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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1896249" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Really three. Two rifles and a pistol. First rifle was my first high power rifle. At the age of 12 in 1969 I worked my butt off for a year mowing yards, hauling hay, working in the tobacco fields and anything else I could do to make a dime. I saved up $45. My Dad small game hunted and taught me but did not deer hunt. My neighbor and Sunday school teacher told me that if I would get me a rifle he would take me and teach me about deer hunting. In those days most any sporting goods or K-Mart type store had shopping carts full of surplus military rifles for $25 to $30. I was expecting to get a 98 Mauser 8mm. When we went to the store they had boxed rifles in a cart with a price of $40. Dad, a WWII vet, opened a box and pulled out a rifle and said this is what you want. Turned out to be a Springfield 1903A3 UNISSUED. Used it for about 4 years and decided I wanted something lighter and shorter for hunting in the rugged TN mountains and sold it for $45 and bought a Marlin 336 30-30 Win from my uncle. </p><p>I wish I had that back now.</p><p>Second was mu first M1 Garand I got through the CMP. Had to sale it when times were hard and needed to pay medical bills. </p><p>Third was a 1911A1 Colt. When I got married we were living on a show string budget. If I did not grow, shoot or catch it we did not eat it. I did a bunch of work for a fellow and part of my pay was this old ruff looking pistol. He had brought it back home from WWII. The reason that it look so ruff was, as he told me, a battle field pick up. He was a Marine and was on one of the Pacific islands. He said that he took it off a dead Jap who had taken it off an American. In the jungle things rust quickly especially if blood gets on it. You could see little pitted places on one side that left the print of blood splatter. Also this pistol had been pretty much been laying in a drawer in a house in East NC where it is really humid for about 35 years. I cleaned it up, the inside was in much better shape than the outside but the bore in the barrel was toast. Had been shot with corrosive primed ammo and not cleaned. I got a new barrel and spring from a friend in the National Guard, ask no questions and I will tell no lies. As I said I was pooooor. I learned to hand load for this pistol using tools and bullet mold of a friend. 7 grs Unique with a 200 gr SWC was pretty accurate. Even though it was not lawful at the time in NC I would tuck this pistol in my coat and while carrying my shotgun go down into the swamp and deer hunt. I kept my shots to under 50 yards and I killed quite a few deer cheaply to feed the family. That 200 gr SWC would put a caliber size hole through the chest cavity of a deer and they did not go far. A number of years latter times were better and I just had to have a Ruger Red Hawk 44 mag and I used this pistol in a trade for it. Wish I had it back now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1896249, member: 10178"] Really three. Two rifles and a pistol. First rifle was my first high power rifle. At the age of 12 in 1969 I worked my butt off for a year mowing yards, hauling hay, working in the tobacco fields and anything else I could do to make a dime. I saved up $45. My Dad small game hunted and taught me but did not deer hunt. My neighbor and Sunday school teacher told me that if I would get me a rifle he would take me and teach me about deer hunting. In those days most any sporting goods or K-Mart type store had shopping carts full of surplus military rifles for $25 to $30. I was expecting to get a 98 Mauser 8mm. When we went to the store they had boxed rifles in a cart with a price of $40. Dad, a WWII vet, opened a box and pulled out a rifle and said this is what you want. Turned out to be a Springfield 1903A3 UNISSUED. Used it for about 4 years and decided I wanted something lighter and shorter for hunting in the rugged TN mountains and sold it for $45 and bought a Marlin 336 30-30 Win from my uncle. I wish I had that back now. Second was mu first M1 Garand I got through the CMP. Had to sale it when times were hard and needed to pay medical bills. Third was a 1911A1 Colt. When I got married we were living on a show string budget. If I did not grow, shoot or catch it we did not eat it. I did a bunch of work for a fellow and part of my pay was this old ruff looking pistol. He had brought it back home from WWII. The reason that it look so ruff was, as he told me, a battle field pick up. He was a Marine and was on one of the Pacific islands. He said that he took it off a dead Jap who had taken it off an American. In the jungle things rust quickly especially if blood gets on it. You could see little pitted places on one side that left the print of blood splatter. Also this pistol had been pretty much been laying in a drawer in a house in East NC where it is really humid for about 35 years. I cleaned it up, the inside was in much better shape than the outside but the bore in the barrel was toast. Had been shot with corrosive primed ammo and not cleaned. I got a new barrel and spring from a friend in the National Guard, ask no questions and I will tell no lies. As I said I was pooooor. I learned to hand load for this pistol using tools and bullet mold of a friend. 7 grs Unique with a 200 gr SWC was pretty accurate. Even though it was not lawful at the time in NC I would tuck this pistol in my coat and while carrying my shotgun go down into the swamp and deer hunt. I kept my shots to under 50 yards and I killed quite a few deer cheaply to feed the family. That 200 gr SWC would put a caliber size hole through the chest cavity of a deer and they did not go far. A number of years latter times were better and I just had to have a Ruger Red Hawk 44 mag and I used this pistol in a trade for it. Wish I had it back now. [/QUOTE]
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