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.
@ John the River tried it twice (right-handed, but I'm very strong left-eyed) needed a chiropractor, badly, to straighten my neck out, twice didn't learn the first time been shooting lefty now for over 70 years can't hit the broadside otherwise
Left eye dominate. Needs to be taught to shoot left handed or she'll break her nose, jab her eye, with anything over 22 lr. I speak from experience. Jpaul
Yes, a Red Ryder. I compared mine to the photo. I'm right handed, left eye dominant, shoot long arms lefty, handguns righty. Fun short range porch plinker, cheap ammo.
Grew up in the 60's and got so good with the damn thing they banned me from the local carnivals. My Grandma and shooting instructor was my BB supplier and for 25 cents a tube I don't think it hurt her pocketbook much. I shot rabbits and pheasants with that thing even. Went on to shoot competition in the military with some success. Now? I might be able to hit the side of the barn with glasses on.
That looks like the "adult" sized Red Ryder. My wife commandeered mine to keep turkeys from crapping on the back patio which she finds objectionable. Great fun.
My Mom told me that when she was young, my grandfather would come home from the store and bring a couple of boxes of .22 bullets. She and her sisters would take turns shooting the tops off of the weeds in the field behind their house.
Friend grew up on a filbert orchard. "Squirrels" are cute. "Greyrunners" are not. (Greyrunners are squirrels in the orchard. Dads pay bounties on greyrunners.)
Shooting pellet rifles is great cheap practice. I have 22 caliber single pump Gamo whisper with a scope. Can put 3 rounds at 30 yds through the same hole with just tear variations. I ear shot squirrel and rabbit. Right down the hole. Instant kill and humane.
Nice, except she shoots like my wife, right handed and left eyed. It drives me crazy.
ReplyDeleteI might try that sometime.
Delete@ John the River
Deletetried it twice (right-handed, but I'm very strong left-eyed)
needed a chiropractor, badly, to straighten my neck out, twice
didn't learn the first time
been shooting lefty now for over 70 years
can't hit the broadside otherwise
I'm right-handed but left eye dominate. Kinda sucks.
DeleteNice food board but I think she's shooting a Red Ryder BB gun :-)
ReplyDeleteExamined the image (blown up) and can just make out the word Ryder on the stock.
DeleteLeft eye dominate. Needs to be taught to shoot left handed or she'll break her nose, jab her eye, with anything over 22 lr. I speak from experience.
DeleteJpaul
It looks like a tubular magazine under the barrel.
DeleteWonder if you could measure recoil by shooting from a rocking chair lime that and watching how far back you go?
ReplyDeleteThe perfectly starched and pressed jeans are a nice touch on a weekend of “roughing it”…..
ReplyDeleteat least it aint Anti-gun.
ReplyDeleteI used to sit on the deck and shoot snakes sunning on the rocks. You could hit right next to their head and they wouldn't move.
ReplyDeleteI used to shoot into the mud under frogs with any sort of high power rifle and they would fly very high up into the air.
Deletecross eyed shooter. BB gun fun.
ReplyDeleteHarris -supporting neighbors?
ReplyDeleteDamn kids, i told you to get off my lawn!
ReplyDeleteShe is a keeper.
ReplyDeleteYes, a Red Ryder. I compared mine to the photo. I'm right handed, left eye dominant, shoot long arms lefty, handguns righty. Fun short range porch plinker, cheap ammo.
ReplyDeleteGrew up in the 60's and got so good with the damn thing they banned me from the local carnivals. My Grandma and shooting instructor was my BB supplier and for 25 cents a tube I don't think it hurt her pocketbook much. I shot rabbits and pheasants with that thing even. Went on to shoot competition in the military with some success. Now? I might be able to hit the side of the barn with glasses on.
DeleteSWAT would show up if I tried that on my porch in my town.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the "adult" sized Red Ryder. My wife commandeered mine to keep turkeys from crapping on the back patio which she finds objectionable. Great fun.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom told me that when she was young, my grandfather would come home from the store and bring a couple of boxes of .22 bullets. She and her sisters would take turns shooting the tops off of the weeds in the field behind their house.
ReplyDeletePlinking from the porch and some grub to eat.
ReplyDeleteToday the mailman will bring the electricity bill. Time to prepare.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain. My last two PG&E bills were in the mid $500 range. If I lived in Idaho that would translate to about $150.
DeleteCalifornia sucks.
Could be "plinkin'" at varmints.
ReplyDeleteFriend grew up on a filbert orchard. "Squirrels" are cute. "Greyrunners" are not. (Greyrunners are squirrels in the orchard. Dads pay bounties on greyrunners.)
Shooting pellet rifles is great cheap practice. I have 22 caliber single pump Gamo whisper with a scope. Can put 3 rounds at 30 yds through the same hole with just tear variations. I ear shot squirrel and rabbit. Right down the hole. Instant kill and humane.
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