Over the weekend, my uncle showed me his gun collection. He's got a lot of very nice selection of turn-of-the-last-century rifles, including about 3 Stevens Ideals, a Spencer Repeater, and an old sporterized Mauser etc. He's got a shotgun that belonged to his Uncle, and a pump action .22 that I didn't identify that belonged to my Grandpa. I was kind of overwhelmed, and didn't get a chance to scrutinize any of them. He's recently gotten caught up in the gun-buying panic of '09 and purchased two new Ruger Mini-14s. The NRA special, and the new Tactical model. They're nice, but they're not AR15s. I prepared for '09, and did all my gun buying last year when stuff was available.

I recently got a Curio & Relic Firearms license, which allows me to have Curio & Relic firearms shipped directly to me if I were to order one from an online vendor, or win one at auction. I primarily got it because I like mil-surp rifles. But I ought to start looking at some Americana pieces as well. It might be kind of fun to have a Stevens ideal, or Spencer Repeater. Oh, and he has a pre-'64 Winchester Mod 94 in .30-30. That's a gem.