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Single Shot Shotguns.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=182701&highlight=Single+barrel
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It was time.
The young man started out on a single shot .22 rifle just like his dad and mom had done. It was shared that the .410 was not the best shotgun to learn on, and agreed when bigger, they would start out with a 28 gauge single shot.
From time to time, they would borrow a .410 single shot, and shoot balloons and all, but after the lessons, it was agreed, to wait for a 28 gauge.
It was quality time, still the lessons being ingrained with a Red Ryder pretending to be a shotgun, shooting ping pong balls, and that .22 single shot, were what they had been doing.
Seems a mom and a dad, can get downright competitive with a boy's rifle.
When daddy was a boy, he had a single shot .22 rifle, and single shot .410. He went onto other guns as he got bigger, between work, college, military, getting married...he did not have those first guns.
His dad was supposed to have them, and when he inquired, his mom and dad would answer " when are we gonna have a grandkid?”
His wife's story is similar, and the answer to the question the same - "when are we gonna have a grandkid?"
Grandparents are Grandparents...
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Five single shot 28 gauge shotguns, and five single shot .22 rifles, went to the same family.
Now the paternal grandpa, well he just couldn't stand it any longer. Grandma agreed- it was time indeed.
Grandpa presented his grandson with a .22 rifle and single shot shotgun he had has a kid.
He also presented his son, with his guns when was about the same size.
These guns were special, very sentimental, and would be put up and kept for memories.
Now we have guns, the bug has bit, but these guns are going to be preserved. Gets a bit emotional, with the stories and all, still the itch to shoot these guns is strong...
Dad presents his boy, the grandson with a single shot 28 gauge.
Grandparents present the mom and dad both, a single shot 28 gauge and single shot .22 rifles
Grandparents got one of each for themselves too.
Paternal Grandma, throws a curve, and has bought a MEC single stage reloader for Grandpa.
Grandparents sure do know how to get a kid to come spend the night/ weekend.
The mom and dad don't know it yet but they have a MEC 28 gauge Reloader coming too from wife's parents. Bunch of .22 ammo too. They live out of town and it seems, they have a hankering for these same guns.
This whole thing is reverberating through the family; various ones have, or will be getting one or the other...
That "clinging" and "clanging" was not tin cans forgotten to be taken out. No, that trash bag has been saving tin cans - more commonly known as targets that come with food.
I want you to picture Grandparents, Parents, and one young man, knocking cans off a beam, with single shot 28 gauge shotguns and .22 rifles.
What you see is passing forward, quality time and FUN!
To keep it - give it away - Anon
Steve
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=182701&highlight=Single+barrel
___
It was time.
The young man started out on a single shot .22 rifle just like his dad and mom had done. It was shared that the .410 was not the best shotgun to learn on, and agreed when bigger, they would start out with a 28 gauge single shot.
From time to time, they would borrow a .410 single shot, and shoot balloons and all, but after the lessons, it was agreed, to wait for a 28 gauge.
It was quality time, still the lessons being ingrained with a Red Ryder pretending to be a shotgun, shooting ping pong balls, and that .22 single shot, were what they had been doing.
Seems a mom and a dad, can get downright competitive with a boy's rifle.
When daddy was a boy, he had a single shot .22 rifle, and single shot .410. He went onto other guns as he got bigger, between work, college, military, getting married...he did not have those first guns.
His dad was supposed to have them, and when he inquired, his mom and dad would answer " when are we gonna have a grandkid?”
His wife's story is similar, and the answer to the question the same - "when are we gonna have a grandkid?"
Grandparents are Grandparents...
--
Five single shot 28 gauge shotguns, and five single shot .22 rifles, went to the same family.
Now the paternal grandpa, well he just couldn't stand it any longer. Grandma agreed- it was time indeed.
Grandpa presented his grandson with a .22 rifle and single shot shotgun he had has a kid.
He also presented his son, with his guns when was about the same size.
These guns were special, very sentimental, and would be put up and kept for memories.
Now we have guns, the bug has bit, but these guns are going to be preserved. Gets a bit emotional, with the stories and all, still the itch to shoot these guns is strong...
Dad presents his boy, the grandson with a single shot 28 gauge.
Grandparents present the mom and dad both, a single shot 28 gauge and single shot .22 rifles
Grandparents got one of each for themselves too.
Paternal Grandma, throws a curve, and has bought a MEC single stage reloader for Grandpa.
Grandparents sure do know how to get a kid to come spend the night/ weekend.
The mom and dad don't know it yet but they have a MEC 28 gauge Reloader coming too from wife's parents. Bunch of .22 ammo too. They live out of town and it seems, they have a hankering for these same guns.
This whole thing is reverberating through the family; various ones have, or will be getting one or the other...
That "clinging" and "clanging" was not tin cans forgotten to be taken out. No, that trash bag has been saving tin cans - more commonly known as targets that come with food.
I want you to picture Grandparents, Parents, and one young man, knocking cans off a beam, with single shot 28 gauge shotguns and .22 rifles.
What you see is passing forward, quality time and FUN!
To keep it - give it away - Anon
Steve
