I want to buy an Heirloom Rifle

[788Ham]

bushmaster is totally spot on here!

An old Savage '99 .300 was left to me by my Pop, my Mom had given it to him in 1947, she was carrying me at that time. This rifle still shoots deadnuts on, still looks 90%, no amount of money will ever be taken for this rifle. It goes to my younger brother when I'm gone, was stated so in Pop's will.

 

[nfafan]

I agree on the future - non-hunting - notion. I haven't hunted since I went out with my Dad in the 60's before he died. Neither I nor my grown kids have any desire to go into the woods in nasty weather amongst the trigger-happy; we enjoy hunting paper targets.

That said, I would look for a fun-gun that I wanted now, and that I suspect other familiy members would also want to shoot now and in the future, be that a Win 94 in .22LR, a Grade II Browning lever in .22LR, a 10/22 in the Mannlicher stock, maybe even a Colt LE6920 AR - it doesn't have to be blued and walnut - just desireable to remain in the family as "Dad's/Granpap's gun".