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les snyder

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grail gun
« on: June 24, 2018, 09:52:31 PM »
OK... things are a little slow, so I'm proud to report that I have purchased the last of my two grail guns (those that I could not afford as a kid)... nothing spectacular... a Browning .22 auto rifle (take down) and finally a Ruger Bearcat... I couldn't find an original brass trigger group version, and settled on a New Bearcat.... shoots better than I expected... don't expect either will get much action... but I smile when I handle them  :)
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2018, 03:20:38 PM »
<Of course, as usual, this thread is totally worthless without pictures.>




Congratulations!




Unfortunately my "grail guns" are well beyond my means and always will be. 




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Re: grail gun
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2018, 03:32:02 PM »
Quote from: alfsauve on June 25, 2018, 03:20:38 PM
Congratulations!

Unfortunately my "grail guns" are well beyond my means and always will be.

Yep......on both statements.
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2018, 05:35:00 PM »
My dad had one of those Browning take-down .22 rifles, then he bought a 10/22 like my uncle and I had (and I still do). We were on snowmobiles hunting coyotes with our .22 rifles. A detachable magazine is easy to pop in when you catch up to them. They'd be gone by the time you got a tubular mag in the butt loaded. My older brother also bought a Browning .22 rifle since he couldn't get anything close to a good group from his "inherently accurate" Glenfield Model 60. I don't think I've ever seen a Bearcat IRL but had a neighbor with a Single-Six convertible.
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2018, 09:37:20 PM »
when I moved to Florida in 1955, the town still had a garbage dump.... I was given a former gallery gun Win M90 .22short for my 12th birthday, and Dad would take me to the dump to shoot rats if I got a good report card... had straight A's through my Junior year    :)
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2018, 12:02:43 PM »
Quote from: les snyder on June 25, 2018, 09:37:20 PM
when I moved to Florida in 1955, the town still had a garbage dump.... I was given a former gallery gun Win M90 .22short for my 12th birthday, and Dad would take me to the dump to shoot rats if I got a good report card... had straight A's through my Junior year    :)

Les, one universal truth (at least here in the south) is: there ain't nothin' like a good rat killin' to a young boy with a .22 rifle.  ;D

We had a corn crib and feed house for our hog and cow feed when I was a boy. You could go down there at night and hit the side of the wall and they'd pour out of a hole in the floor like they were being poured out of a bucket. I'd go down there close to dusk and snipe 'em as they were coming out of the field and woods headed for their supper.
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2018, 05:12:27 PM »
I can't honestly say I've ever seen a rat that wasn't someone's pet, or snake food. We do have some possums and skunks around here. They both eat other critters I'd rather not have around so I mostly leave them alone. Decades ago I killed a possum because it was on top of a fence hissing and our dog was going nuts barking at it. I didn't have a gun on me but I had my trusty Uncle Henry Bear Paw. It's about the same size as a Buck 110 but 1/2 ounce heavier and a little beefier. It was a silent night after I took care of the possum.
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2018, 07:55:53 AM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on June 26, 2018, 05:12:27 PM
I can't honestly say I've ever seen a rat that wasn't someone's pet, or snake food. We do have some possums and skunks around here. They both eat other critters I'd rather not have around so I mostly leave them alone. Decades ago I killed a possum because it was on top of a fence hissing and our dog was going nuts barking at it. I didn't have a gun on me but I had my trusty Uncle Henry Bear Paw. It's about the same size as a Buck 110 but 1/2 ounce heavier and a little beefier. It was a silent night after I took care of the possum.

Heck, we have rats down here that are nearly as big as a possum.

I guess I could buy one of my 'grail' guns to shoot rats with..... but then a fully engraved Heirloom Precision 1911 might be overkill and a little too much gun for a rat...even a big rat.  ;D ;D
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For the Patriots of this country, the Constitution is second only to the Bible for most. For those who love this country, but do not share my personal beliefs, it is their Bible. To them nothing comes before the Constitution of these United States of America. For this we are all labeled potential terrorists. ~ Dean Garrison

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Re: grail gun
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2018, 03:10:50 PM »
A friend of my brother's said the rats in Chicago were as big as cats. Or maybe he said bigger than cats. .45 ACP may be an appropriate caliber, but the neighbors and police wouldn't be happy about you blasting rats with it.
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Re: grail gun
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2018, 03:20:18 PM »
I was thinking earlier about a gun and accessory I'd like to have but can't afford.


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