I acquired my grandfathers guns when he was begining to move after the passing of my grandmother.
I have:
a flint lock muzzle loader- gunsmith just hang it on the wall. it wasn't worh restoring or trying to make operational
1896 winchester .22short pump. The barrell linning needs to be replaced then it should be ok to fire. I haven't decided if I want to do this or not
Japanese Arisaka (I think that's what it's called). The stock is split in 3 places. Again the smith recomended not shooting it
1950 or so Mossberg .22lr trainer. This is the only one that I actually shot once it go the ok form the gun smith. However, after the first range session the saftey which is on the bolt came loose and eventually off. This resulted in a couple of 3 shot bursts. I wisely unloaded the rest of the rounds and put it back in the case. I will have this one fixed. It was fun too shoot.
...dave
I have:
a flint lock muzzle loader- gunsmith just hang it on the wall. it wasn't worh restoring or trying to make operational
1896 winchester .22short pump. The barrell linning needs to be replaced then it should be ok to fire. I haven't decided if I want to do this or not
Japanese Arisaka (I think that's what it's called). The stock is split in 3 places. Again the smith recomended not shooting it
1950 or so Mossberg .22lr trainer. This is the only one that I actually shot once it go the ok form the gun smith. However, after the first range session the saftey which is on the bolt came loose and eventually off. This resulted in a couple of 3 shot bursts. I wisely unloaded the rest of the rounds and put it back in the case. I will have this one fixed. It was fun too shoot.
...dave