If guns could talk...

I dabbled in Astrophotography this weekend.. My first shots leave so much to be desired I deleted them off my machine... Hopefully I can figure out what I am doing...

I was able to shoot (photography) a riffle which was given to me by a special friend of my family, John DeMille.  John was a fighter pilot during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Among other things he flew over Normandy on D-Day. After the war, he found this riffle in a tree and brought it home to be used as a hunting riffle. He gave it to me with the stipulation that I would use it. I decided to take some photos of it for the Tracy Camera Club. This month's subject was "old".

I don't know its history before 1945 but from the head stamp it seems it has been around a while.

 

It is a long barrel bolt action riffle which ended up in a tree. Much can be speculated. Perhaps it was never fired during the war? Perhaps it belonged to a sniper who was shot out of the tree? Was it in storage during the first world war, or did it see action then too? Perhaps it was a farmers hunting riffle which got caught up in the war only to end up going home with another farmer who also used it to hunt?

If guns could talk


John passed away this past year. He was 87. He will be missed.

Thanks John, for everything,
Ira