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If you could have just one rifle back ?
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<blockquote data-quote="cdherman" data-source="post: 1418278" data-attributes="member: 12282"><p>Lotta Dad stories.... Mine is another. We had this old .303 Brit that was sporterized that my dad bought in the 60's. It was the only rifle we had, aside from a .22. When I was 16, I had a knack for wood working and hands on stuff generally. I took the old .303 apart and baked the stock in the kitchen oven to get the cosmoline out (don't tell mom why the house stank), refinished it to look very nice. Polished the brass butt plate up. Made all the bluing look pretty nice with some cold blue. I was proud. It kicked like a mule and my Dad felt bad, so for my birthday the next year, he traded it for a .243 Rem Woodsmaster autoloader.</p><p></p><p>Makes the story hard, because he meant well. But the automatic was used and there was a reason someone had parted with it. It jammed every third shot or so.</p><p></p><p>So it got traded back soon thereafter for a Rem BDL in 25-06. Which also had the funny ability to kick far harder than a .25 should. And never shot right.</p><p></p><p>Now -- I still have my dad, and the 25-06 is becoming a 280 AI at a well respected smith this year, 40 years after I got it. And I know he meant well the whole way.</p><p></p><p>But I still miss that .303 -- for a 16 year old, it looked pretty and I miss it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cdherman, post: 1418278, member: 12282"] Lotta Dad stories.... Mine is another. We had this old .303 Brit that was sporterized that my dad bought in the 60's. It was the only rifle we had, aside from a .22. When I was 16, I had a knack for wood working and hands on stuff generally. I took the old .303 apart and baked the stock in the kitchen oven to get the cosmoline out (don't tell mom why the house stank), refinished it to look very nice. Polished the brass butt plate up. Made all the bluing look pretty nice with some cold blue. I was proud. It kicked like a mule and my Dad felt bad, so for my birthday the next year, he traded it for a .243 Rem Woodsmaster autoloader. Makes the story hard, because he meant well. But the automatic was used and there was a reason someone had parted with it. It jammed every third shot or so. So it got traded back soon thereafter for a Rem BDL in 25-06. Which also had the funny ability to kick far harder than a .25 should. And never shot right. Now -- I still have my dad, and the 25-06 is becoming a 280 AI at a well respected smith this year, 40 years after I got it. And I know he meant well the whole way. But I still miss that .303 -- for a 16 year old, it looked pretty and I miss it. [/QUOTE]
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