[Tamara]

Scored a Browning BL-22 topped with Leupold glass last weekend. Last night I hung a coke can from a tree branch across the road, and used up every Colibri and CB I owned in about an hour. I wound up buying another brick of Colibris today... Big dirty fun! (I need to sweep the brass off the front porch before my roommate kills me! :o )

Any rifles you own that fit the definition of "toy" perfectly?

[Steve Smith]

Oddly enough, my Century/Fed Arms "Centurion 99."

[Watchman]

My only "toy" is my .50 BMG. I like to shoot it because it's a hoot and it feels like you are actually shooting something. I love to break apart rocks with it.

It is a bit more expensive than the .22 though...:what:

[RustyHammer]

What did that poor little Coke can ever do to you? ha.ha....

Can't help loving a snappy little .22!

Congrats on the new addition,

Rusty

[Dave R]

Cool toy.

My "toy" firearm is my Romanian Model 1969 Trainer in .22LR. It was priced like a toy. Requires toy-like maintenance. Has a tendency to chew through a few boxes of .22 before you know it--because its so darn fun to actually hit those teeny little things you're aiming at.

[BryanP]

My toy .22's are both handguns (Taurus 94 revolver and Ruger 22/45 semi). I still don't have a rifle in .22 and I can't make my mind up what I want. Part of me wants a lever action like the one you just bought and part of me wants something like a Ruger 10/22 or Marlin 60. Unfortunately I can't shoot in my back yard - the curse of suburban life. *sigh*

[Fed168]

My P22. It's so small and feels like a baby gun.

[P95Carry]

Brownings are nice ........ sounds more than enjoyable.

My ''toy'' I guess is the trusty Marlin 60 ... never ending fun to be had with that! Not bad either for quite serious target work.

http://www.patriotnetwork.net/cb_gun2/marlin60_s.jpg


For serious 22lr and .22lr hunting then it's my Mauser Obendorfe ......

http://www.patriotnetwork.net/cb_gun2/obendorfe_s.jpg

[OEF_VET]

My toy is a Keystone Arms Crickett, single-shot, bolt-action .22LR. I bought it to teach my son how to shoot. It's so small and lightweight, it feels like a little toy. Especially if I've just shot my M44.

[gun-fucious]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=449869

;)

[Preacherman]

;) :D

[Okiecruffler]

I've got a Glenfeild single shot bolt action that I put one of those crossman airgun red dots on. I use it in the carport with Colibris. Huge amount of fun.

[Route 66]

I still shoot my Marlin Glenfield 8 shot magazine with a Weaver Tip Off scope. It can drive tacks at 50 yards. It was a present from my father when I was a young teenager which was many many moons ago. I have just about as much fun with that than any pistol or AR-15 I shoot.

Several posts have mentioned Colibris (sp?) and CBs. What exactly are these?

[El Tejon]

Route, hummingbirds. Cartridge with bullet and primer, no powder for birdies, low powder for ceebees. Various manufacturers--but most popular would be Remington (green box with bee), CCI (those yellow sliding box thingies like at Galyan's) or Mexican ammo.

[El Tejon straighten tactical tie] All my weapons are weapons. However, I do have several "trainers" that are a LOT of fun: A P17 with plastic '06 bullets, wooden ammo for a Swede M96, and several .22 rimfire heirloom weapons.:cool: :D

[Route 66]

Thanks El Tejon - I don't know if I would have much use for that, 22LR works well for me at the range and can take out any pop can or yogurt container I challenge it with.

BTW, I am just south of Lafayette so if you run out of surplus rainwater I got some I'll let go for free!

[C.R.Sam]

BL 22s are indeed friendly guns.
They look, do and feel good.

Sam

[rugerfreak]

Love my BL-22 also Tam----too bad its kind of slow to load because its a hoot to shoot. No scope on mine yet---now ya got me thinkin----maybe I'll go shopping ----saw the new Leupolds at Wally's last night----the 2x7 was only $185.

[Chipperman]

"I hung a coke can from a tree branch across the road"

:uhoh:

Remind me not to drive near your house. :p

[Atticus]

"Any rifles you own that fit the definition of "toy" perfectly?"

Not really. My M336 .44 comes close...but I really need a .22 lever plinker. Congrats!

[Pappy John]

I guess I would consider both of these to be toys....neither one is very practical.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid78/pb11b8e0e06b6c9651e566686d2591ab6/fb288440.jpg

The Stevens sees a lot of CB longs lately and the Sharps is just too darn heavy to carry afield.

[Newton]

Without wanting to rain on anyones parade here, but isn't firing across any type of public highway an offence, not to mention somewhat irresponsible.

[Okiecruffler]

Depends on where you live. To some people, the really lucky ones, a road isn't much more than a couple of ruts in the grass.

[nextjoe]

The other great Browning .22, the take-down semiauto. Perfect toy.

