New Keepsake That Will Be Used

[MikeBjerum]

Many of you will recall my uncle who died a year and a half ago.  He was also my Godfather.  In his gun collection was a rifle that had belonged to my grandpa - the famous Willie C. Nelson (honest - that was his name).  My aunt was dividing several items between her sons, and they told her they wanted me to have the gun.  A couple weeks ago we took my aunt out for supper.  When we arrived to pick her up this rifle was laying on the table, and she told me it was mine   

This is a Remington Model 30 Express (on the receiver).  On the barrel directly ahead of the receiver markings is the caliber designation, as usual:  Springfield .30 Caliber 1906.

Like many of Grandpa's hunting rifles this gun appears to to be a sporterized gun.  The foregrp shows where a barrel band has been removed and a screw hole is no longer used.  There is also a hook on the barrel that appears that it was at one time a part of a different barrel band or attachment.

Warning and request:

I know the quality of the photos sucks.  However, this is in my office, which I am currently remodeling, and they are taken with my cellphone - the only camera I have available to me at this time.  So, please don't rip the photos, and enjoy the gun.

[jaybet]

Very nice...enjoy.

[tombogan03884]

Do you work barefoot or is that special for DRTV ?

PS. trim those funky toe claws.   

[PegLeg45]

Nice rifle.

Put some shoes on, you'll catch cold up there in the frozen north. 

[red364]

Nice pic!!   The ones with just the gun are pretty cool too!   

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[Timothy]

Nice rifle.

Put some shoes on, you'll catch cold up there in the frozen north. 

Yer a southern boy Peg....it got near 55 today, for mid April, that's almost a hot day!   

Oh!  Yes Mike, nice rifle!  Enjoy the history and the memories!

[MikeBjerum]

Do you work barefoot or is that special for DRTV ?

PS. trim those funky toe claws.   

I office out of the home.  So, it is not unusual to remotely link at 6:00 AM, and sometime around 9:00 AM, when the pot of coffee needs draining, that I realize I need to get dressed.  So the short answer is, if I am not leaving the yard shoes may not go on for quite awhile.

Those claws are badges of honor!  Left great toe, funky in photo, is the result of a small block Chevy/engine stand accident in high school, right claws and attachments are a combination of a falling trailer hitch, a steer, a horse, and kicking a coffee table while sneaking in the dark    At this point in my life I am just proud of the fact I haven't lost any exterior items, and I view now crooked parts with the same pride as the scars  

P.S.

I can't wait for range time, but I did just learn that it has a five round internal magazine.

[alfsauve]

Very cool.

[twyacht]

Very interesting history and data on a nice rifle....Little Enfield, Little Mauser, Lyman sights, all wrapped up in a Remington package.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_30

Congratulations.

Look fwd. to a range report..

[deepwater]

it ain't a pho-toe without the toe....

deepwater