Could you get by?

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:58 pm

on only the guns that were given to you???

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:00 am

Currently in my possession or the ones I have been promised?

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:13 am

I wouldn't have a lever, but I'd be ok.

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:26 am

The only one given to me was my father's 1956 pre-Mod 10 38spcl. It shoots as good as any other revolver or pistol so I suppose I could make do if I were really determined .

But, I'm not that determined.

JohnnyReb · Post by **JohnnyReb** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:44 am

Yes, My father did... He got more game with a bolt action 16 gauge and 22LR semi-auto then I will ever take with my armory...

Kansas Ed · Post by **Kansas Ed** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:46 am

I've only been given 4 guns....one is a 12ga Central Arms single shot, one is a .22 cal single shot that is downright dangerous, one is a Janssen and Sons SxS exposed hammer 12 ga that is too loose to shoot, and the last is a Winchester 12 ga auto. I could live off the 12 ga auto, or the 12 Ga single shot, but pickins would be slim.....and I'd get darned tired of rabbit and quail.

Ed

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:32 am

I give more than I get!

I have given 3 guns and received only one.

Could I live off a 7.62x54R semiauto?
Possibly but it's not ammo you find everywhere.

I have given a 30-30 Winchester, 10/22 and ruger semiauto 22.
With those I could get by easily.

44LVR · Post by **44LVR** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:50 am

I did for about the first 12 years of my shooting life which also includes 7 years of my married life. It was my old 1939 Winchester M64 in 25-35. Got 'er on my 14th birthday and served me very well with both jacketed bullets (when I could afford them) and mostly bullets I cast.

So yes, I could get by with it. Again.

44

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:30 am

My first gun was a Marlin 60 that Dad bought me at an estate sale. The only other gun I have that was given to me is a badly rusted 1850's era percussion double shotgun that I don't dare fire. So no, I couldn't get by on those two.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:39 am

I wouldn't like it, but I'd have a 69 Browning 22 Auto and an old Whinny 72 .22 and a .444 and a single shot 12ga and HiStandard 9shot revolver.....

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:19 am

No. They were all junkers and are all traded away.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:13 am

Tycer wrote:No. They were all junkers and are all traded away.

+1

Firearms, what firearms? I don't have no stinking guns officer!!!

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:25 am

I guess I could....
but would not tolerate only having 1 lever

I was fortunate...
My Dad gave me a nice collection of hunting and antique firearms.

Otto · Post by **Otto** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:36 am

How on earth do I get people to give me guns?

plinkin pete · Post by **plinkin pete** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:28 am

Just one, and one taken back -

The given was a Stevens 12ga single barrel, wont mention the one that was taken back and loaned to my brother in laws friend and never returned to me.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:06 am

RIHMFIRE wrote:I guess I could....
but would not tolerate only having 1 lever
I was fortunate...
My Dad gave me a nice collection of hunting and antique firearms.

+1
Dad used to work in a gun store now he works the gun counter @ Cabelas so gifts are ussualy guns.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:11 am

Nope. I've been given ONE gun. A muzzleloader I've never shot. Feel free to give me guns!

arjunky · Post by **arjunky** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:22 am

1917 Enfield, Remington 870 20 gauge, 9422, 37A .410, Marlin 60, H&R 32 S&W, Ruger single six 22/22WMR, Iver Johnson single shot 12 gauge, 1906 Winchester, Remington 788 .243, (2) Winchester 94 30/30's, Bronco .410.

I suppose if I had to I could live off of these.

Byron

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:32 am

44LVR - what all did you shoot with that 25-35?

Byron - seems to me you would be well equipped.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:25 am

I guess I could. So far that list only includes a Husqvarna 7mmMag.
I dont hink I would do well on upland birds though.

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:45 am

The short answer is: no. Long answer: continued below.

I was given a youth model 20ga topper, that has gone to my brothers, then their kids and is now back with me. It will be going to a grandnephew in the next few years as a starter shotgun. The stock is much too short for me to shoot well. It was a gift that has been given to others and will continue as such.

Christmas at age 13, I was given small box with a bottle of cold blue, a stock refinishing kit, and directions to my other present. It was a no name(at least I've forgotten what it was since) tube fed bolt action 22. We were not well off and the 22 needed the other two gifts badly as it was not pretty. I loved it and spent a lot of time trying to get it to function correctly. It jammed a lot but it taught me how to shoot. I traded it after a couple years(via Mom and money from stripping bluegrass) on a new marlin 60 that my youngest brother now has.

I was given Mosin Nagant 7.62 by my grandfather that was nearly impossible to get ammo for in the 70s. The sights were off by 4" left @ 50 yards. My brother "improved" it by removing the rear sight base, creating grooves for and installing a 22 scope out of the solder that held it on. That plan didn't work all that well. He lost the base, of course. I still have it but I haven't shot it in decades.

There's been a couple of cap and ball revolvers given to me, one of which is shootable(44 remington copy), the other(FIE 1851 navy .36) I'm still looking for parts for(grip frame screws & hand spring).

The most recent gift was a Beaumont model 1871/88 as a box of parts. It was missing parts. I have since gotten it shootable($120 in parts over 3 years). Ammo is expensive ($90 a box of 20) and I don't really want to spend another $300 on getting set up to reload for it so I haven't fired it. I'll probably sell it.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:53 am

There was nothing to pass down to me. My son has only asked that I pass 3 down to him. My first 22, his first 22, and a Henry Big Boy he won at a Friends of the NRA dinner.

