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Old 02-12-2012, 10:05 PM
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You're welcome, and thanks for the story that goes with em.
We all, at one time or another have held an old gun, and thought "if this rifle could only talk". Well, some can, if you pass the history down with the gun. Write it down on a slip of paper, and stick it under the butt plate.

A good friend of mine inherited a 1897 Diamond Grade Trap 12ga when his grandfather passed. Thing kicked like a mule with light Trap loads in it! He had me pull it completely apart for a good cleaning, and oil down the stocks. When we pulled the buttpad off, there was a roll of old hunting licenses stuffed under it dating back to the 30's, all with his grandfathers name.
We carefully pulled them apart, and he has them displayed in a picture frame now. His grandfather had wrote down how many birds he took that year on each license. That shotgun must have had a million rounds through it!
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