Carl Levitian
member
My father.
In 1937 he bought a new Colt woodsman. He had a .22 rifle and he loved to informal target shot and plink, but he was one of those old depression era guys who were practical to the point of extreme frugalness. His attitde was that since he had a .22 rifle and a .22 pistol, he didn't need anymore guns. Then when he came home from WW2, he gave the rifle to his brother, and just had the Colt .22 pistol. I was just a little kid in the years just after the war, and he taught me to shoot on that woodsman. Untill his passing in 1981, the Colt .22 woodsman was his only gun, and he thought I was nuts for buying more guns than I needed.
But, he never lost his love of plinking with that liitl Colt, and he was a wicked shot with it. He'd pling empty .22 shells off a log without hitting the log at a dozen paces.
The one time he had to defend his family, the woodsman in his hand did just fine, although it took three rounds to stop the threat.
When dad passed on, the Colt stayed in the family.
In 1937 he bought a new Colt woodsman. He had a .22 rifle and he loved to informal target shot and plink, but he was one of those old depression era guys who were practical to the point of extreme frugalness. His attitde was that since he had a .22 rifle and a .22 pistol, he didn't need anymore guns. Then when he came home from WW2, he gave the rifle to his brother, and just had the Colt .22 pistol. I was just a little kid in the years just after the war, and he taught me to shoot on that woodsman. Untill his passing in 1981, the Colt .22 woodsman was his only gun, and he thought I was nuts for buying more guns than I needed.
But, he never lost his love of plinking with that liitl Colt, and he was a wicked shot with it. He'd pling empty .22 shells off a log without hitting the log at a dozen paces.
The one time he had to defend his family, the woodsman in his hand did just fine, although it took three rounds to stop the threat.
When dad passed on, the Colt stayed in the family.