Thought fellow gun owners would like this

Kel-Tec2006 · January 15th, 2006, 10:46 PM

When I graduated college, my step-father sent me a card with his congrats and told me my present would be arriving soon.

A few days later, my mom and step-dad arrive at our house to help with construction of my deck extension out back. He hands me a soft gun case. I unzip it and produce a 1915 Iver Johnson Double 12.

The card was simple, "It's your watch now..."

Enjoy! Any idea on it's worth?

Bud White · January 15th, 2006, 11:01 PM

No clue what it would be worth but very nice

jarhead79 · January 15th, 2006, 11:05 PM

Family Heirloom.....PRICELESS. I know it's nice to know values for insurance purposes or just because, but if you sell it, you're """CRAZY"""!!!!!!

Kel-Tec2006 · January 15th, 2006, 11:11 PM

No way would I sell it!

I plan on leaving it to a great grand kid in my will with the same words, "It's your watch now..."

This gun will never be sold by me!

jarhead79 · January 15th, 2006, 11:11 PM

Do you know how long it's been in the family???

Kel-Tec2006 · January 15th, 2006, 11:15 PM

My step-dad aquired it when his uncle died. My step father is 72 now, and his uncle was in his 80s when he passed. He got it and number of other old guns, including a Crack Shot .22, a bolt action 16guage, and many others.

Not sure who had it before him.

ramtough47 · January 15th, 2006, 11:17 PM

In my opnion PRICLESS. The way it was given to you, that's special. Treat it with the repect it deserves.

CombatEffective · January 15th, 2006, 11:19 PM

It's stuff like this the antis will never understand.

Kel-Tec2006 · January 15th, 2006, 11:21 PM

Yes, to me it is indeed priceless. So much so that I have owned it since 2002, and I have NEVER fired it.

Took it bird hunting once, but the dogs never kicked any birds so it didn't get fired. My guess is it kicks like a mule!

P95Carry · January 15th, 2006, 11:23 PM

K-T, that is a special gun if only for the manner of its aquisition.

It is as you say - a keeper and something you will also hand over later. Nice sentiment too.

I wish I had a gun my Dad owned but the only shotgun he had went - somewhere - when I was wee little and that was it - never seen again.

It was ''just'' a humble single 12G - probably an old hammer model IIRC but wish I had it.

January 15th, 2006, 11:05 PM	#3
jarhead79 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stansbury Park, UT Posts: 1,197	Family Heirloom.....PRICELESS. I know it's nice to know values for insurance purposes or just because, but if you sell it, you're """CRAZY"""!!!!!! __________________ Sig P239 9mm Bersa Thunder .380 Duo-Tone (RIP) & .45 NAA Guardian .32NAA Ruger SP101 .38 SPL UBG Holsters current wait time as of 12-1-2008: 2-4 weeks.

January 15th, 2006, 11:11 PM	#4
Kel-Tec2006 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reading your mind Posts: 83	No way would I sell it! I plan on leaving it to a great grand kid in my will with the same words, "It's your watch now..." This gun will never be sold by me! __________________ "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. For when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." Nietzsche

January 15th, 2006, 11:11 PM	#5
jarhead79 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stansbury Park, UT Posts: 1,197	Do you know how long it's been in the family??? __________________ Sig P239 9mm Bersa Thunder .380 Duo-Tone (RIP) & .45 NAA Guardian .32NAA Ruger SP101 .38 SPL UBG Holsters current wait time as of 12-1-2008: 2-4 weeks.

January 15th, 2006, 11:15 PM	#6
Kel-Tec2006 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reading your mind Posts: 83	My step-dad aquired it when his uncle died. My step father is 72 now, and his uncle was in his 80s when he passed. He got it and number of other old guns, including a Crack Shot .22, a bolt action 16guage, and many others. Not sure who had it before him. __________________ "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. For when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." Nietzsche

January 15th, 2006, 11:19 PM	#8
CombatEffective Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,000	It's stuff like this the antis will never understand. __________________ Shooters' Legacy Special sections for S&W and Ruger

January 15th, 2006, 11:01 PM	#2
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	No clue what it would be worth but very nice

January 15th, 2006, 11:17 PM	#7
ramtough47 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: LEXINGTON,TN Posts: 90	In my opnion PRICLESS. The way it was given to you, that's special. Treat it with the repect it deserves.

January 15th, 2006, 11:21 PM	#9
Kel-Tec2006 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reading your mind Posts: 83	Yes, to me it is indeed priceless. So much so that I have owned it since 2002, and I have NEVER fired it. Took it bird hunting once, but the dogs never kicked any birds so it didn't get fired. My guess is it kicks like a mule! __________________ "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. For when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." Nietzsche

January 15th, 2006, 11:23 PM	#10
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	K-T, that is a special gun if only for the manner of its aquisition. It is as you say - a keeper and something you will also hand over later. Nice sentiment too. I wish I had a gun my Dad owned but the only shotgun he had went - somewhere - when I was wee little and that was it - never seen again. It was ''just'' a humble single 12G - probably an old hammer model IIRC but wish I had it. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

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