On Friday (day after Thanksgiving), I was hunting the nearby WMA here in Virginia (along with everyone else... [:-] ), and kept meeting up with other hunters on the trails. I met up with another guy from a group and he noticed my Marlin 30-30 that I was carrying. He had a real old Winchester 94 that he was carrying. One thing led to another and he asked more about mine (mine is a Marlin 30AS 30-30 from about 8 years ago, bought used off a buddy at work). He admired how clean and shiny and how pristine the condition of it is. He showed me his Winchester 94 and I couldn't believe my eyes... This ancient, old, Winchester was his fathers first gun and was bought new back in 1953!!! Well, you how things go from there, I let him check out my Marlin, and I held his old Winchester 94. Wow.... the speckles of rust, the scratches and dings all over the stock... The weathered appearance.... I could only imagine the stories that this old rifle could tell and the number of deer that it has taken!! [8D] It was an absolute classic. The guy said that he doesn't hunt with any other rifle but his father's old rifle, as he grew up with it and his father passed it down to him.

Anyone else have a timeless, classic, old rifle? This is really cool to see and handle, and amazing for a 51 year old gun!

Butch A.