Best,
Joe

[Futo Inu]

My IZH Drodz,CO2 BB machine pistol probably meets the definition of a toy. http://www.eaacorp.com/airguns/drozd/table.shtml . Don't know why it says it's semi-auto on their website - It's most certainly full-auto, with a selector switch of 300, 450, or 600 rounds per minute - in 6-round bursts (there's also a selector to choose 3 round burst or single shot, but of course for me it stays on 6-round burst, 600 rpm). It's a serious hootenanny. :) Even my Crosman 1008 pellet pistol has killed pigeons, and is superbly accurate, so it's not a "toy", I guess. Next closest thing after air rifles is the Winchester 69A turnbolt .22lr, bbl cut to 16". Weaver Classic 4x28 is on order, and rifle is still at gunsmith - I have used it, and will continue to use it (when it comes home), to shoot colibris down the hall into the bullet trap in the front bedroom. Tam, how high did you have to hold over with colibris, and what distance were you at? Ruger 10/22 that I had for years was traded off in order to be traitor-made-gun-free.

[Tamara]

Without wanting to rain on anyones parade here, but isn't firing across any type of public highway an offence, not to mention somewhat irresponsible.

Well, let's see...

1) The "public highway" ends about 100 yards up the road from my driveway; I'm on a private road.

2) The only driveway farther down the road than mine is a little old lady's who leaves the house once every two or three days. After the mail runs, I could lay a mattress out in the middle of the road, go to sleep, and not have to move for four or five hours, when the UPS guy comes by (which is not every day, at that...)

[Larry Ashcraft]

My Savage .17 HMR is so much fun that its a toy when its not being employed shooting rock squirrels. Kind of expensive to shoot but definately more fun than any of my .22s.

My Garand is also a toy. Played with it yesterday. Ditto my M1 Carbine.
The "public highway" ends about 100 yards up the road from my driveway; I'm on a private road.
Same here. :D The "road" is where we light fireworks on the 4th. In fact, I've been known to drive down to the river on my "road" with a beer in my hand. :D

[Desert Dog]

Tamara,

If you ever get tired of buying guns for yourself, you could finance a few for me... :rolleyes:

:D

Mike

[Newton]

The only driveway farther down the road than mine is a little old lady's who leaves the house once every two or three days. After the mail runs, I could lay a mattress out in the middle of the road, go to sleep, and not have to move for four or five hours, when the UPS guy comes by (which is not every day, at that...)

Oh NOW I get it. If you time your shooting sessions to avoid:

1. The little old lady's occasional trip out
2. The mail man
3. The UPS delivery guy
4. Girl Scouts selling cookies

...then it's a safe activity that should be carried out by anyone living down a country road that has limited traffic :uhoh:

I can see that I'm :banghead:

I think someone may be Moloning your Labe sooner than you think.

[MLH]

When Tamara gets tired of buying guns that means there aren't any more to buy! They will all be stacked on a mountain in Tennesse!:D

[Tamara]

...then it's a safe activity that should be carried out by anyone living down a country road that has limited traffic:uhoh:

Probably not.

Again, however, I don't live on a "country road", but on a dead-end private drive. If five cars go past my front porch in a day, it means that it's Sunday and the little old lady's grandson and his friends are going to use the boat ramp at the end of the road. We don't get girl scouts selling cookies much, nor lost motorists, nor much of anything else.

Look, could we have avoided all this diligent minding of other people's business if I had said "Across the driveway..." rather than "Across the road..." as both are equally true? :uhoh:

(Oh, and I promise I don't do it when the neighbors are shooting skeet in the horse pasture across the way... :D )

[buzz_knox]

Tam, we must think alike. My all time favorite "toy" rifle was a scoped BL-22. It's been in storage for far too long. Think I'll get it out this weekend. Of course, my own home range is long gone and I don't think Guncraft will be happy with me trying to pop bottle tops at their range.

[Newton]

Tamara

I think that minding one's own business would apply if I was advising you on how often to shave your legs :cool:. But campaigning on the personal privacy ticket hardly applies to a proud boast on a public internet forum about shooting live rounds across a roadway, even one inhabited by hitherto undiscovered species and little old ladies who have "Taft for President" posters in their windows.

Live bullets have a way of making "your business", "our business" :scrutiny:

I will say this though, I would hope to live down a road that fits your description someday, I would just hope for....errrrrrrrr.......Kevlar shutters ;)

Y'all jus kipon injoyin yerself thow <insert toothless grin and hitch up pants emoticon>

[Skunkabilly]

Gunfucious :D

[Tamara]

You wouldn't need kevlar shutters.

Nobody lives on the other side of the road; there's a wooded ridge several yards higher than my line of sight, and then several miles of open lake and forested hills. If my Colibris are penetrating the backstop, I must've picked up the APFSDU ones by mistake.

I'm gonna hitch up my pants and hop my toothless grinning butt in my BMW roadster for a spin to the local Borders ten minutes down the road for an iced latte, then come home and shoot some more Colibris from my new toy. Y'all have fun now, y'hear? ;)

[CZ 75 BD]

a Nylon 66. My brother and I shared it when we were kids. It was a gift for us to share. Purchased around 1966, I have it now and shoot it occasionally.:D

[Correia]

Newton, I think you are reading way to much into this. Speaking as somebody who grew up in the sticks, I understand where Tam is coming from. I could have fired a 155mm howitzer across my county road and it would have been perfectly safe. Sounds like Tamara is in a similar situation.

