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Rifle collection Bill Smith, rural Staples, holds up a few guns that have been a part of his family's deer hunting tradition over the years. From left to right: a Thompson Center 270 that his wife, Sandy, recently won at a Bingo game; his dad's gun, a 30/30 Winchester Model 55; and his grandfather's rifle from the Civil War era, a 4477 Sharps. The antler rack behind Bill was from a deer his dad, Bert Smith, shot years ago. (Staples World photo by Dawn Schimpp Timbs)
Rifle collection Bill Smith, rural Staples, holds up a few guns that have been a part of his family's deer hunting tradition over the years. From left to right: a Thompson Center 270 that his wife, Sandy, recently won at a Bingo game; his dad's gun, a 30/30 Winchester Model 55; and his grandfather's rifle from the Civil War era, a 4477 Sharps. The antler rack behind Bill was from a deer his dad, Bert Smith, shot years ago. (Staples World photo by Dawn Schimpp Timbs)
