Want an old Dept. Store Rifle.
How many of you have an old Sears, JC Penney, Wards, Western Field, etc. rifle sitting in the closet of gun cabinet that was purchased by a relative many years ago? My father didn't hunt so my grandfather's guns went to my Uncle. I have been thinking of buying one of these old Department store guns for a few years now. They don't seem to be expensive but I love the "Americana" aspect of it. That way they were marketed in catalogs from Sears, and Montgomery Wards thru mail order. Do any of you have one and how do they shoot? I know it isn't very practical since finding parts for one would be difficult if anything happened to it, but I would love to be able to put a nice fully functional old rifle like that in the hands of one of my boys or someday in the hands of one of their kids. Something to pass down that's a little bit of hunting tradition and history. Tell me if I'm nuts guys.
David