I had never held a 1895 , let alone shot one...
I had recalled seeing the above photo a few times in a box collection of old random family photos.
There was another of my Dad & Uncle as small children circa 1910 with their Granddad ( my great Grandfather ) on buckboard .
Mr Ragland (GGrandFather) was holding a Double Berral Shotgun.
These collections were in my late Sister's possession and I had not seem them in many years.
I remember seeing them but did not register the guns other they were a shotguns of some type
Way off in the 1895 case .
But something , I guess must have clicked back then... As I aways liked Lever guns and own several , but not a 1895.
re-finding this photo was both nostalgic and eye opening
I'm having it professionally mounted and copy enlarged for framing.... ( also the one of my Dad and Great Grand Father )
Some years ago I had another photo done, it was of my Dad' s Father & Mother with Theodore Roosevelt.