What Have I Got?

[John Wyatt]

I think it would be a shame to sell the rifle since your dad bought it many years ago and I'd bet you would regret it later. I also have a nice Remington 03a3 that my uncle purchased through the DCM in the 60's. Mine appears all original with no re-build or re-inspection marks on the stock.

[Seamus]

I think it would be a shame to sell the rifle since your dad bought it many years ago and I'd bet you would regret it later.

I'd be more likely to regret it because it's a nice old rifle, and kind of a one-of-a-kind kind of a thing. (I.e.: You can't just walk into your local gun store and buy one of these, in such condition, as the mood strikes.) As for my father having bought it: I don't even know that for sure. Before I inherited from my parents, they inherited from both my grandmother and my great aunt on my mother's side. It could well be the rifle came from one of those estates. (Can't imagine why my father would've bought two of them.) Lastly: I have things that had belonged to my father that really were part of his life, by which to honour and remember him.

But I appreciate your concern.