And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
That was about the correct level of excitement at that age of getting a .22.
But you never ever see an advertisement for a Remington 510 - the single-shot version of the Remington 500 series.
You may think a single-shot .22 is so useless, but, really, they're fantastic, as they take all .22 ammo that's not Magnum. .22LR, .22Long, .22Short, .22Cap.
Pretty sure that the way I looked when my Dad gave me mine for a gift at roughly that age. Mine is a tube feed. Still got it all these years later. Sad part, you can't even get ammo for it in this state. N.Y. The fascist have taken over.
Mine was a tube fed Marlin 81, well used but still well preserved. I still own and shoot it, marveling I can still use iron sights effectively. Its a pity that it is getting difficult for new shooters to discover them. In my day, it was a rite of passage being given the responsibility of carrying a loaded firearm.
I got a Remington Nylon 66 in Mohawk Brown for High School graduation in 1977 that I still use all the time and is in like new condition. It sports an original "El Paso" Weaver K-3. Neither the rifle or the scope are made any more. My kids took it to the range recently and received several offers to buy it.
Times have sure changed. That kid was me 60 years ago. Saw a Savage Model 24..22Mag/.410 in a drugstore in Bordentown Nj. $35.00 I was 14. Owner of the store took $5 a week until it was paid off. When I gave him the last $5, he asked me if my parents knew about it. I told him yes and he wrapped it up in brown kraft paper and sent me on my way. NO paperwork, no tax, no nothing. Had a lot of fun with that gun. Used to have a gun dealer in the area, Harry's Army and Navy. When I was 16 I traded harry a cocker spaniel puppy for a shotgun. Times have really changed.
66 years ago, as a lad of 8 we lived on a farm outside of Paragould, Arkansas. Dad & I went to the barber shop after working on the farm our half-day Saturday. While dad visited with the barber, I moseyed on down to the general store where a Mossberg 410 shotgun had caught my eye the week before.
I took the shotgun down from the wall and gave it a good looking at. About this time the owner came over and ask if he could help me. I told him I wanted the shotgun. He says "do you think your folks will mind"? I said no. Paid the man $24.99 and like hjets said, the owner wrapped in brown Kaft paper and down the street I went.
But you never ever see an advertisement for a Remington 510 - the single-shot version of the Remington 500 series.
ReplyDeleteYou may think a single-shot .22 is so useless, but, really, they're fantastic, as they take all .22 ammo that's not Magnum. .22LR, .22Long, .22Short, .22Cap.
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Pretty sure that the way I looked when my Dad gave me mine for a gift at roughly that age. Mine is a tube feed. Still got it all these years later. Sad part, you can't even get ammo for it in this state. N.Y. The fascist have taken over.
ReplyDeleteMine was a tube fed Marlin 81, well used but still well preserved. I still own and shoot it, marveling I can still use iron sights effectively. Its a pity that it is getting difficult for new shooters to discover them. In my day, it was a rite of passage being given the responsibility of carrying a loaded firearm.
ReplyDeleteI got a Remington Nylon 66 in Mohawk Brown for High School graduation in 1977 that I still use all the time and is in like new condition. It sports an original "El Paso" Weaver K-3. Neither the rifle or the scope are made any more. My kids took it to the range recently and received several offers to buy it.
ReplyDeleteThe 514 was the standard for Boy Scout shooting ranges in my day. Single shot - 10 shots for a $1.00.
ReplyDeleteTimes have sure changed. That kid was me 60 years ago. Saw a Savage Model 24..22Mag/.410 in a drugstore in Bordentown Nj. $35.00 I was 14. Owner of the store took $5 a week until it was paid off. When I gave him the last $5, he asked me if my parents knew about it. I told him yes and he wrapped it up in brown kraft paper and sent me on my way. NO paperwork, no tax, no nothing. Had a lot of fun with that gun. Used to have a gun dealer in the area, Harry's Army and Navy. When I was 16 I traded harry a cocker spaniel puppy for a shotgun. Times have really changed.
ReplyDelete66 years ago, as a lad of 8 we lived on a farm outside of Paragould, Arkansas. Dad & I went to the barber shop after working on the farm our half-day Saturday.
ReplyDeleteWhile dad visited with the barber, I moseyed on down to the general store where a Mossberg 410 shotgun had caught my eye the week before.
I took the shotgun down from the wall and gave it a good looking at. About this time
the owner came over and ask if he could help me. I told him I wanted the shotgun. He says "do you think your folks will mind"? I said no. Paid the man $24.99 and like hjets said, the owner wrapped in brown Kaft paper and down the street I went.