When ads like these were commonplace and when schools were not union shops filled with habitual problem cases.
Posted on 12/17/2019 5:01:32 AM PST by w1n1
Can’t remember how many BB-gun wars I took part in.
Not one eye lost!
I wonder how much of an urban legend ‘you’ll shoot your eye out’ was?
I had several BB guns when I was a kid, good God I loved them! It’s inconceivable that today anyone with half a brain would look at them as anything other than a gift from God but leftists would vilify anything good and wholesome about America.
When ads like these were commonplace and when schools were not union shops filled with habitual problem cases.
The great thing about the Red Ryder is their indestructibility. I bought one for my 14 year old grandson when he was 7. My 6 year old grandson now uses it and his 3 year old brother will take it over in a couple it years. A new 6 month old grandson will eventually get it. One $25 BB gun that will last decades.
Got my Daisy for Christmas in 1958.
We went from six shooters (cap guns) (Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy)...to 22s.
Never got shot with a BB gun, but I did catch a steel pellet from a wrist rocket in the middle of the back once....once!
I was six years old.
LOL!
Brilliant!
“You’ll shoot your eye out kid.”
I got in some trouble with the law with a replica 9mm bb gun, as a teenager. Dumb dumb.
Walmart has a huge stack of them for $29.95ea.
Don’t shoot like they used to. Bought my kid one. Can’t hit the barn.
When my older by 2 years brother and I were very young, we had matching Roy Rogers and Dale Evans pistol sets, with wrap around belt holsters. He graduated to a BB gun several years later. Never shot anyone’s eye out.
I was trained in safety by a retired marine. My dad. Never point it at anything you don’t wish to destroy etc. (pretty much the Jeff Cooper Rules)
Of course the other guys weren’t trained as such. First time I got a bb bruise on my ‘cheek’ (we used to go down to the creek as kids in nothing but our bathing suits and sneakers) I wasn’t going to take it. We set up ground rules. Nothing above the waist and preferably towards the rear end.
Kids have stupid fun. Glad I didn’t miss it.
I’ve been hit several times with BBs and they never broke the skin, but did leave a red mark.
As for eyes, I almost lost one to a home made arrow released by another kid, and I almost shot out an eye of a kid with a cork gun. Remember those?
This is starting to bring back memories.
I think we had some similar ‘rules’ about not shooting above the waist.
Those were the days.
I bought one a few years back. I had to modify the rear sight to make it hit on target. They need adjustable sights.
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