Here is a couple more Dad passed onto me during our latest visit.

This is a pair of Laurona's (Spanish mfg) my father bought used years ago. I don't know how many rounds have been fired through the SxS but not many, it's virtually new. The gun wears 30" bbls choked F/M with 3" chambers, has dual triggers and sports a Pachmayr recoil pad installed by Steve Holborn about 11 years ago. The original was dried and hard as a nail.

The O/U has some sentimental attachment for me as it was my very first duck hunting partners gun. He purchased it new in 1968 at a Simpson Sears store after his Browning Twelvette ( 2 shot autoloader) was stolen from inside his parked car as he was dropping his Uncle off at home after a weekend of duck hunting. He shot the O/U every season before selling it to my father around 1982 and moving himself into a new Remington 1100. He passed away in early part of winter 2023 at 80 years of age.

The O/U saw a pile of heavy rounds fired by my hunting partner but it still locks up tight as a vise and again my father hasn't hunted in well over 30 years so the gun has likely not been fired since the early 80's. Surprised me again when Dad pulled out the original hang sleeve for the O/U with the factory proof house certification within! The O/U sports 28" bbls choked F/M with 3" chambers and dual triggers.

The triggers on the O/U are unique in that you use whichever trigger you prefer for both shots, they act the same way as a single selective trigger in that inertia resets them for the second shot and you choose the trigger you want for the barrel you want to shoot first in lieu of the gun not having a barrel selector. Kind of a different idea and I do not imagine cheaper to manufacture compared with a single trigger with selector with having to set up dual triggers with what I can only assume is dual inertia blocks?

Both guns are around the same time period of manufacture.

 

It’s nice that you’re keeping those old guns. Too many wind up being sold off by the grandkids these days. But many of those grandkids play video games and never wanted to go hunting with granddad or dad.

It’s sometimes hard to accept a parent passing down a treasured item because it signals a realization they are getting older. But it’s important to accept the baton, both for them and you. I know, I’ve been in that situation.

I have my brother’s M12 basic field gun. It just brings back memories of shared good times. Plus I’m currently the “steward” for a Marlin 90 O/U from my father in law to my son. Right now my son lives in a condo and is leery of keeping the Marlin there.

 

I was out to Vancouver Island over the Xmas holidays to visit my father and while there he decided I should take his guns home as he figures he will not be hunting again which is likely a safe bet since he hasn't hunted since the early 1980's.
So here are a couple pics of the first shotgun he purchased as a youngster living in the New Liskeard, Ontario area walking old logging roads "potting partridge" that I am now in possession of. The gun is a Mossberg 183 D-C with interchangeable external threaded chokes.

Here is a video I put together of the gun. Yes it's a bit lengthy and long winded due to my sentimental attachment to my Dad's gun but hopefully a few of you may like it?

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My maternal grandfather had the same Mossberg .410 on the farm. It was his varmit gun on the farm. I do not know who got that gun when he passed away, but I would have loved to had it to rabbit hunt.

 

Canuck,
Fantastic job on the video, I loved it! Some nice old guns for sure. Our family has been passing our gun collection down thru the family for generations, very nice that you now have your fathers guns. I can tell they mean a lot to you and they should. Your .410 is fantastic enjoy shooting it, maybe kill a Grouse or 2
when you can get out hunting. I like the other guns also, nice of your father to hold on to them to pass on to you. Every family should do the same thing.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

 

I refurbished one just like it maybe a little older for my neighbor a couple of years ago. He was very excited when i handed it back to him.

 

Nice! I grew up with a nice 20ga. Mossberg like your .410.
Great to have it with the memories.

 

Wow, a nice living inheritance

 

I'm 8 years older than you. I grew up in the North Country of NY and I shot plenty of C-I-L shells at skeet back in the day. I even remember who the C-I-L Industry shooter was back in the early 70s - Barney Hartman. I have my Dad's 1928 Win Model 12, his 1955 Remington 760 deer rifle, and my Uncle's 1960 Win M94 in 32 Win Spl. My son is not a shooter or hunter and I'm sure that they will all get sold when I'm gone.

