That is a great story. I hope my own children will keep and enjoy the rifle(s) I use hunting. I have got to say, though, it would take some real determination to use that long rifle where my brothers and I hunt elk. I have a fake carbine with a 22" barrel from a pre-war Model 70 30-06, cut down and rechambered to 30-40. It's no feather but it doesn't hang up in brush or trees and doesn't send me sprawling going over deadfalls.
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