Author Topic: Airguns you shot as a kid (Read 49953 times - 1 votes)
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bubba zanetti · « **Reply #200 on:** February 02, 2018, 09:13:19 PM »

Quote from: mac on February 02, 2018, 04:54:16 PM

We use to do the apple on a stick and fling it and those hurt!

In 5th grade I got to spend a couple of weeks in southern IL at my friends grandpas farm.We went to the local hardware store and each bought a wrist rocket slingshot.Following a creek down into the woods looking for things to shoot we ran across some local boys about are age on the other side of the creek and they all had bb rifles.
I said "hi,what are you guys doing?" The tallest one said "you all are yankees arent ya!"LOL and then they proceeded to open fire.We returned fire and the battle ensued as we chased each other through the woods and ended up back at their house which was right next to a gravel pit! I mean,what are the odds of that?! We had unlimited 3/4 inch limestone ammo and sat on that pile just firing away until a local squad car showed up with my buddies uncle.Grandpa was not too happy and confiscated the slingshots,but man was that a fun day!
That would have been about 1973.I feel fortunate to have been a kid back then and kind of feel like it was near the end of some of the great eras to be a kid.

The 'apple on a stick'. That was in our arsenal as well. That piece of hardware provided both offensive and defensive fire power. Great weapon!

BZ

Motorhead · « **Reply #201 on:** February 02, 2018, 11:49:27 PM »

Just got to this thread ... in my adolescences ... aka early teens had a Crosman 622 that was carried on so many hikes in the local woods it gave me great pleasure with so many memories while reinforcing a distaste for Co2 cartridges.
The 622 is this:

Another being a sheridan blue streak .20 cal.
While my original is long gone, was able to find a 1966 model that would have been about right for my youngish years.

JoeShmoe · « **Reply #202 on:** February 03, 2018, 12:30:38 AM »

My cousins and I like to act tough.

Hoosier Daddy · « **Reply #203 on:** February 03, 2018, 05:53:40 PM »

GREAT PHOTO Joe!!!

avator · « **Reply #204 on:** February 03, 2018, 08:45:45 PM »

Quote from: JoeShmoe on February 03, 2018, 12:30:38 AM

My cousins and I like to act tough.

Yep... pretty scary.... especially the kid in the middle with the channel locks... were you guys into torture or something? lol

JoeShmoe · « **Reply #205 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:33:20 PM »

Quote from: avator on February 03, 2018, 08:45:45 PM

Quote from: JoeShmoe on February 03, 2018, 12:30:38 AM
My cousins and I like to act tough.

Yep... pretty scary.... especially the kid in the middle with the channel locks... were you guys into torture or something? lol

We may or may not have lit barbie dolls on fire and pelted them as a group...

avator · « **Reply #206 on:** February 05, 2018, 11:16:34 AM »

lol.... and those are just the things you are willing to admit too... right?

WECSOG · « **Reply #207 on:** February 19, 2018, 11:46:01 AM »

Interesting that slingshots would come up just when I've been thinking about them. I just bought a small slingshot at the new Northern Tool store that just opened here, and that gave me the impetus to drag out some other slingshots and start looking at slingshot stuff online.

The first slingshot I remember having, I got from one of my cousins in one of our many pocket knife/ airgun/ cb radio/ whatever trades. It was the original, non-folding Trumark Wrist Rockets. Interestingly, I find that the exact same slingshot is still made: http://amzn.to/2CvEj26
Mine had no bands and the brace pad was missing when I got it, but I replaced the bands and made a new pad. I no longer have it. Thinking about buying a new one, because how many products you had as a kid are still available in the exact same form, and from the same company?

the fuse · « **Reply #208 on:** February 24, 2018, 05:59:01 PM »

I really enjoy my sling shots. I have two of the folding style wrist rockets. I shoot 3/8" steel bearing balls. Getting good requires a bit of practice. Definitely an instinct form of shooting. I can hit a beer can at 10 yards about 2 out of 5 times. I am pretty happy with that. I'm sure I could do much better with much more practice.........just don't have the time. I feel the same way about my throwing knives. I can make 'em stick......most of the time.

bantam5s · « **Reply #209 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:30:58 AM »

Quote from: WECSOG on February 19, 2018, 11:46:01 AM

Interesting that slingshots would come up just when I've been thinking about them. I just bought a small slingshot at the new Northern Tool store that just opened here, and that gave me the impetus to drag out some other slingshots and start looking at slingshot stuff online.

The first slingshot I remember having, I got from one of my cousins in one of our many pocket knife/ airgun/ cb radio/ whatever trades. It was the original, non-folding Trumark Wrist Rockets. Interestingly, I find that the exact same slingshot is still made: http://amzn.to/2CvEj26
Mine had no bands and the brace pad was missing when I got it, but I replaced the bands and made a new pad. I no longer have it. Thinking about buying a new one, because how many products you had as a kid are still available in the exact same form, and from the same company?

