40 rounds give or take.</p><p></p><p>It only took one trip to the "shooting creek" to expend all that old ammo,,,</p><p>It wasn't until I attended a gun show in the early 80's,,,</p><p>That I found more ammo and what the gun was.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372359[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>She is a Model 1892 French Lebel chambered in 8mm,,,</p><p>This one has the date 1903 stamped on the barrel.</p><p></p><p>I named her Margaux.</p><p></p><p>At that gun show I was able to find a dozen rounds of vintage ammo,,,</p><p>I still have that ammo as part of the display case she lives in.</p><p></p><p>I was also told that it could fire 32 Long ammo,,,</p><p>But it would make a small split in the case,,,</p><p>And wouldn't be very accurate.</p><p></p><p>Imagine my surprise when I found a local source of ammo for it,,,</p><p>sgammo.com out of Stillwater, OK had new manufactured Fiocchi in stock.</p><p></p><p>I was pretty flush at the time,,,</p><p>So I bought 550 rounds.</p><p></p><p>50 rounds went downrange that first range trip,,,</p><p>The revolver handled and shot as well as any new revolver.</p><p></p><p>I've had this French beauty since I was 15 years old,,,</p><p>I'm 71 now so that makes it 66 years in my possession.</p><p></p><p>I make custom gun leather as a sideline hobby,,,</p><p>My next project is a "Doc Holiday" chest rig for her.</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 4025283, member: 13337"] I don't have the first rifle,,, But I do still have the first handgun I ever bought. Like my first rifle I bought this at another farm auction,,, It would have been somewhere around 1964,,, The price was a whopping $10.00 bill. It did come with a "sock" full of ammo,,, About 40 rounds give or take. It only took one trip to the "shooting creek" to expend all that old ammo,,, It wasn't until I attended a gun show in the early 80's,,, That I found more ammo and what the gun was. [ATTACH type="full"]372359[/ATTACH] She is a Model 1892 French Lebel chambered in 8mm,,, This one has the date 1903 stamped on the barrel. I named her Margaux. At that gun show I was able to find a dozen rounds of vintage ammo,,, I still have that ammo as part of the display case she lives in. I was also told that it could fire 32 Long ammo,,, But it would make a small split in the case,,, And wouldn't be very accurate. Imagine my surprise when I found a local source of ammo for it,,, sgammo.com out of Stillwater, OK had new manufactured Fiocchi in stock. I was pretty flush at the time,,, So I bought 550 rounds. 50 rounds went downrange that first range trip,,, The revolver handled and shot as well as any new revolver. I've had this French beauty since I was 15 years old,,, I'm 71 now so that makes it 66 years in my possession. I make custom gun leather as a sideline hobby,,, My next project is a "Doc Holiday" chest rig for her. Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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