kd7nqb
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Long story short two years ago my father in law passed away. Immediately after his death my mother in law moved and when I was helping her move I took his guns to a family friend of their for safe keeping. (I didn't even offer hold onto them because I was not married into the family yet and didn't see it as my place). This past week I was mentioning that another family friend of ours was bugging me to go night time skeet shooting with him I was lamenting that I still don't have a 12gauge shotgun.
My mother in law said "well you could go get your FIL's"
I felt pretty honored, and after we got talking she decided that she wanted me to go pick up all the guns and at least hold onto them and use them as I wish. She did make sure to mention that she would like it if I didn't paint any of them "fire engine red" like I did on an old mosin of mine. I assured her that they would be well taken care of and not altered.
So last night I went and picked them up.
First one is a Sears/ J.C. Higgens model 20 12 gauge pump shotgun. Its in really great shape but only has the "medium" choke which I believe to be either modified or improved modified. It has the power pac choke system which after some research last night is either not supposed to be used with modern loads or perfectly fine to shoot. (in this system there is a gap between the end of the barrel and the start of the choke all contained in a sort of cutts compensator system) Seems like the only real issue is a chance of plastic wads getting shaved and small scrap plastic coming out the side. But so long as no one is standing along side the muzzle it should be just fine.
Second one is a Mossberg model 151k .22lr rifle. This is actually the only gun of the three that I have shot, I shot it when I went to the range with my father in law a few years back. Its a cool gun and also in good condition. Its the only .22lr that I have ever seen that has a tubular magazine which feeds through the stock.
Finally the third and possibly the nicest of the 3 is a Winchester model 94. In 30-30win it appears to be in really great shape and I only found a few small marks of surface rust on the side plate. I really can't wait to take it to the range and try it out.
My plan from here is clean the guns today and then take the shotgun out shooting tonight. I will report back on how it goes.
My mother in law said "well you could go get your FIL's"
I felt pretty honored, and after we got talking she decided that she wanted me to go pick up all the guns and at least hold onto them and use them as I wish. She did make sure to mention that she would like it if I didn't paint any of them "fire engine red" like I did on an old mosin of mine. I assured her that they would be well taken care of and not altered.
So last night I went and picked them up.
First one is a Sears/ J.C. Higgens model 20 12 gauge pump shotgun. Its in really great shape but only has the "medium" choke which I believe to be either modified or improved modified. It has the power pac choke system which after some research last night is either not supposed to be used with modern loads or perfectly fine to shoot. (in this system there is a gap between the end of the barrel and the start of the choke all contained in a sort of cutts compensator system) Seems like the only real issue is a chance of plastic wads getting shaved and small scrap plastic coming out the side. But so long as no one is standing along side the muzzle it should be just fine.
Second one is a Mossberg model 151k .22lr rifle. This is actually the only gun of the three that I have shot, I shot it when I went to the range with my father in law a few years back. Its a cool gun and also in good condition. Its the only .22lr that I have ever seen that has a tubular magazine which feeds through the stock.
Finally the third and possibly the nicest of the 3 is a Winchester model 94. In 30-30win it appears to be in really great shape and I only found a few small marks of surface rust on the side plate. I really can't wait to take it to the range and try it out.
My plan from here is clean the guns today and then take the shotgun out shooting tonight. I will report back on how it goes.
he traded them away a few years after the war to people who had done him favours. I wonder who now has, or inherited them....
