Reminiscing

[parallel]

I decided to get the first two guns that I ever called my own out of the safe for a trip down memory lane today. The memories inspired a photo shoot... and here are the results. My Marlin 336 in .35 Remington and My Marlin 780 .22. I got the 336 for my twelfth birthday and then the 780 for Christmas about six weeks later. I gotta give it to ol' Dad... he has good taste.

 

[dex3361]

I spent many a hour shooting 22 rifles as a teen and It really helped me hone my shooting skills. Cherish those guns and if I may advise get a good gun safe and make sure that your insurance policy covers the loss of your firearms. I will refrain from why I bring this up. Those are some fine looking family heirlooms.

 

[RoyJackson]

Nice pictures!!!

Boy, you sure have a lot of Crocodile heads (or are the alligators?) lying about.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

I love to get out my guns........

My wife thinks it's funny that every year about Christmas time, I start to get them out and clean them (and get the urge for another one:confused2.

I wish I had more time to spend shooting them. I will when the kids get older.

Thanks for sharing...

 

[parallel]

Thanks y'all. You know... back when I was a LEO (early - mid 90's) and was heavily into the whole tactical thing, I had thought about selling these to fund other firearms. In fact, I did sell a Savage .222 over 20 gauge and a Savage double barrel 20 gauge shotgun (both also gifts from my father) during that time. I am so glad that I didn't sell the Marlins and I am so sad that I did sell the savages. Those are the only guns I have ever sold... I will never sell another if I can help it. I will definitely NEVER sell a gun to fund another gun ever again.

 

[Bird]

In the early '60s when my Dad owned an auto parts store, the Fram oil filter folks had one of their special deals for stores that sold a certain number of Fram filters. So my Dad got a free lever action 30/30 Marlin. He used it for deer hunting just a few times in Texas, but then moved to Alaska in the Fall of 1965 and bought a 30/06 for moose and caribou hunting.