 

I was out to Vancouver Island over the Xmas holidays to visit my father and while there he decided I should take his guns home as he figures he will not be hunting again which is likely a safe bet since he hasn't hunted since the early 1980's.
So here are a couple pics of the first shotgun he purchased as a youngster living in the New Liskeard, Ontario area walking old logging roads "potting partridge" that I am now in possession of. The gun is a Mossberg 183 D-C with interchangeable external threaded chokes.

Here is a video I put together of the gun. Yes it's a bit lengthy and long winded due to my sentimental attachment to my Dad's gun but hopefully a few of you may like it?

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I've got one identical to that. I was my younger brother's first gun, which, somehow, I ended up with. I also have a virtually identical Mossberg in 20 ga, which was my first gun, which I bought in about 1962, but it has a polychoke on it.

 

twohigh,
Find a good sportsman to pass your guns on too. It's what I had to due myself because I have no son. Our family L.C. Smith gun collection will go to my wife nephew and another deserving family friend.
Always make arrangements for your family guns to be passed down to the next generations. Never let them fall into the wrong hands.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

 

Very nice guns.

I intend on doing the same thing. I have some of both my grandparents guns and my dads. I will pass them down to my son and grandsons.

I know my grandparents would be proud and happy as could be. If they could see a great great great grandchild hunting with there gun. I hope the guns and stories i pass down live and get passed down for generations to come.

 

That's a wonderful story and it's equally wonderful they're going into another pair of 'good hands', where they belong.
Shoot well
Bob

 

Real nice. Hope you enjoy them. Take them out and get some game for your dad.

 

a nice living inheritance. I hope you enjoy them. I intend on doing the same thing soon.

 

I was out to Vancouver Island over the Xmas holidays to visit my father and while there he decided I should take his guns home as he figures he will not be hunting again which is likely a safe bet since he hasn't hunted since the early 1980's.
So here are a couple pics of the first shotgun he purchased as a youngster living in the New Liskeard, Ontario area walking old logging roads "potting partridge" that I am now in possession of. The gun is a Mossberg 183 D-C with interchangeable external threaded chokes.

Here is a video I put together of the gun. Yes it's a bit lengthy and long winded due to my sentimental attachment to my Dad's gun but hopefully a few of you may like it?

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Great job on this video! I have two similar guns including the MOSSBERG, and they sold for under $29 way back in the 1950's. This is in great shape as well. I've featured mine on my YouTube Channel as well.

 

Nicely done. Such heirloom firearms are priceless. I have had to buy mine from estate sales and collectors because my grandfathers bought "field guns" like me and worked them hard. No, they are not pretty to look at but have a beauty all their own. This one is an Ithaca 12 sxs thats 122 years old. I still shoot it.

 

I was out to Vancouver Island over the Xmas holidays to visit my father and while there he decided I should take his guns home as he figures he will not be hunting again which is likely a safe bet since he hasn't hunted since the early 1980's.
So here are a couple pics of the first shotgun he purchased as a youngster living in the New Liskeard, Ontario area walking old logging roads "potting partridge" that I am now in possession of. The gun is a Mossberg 183 D-C with interchangeable external threaded chokes.

Here is a video I put together of the gun. Yes it's a bit lengthy and long winded due to my sentimental attachment to my Dad's gun but hopefully a few of you may like it?

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I have one of these ,got it from my mom. Shot my first deer with it in Michigan 1969.

 

Great to see you keeping the family legacy going.
I never had any use for a bolt action shotgun but my uncle killed about a dumptruck load of turkeys over his lifetime with a Mossberg .410 just like that one...........he'd just keep working 'em with the call until he got 'em in close and the .410 was deadly.

 

I’m extremely happy that you have those guns from your father. I have my Dad’s guns too and they are very dear to me. I’m getting to the age where I need to decide which gun(s) to give to each grandchild. I want to make sure they know the significance of each gun. Your video gives me a great idea.
Enjoy those guns and the memories they hold.

 

My father in-law gave me his old Remington goose gun last spring. It is in pristine condition.