Your family heirloom firearms . Tell us about them :)

[Hayata]

My father's father was in an artillery unit in WWI.

When WWII broke out he tried to join the service again but they all told him he was too old so he left my grandmother and his three sons and joined the American Red Cross and ran an R&R base on one of the FIJI islands.

He brought this home...

He died when I was four so I don't even remember him, which is sad, 'cause from the stories I've heard he was a pretty cool guy.

 

[Bonjax]

Great grandfather's Remington Model 11 12 gauge. Dad's Browning A5 16 gauge. Wedding present from my Mom.

 

[jimmythegem]

I bet this wheel gun has flown higher and faster than your wheel gun.

My aunt bought it for my late uncle at the BX at Kadena AB Okinawa in March 1964. He carried it in his RF101 Voodoo over Vietnam. Ruger Blackhawk .357.

If he was shot down he didn't want to have to defend himself with a puny .38 that the Air Force issued.

(Not the holster he carried it in)

This old pistol shoots like a dream...

I gave my Grandson the very same revolver a year ago.
Ruger Blackhawk 3 screw 357,
They made something like 5000 like this and now very hard to find.
Mine had a 9mm cylinder with it.
Love that holster.

 

[Medic1957]

I have a Remington Model 11 20 gauge that one of my uncles won in a raffle when he was a teenager. When he was killed in Vietnam, my Grandmother gave it to me. I also have an old Bay State single shot 12 gauge that belonged to my Grandfather on my Dad's side. Dad told me grandpa was a whiz with that thing on rabbits. I also have a Japanese rifle with bayonet and other war trophy's my Father in law brought back from WWII

 

[Old_School]

Measures 4-5/8" from muzzle to cylinder face so I'm guessing 4-1/2".

Typically referred to as a 4-5/8". Nice 3-screw!

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[Recon29]

It isn't worth much but I have an old single shot .22 rifle with an octagon barrel that was my grandfather's first gun

 

[STONEWALL]

A year and a half ago I lost my grandfather. He was really more of a dad to me and gun buddy. Every time I would trade for a different gun I would always take it to his house, show it to him and talk about it, sure do miss those talks. I just now got back into the gun hobby, I quit trading after he passed away, it just didn't seem the same.

Anyways here is his Marlin 336, I shot my first deer with this gun. I plan on giving it to my daughter one day.

 

[PBarkley]

The only one running in my family is a 16 gauge double barrel Fox Sterlingworth that my mother's father bought. He passed it down to Jr. (my mom's younger brother) who used to (allegedly) sneak out at night with it and get with his teenage buddies and go target shooting...something about laying down in the back of a truck or station wagon and shooting at street lights when the driver yelled "PULL!" but anywho.

It's a shotgun with some family history, probably not worth much but belonged to a grandparent I never met and then owned by the uncle I idolized.

 

[NWSharpshooter]

I took this picture last year. It is my EDC, my Dad's EDC, my Grandfathers EDC, and my Great Grandfathers EDC.

This picture was taken the same day. It is 4 generations of guns and watches for the men in my family. All of these guns and watches live in my safe.... well, except for the crappy Glock and Timex.

 

[SchmittZoid]

Found another left to me by Dad.

1962 S&W 19-2

This one is a real service revolver. Seen some action.