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<blockquote data-quote="BangBangJamDang" data-source="post: 2094135" data-attributes="member: 26902"><p>My dad has had this gun locked away for years that I never paid any attention to as a kid. The main reason that it had little appeal to me was the fact that my dad said we weren’t allowed to shoot it. As time went on, I forgot that he even owned the gun. A couple weeks ago I was asking him about it, and I found out it is a M1903 Springfield 30-06 that has never been fired. It still has the paper wad in the barrel that came with it from the factory. The story is that my grandfather’s brother bought 3 of these new before my dad was even born. He kept one, gave one to my grandfather, and gave one to their other brother. My grandfather just put his away and never shot it. Years later my dad wound up with and put it in his gun safe where it sits to this day.</p><p></p><p>I don’t know how old this one is, but I plan on getting the serial number off it next time I am at my dad’s house. My grandfather does have a M1 Garand hanging above his fireplace, but that is a story for another time. (I have no idea where it came from)</p><p></p><p>So my question is, what would you all do with it? Would you clean it up and shoot it or just leave it to be passed on down the line? I know they aren’t a huge collector’s item, and there were tons of them made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BangBangJamDang, post: 2094135, member: 26902"] My dad has had this gun locked away for years that I never paid any attention to as a kid. The main reason that it had little appeal to me was the fact that my dad said we weren’t allowed to shoot it. As time went on, I forgot that he even owned the gun. A couple weeks ago I was asking him about it, and I found out it is a M1903 Springfield 30-06 that has never been fired. It still has the paper wad in the barrel that came with it from the factory. The story is that my grandfather’s brother bought 3 of these new before my dad was even born. He kept one, gave one to my grandfather, and gave one to their other brother. My grandfather just put his away and never shot it. Years later my dad wound up with and put it in his gun safe where it sits to this day. I don’t know how old this one is, but I plan on getting the serial number off it next time I am at my dad’s house. My grandfather does have a M1 Garand hanging above his fireplace, but that is a story for another time. (I have no idea where it came from) So my question is, what would you all do with it? Would you clean it up and shoot it or just leave it to be passed on down the line? I know they aren’t a huge collector’s item, and there were tons of them made. [/QUOTE]
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