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Sixgun Jr's story below reminded me of the story of a gun in my possession.
In the early 1920's, my grandfather was the track maintenance foreman for the stretch of railroad track between Lander and Riverton Wyoming, a distance of 25 miles. Pretty tough job in those days as almost all work was by hand, he got up and down the track on one of those little carts with the handle you had to pump up and down to make it go, I dont know the proper name for it. Anyway, while replacing a few spike in the rail one day he happened upon a 1903 Colt Pocket Model, 38ACP, lying in the borrow ditch along the track where someone had tried to get rid of it. It was, and still is, in pretty good shape except for one side which has a few pits from exposure to the elements. It passed to my mother and then many years later to me. It is the reason I became a gun crank. On VJ day, 1945, I was 5 years old, my dad took the pistol out on the back porch and launched a mag full into the sky to celebrate. I thought that was the coolest thing I ever saw and from then on was a total gun nut!! I still take it out and shoot in once a year or so in honor of the previous owners, it is definitely not a target gun but plenty good enough for across the card table!
Neato! I love stories and I bet the 1903 has some to tell before your granddaddy got it. Your right as you say your granddaddy had it rough in the old days working for the RR. I hear those stories from my son who was told by the oldtimers.------------Sixgun
1st. Gen. Colt SAA’s, 1878 D.A.45 and a 38-55 Marlin TD
I love stories and I bet the 1903 has some to tell before your granddaddy got it. Your right as you say your granddaddy had it rough in the old days working for the RR. I hear those stories from my son who was told by the oldtimers.------------Sixgun
