Let's see something portrait worthy

[AMraider]

The scenery is better than my camera abilities.

 

[LoonWulf]

View attachment 926198

Shiny reflection!

 

[NVcharlie]

 

[entropy]

And we're off to the races!

 

[Armored farmer]

rather proud of that one.

You've been holding back!

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

rather proud of that one.

 

[Captcurt]

rather proud of that one.

Looks like a Fun Gun.

 

[LoonWulf]

You've been holding back!

Looks like a Fun Gun.

Yep fun gun...pretty photogenic as well, thats the best picture of it tho. Ive posted others and there actually some action shots of my buddies nephew i another thread in rifles.....

nother picture i forgot about but liked.

 

[bannockburn]

One of my favorites:

 

[Armored farmer]

.204 handi-rifle on a bluff overlooking the river.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

 

[bannockburn]

Family portraits:

 

[bannockburn]

A few Piettas and one ASM that sneaked into the family photo:

 

[GunnyUSMC]

 

[bannockburn]

Gunny

A most excellent portrait! Love seeing the Whitney and the Spiller & Burr together!

 

[cslinger]

And this one seems a tad hypocritical since I just said the 1911 was inferior in the other thread but here we are.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

 

[troy fairweather]

.204 handi-rifle on a bluff overlooking the river.View attachment 926248

Those are some weird ear plugs , where does the 3rd one go lol. That be a great chuck rifle.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I wish the caption could say "Papua, New Guinea, 1944."

Sadly, its "My overgrown backyard, 2020."

 

[entropy]

My wife's Grandfather had one of those in Papua New Guinea.
Her brother has it now.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

My wife's Grandfather had one of those in Papua New Guinea.
Her brother has it now.

He probably carried an earlier '03 or an A4, as there is little or no photographic evidence that A3s saw combat with US troops in WW2- most were used in action by Allied troops such as the Free French and Nationalist Chinese.

So, I cheated a little bit in the photo, but darn it, my earlier Springfields are REALLY buried in the back of the armory, lol.

 

[entropy]

No, it was definitely an 03A3, Remington made, barrel dated 4-42. He was a tanker, so it might never have been fired in anger, but he took it home after the war and shot a lot of deer and bear with it. Sadly, he had it drilled and tapped for a scope in the 50's, so collector value is gone. It was supposed to go to my son, as he reminded my mother-in-law of her dad, but when my father-in-law died, my mother-in-law was (and still is) in a nursing home with Lewy Body Dementia, so she could not make her wishes known to my sister-in-law, who was executor for her dad, and POA for her mom. I took care of this gun for 20 years, it had sat in the back of a closet for g_d knows how long before I started dating my wife. I offered to take care of it, and I did take it out and shoot it a couple times with my son, and my son did get to deer hunt with it once. (didn't get one, didn't see any) This is the rifle:

 

[AMraider]

1943 Sk.Y M39 among birch trees.

 

[Armored farmer]

T/C Hawken. 54 that I built from a kit during winter of 1983 while I was in college.
I should have been studying.