Posted on 02/15/2013 7:08:31 PM PST by San Rafael Blue
HEAR,HEAR!!!!!!
I bought a Remington Model 510 single shot .22 when I was 11. It took months to raise the $24.95 with my paper route.
What Did I Buy Today? you ask...I’ll look directly at my receipt and tell you how it’s described there.
Baikal USSG
MP 18/ 12SG
Serial No; 12044895b
I hope that helps.
Yeah, it’s a shame, I buy a gun, can barely describe it.
Oh well, that will change when I start using it, getting used to it. I expect that unfamiliar feeling will completely change.
When I was about 12, my father gave me an over/under that was a .22 on top, 410 shotgun on bottom - so I could learn to shoot both. Super-safe break-action/single-shot.
Did my first target shooting, plinking, and bird-hunting with that wonderful weapon - have no idea who made it or where it went.....
Went to military academy and as it was a full-time ROTC program, learned to be a crack shot with a .22. Later that training translated into a pretty good shot with all calibers.
Had an incredible arsenal until a few years ago when it all was lost in a boat flipping over.........
Glock 22. Bought it right after TARP passed.
My first gun: 1972 @ UM in Ann Arbor. Bought a pre-war 30-06 Winchester Model 70 for $150. I wrapped it and strapped it to my bike to get it back to the dorm room (can’t imagine being able to do that today). I still have that gun to this day.
With a gun, with a gun, you will be what you are just the same!
Steely Dan
Mine was a single shot bolt action Stevens 22, also when I was 7. I recall buying 50 rd boxes of 22LR for about a quarter.
.25 Barrette, followed by Ruger 10/22, S/W 9mm, PPKS .380, Mini ranch 14, Daniels Defense .223, Kimber Ultra Covert........more to come
CC
Stevens .410 @ age 6 in Jackson MS
dove had little to fear from me with fullchoke standard
But squirrels died
I had an old 66 i got from a guy who had worked the Jungle Boat ride at Mouse World in the 70s
Ironically it was stolen along with my model 28 HIghway Patrolman
Many many moons since then
“Nothing like teaching the kids.”
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I heard that....Not only have I walked my three kids thru the art, I spent 15 years in 4H shotgun teaching kids the finer art of point shooting a shotgun.
Would not trade those 15 years for anything. Best years of my life were spent with those youngsters and their first days swinging the business end of shotgun.
Now that I have time on my hands, thinking about getting back into 4H training at the County level again. We must bring our young ones up and tutor them in the art.
Old Winchester Model 29 long barreled shotgun - 20 gauge. Doesn’t even have a serial number. Belonged to my grandfather. IIRC I was about 12. Still have it.
45 ACP Liberator....you a “Frenchie Resistancer?”
Just thinking, if you’ve never shot, start with what is called a “light” load. A 12 Ga. loaded with a 2 3/4 or 3 inch shell and a slug will kick like a mule. The same gun loaded for skeet is very gentle.
8 yrs old. ,22 Winchester 1908 pump that shot shorts. Still have it !
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