Well if Skeeter can admit to shooting a tv I guess I can too. I was about 9 years old and my brother inlaw and a couple of his friends took me rabbit hunting with them one night. We took dad’s old Winchester pump 22 and his JC Higgens 22 auto. The next morning dad told me to clean those rifles before he left for work. I cleaned the Winchester and when I picked up the JC Higgens I seen that it was still loaded. I pulled the tube out and dumped all the shells and the worked the action to remove the one from the chamber. It was about that time that Jed Clampett was fixing to fire the shot where the oil bubbled up and I had the cross hairs of the old 4 power Weaver right on his head. When he pulled the trigger I pulled the trigger and put a round right in the middle of our 6 month old 24 inch B/W RCA. Scared the living chit out of my and my sister came running from the back room where she had been a sleep just in time to see the smoke coming from the screen. What I didn’t realize at the time was even though I dumped the tube mag and removed the one from the chamber, there was still one in the follower. Dad didn’t talk to me for a week and that hurt far more than if he’d just broke the belt out, he was my bestest buddy. Pop’s 93 years old now and still reminds me of that every chance he gets. He’s still my bestest buddy.
My Dad passed away back in 2007. He was 85 years old. I have all the wonderful memories of our hunting, shooting, and fishing throughout the years. He was a WWII vet and my hero.
Cherish everything and every minute with your Dad. Time flies by and we are soon left with just our memories.
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