natking52696
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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?
Update 1.8.22: Found out information on the last owner of these rifles, who had passed away in 2016. Didnt want to post his name here out of respect but he owned East Haddam Sporting Goods in CT and was an avid hunter himself as I read in his obituary. Using white pages I reached out to potential family members from the CT area with no luck. I believe his son had mentioned that he didn't have any information for me or even where his fathers guns ended up. My suspicion is that they were probably sold or gifted. I reached out to as many sporting clubs and stores as I could in the CT area close to East Haddam with no luck so far but I am still hoping. These are who I reached out too:
CT GUN LLC
CT Gun Broker
Lock N Load Firearms
Silver City Firearms
Encore Guns
Hoffmans Guns
Newington Gun Exchange
Primo Adventure
Lionheart Militia
Jeremiah Johnson Trading
East Haddam sporting club
Moodus sportsman club
Has anyone been to these clubs or these gun stores that may have some connection to the previous owner of east haddam sporting goods ?
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?
Update 1.8.22: Found out information on the last owner of these rifles, who had passed away in 2016. Didnt want to post his name here out of respect but he owned East Haddam Sporting Goods in CT and was an avid hunter himself as I read in his obituary. Using white pages I reached out to potential family members from the CT area with no luck. I believe his son had mentioned that he didn't have any information for me or even where his fathers guns ended up. My suspicion is that they were probably sold or gifted. I reached out to as many sporting clubs and stores as I could in the CT area close to East Haddam with no luck so far but I am still hoping. These are who I reached out too:
CT GUN LLC
CT Gun Broker
Lock N Load Firearms
Silver City Firearms
Encore Guns
Hoffmans Guns
Newington Gun Exchange
Primo Adventure
Lionheart Militia
Jeremiah Johnson Trading
East Haddam sporting club
Moodus sportsman club
Has anyone been to these clubs or these gun stores that may have some connection to the previous owner of east haddam sporting goods ?
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