Grandpa passed down another gun to me today! (yesterday now)
He passed down his 1971 Marlin Glenfield Model 25 bolt-action .22 that has been rarely fired. Not fancy or pricey, but a great shooter.
Story is: A few years ago we went to the range and he brought this same gun without the magazine, so we had to single shot it. He could not find the mag so I bought him one at the 1500, and he still didn't shoot it. Finally today he brought the gun with him again and we shot it with the new magazine. It shot wonderfully, but kept jamming and shooting flyers on him, but not with me. We figured out that my grandfather was having trouble working the tiny action and seeing the low sights. Basically the gun was "too small" for him.
He said, "That's a great shooting gun, but it's too small for me, you can have it."
Here it is with the SKS he passed down last month on my new gun cleaning station...
He passed down his 1971 Marlin Glenfield Model 25 bolt-action .22 that has been rarely fired. Not fancy or pricey, but a great shooter.
Story is: A few years ago we went to the range and he brought this same gun without the magazine, so we had to single shot it. He could not find the mag so I bought him one at the 1500, and he still didn't shoot it. Finally today he brought the gun with him again and we shot it with the new magazine. It shot wonderfully, but kept jamming and shooting flyers on him, but not with me. We figured out that my grandfather was having trouble working the tiny action and seeing the low sights. Basically the gun was "too small" for him.
He said, "That's a great shooting gun, but it's too small for me, you can have it."
Here it is with the SKS he passed down last month on my new gun cleaning station...
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