Father to Sons

[Guest GT_Rat]

My mother has been holding onto this since my father passed away about 4 years ago. It's a Belgian made Browning .22 rifle that he bought in 1970 (year I was born) in Germany. It desperately needed cleaning and honestly I don't think the receiver had ever been completely disassembled. Before scrubbing I could pull the action to the rear and it would stay there. After a good cleaning and a little gun oil it's smooth as silk. Pics below:

[Guest someguy12341]

A beautiful and meaningful gift. Cherish it.

[Guest db99wj]

Does it load in the stock, you pull the rod out of the butt, then you insert the ammo in the side of the stock?

I believe my mom has that rifle, it was my dads before he died, had it for a long time.

[shaftbass]

This article was brought to me by a mother.. of children.

[Guest GT_Rat]

Does it load in the stock, you pull the rod out of the butt, then you insert the ammo in the side of the stock?

I believe my mom has that rifle, it was my dads before he died, had it for a long time.

Yes. Loads through a small hole in the side of the stock.

[Guest db99wj]

Yes. Loads through a small hole in the side of the stock.

Those are cool guns. I need to clean ours up. The last time I shot it, had several FTF's. Might have been the ammo, Remington.

[Guest GT_Rat]

The last time I shot this one I was 14-15 years old. It's been while. I don't think it had been shot or cleaned since then. I'm probably going to try to take it to On Target next weekend and see how it does.

[Guest Bronker]

GT Rat,

Good for you, pal.

That's a great story. What a piece of your heritage and history, and an honor and testament to your father for it to end up in your hands.

Cherish it, my friend.

[Guest 2HOW]

everything was going good and I was diggin on the .22 until I saw the pink glock, crap Im going blind.