Deer Hunter
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Last time I went to the range in Houston something terrible happened. As it stands, I can hardly afford to feed my family of rifles. Plus my safe could barely fit any more. Well, I decided to go with a friend of mine to shoot. I brought along my Saiga, and told him to bring his Mosin and his little .22 mossberg bolt action, since my girlfriend wanted to tag along with us guys. We all three know eachother and have been friends for a while.
So I set her up with the .22 at 100 yards (All the other spots were taken!). Showed her how to use the sights, work the bolt, load it, etc.
After I was shooting a bit, I noticed a big grin on her face. She had expected it to kick like a shotgun or one of her dad's big hunting rifles. She forgot how much fun a .22 was! She was having a blast with the little .22, merrily plinking away at the target. After she was done she told us about when she was a kid her dad would sit her in a rolling chair and load up his .22 for her. She would shoot the cans, then shoot the rest of the rounds as fast as she could and the gun would push the chair a bit.
Cute Little girls having fun with .22s. All at once, now.
Awwwww....
So on the way home she was bugging me to get her a .22!
So today I was out at a local range (M44 for fun, AR-15 that I needed to sight in) and I was thinking maybe one of the ten or so pawn shops in College Station has a little .22 I could get her.
Now I hit probably 9 pawn shops and one gun store (that I frequent often). I found some interesting pieces.
1. Stevens, single shot bolt action. $60. This gun had seen better days, at least I would hope so. Stock was mangled, but I would refinish it for her anyway so that doesn't mean anything. The only reason I didn't get it was because the bore wasn't in the best shape and it was just a single shot. I think a semi or at least a bolt with a magazine would be best for her.
2. Winchester 160 (?I think?)$150 No way I was going to buy this one. They wanted more than it was worth, plus the scope was unusable. It looked like someone had taken a permanent marker to the front lens and darkened everything out.
3. Franchi SPAS 12, $850 This one surprised the heck out of me! What's a SPAS doing in this little shop? And for a pretty good price at that. No matter how good my girl would look holding a SPAS, that's not what she needs to start with.
4. Glenfield model 60, $100 Best deal I found. It looked in bad shape, though, and I couldn't check the bore on it. I wasn't about to buy something without knowing how the bore looked.
5. Marlin (model escapes me), $200 Wasn't about to spend that much on a used gun, although it was in nice shape. The same shop had new guns for that much though.
Pickings are awfully slim for .22s right now. Perhaps that's a good thing though. I wont be buying one soon, but I'm in looking at some and seeing what would be best for her.
So I set her up with the .22 at 100 yards (All the other spots were taken!). Showed her how to use the sights, work the bolt, load it, etc.
After I was shooting a bit, I noticed a big grin on her face. She had expected it to kick like a shotgun or one of her dad's big hunting rifles. She forgot how much fun a .22 was! She was having a blast with the little .22, merrily plinking away at the target. After she was done she told us about when she was a kid her dad would sit her in a rolling chair and load up his .22 for her. She would shoot the cans, then shoot the rest of the rounds as fast as she could and the gun would push the chair a bit.
Cute Little girls having fun with .22s. All at once, now.
Awwwww....
So on the way home she was bugging me to get her a .22!
So today I was out at a local range (M44 for fun, AR-15 that I needed to sight in) and I was thinking maybe one of the ten or so pawn shops in College Station has a little .22 I could get her.
Now I hit probably 9 pawn shops and one gun store (that I frequent often). I found some interesting pieces.
1. Stevens, single shot bolt action. $60. This gun had seen better days, at least I would hope so. Stock was mangled, but I would refinish it for her anyway so that doesn't mean anything. The only reason I didn't get it was because the bore wasn't in the best shape and it was just a single shot. I think a semi or at least a bolt with a magazine would be best for her.
2. Winchester 160 (?I think?)$150 No way I was going to buy this one. They wanted more than it was worth, plus the scope was unusable. It looked like someone had taken a permanent marker to the front lens and darkened everything out.
3. Franchi SPAS 12, $850 This one surprised the heck out of me! What's a SPAS doing in this little shop? And for a pretty good price at that. No matter how good my girl would look holding a SPAS, that's not what she needs to start with.
4. Glenfield model 60, $100 Best deal I found. It looked in bad shape, though, and I couldn't check the bore on it. I wasn't about to buy something without knowing how the bore looked.
5. Marlin (model escapes me), $200 Wasn't about to spend that much on a used gun, although it was in nice shape. The same shop had new guns for that much though.
Pickings are awfully slim for .22s right now. Perhaps that's a good thing though. I wont be buying one soon, but I'm in looking at some and seeing what would be best for her.
