Old classic hunting rifles.
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Great posts guys! Only two in my hoard are post war being a Brno and then my Great Grandfathers 22. The 222 below does not count as it is not mine.
Early Remington Model 8, stamped 25-35 Rem from 1908.
Remington Model 14 in 25 Rem from 1913.
1899C from Bubba land. 1907 DOM in 38-55
1871 Vetterli in 41 Swiss
1950 Brno 7mm
Early Remington Model 8, stamped 25-35 Rem from 1908.
Remington Model 14 in 25 Rem from 1913.
1899C from Bubba land. 1907 DOM in 38-55
1871 Vetterli in 41 Swiss
1950 Brno 7mm
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- Central; Alberta
270 win Custom on a M70 action serial# 3###. Made in the early 60"s
280 rem Custom M70 Pre64,Stock by meck done in the early -mid 60's
270 Browning hipower 60's Vintage Mint
7x61 S&H on a browning Hipower setup- Well used by a Hunter in the 60's
Pre 64 300 Win Mag- a rare find and a real keeper and shooter
Yes I shoot them all, have taken many of my best trophys with these units
280 rem Custom M70 Pre64,Stock by meck done in the early -mid 60's
270 Browning hipower 60's Vintage Mint
7x61 S&H on a browning Hipower setup- Well used by a Hunter in the 60's
Pre 64 300 Win Mag- a rare find and a real keeper and shooter
Yes I shoot them all, have taken many of my best trophys with these units
Wow, alot of great old classics. Here are two of mine. I've posted the Sauer before. It was drilled and tapped when I got it so I'm putting a scope on it. It should be good for the medium to long shots. The second is a Steyr Mannlicher sporting rifle version of the M95 military carbine with the straight pull bolt. It has a cheek piece, double set triggers, three leaf express sights, and is chambered in the 8x50R Austrian Mannlicher cartridge. With my eyes it should be okay for the shorter ranges. Only 6lbs 2 oz unloaded. I'd like to try to rattle up a whitetail for it. I'm going to start a new thread on it with more pictures to see if I can get some information for loads and the history of it.
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Well I don't know about that, Win64 & Win38-55 go pretty dam good job too!
& quite a few others I might add!
I envy the photo skills of many on here!
Win38-55, nice 45-70 T/D w/pistol grip, a rare & delightful find
Thanks for your vote. I am what you would call a very frustrated wannabe photographer. Mostly the lighting is what gets me, or shadows.
Win38-55 would have to get my vote, the perfect back drops, nice arrangement of props. I am still working on all that sort of stuff. It takes a lot of patience and time. Both seem hard to find.
When I get the hoard of Heirlooms all together I hope to post a thread here. I just couldn't resist when Ted got this one going tho. You got a sneak peak of my latest run away.
It's hard to beat the genuine classic pics too.
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I have reviewed all the pictures in the thread. Kirk, you have had some might fine exibits of photography and Win 64 also does well. but on this thread, which is the way I worded it, Noel comes first, hands down, with GrantR second.
Photography is an art, not a science, so we go on opinions. My opinion is Noel struck a perfect example on his props of being realistic and very artistic, without the obvious posed look. The one in the barn is hard to beat.
I find shadows and glare are so hard to overcome on gun or rifle pictures.
This has been a very good thread on you people with your classic guns. Maybe we should continue the theme with one on classic photography with a shooting and hunting theme. Hey, maybe I will start it out! Just give me a bit of time.
Photography is an art, not a science, so we go on opinions. My opinion is Noel struck a perfect example on his props of being realistic and very artistic, without the obvious posed look. The one in the barn is hard to beat.
I find shadows and glare are so hard to overcome on gun or rifle pictures.
This has been a very good thread on you people with your classic guns. Maybe we should continue the theme with one on classic photography with a shooting and hunting theme. Hey, maybe I will start it out! Just give me a bit of time.
Wow, very European stock on your rifle there Sidvicious. Lookit all the lovely old rifles eh. What a wonderful thread. Will put a couple of mine on when I get back from the Kamloops show if I can figure out how to post. Great stuff guys. Real eye candy. Yum yum.
One advantage might be that I have two family homesteads to take pictures on. These are not "the" actual rifles my families used but they are the same Make, model and caliber. Seeing as they were used throughout the years of the farm getting settled I use the farm as the prop and try to fit the rifle in where it would look at home as if we were back 80 years or so.
Not many people have the advantage of having "period" props.As far as getting a detailed picture with great clarity, GrantR's and 38-55's approach is hard to beat.
Are you guys using SLR's and tripods?
Thanks for the very kind words.
Noel, I'm using a compact digital point and shoot camera, an old 5 Megapixel Canon S-50. For the indoor shots, I used a tripod and the outdoor ones are hand held. I avoid flash, trying to use available light.
Here are a couple more:
This one is an original Winchester SRC 38-55 made in 1907 that I still hunt and shoot with ...
This one is an original Winchester Model 53 25-20 made in 1924, photo taken while Groundhog hunting. I usually hunt with this one several times a week. So far this spring I've only bagged one groundhog so far with it, but there are still a couple more in the alfalfa field that are a little hard to sneak up on ....
and this one is an old Winchester SRC 30-30 made in 1913 ....
Here are a couple more:
This one is an original Winchester SRC 38-55 made in 1907 that I still hunt and shoot with ...
This one is an original Winchester Model 53 25-20 made in 1924, photo taken while Groundhog hunting. I usually hunt with this one several times a week. So far this spring I've only bagged one groundhog so far with it, but there are still a couple more in the alfalfa field that are a little hard to sneak up on ....
and this one is an old Winchester SRC 30-30 made in 1913 ....
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