[Al Thompson]

Newton, thanks for the concern. Having walked the ground, sniffed the air and spent most of my formulative years about a 1/4 of a mile from Tam's place, she's being very safe. If she was firing APFSDS 120mm DU rounds through her Abrams, she'd be safe.

You may be a bit new to THR or TFL or the net, but Tamara is in the top .0001 of ladies in any category you'd care to name. Same with Miss Kaylee or Pax.

Have some faith, dude. :)

[C.R.Sam]

then it's a safe activity that should be carried out by anyone living down a country road that has limited traffic ...Newton

Was previously established that the road in question was a private road...
The ammo used has extremely short range capabilities...
And that the shooting was conducted in a safe manner.

I have a private road.
Share it with a neighbor.
We both maintain it.
We both shoot.
We don't shoot each other.
Simple.

Sam

[hso]

Ok folks, as the property owner where Tam lives let me clear a couple of things up.

The shooting conditions presented in this side discussion are not consistent with the best range practices promoted here. I will not detail them, but since I've lived there for over 40 years (the last 10 years continuously) they could be improved, and will be.

[buzz_knox]

If you'll let me shoot there, I'll help with the improvements. I'm not great with manual labor (I've got the apptitude of a dead frog) but I'm a great supervisor (i.e. I can act like I know what I'm doing while leaving the real work to the people who do know). ;)

[hso]

BK,

I've noticed that about you.:p

Ok, you Kvile folks, if you want to come for a range party I've got a small range already established that can be enlarged and improved. It's great for antisocial handgun encounters (less than 100 feet at best), but needs improvement to go from it's current 50 ft range to the 100 foot range. A small bobcat would be ideal, but several weak mind/strong back sorts would do almost as well.

[KC]

"If she was firing APFSDS 120mm DU rounds through her Abrams, she'd be safe."

She has an Abrams? NO FAIR!!!!:D

[Newton]

Well, since it seems necessary to clarify the legality of shooting "oot yer yard" in Tennessee, a quick check of the TN shooting regs revealed one simple sentence:

"Target practice prohibited except on designated ranges."

Now I really didn't dig very far, and this regulation appears to be directed more at hunters than anyone, so I admit it may not be directly relevant in this instance, since someone who owns a thousand acres of land would surely not be prohibited from shooting on it.

There's really nothing more I can add here, except that shooting .22s at tin cans hanging in trees, over a road, private or not, seemed, well, irresponsible, and this is "The High Road" after all. But I can see that my seed has fallen on stoney ground so I guess we'll just beg to differ on this one.

[Byron Quick]

I shoot over a road all the time. A private road with no one down at the other end. In fact the entire road is on my family's property except for the egress...and even that is a private road on a neighbour's property for over a half a mile.

If I see you driving on it then you have broken through two locked gates. I might just change target selection due to trespassing:neener:

My bench is on one side of the road...targets on the other side.

[AZRickD]

Tamara,

Ain't it about time you updated your web page?

More pics, please.

Rick

[buzz_knox]

Newton, that only applies to wildlife management areas. It has no application to private property.

"Shooting regulations" (http://www.state.tn.us/twra/hunt001d.html)

[Newton]

That's what I suspected, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't something in TNs criminal law statute on the subject, but I really can't be bothered to track it down just to prove a point that struck me as more to do with common sense than criminal law.

Anyhoo, I just spotted a squirrel on the other side of I-95, and I'm pulling my .416 Rigby up to my shoulder as we speak.

Ma's gunna be mekkin us a fursome squirly stue fur viddles, then I'll be cleaning out my Z3 because durn if I didn't go and spill Iced Latte all over the Connolly leather interior ;)

[Don Gwinn]

"Gwinn, how in the world did you manage to break your leg in such devastating fashion?"
"Well, I'll tell you straight, Doc. I was walkin' along, sorta minding my own business and all, and I happened to step over a tiny molehill. Before my foot hit the ground, it just sort of exploded and turned into a mountain. Busted my leg pretty bad and I had a heck of a time getting off the mountain. . . . "

[Newton]

perspective - The further you are from an object or irresponsible act, the smaller it seems. See also Molehills.

[Okiecruffler]

It started out as such a nice little thread...

[C.R.Sam]

On more than one occaision I have let another play with a BL22 and had them become proud owners within a few days.

Sam

[hso]

Out of all the guns that we looked at that weekend the little Browning lever was the most interesting (ignoring the customized Smith and the 1911). I gotta say that is has caused me to develop an interest.

[mini14jac]

Every time I get out the old Winchester .22 semi-auto that I inherited from my Dad, I have so much fun, I wonder why I don't shoot it more often.
I've shot it so much, starting when I was 14, that I've broken the little spring-steel recoil buffer once, had one made from scratch, and now it's worn out.
:(

Newton,
If anybody here knows about shooting safety, Tamara does.

As a Tennessean, I'm offended by your constant "ignorant hillbilly" innuendo.

Knock it off. :fire:

[Art Eatman]

Heck, there're about four or five miles of roads I shoot across quite often. All on my land, though...

:D, Art