Reeder Custom Guns - Hello All. An old image

John W
Hello All. An old image
Friday, June 26, 2026, 08:19

I posted this image years ago and felt the need to repost this.

The image is of my grandfather( the man on the farthest left) and his friends after a successful Massachusetts deer hunt. For over one hundred years, the state has been a shotgun only state. I am guessing the image is sometime around the 1930's or 40's. Everyone dressed up a little to go out. In those days, the season was a week to two weeks long, the first full Monday in December with no Sunday hunting.

My grandfather has a double barreled shotgun with some kind of home made front sight.

From time to time I get a tinge of nostalgia. I do believe I need to reach out to some friends and see if this season we do a deer hunt together. [image]

Hello All. An old image - John W, 2026-06-26, 08:19
- The 4th man from the left has an unusual - Gary Reeder, 2026-07-01, 12:02
  - Resizing it up looks like break open single shot - Jim Taylor, 2026-07-04, 13:24
- Looks like 3 hunters have SXS’s very cool (nm) - Blake, 2026-06-27, 05:02
  - Well I guess my mom was wrong. LOL in the second picture Ben - Blake, 2026-06-27, 05:23
  - My mom’s parents 1914, the duck hunted together - Blake, 2026-06-27, 05:19
    - In pic one Grandma's gun appears to have about a 40 inch - Gary Reeder, 2026-07-01, 12:54
    - Wow! That car cost more than a house. - WB, 2026-06-28, 11:49
- Cool pic. Why shotguns only?! (nm) - WB, 2026-06-26, 19:24
  - Some States in the East Only Allow Shotguns For Deer. - Jim Taylor, 2026-06-27, 08:06
    - Mass has been shotgun only since 1910 - John W, 2026-07-01, 04:13
    - Massachusetts as well. (nm) - drdougrx, 2026-06-28, 04:41
      - Military reservations too. I used to deer hunt - Gary Reeder, 2026-06-29, 22:10