Batchman, Its a German K43 built in 1944. Chambered in 7.92X57( 8mm Mauser). Sometimes called Hitler's Garands.
Me too. My little Model 63 Kit Gun will be the last gun they pry from my cold dead hand!
I hear you stingray. Even if it was only for 10 minutes.
Me too. My little Model 63 Kit Gun will be the last gun they pry out of my cold dead hand!
I had a beautiful 34 (blued version of the 63) in the original box. Dlbleak has it now. Those things shoot like lasers.
i have about a dozen favorites but this one will go to the kids. flatwins and i's dad was a coffee-table ffl back in the late 70's-early 80's. dad ordered this one with all the options. 29-2 4 inch nickel with full target package. i even have the box the gun and presentation case were shipped in.
None of my most prized stuff is worth anything to anybody but me. My most treasured are a Winchester Model 290 .22 rifle my father bought me when I was about 9, still shootin thru it today with my kids; a Beretta 92F my father gave me for HS graduation, still shooting thru it regularly as well; my grandfathers service revolver from when he was an LEO in the 50s, I even still have his original holster; and then an old S&W Model 28 6" 'Highway Patrolman' that me and my dad used to take fishing with us. Alot of memories in those peices, not worth much to some but priceless to me.
My father, a Marine and an avid outdoorsman, also left me a pretty good collection of hunting/fishing gear and hunting and tactical firearms and gear- a few brands like Savage, Weatherby, Franchi, Benelli, etc.
I got lucky. My 2 older sisters and an older brother are all teachers as well as the typical southern California born and bred vegan Demo libs who wont even allow firearms in their homes, so they were all 3 more than cool with me keeping everything when we went thru my fathers stuff a month or so after he passed away. My 2 younger sisters and younger brother I share the same mother but different fathers were all 3 raised in Oklahoma around 'red' politics and different attitudes about firearms than my Cali sibs, the girls husbands both hunt and fish. I have also shared a few of my items with my younger brother who is big time into fishing and hunting but not so much into the tactical gear.
(In my older brothers defense, in addition to being a U Cal professor of Sociology, he runs 2 very popular martial arts schools in California, one of which he took over for my father in the early 70s when he was just out of highschool and at the top of his game in point fighting before trying full contact pro fighting. I was just a little kid then. His collection of MA weapons as well as knives has always been phenomenal. He just eschews firearms. To each their own).
My father, a Marine and an avid outdoorsman, also left me a pretty good collection of hunting/fishing gear and hunting and tactical firearms and gear- a few brands like Savage, Weatherby, Franchi, Benelli, etc.
I got lucky. My 2 older sisters and an older brother are all teachers as well as the typical southern California born and bred vegan Demo libs who wont even allow firearms in their homes, so they were all 3 more than cool with me keeping everything when we went thru my fathers stuff a month or so after he passed away. My 2 younger sisters and younger brother I share the same mother but different fathers were all 3 raised in Oklahoma around 'red' politics and different attitudes about firearms than my Cali sibs, the girls husbands both hunt and fish. I have also shared a few of my items with my younger brother who is big time into fishing and hunting but not so much into the tactical gear.
(In my older brothers defense, in addition to being a U Cal professor of Sociology, he runs 2 very popular martial arts schools in California, one of which he took over for my father in the early 70s when he was just out of highschool and at the top of his game in point fighting before trying full contact pro fighting. I was just a little kid then. His collection of MA weapons as well as knives has always been phenomenal. He just eschews firearms. To each their own).
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hahahahaha... I see what you did there
my grandfather's Unique model 52.
I have two I'll never get rid of. One is a Stevens .410 single shot that my dad gave me. The other is a Marlin 39A that my granddad gave me.