44LVR · Post by **44LVR** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:09 pm

Old Savage wrote:44LVR - what all did you shoot with that 25-35?

As my only rifle for quite a few years, I shot everything! No elk though, I wasn't interested in hunting elk at that time. I killed quite a few deer (ok, a LOT of deer

), a couple bear, , coyotes and cats, LOTS of grouse, rabbits and a few edited things. I used a 120gr cast bullet with a maximum charge of 3031 for all my other hunting.

44

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:11 pm

Yes. The one and only gun ever given to me was a pre-64 Winchester Model 94 .30-30 given to me by my Dad on the way to a deer hunt in North Georgia in 1956. I've still got that gun and it would do nicely if it were the only gun I had.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:11 pm

Yep. Lookin' at guns not on the 4473...

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:12 pm

Being as you just EDITED, I'd edit or delete that last one.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:15 pm

No, because I've only been given one gun, and that was from a dear friend's estate.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:17 pm

Sorry, that was directed at EDITED, since he's talking about EDITED.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:30 pm

They were probably feral and it was years ago etc. etc. etc.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:54 pm

You betcha! 3 SAs & a Win 1894. Tall cotton brother Fred!

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:32 pm

Most likely. I haven't been given any guns yet, but the stevens/savage 94 and the 9422(crossing the fingers) could be considered mine. Between those two I could slay anything that walks/flys around Missouri.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:41 pm

Old Savage wrote:on only the guns that were given to you???

Actually... in an 1850s "get by" sense... yes.

I have been given (as gifts) a 12ga pump riot gun, a 16x16x9.3x72R drilling and a couple of wall hangewrs that could be refurbished into service.

Only thing I wouldn't have is a SD/TEOTWAWKI sidearm... and I can make that.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:28 pm

Could you send me pics of the drilling? I'm not one of those idiots that thinks you need a super magnum to hunt whitetails(or elk, for that matter) but I love big guns. I'd probably love them less if I were smaller!

Old Ironsights wrote:
Old Savage wrote:on only the guns that were given to you???
Actually... in an 1850s "get by" sense... yes.

I have been given (as gifts) a 12ga pump riot gun, a 16x16x9.3x72R drilling and a couple of wall hangewrs that could be refurbished into service.

Only thing I wouldn't have is a SD/TEOTWAWKI sidearm... and I can make that.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:35 pm

Travis Morgan wrote:Could you send me pics of the drilling? I'm not one of those idiots that thinks you need a super magnum to hunt whitetails(or elk, for that matter) but I love big guns. I'd probably love them less if I were smaller!...

Took a half dozen phesants with it last fall and the rifle is dead on at 100yds.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:46 pm

So, what caliber is 16X16X a bunch of other numbers? Very fine looking gun. Who's the maker.

Note for the uninitiated: A "Drilling" is the proper term for a double rifle. The more you know.......

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:03 pm

Travis Morgan wrote:So, what caliber is 16X16X a bunch of other numbers? Very fine looking gun. Who's the maker.

Note for the uninitiated: A "Drilling" is the proper term for a double rifle. The more you know.......

Actually, a double rifle is ... a double rifle. Drilling comes from the German Drei, meaning 3. (A 4 barreled gun is a Vierling.) My drilling, a guild gun made in Austria in about 1900-1910 and marked by WM Richard is a 16ga side by side hammer double over a 9.3x72R(rimmed) rifle barrel that is the rough equivelent to the old BP .38-55. I shoot a 190gr lead bullet over 18gr 2400 (IIRC - notes not handy) for about 1500fps or so.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:06 pm

Sounds like a 16ga. side by side with a 9.3x72R rifle barrel under the shotgun tubes. Excuse my buttin in.

Now I see OI beat me to it.

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:08 pm

I've only ever been given a Marlin bolt action in 22 Mag.

It's EXTREMELY accurate. Other than concealed carry, I probably could get by with
only that gun. It's legal for deer here in Maine, although it might be considered
light for moose.

Still, if ya got close enough and aimed for the brain.......

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:30 pm

.......you could get your butt kicked by a moose!

stretch wrote:I've only ever been given a Marlin bolt action in 22 Mag.

It's EXTREMELY accurate. Other than concealed carry, I probably could get by with
only that gun. It's legal for deer here in Maine, although it might be considered
light for moose. Still, if ya got close enough and aimed for the brain.......

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:33 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:
Travis Morgan wrote:So, what caliber is 16X16X a bunch of other numbers? Very fine looking gun. Who's the maker.

Note for the uninitiated: A "Drilling" is the proper term for a double rifle. The more you know.......
Actually, a double rifle is ... a double rifle. Drilling comes from the German Drei, meaning 3. (A 4 barreled gun is a Vierling.) My drilling, a guild gun made in Austria in about 1900-1910 and marked by WM Richard is a 16ga side by side hammer double over a 9.3x72R(rimmed) rifle barrel that is the rough equivelent to the old BP .38-55. I shoot a 190gr lead bullet over 18gr 2400 (IIRC - notes not handy) for about 1500fps or so.

Hey! I got to learn somethin' today!

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:22 pm

I guess I could a model 68 single shot 22 from my dad and a Mossberg 12 bolt with a polychoke given to me by a friend. No levers but I could survive quite well I think.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:40 pm

Sure could.

I've been given some great stuff. Any one or two of them would get me by.

jb