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A few years ago my sister expressed interest in acquiring our Great Grandfathers rifle to be left to her oldest son. I inherited the rifle in 2009 and wasn’t using it so figured why not? Maybe some day one of my 3 nephews would take up hunting so I told my sister to get her PAL and I’d send the rifle.
Today I was sitting out on the porch enjoying the fresh air and Canada Post showed up with a parcel. It was the size of a gun box and I thought I’m not expecting a gun?
I signed for it and saw my sisters name and address on the box.
Inside was the rifle with a note, the boys are all hunting age now but none are interested so you might as well have your rifle back.
So I have my Great Grandfather’s rifle once again. For those who may be intetested my story is a bit long winded but I’ll try to keep it short. My Great Grandfather was Lance Sgt Herman James Good, VC. He earned a Victoria Cross non-posthumously in WW1 at The Battle of Amiens, Hangard Wood, France on August 8/1918.
After the war he returned home and was given the key to the city, his hometown of Bathurst, NB and declared a lawless man not having to abide the town by laws. A few years after returning the provincial gov’t offered him the job of Game & Fire Warden for his district.
As well as being game warden he used to guide hunters. There was a large privately owned lodge in the area owned and frequented by several affluent Americans, one of whom my Great Grandfather guided for 2 weeks in the fall of 1934. The hunter got a bear, bull moose and buck deer over the two weeks. He also happened to be one of the owners of the Washington Evening Star and was also a journalist and war correspondent in the 40’s. His name was Newbold Noyes Jr.
After returning to the US he ordered this rifle as a thank you to Herman for his guiding services. The rifle arrived by mail as a complete surprise to my Great Grandfather.
According to my Grandfather, Herman’s oldest son the rifle came with a sheepskin case(long gone) and the receipt in the box showed a purchase price of $125! Gramp said it was 5X the price of a standard 94 which could be had from the Sears catalog for $22.95!
The rifle is a Winchester Model 64 Deer Rifle (Deluxe carbine) in .30WCF(30-30).
My Grandfather said his Dad loved the rifle and never went to work without it carrying it on all his patrols. The bore is good, it still shoots well but as you can see it has been carried to death! I have never seen checkering worn so flat it looks like pencil etching!!
Anyways it’s home again, this time to stay.....but who I’ll leave it to in my will I’ve no idea? I had hoped my sisters boys might hunt but apparently not and I don’t have kids of my own.....oh well I’m not going to fret about it. Instead I’ll pick up some ammo this week, get sighted in and see if my girlfriend or I can shoot a deer with it?!
Today I was sitting out on the porch enjoying the fresh air and Canada Post showed up with a parcel. It was the size of a gun box and I thought I’m not expecting a gun?
I signed for it and saw my sisters name and address on the box.
Inside was the rifle with a note, the boys are all hunting age now but none are interested so you might as well have your rifle back.
So I have my Great Grandfather’s rifle once again. For those who may be intetested my story is a bit long winded but I’ll try to keep it short. My Great Grandfather was Lance Sgt Herman James Good, VC. He earned a Victoria Cross non-posthumously in WW1 at The Battle of Amiens, Hangard Wood, France on August 8/1918.
After the war he returned home and was given the key to the city, his hometown of Bathurst, NB and declared a lawless man not having to abide the town by laws. A few years after returning the provincial gov’t offered him the job of Game & Fire Warden for his district.
As well as being game warden he used to guide hunters. There was a large privately owned lodge in the area owned and frequented by several affluent Americans, one of whom my Great Grandfather guided for 2 weeks in the fall of 1934. The hunter got a bear, bull moose and buck deer over the two weeks. He also happened to be one of the owners of the Washington Evening Star and was also a journalist and war correspondent in the 40’s. His name was Newbold Noyes Jr.
After returning to the US he ordered this rifle as a thank you to Herman for his guiding services. The rifle arrived by mail as a complete surprise to my Great Grandfather.
According to my Grandfather, Herman’s oldest son the rifle came with a sheepskin case(long gone) and the receipt in the box showed a purchase price of $125! Gramp said it was 5X the price of a standard 94 which could be had from the Sears catalog for $22.95!
The rifle is a Winchester Model 64 Deer Rifle (Deluxe carbine) in .30WCF(30-30).
My Grandfather said his Dad loved the rifle and never went to work without it carrying it on all his patrols. The bore is good, it still shoots well but as you can see it has been carried to death! I have never seen checkering worn so flat it looks like pencil etching!!
Anyways it’s home again, this time to stay.....but who I’ll leave it to in my will I’ve no idea? I had hoped my sisters boys might hunt but apparently not and I don’t have kids of my own.....oh well I’m not going to fret about it. Instead I’ll pick up some ammo this week, get sighted in and see if my girlfriend or I can shoot a deer with it?!
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