| Huvius |
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| 22/01/09 04:08 PM |
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.256 Newton
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Here are a few pictures of a Newton rifle which used to be in my family.
I don't know what the etiquette is on posting guns which you no longer own, but there is no worry on me bad-mouthing this one.
Said to be engraved by Kornbrath and stocked by Fred Adolph.
When my great uncle went off to WW2, he told his wife, "sell whatever you need to if you need the money - except the Newton!"
| 9.3x57 |
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| 23/01/09 01:09 AM |
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Re: .256 Newton
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Hoovie;
What to say...
A .280 Dubiel and now this??
What a spectacular rifle!
Those two really sum up an era gone.
Great rifle and thanks for posting.
| pjaln |
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| 24/01/09 12:33 PM |
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huvius, this is a real fred adolph if there ever was one!! a friend of mine sent a springfield to auction about 5 years ago adorned in the same fashion !!wow nobody ever left me anything!!..paul
| dale |
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| 24/01/09 05:04 PM |
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I bet Xausa had to have oxygen when he saw this one. :^
| 450_366 |
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| 24/01/09 08:57 PM |
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Why cant my relatives produce something even remotely interesting.
| A10ACN |
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| 25/01/09 01:02 AM |
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That one is truly deep freezer cool!!! Yawsuh!!!! Please DON'T tell us the reason it is no longer in the family. I don't want to cry!
| Huvius |
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| 25/01/09 02:46 AM |
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It was the best of times and the worst of times...
No time to regret the decisions of others.
Sometimes people (read family) do things that cannot be explained. For the record, I didn't sell it outside the family.
I was just fortunate to have it for the time I did.
This is really the only "shoulda kept it" gun I've had, but I was obligated to sell it back to my brother - I assume the role of family pawn shop on occasion.
Looking back, I should have just put up the cash to keep it...