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[Giftmacher]

Thank you my friends. I would like to wish merry Christmas and happy New Year to all people on this wonderful forum!

 

[Roving_Bohemian]

Merry Christmas! (Happy Hanukkah?) Please be sure to post "Stocking Stuffers" on Christmas Day so we can see them almost as soon as you!

 

[Atticus Finch]

This is my maternal great-grandfather's Remington, model 1889 double-gun. I inherited it about forty years ago when I turned sixteen. When my grandmother gave it to me, it was missing its forestock and the buttstock was split just behind the locks. Someone in my family had repaired the stock by nailing and wireing it together with small cut nails, copper wire and tar tape. A crude repair to say the least. Over the years, I tried every source I could think of to locate an original stock assembly, but never had any luck. I thought the old gun would stand in the closet and forever gather dust.

But I thought that before there was an internet.

Amazingly, about two months ago, I found an old stock assembly on e-bay. Numrich Gun Parts was auctioning some stuff, and a vintage 1889 stock set was in the mix. I couldn't believe my good luck. I placed a great big ol' snipe on the auction and the assembly came home to me. A professional gunsmith did the tweaking necessary to get the vintage assembly to exactly fit my gun, and today I picked up the finished product.

Of course, I'll never shoot the gun. It was designed for black powder loads and the barrels are not in the best of condition. But it sure will look great over my fireplace. My mother's family was from the mountains of Tennessee and was very poor. They didn't have much, so not much was passed down from their generation to mine. Believe me, I am more than a little pleased to have this old shotgun...now in whole condition...to connect me with that part of my heritage.

Af

 

[Renault]

This is my maternal great-grandfather's Remington, model 1889 double-gun. I inherited it about forty years ago when I turned sixteen. When my grandmother gave it to me, it was missing its forestock and the buttstock was split just behind the locks. Someone in my family had repaired the stock by nailing and wireing it together with small cut nails, copper wire and tar tape. A crude repair to say the least. Over the years, I tried every source I could think of to locate an original stock assembly, but never had any luck. I thought the old gun would stand in the closet and forever gather dust.

But I thought that before there was an internet.

Amazingly, about two months ago, I found an old stock assembly on e-bay. Numrich Gun Parts was auctioning some stuff, and a vintage 1889 stock set was in the mix. I couldn't believe my good luck. I placed a great big ol' snipe on the auction and the assembly came home to me. A professional gunsmith did the tweaking necessary to get the vintage assembly to exactly fit my gun, and today I picked up the finished product.

Of course, I'll never shoot the gun. It was designed for black powder loads and the barrels are not in the best of condition. But it sure will look great over my fireplace. My mother's family was from the mountains of Tennessee and was very poor. They didn't have much, so not much was passed down from their generation to mine. Believe me, I am more than a little pleased to have this old shotgun...now in whole condition...to connect me with that part of my heritage.

Af

What stories that old double could tell!!!!!! Good on you Att for the restoration! One of those pieces that definitely makes and keeps a family!

Renault

 

[KilroyCD]

I think this is a good place to put my P.F.

Reminds me somewhat of this:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Wow, AF. That is a beautiful gun with a wonderful story to go along with it. I can't think of anything better to showcase above the fireplace.

 

[MikePotts]

Kilroy yer killin' me. :eusa_clap

 

[Doublegun]

On Christmas morning in 1973 I found a rectangular box underneath our Chrisrmas tree. My heart jumped when I tore back the paper revealing the brown and white box with "Remington" printed on the top. The box contained my first shotgun, a 20 guage 870 Wingmaster with a 28" vent rib barrel.

That gun put a lot of meat on the table. After hundreds of rounds the action is smooth as silk, the bluing has thinned on the bottom of the receiver and the stock shows a few dings, but the wear has been earned honestly. My gun safe now holds several Parker's and LC Smiths and a couple of Winchesters but that little 870 will be the last gun I part with and every Christmas morning since then I always look for a rectangular box under the tree and remember the excitement I felt when I tore back the paper on that Christmas morning.

Merry Christmas to all and my sincere wishes that you all have a happy, healthy new year filled with memories that will last a lifetime,

Cheers,

Jay Gardner
"Doublegun"

 

[MPicciotto]

An update on the Topper. Watched "A Christmas Story" and cleaned her up this morning. Here's a few pictures:

There is the "chip" out of the blueing on the tip of the .30-30 barrel.

Attempting to show the bore on both barrels. The .30-30 is a little dark, but both are very clean and in very good shape. Even being a bit dark the .30-30 is still shiny.

Matt

 

[Lights]

Merry Christmas! (Happy Hanukkah?) Please be sure to post "Stocking Stuffers" on Christmas Day so we can see them almost as soon as you!

Love those ads, brings back memories.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Here are the only two guns I ever got for Christmas. They were both Dad's when he was a teenager and he passed them on to me one Christmas when I was twelve or thirteen. The top one is a Remington model 4 Boy's Rifle and the bottom one is a Model 6 Boy's Rifle. Both are .22s, of course. Well...now that I think about it, I expect that the Model 4, is probably a .23 or maybe even a .23 1/2. Its been shot a lot.

I could only shoot .22 shorts in the Model 4. The barrel was worn and the block was kinda loose and .22 longs would back blast a bit. Evidently, .22 long rifle hadn't been invented at the time the Model 4 was manufactured. It is chambered only for shorts and longs. The Model 6 will shoot all three and is still a good shooting gun.

Af

 

[Michaelshane]

 

[DeaconKC]

Well, this fine old gent showed up Thursday afternoon, a genuine 1917 built S&W 1917 with honest ear and a great bore!

 

[The Inspector]

Hmm if I had my camera I would call your bet and lower you 13 years. It's the plated silver one if your wondering.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

You'll shoot your eye out, kid! lol

 

[The Inspector]

Well, here she is. Good old Pearly White.

 

[The Inspector]

Well, this fine old gent showed up Thursday afternoon, a genuine 1917 built S&W 1917 with honest ear and a great bore!

I had to retire mine. A few shells got stuck in the cylinder. But they are easy wonderful, light, and fun to shoot though!

 

[Story]

It's the plated silver one if your wondering. I had to retire mine. A few shells got stuck in the cylinder. But they are easy wonderful, light, and fun to shoot though!

Plated silver? Isn't that nickle?
And what shells where you using in it, that got stuck?

 

[Story]

This is my maternal great-grandfather's Remington, model 1889 double-gun. today I picked up the finished product.

Af

That's a dandy Christmas present to your lineage.

 

[The Inspector]

Plated silver? Isn't that nickle?
And what shells where you using in it, that got stuck?

When we first found it thats what we thought, but since we wanted to look at the history of the gun we looked in the official Smith and Wesson archive and catalog.(Btw excellent book I found mine in B&N) Which said that it was a bit more special. So we went and got it tested and it came back positive.
And to answer your question I was using Smith and Wesson brand 32 Long rounds.