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He says it's a .30-06, not an 8mm. Like Lee said, need a pic of the opposite side of breech, barrel.

I used to suffer mighty after a hike. Middle of the night I'd be rolling out of my sack with cramps from heck in my thighs. And if I tried to enjoy a beer with dinner, the Charlie horses were 10x. One evening a friend saw me suffering and introduced me to a magnesium supplement called CALM. Ain't suffered since and a big can of the powder is about $16. But don't take too much or you'll find it's a great laxative too.

I sent out a few Valentine's wishes...

Like Curly of 'Mice and Men?'

So I spent the morning doing some research into this heirloom and its components and here's what I learned: This rifle was manufactured in March 1952, years earlier than I had thought making it 65 years old next month. The date codes are plainly visible on the barrel. The Weaver V4.5 scope was manufactured in El Paso, TX sometime shortly after Weaver first introduced the variable power rifle scope in 1950. These scopes are 7/8" steel tube and Weaver did all the glass coating, polishing and tube bluing in house. Thousands of the scopes were sent to Korea for sniper use. There are no serial numbers or manufacture dates on the scopes. One thing that makes this particular scope a little more rare is it's post and wire reticle resembling the Zeiss II German style. Is the glass still clear and hold on Zero? It's glass is remarkabley clear, never fogs and the turret caps haven't been off for adjustment in memory. The early 740s were not predrilled for scopes. One way around this was the Stith drilless scope mounts. Stith CO had been around since the early 1900s teaming up with optic manufacturers to provide adjustable mounts for scope tubes, since in the beginning stages of glass optics the windage and elevation adjustments were made in the mount and not in the scope. These mounts were machined in the basement of an accounting firm in downtown San Antonio TX. The mounts had to be ordered for your specific scope and weapon. These mounts were selling for about $27 a set in 1952 as was the Weaver variable scope (combined, nearly $500 in today's currency). By adding the scope and mounts to your 760, you would have easily doubled the original cost of your Remington pump rifle. That was big bucks 65 years ago when the annual medium income was about $1500. Stith was acquired by Redfield in 1956. Hard to imagine but originally the entire mount was blued.

1956 2016 Only change is the 10round mag and the quick impromptu 303 cord sling. Ya know your gun has got some miles on it when you've worn out a good thick leather sling.

Winner winner. The 760 was used by James Earl Ray to assassinate MLK in '68. It also led Congress to enact the 1968 Gun Control Act

Eat her liver with a Pinot noir and a fava bean pilaf?Don't eat that liver. Could quite literally be toxic. Good call on the Pinot though, Chianti might run the subtle flavor of antidepressants right over.Of course not a Chianti, you drunken genius. In my mind's taste buds, the chemicals and alcohol are playfully chasing each other across my palate now.

Eat her liver with a Pinot noir and a fava bean pilaf?

Do you know what that rifles dubious claim to fame is? Anybody?

hopefully your lawnmower has a beer holder, buddy.

Is that one of the times you chew your arm off so you don't wake her? yup, TrphyHntr calls it the Full Coyote

Do you know what that rifles dubious claim to fame is?

Yeah, I didn't want to waste any meat. JKHe was running thru some brush and only gave me a head shot. Bullet entered below that ear and came out between his eyes. What color were his eyes? One blew right and one blew left? Funny. Pretty sure he didn't suffer. The exit wound made it a lot easier to remove his skull cap cuz I had only packed in a pocket saw. Mike took in his wicked alien saw but it was so sharp it could take your limb off if you just looked at it wrong.

Sweet rifle. Which maker stamp is on it? I had a Winchester 1917 sporterized and improved to .300 H&H. Rifle was a thumper, can't believe I let it go. I didn't even mind the $2-3 per round but ammo availability was lacking.

Yeah, I didn't want to waste any meat. JKHe was running thru some brush and only gave me a head shot. Bullet entered below that ear and came out between his eyes.

Mike, that rifle has taken down 4 species of deer, and a couple antelope. One year back in the 90s, we both took elk with it in seperate hunts. Dad semi-retired it in '75 but after trying a Weatherby 7mm and a Rem 7600, only to go back to the ol Meatpole in the last years he hunted. It was handed down to me 15 years ago. Here's a shout out to pops, a WWII vet and my personal hero. He turns 90 in a couple weeks. He taught me how to hunt, appreciate nature and sit quiet.

He's probably at the clinic receiving treatment now...

Trophyhunter's digits and arm show similar chew marks on mornings following a successful night huntin hogs at Denim and Diamonds...

Topshelf, Matt thanks for remembering.

Dinner and a show; a donkey show.

One of the vets I took elk hunting has become a close family friend. And although he lives 4 hours away, he's brought his family over for camping, fishing, horseback riding and enjoying the Superbowl. He's of Italian descent and we love how he takes over the kitchen on his visits. Was a great chance to give back to some great guys.

Congrats, got er done!

We've always eaten healthy but now the ol lady is counting the calories too. Now she's realizing why I rolled my eyes each time she heaped the food on. Smaller servings and 30 minutes of intense workouts daily has equalled 8 pounds of weight loss per week.

I heard about Silver Creek for the first time last night.