Especially still made in the USA.
My first slingshot was a white plastic one my grandmother bought me from the grocery store when I was 7.
I no longer have it, but next came a marksman my dad bought me at a store called Bullets n beer in Fallon Nevada when visiting my uncle when I was about 11.
I no longer have that either as I eventually upgraded to a marksman adjustable " wrist brace slingshot " and gave the other to my brother.
Now I've just got a slingshot I made out of some stag from an old mounted rack a friend gave me.

analogtek · « **Reply #210 on:** February 25, 2018, 06:58:35 PM »

My first a daisy BB. Lost in time. 2nd and still have, 1972 crosman 1400. I have only one. But beware of the one gun marksman!!

bantam5s · « **Reply #211 on:** February 25, 2018, 10:23:36 PM »

Quote from: analogtek on February 25, 2018, 06:58:35 PM

My first a daisy BB. Lost in time. 2nd and still have, 1972 crosman 1400. I have only one. But beware of the one gun marksman!!

Ain't that the truth.
As a kid when all I had was my crosman 66 I could hit Altoids all day long off hand at 10yds.
Not sure if I could do it now as I do think use scopes, but when that's all I had I rarely missed with that gun.

the fuse · « **Reply #212 on:** February 26, 2018, 07:42:42 PM »

Quote from: analogtek on February 25, 2018, 06:58:35 PM

My first a daisy BB. Lost in time. 2nd and still have, 1972 crosman 1400. I have only one. But beware of the one gun marksman!!

Amen brother. I have many airguns but my go to is an old Daisy 822. I have not modded it at all but my tired old eyes can still do a bit of surgery with it.

dantheman · « **Reply #213 on:** March 03, 2018, 12:33:12 PM »

My first was a Daisy lever action that my grandfather had given my older (12 years older) brother who passed it down to me. My brother in law "grabbed" it on me one day and when I got it back it was broken. It sits in my garage now.

I had a Crosman M1 Carbine which I sold to a friend when I was moving into 22 RF's. He still has it and I guess they're worth a couple of C Notes now. I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with it.

The one I regret selling was a Winchester 22 pistol that I believe was made by RWS. That was a nice piece but I must have wanted the money for some other firearm related project.

Dan

Duke2756 · « **Reply #214 on:** June 30, 2018, 08:56:55 AM »

I had several when I was a kid. I don't remember most of the makes or models, too much time has passed.
My first was a lever action BB gun. I was around 7-8 years old. Seemed to hold a million BB's and was difficult to cock as a kid but I spent many hours shooting that gun.

Second was a semi auto C02 pistol. It worked well but was heavy. It was a PITA to load since it only had one small loading hole at the rear. A lot of BB's ended up on the ground when loading this one.

Third was a Crosman (I think) 760 pumper BB or pellet. I can still remember pumping that thing up to 25X for max power. The more you pumped the harder the trigger pull got.

Fourth was a Crosman (again, I think it was) M1 carbine look alike bb gun. The gun had an odd way of being cocked. You would grab the barrel and pull it back towards you until it caught the sear. Not real powerful, you could see the BB's in flight on a sunny day. I really liked that gun since even as a kid I liked military weapons. I used that gun until one day it would no longer cock. it got put away in a closet and disappeared, never to be seen again. Today, I have a real M1 carbine.

Fifth was a Winchester mod 427 22 caliber break barrel springer. I bought this one myself for the huge sum of $40.00, quite a bit of money in 1969. This gun was very accurate with open sights and had good power. It was rated at 660fps but no pellet weight was mentioned. I shot the heck out of this gun and it never gave me any trouble even though it was not maintained as it should have been.

I have fond memories of all of them.

avator · « **Reply #215 on:** June 30, 2018, 08:20:13 PM »

WHAT !! They had air guns when I was a kid? I thought all there was to play with back then were sticks, rocks and mud !!

xtred1 · « **Reply #216 on:** July 01, 2018, 02:00:33 AM »

Quote from: avator on June 30, 2018, 08:20:13 PM

WHAT !! They had air guns when I was a kid? I thought all there was to play with back then were sticks, rocks and mud !!

Sticks made were great guns and swords, rocks and dirt clods were great grenades.

Daisy RR for me, grasshoppers was one of my favorite targets.

Leo 2018 · « **Reply #217 on:** January 13, 2019, 10:53:24 PM »

Model 104 with metal scope still have it and works. Has lost some power or just remembered it as stronger...

Florida Grown · « **Reply #218 on:** January 14, 2019, 01:08:02 AM »

Only had 2 as a kid, a daisy 25 that I shot about 10 years and a 1377 that only last a little while.
Man oh man good memories growing up with that lil' 25. I musta looked a mess, I was 5 or 6 years old when I began trekking about carrying that thing and two bulging pocketfuls of bb's.

wll2506 · « **Reply #219 on:** January 14, 2019, 10:39:23 PM »

My first real pellet gun was in 1962 and it was a Sheridan Blue Streak (thumb safety, straight bolt).

I have it to this day and it is in great condition, she is the love of my life.

My childhood was spent hunting with this gun and that I did a lot of.

I will find her again in one of my safes and take a pic of her to share with you all !!

wll

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