Who wants to take a bird with a "nestalgic " gun and why?

[mossy835]

Nice bird and great pictures. Good luck on the next hunt.

[rempumpman]

Technology has brought us a long ways as far as guns and the shells we shoot today and I am very thankful for that BUT I am the kind of person that truly loves the guns of yesterday and I plan to hunt with a winchester model 37 single 12 next year if the Good Lord allows me to live until then; those old guns just bring out great memories when life was so simple; I am 50 now and the more I get to hunt, the more I want to carry "grandpa's supper getter" on every trip; thank you preacher for this thread and reminding me of a GREAT hunting hertiage that has been passed down for many years....................rem

[JUGHEAD]

Once I get a few more birds under my belt, I'm gonna kill one with my Dad's old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster.  He used to murder the turks with that thing with the 28" full-choke barrel (also has a modified).  When I got the gun, it was in pitiful shape where he had camo taped it all up for turkey hunting.  I refinished the wood myself and had a smith reblue it and it looks beautiful now.....I waxed the doves with it on opening weekend of dove season last year.  A big ol longbeard is the next animal it will help me bring for a ride in the truck.

[Odessa]

I hunted my last two hunts this past season using a old 16 gauge Belgian Browning A-5, but didn't get a chance to shoot at a bird.  The full choke barrel throws a great pattern at 32 yards, but that is the max distance per the pattern board.

[savduck]

I killed my first turkey with a Winchester model 37 20 gauge back in 1966; I was 11 years old. I still have the gun and I want to kill my last turkey with it. If you ever hear of me killing a turkey with it, you can know that I'm thinking my time is about up.

I'd also like to kill one with my Colt SAA; it would be legal here in AL.

Great thread, Preacher.

Preach, you know how the lord works. You never know when your time is coming....Id start laying the smack down on some just in case

[Odessa]

Well, it took me two more seasons to get it done (I am not a very accomplished turkey hunter), but I finally took down a gobbler with my 16 gauge Auto-5.  I shot this 15 lb tom on NC opening day last Saturday (4/13/13) at 20 yards.  I called him once and he came to my decoys (down a power-line).  He had a nice, thick 10" beard, 1" spur on his left leg and 1-1/8" spur on his right leg. I used a Federal Premium copperplate lead load - 1-1/4 ounce of #6 shot in the Belgian's full choke barrel.  Thanks to Preacher for the inspiration to do this by starting this thread several years ago.  Finally!

[albrubacker]

I have an old Ithaca FW 37 that my dad gave me when I was 12, in the 16ga it has mod choke. I have been looking for some 4 shot. I at least want to try some patterns with it. Really would like to take a turkey with it!

[vaturkey]

This was my sons gun. It's a Remington 870LW 410. I had it custom engraved last year. Some day I hope to kill a gobbler with it.

vaturkey   

[BrowningGuy88]

If the Lord is willing, I am going to kill turkeys next year with two guns that are very special to me. An Italian 410 single shot with a 27" Full barrel that is throwing a mean 30 yard pattern with 3" 7.5's and a Model 12 30" Full that is something to see with Winchester or Federal 1 5/8 ounce 4,5, or 6's out to 40 yards. They were both given to me by a great uncle. He taught me to fish and how to wing shoot. He gave me the 410 when I was 4 and I got the Model 12 when he passed away.

[aimhard]

I didn't know my grandfather Ben very long but some of my earliest memories are of him, and they are special to me.

I remember him escorting me to the Town Carnival and treating me to my first snow cone, cotton candy, carnival games and rides.

I stayed with him a few times and we walked to the country store where he bought me a bag of penny candy, and himself a plug of tobacco. We then went to his neighbors,  where he had me share with the five children there. The candy didn't last long, but the friendships I made that day have lasted me a lifetime.

He left to me an old LC Smith hammer gun which hung on the wall until I was old enough to hunt. During my teens I used it some for rabbits quail and dove. It mainly stayed in its place on the wall and was always a conversation piece.

By the 1990's the wild turkey population had rebounded from the mid 1900's depletion. I carried it one last time in an attempt to christen it on a Turkey Hunt. I was hunting a friends property. The morning was hot,windy and uneventful . As I was walking out around 11:00 I heard a gobble in the field to my right. I made my way to the edge and set up in a thicket. A few yelps and the gobbler made his way 100 yards across the field in a fanned strut. Something got his attention and he alerted. I shot just as he alarmed. He went down but he did need a finishing shot.

I was so excited to get one of my largest birds with the Old LC Smith, and I hurried back to the house for a photo shoot. My friends photography skills are lacking, and he didn't check the camera for film. Needless to say there is no photographic record of this incident.

The LC Smith was passed down to my cousin Ben, and I hope he enjoys it and has similar experiences with it .

[Longshanks]

Just had both of my rem 870 wingmasters duracoated. 21" bbl and 28" bbl. The 21" bbl gun I have had since I was 12 years old..I'm 45 now. Set up both guns with tru glo sights, Kicks chokes, .660 and .655. Shoot 3" winchester 5's, 6's out of these guns. I have beretta's set up with HTL but next year I'm hunting with these lead slingers. I hear all the time that Pb is obsolete..so next year it will mean allot to me to put em down with lead out of these remodeled guns.

[aimhard]

My Uncle Lester was the man responsible for my love of the outdoors. I remember the anticipation, waiting for a squirrel to show itself, while we were sitting quietly under a hickory. I remember him climbing a tree leaning over Starks Creek, in order to snag some suckers which were resting in its shade. He took me on my first deer hunts with my uncle Claude, and they both shared in my excitement of my experiances with deer turkey and foxes.

Uncle Lester used to tell me stories of when he was a young man, hunting with his beloved shotgun, a Stevens pump 520 early model, with the safety in the trigger guard.  Back in the 30's food was in short supply in the ozarks. He loved to tell of sneaking up on a pond of ducks, pop up and shoot it empty, seeing how many he could get. He always said he regretted getting rid of that gun, and wished many times, he had it back in his later years.

Uncle Lester said his friend had killed the last turkey gobbler in Hickory Co with it, in those depression era days.

I'm not sure what he said happened to that gun, but after some searching I just aquired a pretty nice Stevens 520 12 gauge to be placed on my wall to remind me of those stories and my past. I am impressed with it's workmanship and will probably take my next turkey with it. update 4/23/13 The 100 year old Stevens still gets game.