Gun Buy Back

[tvc184]

1 hour ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Marlin 1895 45-70, limited use but is a great hog gun.

A friend bought the Marlin 1895 45-70 from Gibson’s in Beaumont.

 I bought the Marlin 1894 in .357. I still have it. I think that I bought it in 1976 so it’s probably 50 years old this year. 

[baddog]

10 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

My first was a Sears .22 single shot when I was about 6 years old. 

Not too young at all. About those paper shotgun shells…….let’s just say that our house didn’t have moisture control. We had an attic fan with open windows. Some mornings I’d wake up wet from the dew being sucked into the house. If moisture got to those shells, they could swell in the barrel when fired and be hard to eject with a bolt action. When plastic came along, like you said, it was a miracle.

[LumRaiderFan]

22 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

My first was a Sears .22 single shot when I was about 6 years old. 

J. C. Higgins?

[tvc184]

Just now, LumRaiderFan said:

J. C. Higgins?

I think it was a Stevens manufactured and marketed under J. C. Higgins.

At about 16 years old my parents bought me a Sears .22 tube fed Ted Williams rifle which was a Winchester. A friend had the Winchester Model 190 and mine was the Sears M90.

Both were destroyed in a house fire. 

[LumRaiderFan]

6 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

I think it was a Stevens manufactured and marketed under J. C. Higgins.

At about 16 years old my parents bought me a Sears .22 tube fed Ted Williams rifle which was a Winchester. A friend had the Winchester Model 190 and mine was the Sears M90.

Both were destroyed in a house fire. 

Brings back memories, Ted Williams endorsed everything from baseball gloves to barbecue pits for Sears.

[baddog]

J.C. Higgins was a name that covered a wide range of sporting goods. I had a J.C. Higgins basketball and baseball glove. I believe J.C. Higgins was a name use by Sears to market their products. Stevens was bought by Savage but I believe they still produced guns under the Stevens name. My recollection may be hindered by brain fog, but there it is. It seems we all shopped at Sears. Maybe we crossed paths and didn’t realize it. Lol

[baddog]

My Remington pump .22 will shoot shorts, longs, and long rifle. Patent dates are 1909, 10, &12. Probably made around 1935.

[bullets13]

8 hours ago, tvc184 said:

I had a break open .410 that belonged to my grandfather and then father. My father would hunt with it probably around 1935 during the Depression.

 I loaned it to my cousin so that he hunt rabbits. His father was an alcoholic and got drunk and traded it for a bottle of whiskey. It would probably by about 100 years old by now. 

I might’ve gotten in a fist fight over that. But maybe not if I was a cop.

[BEARCPA]

On 1/9/2026 at 11:51 AM, baddog said:

Now that we’ve gotten past our first gun, I’ll ask you and everyone else what’s their favorite gun. It’s hard, I know, because we like them all, but there is still a favorite. Mine is my S&W 327 TRR8 Performance Center. I’ll pass it in to my son when I leave…..and the rest.

I have 5 guns that were all handed down to me from my grandpa over the years. The Benelli Montefeltro 12 gauge Ducks Unlimited special edition is easily my favorite. Its too pretty to take out in the marshes though so it hasn't seen any "real" shooting lol. Not sure of the manufacture date off the top of my head.

[bullets13]

10 minutes ago, BEARCPA said:

I have 5 guns that were all handed down to me from my grandpa over the years. The Benelli Montefeltro 12 gauge Ducks Unlimited special edition is easily my favorite. Its too pretty to take out in the marshes though so it hasn't seen any "real" shooting lol. Not sure of the manufacture date off the top of my head.

yeah, i'll buy that one back from you. give you twice what the program is offering