Dad's old gun

[Darryl]

My Dad always had this in his sock drawer for as long as I could remember. Had about 10 rounds rattling around the drawer with it (unloaded). It would never lock up with the cylinder aligning with the barrel. You had to help the cylinder along and it would click into position. So double action was out of the questions. After he passed away, I got hold of it and took it to the gunsmith. He charged me $125 to repair it and said it was now in pretty good shape, however, I have never loaded it or fired it.

But it does "sit in my sock drawer in the back". No rounds rolling around though.

I know, it cost me more to repair it then it probably was worth, but I just can't stand having a potentially dangerous firearm laying around and it was worth it for sentimental value to me.

Iver Johnson
American Bulldog
38 Cal. S&W
Second Model 1885-1899
2 7/16 inches octagon barrel, 16 3/8 ounces, five shot cylinder








I'll show my Mom's little auto I took away from her when she was diagnosed with Lewy Bodies Dementia. ....Can't have that laying around the house!!


Dolk

[SA1911a1]

It was certainly worth it to fix your Dad's old gun. You probably won't get you money out of it, but it will probably be in your sock drawer when you check out.

I have a few Iver Johnsons, and H&Rs laying around. Some I have shot, and some I don't have the courage to shoot and some would be certain suicide..

[steelbuttplate]

I don't always carry a gun, but when I do, it's Iver Johnson's .32. Owl gun. Stay loaded my friends.

[ffuries]

I've got my great grand father's Iver Johnson Champion 12 gauge shotgun. Not worth much monetary wise, but priceless as a family heirloom. I've shot it many a time, so have my kids, it packs one hell of a punch that is for sure.

[Longcolt44]

For Christmas in 1958 my parents gave me a Winchester Model 94 30-30. Recently my son and grandson came by while scouting colleges for the grandson. Just before they left I passed the Winchester down to my son. He has lusted for it for almost all of his 48 years. I did make him take a blood oath to never let it go outside of the family. I can't explain the happiness I felt handing him that rifle. I didn't want the grandson to feel bad so I gave him a 1898 Krag 30-40 that somebody had sported back in the 50's.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice IJ, I have one similar to it but with a longer barrel. I keep that one in a sealed shadowbox, the sock drawer holds a cannon.

[RazorBurn]

That's very cool Dolk!

[awalker1829]

I don’t have an Iver Johnson, but I do have a late 1890s Smith and Wesson break top .38 of uncertain origin in our family. All I know is that one of my ancestors owned it. It came with my late aunt’s .25 cal Bryce and my grandfather’s Colt Government Model 1911A1. It is a commercial model made in 1927 and carried in theater by grandfather during his stint as an officer in the US Navy Reserve during the war.

[Rongo]

[etprescottazusa91]

Nice revolver, it was worth fixing

[entropy]

I just took the firing pin out of my Grandpa's old H&R 16 ga. single shot, as it was dangerous. I might replace the trigger and hammer someday, PITA job to do, it is a wall hanger till then.

[bunkysdad]

Very cool story here. Every time you dive deep for some socks and see that revolver you are gonna think of dad.

[SA1911a1]

I am a bit jealous over the "family gun" thing. (though I am happy for your guys that have it)

My father was a chroic, violent drunk and he never had a gun in the house because I suspect he knew that if he did, he would kill somebody with it. I do have the two firearms my Father-in-law owned. (He was much better to me than my dad) A Winchester single-shot 12 ga. and a Sears single shot .22. These guns were a practical necessity for someone who lived in the country, and he could not afford anything nicer. They both put meat on the table our of necessity. The shotgun has a little commerical value, the .22 has very little. I would spend whatever it took to keep those old guns running so that they can go to my kids, and begin a family tradition.

[JoeR]

Money well spent.

