Speedo66
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Oh, the sadness of living in a suburban setting where shots can’t be fired…..Well, guess I can now wait out on the rear patio by the pool, locked and loaded......
Oh, the sadness of living in a suburban setting where shots can’t be fired…..Well, guess I can now wait out on the rear patio by the pool, locked and loaded......
One way to enjoy retirement! LOL Here's to good friends.I had a bunch of the little critters move into my attic a few years ago, along with some rats. I went into the attic with a 38 and some shot shells. Between me and the critters, we did about $2000 in damage, but I don’t have a critter problem anymore .
I’ve been at war with squirrels ever since. This one came into my yard for a free meal the other day, but got some lead.
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By giving my friend the rifle, it will only help to rid the world of these pesky tree rats. Already have plans to do some squirrel hunting with him.
I bought that rifle about 5 years ago for just over $100, if I remember right. It’s been in the safe since I bought it, I never fired it. But that is only because I have 4 other magazine feed Marlin 22 rifles.Well done, Gunny!
If you have friends and guns long enough, it seems that at some point, you'll have to ask yourself whether a friend of however many years needs a gun worse than you need that gun sitting in your safe.
Oh, the sadness of living in a suburban setting where shots can’t be fired…..
Uh, no.....that would be mice. Chewed up a wiring harness on my Focus RS. $580 .chew vehicle wires up
Uh, no.....that would be mice. Chewed up a wiring harness on my Focus RS. $580 .
They can be either a tasty meal or a destructive PITA...Hey, what you guys got against squirrels, anyway? They woke or sumpin?
Oh, the sadness of living in a suburban setting where shots can’t be fired…..
I like to think I would. Good work!Come on guys, you would have done the same thing for a friend.
The red ones taste the best.Gunny, your knowledge of guns and related items is only exceeded by your generosity. You are indeed a gentleman and a scholar. (but you'll still always be a crayon eater!)
I bet you put a smile on his face when you gave him the gun. And knowing that you made a young man happy, put one on yours.One of my close friends has a son that loves to hunt but dad only had one 22 and his older son usually had it. Josh was probably 14 at the time. I traded for a stainless 10/22 that had a wooden stock that looked as if it had been dragged behind a truck. The metal was in pretty good shape though. Doubt that I had $20 in the gun. I was lucky enough to find a synthetic stock at a gun show and grabbed it for $25. Put it on the barreled action and gave it to Josh. He is 35 years old now and still has it.
We spent a lot of days together in the woods when he was a pup.. He has moved now but I still hunt with his dad.I bet you put a smile on his face when you gave him the gun. And knowing that you made a young man happy, put one on yours.
Some people are like that. They just don’t put a value, other then dollars, on something given to them.I learned the "hard way" that some of the friends/relatives you have are not especially sentimental when it comes to receiving a gun as a gift with no strings attached. Many years ago, I once gave one of my closest relatives a Ruger Blackhawk revolver for no special reason other than I loved him. I was a little dismayed when I later learned that he had sold it. I guess I'm different in this respect. When someone gives me a gift, especially something like a firearm, that I know they spent some time knowing what I like, I would never sell it-unless my kids needed something like new shoes. The recipient of my Ruger was well-shod.