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Started with a Benjamin .22 Cal Pellet Gun. Big Grin
 
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For sheer, unfettered joy, there's nothing quite like being 10 years old, unsupervised, with a Daisy and 15 cents worth (three packs of 100) BB's, and having free run of 100 acres rife with sparrows, cowbirds, and even grasshoppers for targets. Add to that a trash dump full of empty beer bottles neatly disposed of in their original cartons and you will understand the concept of Nirvana.



Boy, is that ever the pure, distilled, truth!!

Brings back lot's of great memories. Used to feed my cat every day with birds from the prune orchard across the street (Curtner Avenue) and another orchard (cherries) just to the right of us across Cottle Road in what is now the Willow Glen portion of San Jose, CA. We lived on the corner of those two streets.

And sometimes, when we ran out of other targets, we'd snipe the inhabitants of the local big Black Ant hills....and you could recover and reuse those BBs, Especially the copper coated ones,
 
Posts: 9685 | Location: Cave Creek 85331, USA | Registered: 17 August 2001Reply With Quote
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You could start another poll on this. Who knows who Red Ryder was? Us old geezers will know, but a heck of a lot here don't know.


Do you think they could identify "Little Beaver" too?
 
Posts: 9685 | Location: Cave Creek 85331, USA | Registered: 17 August 2001Reply With Quote
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I started out with a Crossman 788 BB Scout that maxed at 10 pumps. We used to chase squirrels round and round the top and sides of Grandpa's full wire corn crib.

Killed many sparrows with it, as well as, pidgeons in Grandpa's barn. My most memorable kill was a stupid crow sitting 30 feet up on a dead cottonwood limb above the garden. I readied the BB Scout in the house then slowly snuck out of the garage and rested it on Dad's tarped 16 foot Lund.

A single shot to center chest brought the crow staight down to the edge of Mom's tomatoes. I would guess it was a 25-30 yard shot. I still can't believe that crow let me get that close.

The best part was my little brother watched the whole scene unfold from the laundry room window. I was truely a hero for a couple hours.

Added: The stock broke about the same time the bolt stopped working and then I was ready for a 10/22. No telling how many thousands of BBs that sucker fired.

I was able to find a year earlier model in very good condition on Gunbroker a couple years ago for $45. I snatched it up and now my son is plinking away with it; I am again, a hero.
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Posts: 200 | Location: Belle Plaine, IA USA | Registered: 09 July 2001Reply With Quote
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You could start another poll on this. Who knows who Red Ryder was? Us old geezers will know, but a heck of a lot here don't know.


Do you think they could identify "Little Beaver" too?


-do you think, at that, they'd be surprised to know that he did away with his wife?
 
Posts: 3314 | Location: NYC | Registered: 18 April 2005Reply With Quote
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I started with a lever action BB gun, it was a Daisy but not a Red Ryder, it was an earlier cheaper version.


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Daisy-Heddon Model 572...still have it and still works, I think.(dont remember it being that loud when it went off) Havent shot it in many moons, need to go buy some bb's.


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I remember little brother and I walking the edges of the highway picking up pop bottles and returning them to the store for enough to pay for our bb's! Now I'm putting a date on myself... Big Grin


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Posts: 1641 | Location: Green Country Oklahoma | Registered: 03 August 2007Reply With Quote
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I put other as mine was not actually a Red Ryder. It was the same Daisy action with a different wood stock and forearm.

Got mine in 1972...I was in 3rd grade...and 7 at the time I got it...Santa Claus brought it


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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
For sheer, unfettered joy, there's nothing quite like being 10 years old, unsupervised, with a Daisy and 15 cents worth (three packs of 100) BB's, and having free run of 100 acres rife with sparrows, cowbirds, and even grasshoppers for targets. Add to that a trash dump full of empty beer bottles neatly disposed of in their original cartons and you will understand the concept of Nirvana.


We had exactly the same beginnings!


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A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House

No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
 
Posts: 38407 | Location: Gainesville, TX | Registered: 24 December 2006Reply With Quote
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Like many I had a 22 cal pellet BSA and birds in the orchard were a 10 year olds dream. The henhouse was about 50 yards away and the cattle would want the fresh straw when the floor was cleaned and refreshed, and a pellet hit on the rump was the disuader. I killed a seagull on the fly (once)and probably got as big a shock as the gull, (well, almost) We were about 600 yds from any other houses with the orchard and a 15ft high hedge and a big line of trees to stalk. Most recently I bought myself a barrel break air pistol with a 500fps 17 cal pellet to get the blackbirds and starlings who invade the feed tables I have in the garden for the little finches etc that I feed in the winter. Put a red dot scope on it although I had to cut a groove across the barrel for a two pot resin'd butress for the scope to hold against. I can set up my target board down the hallway in wet weather and have a 15 yd session. I would not have thought I would ever return to the simple pleasures of an air gun but maybe this second childhood (theory)has some merrits after all.


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