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earlier this year a friend of mine for over 50 passed away .... he didn't have any children and we weren't related .... nevertheless our kids considered him to be their Uncle George and he considered them to be his nieces and nephews .... he left our 7 year old grandson the Golden Model 39A 22 that was made in 1995 that is shown below .... its not a valuable rifle but its priceless to our family .... in a couple of weeks we are going to have a Nikon PROSTAFF® Rimfire II Riflescope http://www.cabelas.com/product/nikon-pr ... ff+rimfire mounted on it .... it will officially become our grandson's when his father deems it to be appropriate

I want a 39A so bad just to have one. That looks sweeeeeet.

Very nice rifle, and it warms the heart when a treasure is passed on to a new generation. The loss of your friend is sad but his love for your family lives on in your memories.

RetiredSeabee wrote:Very nice rifle, and it warms the heart when a treasure is passed on to a new generation. The loss of your friend is sad but his love for your family lives on in your memories.

^^^

What RS said.

Cate

They are a beautiful rifle! Glad that you will have it in the family.

Deadwood Dutch wrote:They are a beautiful rifle! Glad that you will have it in the family.

all positive comments appreciated .... he left several rifles, shotguns, pistols and all sort of fishing rods with tackle boxes of terminal tackle to our sons .... he'd told me that some are nice, some ain't so nice .... we found that the "nice" ones far outnumbered the others .... during much of the last year when I'd drive him to chemo and/or radiation treatments we'd talk about many things .... one thing he planned to do was to buy a Henry 357 rifle to go with his Smith & Wesson revolver .... he never got that done but in his memory we will buy one in August and give to our grandson for his 8th birthday in September .... as with the 22, he will actually get the rifle when his Dad feels he is ready

That was a nice thing he did. That's a beautiful rifle.

Great story, JEBar. Now, that's an awesome family heirloom!

update :

just picked up our grandson's 37A from having a 3 - 9 Nikon installed .... while there we also added a hammer extension, we believe it will make it easier for our soon to be 8 year old to ease the hammer down .... looking forward to getting him out and sighting it in

I am sure that you are looking forward to taking him shooting with it. I started my grandson when he was 12 with my old single shot .22 and now, at 13, he has his own Remington Model 700 .243. It is good that you can get him interested at 8 years of age, you will have good times together.

Deadwood Dutch wrote:I am sure that you are looking forward to taking him shooting with it. I started my grandson when he was 12 with my old single shot .22 and now, at 13, he has his own Remington Model 700 .243. It is good that you can get him interested at 8 years of age, you will have good times together.

in our state a lifetime sportsman's hunting and fishing license can be purchased for $100 for a baby less than 1 year old .... the state's hunter safety course is open to people once they turn 8 .... at his Dad's (our son's) request I've been working with him for over a year .... we started with a Red Rider BB gun and worked up to my Grandfather's 22 Remington pump .... it has open sights with an additional peep .... after that we moved to his father's Ruger 10-22 with a fixed 4 power Nikon scope .... for his 8th birthday in September we plan to get him a Henry 357 mag .... once his father feels he is ready (at this point that is a completely open), arrangements will be made to take him deer hunting .... being given the 39A provides us with a good transition to the Henry

in answer to some PM'd request, here's a picture of our grandson at a family shoot on Christmas Eve .... he was busting skeet at 50 yards with his Dad's Ruger 12-22 ....

Sorry about your loss of a long-time, dear friend, JEBar. Always a tough thing to go through.

Thanks for sharing that great story of tradition and family!
Oh yes, that's a very nice rifle. The little guy will be quite happy with it, I'm sure.

the nice thing about our world is nothing is written in stone .... during the process of getting ready to take our Grandson out to shoot the Marlin 39A, I realized that with the scope shown in the pictures above, it is simply too heavy for him to enjoy .... took the scope off and put it in the vault .... may well reinstall it one day .... must say I'm looking forward to it

Just noticed this post was number 1001 for you, JEBar.
Congrats on hitting the 1k mark!!

JEBar wrote:the nice thing about our world is nothing is written in stone .... during the process of getting ready to take our Grandson out to shoot the Marlin 39A, I realized that with the scope shown in the pictures above, it is simply too heavy for him to enjoy .... took the scope off and put it in the vault .... may well reinstall it one day .... must say I'm looking forward to it

PT7 wrote:Just noticed this post was number 1001 for you, JEBar.
Congrats on hitting the 1k mark!!

interesting, I haven't paid any attention to it .. it would be nice to think at least a few were worth reading ...

Recently I racked up 1k also, and like you, didn't even notice. Someone told me about it.
But to encourage you about your posts, more than a "few were worth reading."
Keep on keeping on!

JEBar wrote:

PT7 wrote:Just noticed this post was number 1001 for you, JEBar.
Congrats on hitting the 1k mark!!

interesting, I haven't paid any attention to it .. it would be nice to think at least a few were worth reading ...

PT7 wrote:Recently I racked up 1k also, and like you, didn't even notice. Someone told me about it.
But to encourage you about your posts, more than a "few were worth reading."
Keep on keeping on!

kind words appreciated .... I've learned a great deal from the folks here and am enjoying making new friends