I already posted my rifles & stats, but thought everyone might get a kick out of this. After my Dad passes in 2012, I have is rifle, the only rifle he ever had that I knew of. Sometime back pre WWII my Dad got a 03 Springfield. Over the years he sporterized it like everyone did back then. (new stock, blue job, alter bolt to clear scope, drill & Tap for scope, etc). I took it out and shot it last year, just to shoot it. When I picked it up I realized how heavy it was. The gun had no sling, unloaded and with a Leupold 3x10 on top, it weighted almost 12# unloaded!! I was shocked.
My dad carried it on the last elk hunt with me and he was 90....got a cow too. It makes me weak thinking about lugging around that "brick"! My Pop was not a big man either, but could still pack his share.
The first picture in here in Colorado in 2005, Dad was 88. My son there too. The last picture is from a backcountry deer hunting trip in California in 1954, Dad has the same rifle. I was 13 at the time.
