My friend and I had Crosman 761XL's back in the mid 70's
Quote from: desmobob on October 19, 2017, 02:36:22 PMHopefully, I'll get a chance to put up a few targets later and give her a workout. Does anyone have any images of targets they're recently shot with their old childhood air rifles?Tight groups,BobHow the heck did I hit ANYTHING when I was a kid? Here's a 25-shot "group" fired rested from about 30'. Maybe I need to try another brand or style of BB? Tight groups,Bob
Hopefully, I'll get a chance to put up a few targets later and give her a workout. Does anyone have any images of targets they're recently shot with their old childhood air rifles?Tight groups,Bob
I was born in 1951 and had no airguns as a kid. My Dad saw a lot of combat in WW II and had no interest in guns. He wasn't anti-gun, just had no interest thus we had none in the house.SO, my first airguns were "bottlecap" shooters. We would get a 2x4 about 3 feet long and buy a bunch of heavy duty rubber bands at the local hardware store and confiscate a few of the scissor or plier type clothes pins from our Moms. We would loop 3 rubber bands together then overwrap each end with electrical tape. One end would be nailed to the end of the board and the other would be the "sling". The clothespins would be split into two pieces and used as triggers. They were secured to the board with more rubber bands and another bottle cap used as the fulcrum. We would put two of these setups on each wide side of the 2x4 and one on each short side, giving us an effective "six shooter". These things were wicked powerful and quite accurate! You certainly did not want to get hit by one of them!
Quote from: jimhenry2000 on January 30, 2018, 03:36:49 AMI was born in 1951 and had no airguns as a kid. My Dad saw a lot of combat in WW II and had no interest in guns. He wasn't anti-gun, just had no interest thus we had none in the house.SO, my first airguns were "bottlecap" shooters. We would get a 2x4 about 3 feet long and buy a bunch of heavy duty rubber bands at the local hardware store and confiscate a few of the scissor or plier type clothes pins from our Moms. We would loop 3 rubber bands together then overwrap each end with electrical tape. One end would be nailed to the end of the board and the other would be the "sling". The clothespins would be split into two pieces and used as triggers. They were secured to the board with more rubber bands and another bottle cap used as the fulcrum. We would put two of these setups on each wide side of the 2x4 and one on each short side, giving us an effective "six shooter". These things were wicked powerful and quite accurate! You certainly did not want to get hit by one of them!Me and my younger brother would do something like that but made plain old rubber band guns for the house. Just need a 2" x 1/2" x 2' stick with a cloths pin glued to it and a bunch of rubber bands and you're good.
Bill... I need a drawing of that.
Mechanical pencils in Drafting class..We would pull the guts out and use exacto knife to cut a bolt groove into the plastic housing of the pen. Then break the pocket clip off to use as a cross bar bolt against the spring. One of us would cut open a 12 ga. shotgun shell and we would use the shot as ammo. At 10 meters you could stick a lead shot in the cork bulletin board. Many were confiscated and several phone calls were made to parents. Detention was handed down regularly. I was one of the lucky ones, my stepdad thought it was innovative and cool.
Co-worker came to me with a 1377 rear cocker that belonged to his Grandfather. Said he remembered shooting it when he was a boy. It didn't work anymore and his Grandfather has passed away. I brought it home and breathed new life into it in short order. I brought it back to him and the next day he came to work floating on a cloud. It felt almost as good to give him back his boyhood memories as it is to relive some of my own.