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[McFarmer]

Ever since I shouldered my uncle’s Auto 5 many years ago I’ve had a thing for that long recoil hump back design. Over the years I’ve managed to hang on to these three, plus one my son has decided he needs.

All in the 1940s, all with solid ribs, all full choke. The Savage seems to be my favorite but I shoot them all pretty much the same. The Remington is a Sportsman.

 

[Tomahawker]

Great guns. I was raised on them. Killed my first buck with a 16 gauge

 

[Bowguy]

Ive got one i think from 60s. Old guns are neat

 

[Chessie 67]

Love those solid rib guns!

 

[AtTheMurph]

I've got a Savage similar to that. Not even sure how old it is and I never use it. I tried a few times as a kid and it would jam. Probably was never cleaned. I should do a little investigation into it's age. I tried it in the mid-70s and know my dad had it since at least the 1960s but no idea where it came from.

He had several he inherited from my grandfather but that was not one of them. He also had a Model 70 in .270 that I was always told he bought from some guys who used it in S. America to shoot monkeys. had original Bausch and Lomb scope and a quick loc mount. Still has original leather strap too. Brother got that and he uses to it deer hunt every season. I got an 8mm Mauser with no markings on it. Probably from Germany right after the war. Has Lyman sights and a set trigger. Appears to have never been fired.