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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 2379094" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>My 2nd most sentimental gun is a K-98 8mm Mauser,,,</p><p>My great-uncle Bantie gave it to me.</p><p></p><p>Well, actually my grandfather gave it to me,,,</p><p>After he got it from Bantie.</p><p></p><p>Bantie and Lou never had children of their own,,,</p><p>So all summer long they had nieces and nephews visit them.</p><p></p><p>Bantie had a pair of old Stevens single shot 22 pistols,,,</p><p>When I stayed with them for a month one summer,,,</p><p>We shot them just about every day I was there.</p><p></p><p>Bantie would stop on the way home and get two six-packs of canned beer,,,</p><p>Then after dinner we would go out in his back yard to shoot,,,</p><p>We sat on this big log and he would drink a beer,,,</p><p>Then toss the can out for me to shoot at.</p><p></p><p>Please refrain from making comments about alcohol and firearms,,,</p><p>It was the mid 1950's and was a much different world then.</p><p></p><p>Mom had a snapshot that Lou took of me and Bantie on the log,,,</p><p>It was a view of our backs with 300 pound Bantie and 6 year old me beside him.</p><p></p><p>Anyways when Bantie passed away I asked my grandfather what had happened to his guns,,,</p><p>One of the other nephews had asked for the 22 pistols and received them from Lou,,,</p><p>Papa had taken the 8mm Mauser before it could be given to a different cousin,,,</p><p>He gave it to me and I still have it in original condition today.</p><p></p><p>Every time I look at it,,,</p><p>I relive fond memories of Bantie and that log.</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 2379094, member: 13337"] My 2nd most sentimental gun is a K-98 8mm Mauser,,, My great-uncle Bantie gave it to me. Well, actually my grandfather gave it to me,,, After he got it from Bantie. Bantie and Lou never had children of their own,,, So all summer long they had nieces and nephews visit them. Bantie had a pair of old Stevens single shot 22 pistols,,, When I stayed with them for a month one summer,,, We shot them just about every day I was there. Bantie would stop on the way home and get two six-packs of canned beer,,, Then after dinner we would go out in his back yard to shoot,,, We sat on this big log and he would drink a beer,,, Then toss the can out for me to shoot at. Please refrain from making comments about alcohol and firearms,,, It was the mid 1950's and was a much different world then. Mom had a snapshot that Lou took of me and Bantie on the log,,, It was a view of our backs with 300 pound Bantie and 6 year old me beside him. Anyways when Bantie passed away I asked my grandfather what had happened to his guns,,, One of the other nephews had asked for the 22 pistols and received them from Lou,,, Papa had taken the 8mm Mauser before it could be given to a different cousin,,, He gave it to me and I still have it in original condition today. Every time I look at it,,, I relive fond memories of Bantie and that log. Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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