[locomotiveguy]

Every family firearm that I would have treasured has evaded me, except the Rem 521t I learned to shoot on, learned how to refinish a stock on, and eventually traded off as a fledgling gun trader. My old man had a 45 1911 A1 he carried through the battle of the bulge and the hospital on his way out. He got it from a drafted mobster who stole a few and gave him one to clean one for the theif. He gave it to a friend of the family in up state NY who was a veterinarian and an AF vet when we moved to Kalififornica because he didn't know the gun laws. I saw it a few years later and it had been shot with corrosive and never cleaned. Wonder where it is now or if it still is.

[Darryl]

Firearms have stayed in our family.

I have this revolver from my Dad
I have a little stainless .25 semi (crap pistol) from my Mom, and my Grandfathers Shotgun in 20 ga sxs

Also my Mom's bb rifle she could shoot and hit a skunk at 75 feet (plus) with from the hip. No crap. I warned her about that, but she was always lucky not to get sprayed. My son has that one.
I also have several of my Dad's old black powder reproductions .

I have a old Browning 380 that my Father in law took off a Japanese officer in a rare surrender. It is a bring back. My son has that one also.

I have my first rifle. A Mosberg single shot 22.

They just stay in the family.

I have every firearm I have ever bought. I have never sold a single one. Yes, I have quite a few. One of these days, I'll let them go...maybe.

Dolk

[SA1911a1]

Firearms have stayed in our family.

I have this revolver from my Dad
I have a little stainless .25 semi (crap pistol) from my Mom, and my Grandfathers Shotgun in 20 ga sxs

Also my Mom's bb rifle she could shoot and hit a skunk at 75 feet (plus) with from the hip. No crap. I warned her about that, but she was always lucky not to get sprayed. My son has that one.
I also have several of my Dad's old black powder reproductions .

I have a old Browning 380 that my Father in law took off a Japanese officer in a rare surrender. It is a bring back. My son has that one also.

I have my first rifle. A Mosberg single shot 22.

They just stay in the family.

I have every firearm I have ever bought. I have never sold a single one. Yes, I have quite a few. One of these days, I'll let them go...maybe.

Dolk

Yea, right D. You will get rid of them only after you are in the grave......

As I am at that age where my high-school classmates are dropping like flies, and mortality is beginning to look more like a fact than a theory, I am beginning to worry about some asshole sporterizing some of my guns after I am done with them. If there is an after-life, and I can come back, some SOB would have a fine haunting.

[Darryl]

Yea, right D. You will get rid of them only after you are in the grave......

As I am at that age where my high-school classmates are dropping like flies, and mortality is beginning to look more like a fact than a theory, I am beginning to worry about some asshole sporterizing some of my guns after I am done with them. If there is an after-life, and I can come back, some SOB would have a fine haunting.

I'm lucky, I have a son that is very much into firarms and collecting, So I know where my firearms are going when I die ....... Probably a down payment for a new truck!!!

Well, no way to control them after you are gone I guess. But I do like the idea of coming back and Haunting someone for that!! Good suggestion Steve!!

Dolk

[polymerase2]

Neither of my daughters is into legacy guns, But I now have 3 grand kids and the oldest boy is 7, Time for bbguns! I bought one of the Daisy Match Air rifles for the grand total of $135 for just this day!

[Junk Yard Dog]

Yea, right D. You will get rid of them only after you are in the grave......

As I am at that age where my high-school classmates are dropping like flies, and mortality is beginning to look more like a fact than a theory, I am beginning to worry about some asshole sporterizing some of my guns after I am done with them. If there is an after-life, and I can come back, some SOB would have a fine haunting.

I'm lucky, I have a son that is very much into firarms and collecting, So I know where my firearms are going when I die ....... Probably a down payment for a new truck!!!

Well, no way to control them after you are gone I guess. But I do like the idea of coming back and Haunting someone for that!! Good suggestion Steve!!

Dolk

Oh yea, I absolutely intend to haunt the shit out of whoever ends up with my gear, and it isn't going to be some tame Casper type shit either, oh no I plan to be a real pain in the ass.