Thread: Classics corner and vintage rifle reviews

The 25 Stevens was the first rifle I ever fired. It was 55 years ago. I shot a 'possum with it.

The old chap who owned the rifle had a nice mounted red deer that he shot with it in the Tokomaru river (Sth of Palm Nth). I remember him saying that the projectile was resting under the skin in the opposite shoulder. He must have been quite close.

He kept the rifle in a cupboard with a peacock feather slipped into the muzzle.

Interestingly, after all of this time out of the blue I met his grandson not long ago (I recognised his surname), and he has the rifle and the head over in the Wairarapa.

It hooked me into hunting.