Tracking down my grandfathers guns (Update 1/8/22)

[Nick Leduc]

Out your aunt so we can boycott her. That's how we do it here.

Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your search.

That Savage 24d is a cool gun.

 

[Spanz]

OP, i know what you mean. i ended up with my dad's .35 marlin lever action, his old hunting gun. i used it a few times, but really my older brother used it as his hunting gun. When my brother was knocking on death's door, i drove it out to CO so he could have it for the last couple months he was alive. he really enjoyed that...we bullshat about going hunting elk with it when he got better (both of us pretending he would be getting better).

I made sure his son took it when he passed, and explained the lineage.

 

[Saltydog]

Finding one or both is not outside the realm of possibility...Strange things happen in the gun world. Case(s) in point. I bought a new Beretta 391 with spectacular wood about 10 years ago. A shooting buddy loved the gun and beg me constantly to sell it to him. In a moment of weakness I did. A month later he traded it in on a Beretta OU to a big Beretta dealer in PA which really pissed me off because I would have bought the gun back from him in a minute. Always missed that gun and this past Summer I just so happened to see a similar looking 391 on one of the gun porn sites from a dealer in CA and bought it. It ships to my local dealer and when I opened the box, it was my old Beretta 391 - SAME GUN 10 years later, from across the country !!! But the story ain't over yet......

Three months ago, the same local dealer called me and said he's selling off some estate guns and there was a Beretta 390 in the bunch, would I be interested. Yes, I replied and when I arrived at his shop, there was a very familiar looking 390 Sporting. I asked if he knew the name of the former owner and when he told me, turns out I not only knew him but had sold him this exact gun at least 20 years before !!!

So, keep looking for your Grandfathers guns...you never know !!

 

[namedpipes]

Well, I hit "Quote" and then "Reply". Sometimes I can reply and sometimes not. I think that Megan has been screwing around with this POS DELL. Works fine for two years and now this. Jack.

I usually just blame autocollect

edit: um.... autocorrect

 

[one-eyed Jack]

I usually just blame autocollect

edit: um.... autocorrect

Thanks, Jack.

 

[TheGreekFreak]

Send the list of serial numbers to Maura's office, tell them you think they may be assaulty weaponz, they'll find them all for you with the hour.

best of luck, hope you find at least one for the sentimental value.

 

[AHM]

Well, I hit "Quote" and then "Reply". Sometimes I can reply and sometimes not. I think that Megan has been screwing around with this POS DELL. Works fine for two years and now this. Jack.

Don't let her perch on the VHF rig shelf,
or the laptop keyboard will turn into the "poop deck".

 

[jkelly1229]

Your only remote chance here would be to go GREEN and do a WTB listing the S/Ns. Jack.

And armslist

 

[MisterHappy]

Well, I hit "Quote" and then "Reply". Sometimes I can reply and sometimes not. I think that Megan has been screwing around with this POS DELL. Works fine for two years and now this. Jack.

Maybe you should see if there's an old VAX system in a closet in your building?

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Don't let her perch on the VHF rig shelf,
or the laptop keyboard will turn into the "poop deck".

Well, this computer replaces the last one because I spilled a whole dry martini into the keyboard. I now use a sippy cup. Jack.

 

[AHM]

Well, this computer replaces the last one because I spilled a whole dry martini into the keyboard.

Aw, damn.

(Sure it didn't just clean the excess flux off the PC boards?)

 

[MisterHappy]

Well, this computer replaces the last one because I spilled a whole dry martini into the keyboard. I now use a sippy cup. Jack.

Years ago, I was on an away-from-home conveyor build; we stayed in a hotel with an attached bar. The bartender had a friend come in, and get hammered, to the point where she kept knocking over her Captain and Coke. Bartender's solution was to go into the attached restaurant, and bring back a sippy cup.

So, there's precedent!

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Aw, damn.

(Sure it didn't just clean the excess flux off the PC boards?)

Who knows? I took it to the guys in Littleton down past the post office because Ed S., the guy we use to help us with the Mill computers rec. them. They gave me a good deal on a new one rather than fix the bad one. I'm still learning that when I blame something on the computer and call it a POS, it's really me. Jack.

 

[AHM]

Who knows? I took it to the guys in Littleton down past the post office because Ed S., the guy we use to help us with the Mill computers rec. them. They gave me a good deal on a new one rather than fix the bad one.

Glad there was some kind of a save, sigh.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Glad there was some kind of a save, sigh.

Well, they were able to save all the data. And to think that I was able to become an Indguneere with only a slide rule. Jack.

 

[namedpipes]

My grandfather was an avid hunter and when he passed away his hunting guns were given to my aunt, my mother and my uncle. I always grew up with the notion that these guns would be mine one day. I found out recently that my aunt had sold these guns many years ago due to financial issues. All though its a very tall order I am trying to locate these original guns or an equivalent piece to try to regain that family history. There were three guns:
1. Savage 24D O/U. (22LR over .410) S/N 0914286
2. Browning Auto 5 Trap Lite (12 ga) S/N 10145
3. Remington 760, 30/06 with weaver scope S/N 540720

These guns were sold to New England Sportsman Inc in Fairhaven, MA but this store has since closed. I have the serial numbers for each gun but I am looking for any information on that store or how one could possibly try to track down guns or if anyone has tracked down guns for themselves? Or if anyone purchased these guns from this store in the last 30+ years?

I feel like your best option is to find the same model guns and purchase those. You can "dedicate" them to your grandfather. It's not as good as having the originals, but you'll still think of him every time you pick of those rifles, original or not.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

I feel like your best option is to find the same model guns and purchase those. You can "dedicate" them to your grandfather. It's not as good as having the originals, but you'll still think of him every time you pick of those rifles, original or not.

Just don't play with the S/Ns to make them 100% original. LOL. Jack.

 

[namedpipes]

Just don't play with the S/Ns to make them 100% original. LOL. Jack.

That does sound like good advice!

 

[natking52696]

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