My most interesting surplus piece is my P-17 Enfield in .30-06. When my dad was a young man he attended the gunsmithing school in Trinidad Colorado. One of his assignments was to sporterize a surplus rifle. He put this particular rifle together and then gave it to my Grandpa as a gift. My dad built it in 1960 when he was just 18 years old. Even back then he had remarkable talent.

These days, sporterizing a vintage military gun would be considered an act of heresy, but back then it was quite common.

Anyway, I had shot the rifle when I was a boy and my grandpa told me how proud he was to have it. When he died I asked if I could have it. I have treasured it ever since.