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What is the rifle you passed by that you regret not buying
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<blockquote data-quote="ObiWanKannoli" data-source="post: 3087869" data-attributes="member: 116692"><p>A couple years ago my father in law sold a rifle on consignment at a local gun store. It was a Pre '64 Model 70 in 300 HH. The rifle was used to kill a lion in Africa by the father of one of his friends. There was an issue importing the lion into the US, I believe import permits had expired or something of that nature. My father in law, an attorney, negotiated with a museum (was either Smithsonian or Museum of Natural History) that the lion could be imported into the states, donated to the museum, but had to be displayed next to Teddy Roosevelts lion. Which it was, for years. I'll confirm with him the museum. </p><p></p><p>So, I could have asked him for the rifle as he was selling off his collection a couple years ago. He asked me if there were any that I wanted to keep. It was worth a fair amount of money, so I didn't feel comfortable to say yes to that rifle. In hindsight, I wish I had absolutely asked to keep the rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ObiWanKannoli, post: 3087869, member: 116692"] A couple years ago my father in law sold a rifle on consignment at a local gun store. It was a Pre '64 Model 70 in 300 HH. The rifle was used to kill a lion in Africa by the father of one of his friends. There was an issue importing the lion into the US, I believe import permits had expired or something of that nature. My father in law, an attorney, negotiated with a museum (was either Smithsonian or Museum of Natural History) that the lion could be imported into the states, donated to the museum, but had to be displayed next to Teddy Roosevelts lion. Which it was, for years. I'll confirm with him the museum. So, I could have asked him for the rifle as he was selling off his collection a couple years ago. He asked me if there were any that I wanted to keep. It was worth a fair amount of money, so I didn't feel comfortable to say yes to that rifle. In hindsight, I wish I had absolutely asked to keep the rifle. [/QUOTE]
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