[Craig T]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Very cool, Fred. It's great to see you are into the double action Colts. I've been learning a lot from you.

On a different note, but hailing from about the same time, here is my old Model 70. Serial number says it's a 1950 manufacture. It's just a run-of-the-mill .30-'06. This was one of just two hunting rifles I owned when I was younger, with the other being a T/C Hawken in .54 caliber, so I could take advantage of muzzle loading seasons. Unfortunately, as I got older and acquired a pretty diverse array of (often unusual) hunting rifles, this poor thing started get left at home. It sat unloved and overlooked in the back of the safe for a good two decades. It's kind of a heavy, unwieldy thing as hunting rifles go, going well over ten pounds with a scope. I guess I didn't know any better when I was younger... Anyhoo, the scope is gone, it will be wearing a peep of some kind from now on (starting with the XS Sight Systems "ghost ring" shown), and will be getting a bit more use from now on.

The old soldier:

Beautiful wood and checkering! The peep sight is cool too.