New gun

"TheD0k_2many toys 2little time" (thed0ck) 09/06/2016 at 13:50 • Filed to: Gunlopnik

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I received my late grandfather shotgun this weekend. Its a 1961 Stevens Savage Arms .410 single shot. Pretty good condition and shoots well. Havent shot much b/c i dont have many shells for it but will be buying more soon

CalzoneGolem > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 13:52

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Are you taking a picture of a gun pointing at your nuts?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 13:54

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Sweet. I got myself a single-shot break action Iver about a month ago, a 12GA. Made in the 20s or 30s, probably - doesn’t even have a proper serial number, just a lot number.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > CalzoneGolem 09/06/2016 at 13:57

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no holding the phone sideways. its pointed at the dresser for all the socks i have lost.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/06/2016 at 13:58

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yea mine has no serial # just the date code

Mattbob > CalzoneGolem 09/06/2016 at 13:59

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Came here to post this exactly.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 14:00

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Very nice, very clean looking! Is that receiver color case hardened?

Also, .410s are so much fun, and a real challenge for things like trap and sporting clays. After many years of shooting big guns, I’ve recently begun to discover the joy of shooting .22s, .410s, etc.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > CalzoneGolem 09/06/2016 at 14:02

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Haven’t you heard of that new fad “50 Shades of Russian Roulette”?

McMike > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 14:26

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Now I’m going to have to look at the mid-century 20ga Savage single I have in my closet at home.

Curious about the serial number now.

CalzoneGolem > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 14:35

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For all my homies that didn’t make it

jminer > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 15:11

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Congrats on the new long gun heirloom! It’s not worth much monetarily speaking, but still a fine gun to keep and one day pass onto your kids/grandkids.

One of the most valued guns in my colection is a single shot h&r that was given to my grandfather by his grandfather. It’s not worth anything, but that doesn’t matter to me

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 15:31

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I'm looking for a K98 pattern Mauser right now.

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/06/2016 at 15:35

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Congrats! Be sure you take good care of it, and avoid getting it into situations where the stock could be broken by a fall — stocks for these old break-action shotguns from the 50s and 60s are very hard to find and replace cheaply. We had several sitting in the shop for years waiting on Numrich to source spares. Enjoy it, they’re neat old guns!

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > McMike 09/07/2016 at 00:11

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yea sometime I there I thing the feds started making them have a serial #. mine just has a model number

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Richtofen, Baron von Pickup 09/07/2016 at 00:12

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yea I plan on shooting it every once in a while. More of just the memory of me and my gramps shooting in when I was younger

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > jminer 09/07/2016 at 00:12

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yea I wanted this one as opposed to the other .22's he had because I remember shooting this one with him

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/07/2016 at 00:13

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honestly im not sure... I probably wont shoot it too often. more wanted it for the memories than anything

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/07/2016 at 09:01

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Completely understandable. I have an old Sears .22 that was my dads that I’m trying to get fixed up so I can shoot it. I wouldn’t shoot it often, but I’d like to be able to now and then.

As for the case hardening, it should have colored swirls in the metal. It’s hard to tell from the picture if it is, or just dirt/grime. I love color case hardening, when it’s polished up it looks beautiful:

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/07/2016 at 12:52

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oh no its not hardened just kinda dirty from sitting around

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/07/2016 at 12:59

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Haha, okay. I collect old military guns and I do the same thing with them sometimes, I see it and think “Ooo, that’s a really interesting pattern in the metal” and then when I clean it I discover it was just dirt or cosmoline or something.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/07/2016 at 13:01

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yea and then its not as fun haha. Yea i only dabble in guns. just here and there enough to know my way around them

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/07/2016 at 13:08

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I’m probably more into guns than I am into cars at this point in my life, mostly because I live in apartment and have nowhere to wrench at the moment. I also got bit by the competitive shooting bug and do it whenever I can, in fact I have a club match coming up Saturday.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/07/2016 at 13:33

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yea competitive is a whole different level

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 09/07/2016 at 14:23

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I should clarify that I’m not particularly good, I just enjoy doing it. I just shoot in local competitions at the club level and stuff like that.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/07/2016 at 14:25

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practice makes perfect right?