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Nicest folks part 2
Continued from You meet the nicest guys...
I got home last night from working both jobs, and there was a small package with my name on it. When I picked it up I recognized the name from an email from a member here. http://smith-wessonforum.com/members...teratwork.html
I knew inside there was another surprise for my son inside. So I took it over to him and sat it down on his table in front of him and told him someone had sent him a special gift. There was some pretty fine wrapping on it, so we had to help him open it up. When he got inside he found some real gold inside, and by that I mean gold for a .22 shooter. 500 rounds of .22 shorts for his cowboy gun. Because no cowboy should ever have to run out of ammo.
He got this huge grin on his face and said, well Dad, I guess you and me will be plenty busy shooting at the range huh? I told him anytime he was ready to go, just say the word and we would saddle up.
Pat Hunter, thank you again for your fine gesture to my son. Oddly enough I can buy .22 LR and Magnums locally all day long, but I've not found shorts for over a year. So these will definitely go to good use for him. Thank you .
Matt and Brandon
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Sorry I forgot to upload the photo I took of him last night. I will do it tonight when I get back home.
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If anyone wants to send me a registered magnum I will be happy to post Nicest folks part 3.
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02-10-2015, 04:29 PM
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If anyone wants to send me a registered magnum I will be happy to post Nicest folks part 3.
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Would a spare cylinder be just as good?
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02-10-2015, 05:00 PM
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While I assume your post is tongue in cheek. Although the internet makes it hard to tell at times. I assure you, I'd give back anything he has ever given because of his condition, for him not to have his disease, nor need the kindness of strangers. But since he does, I prefer to make sure they know that what they did for him does not go un-noticed or that we aren't blessed to have their actions come our way. Which is why I started both threads to acknowledge both men.
When he was diagnosed at age 4, they told us he would likely not live to see his 18th Birthday. Which is 8 days from now. We know how blessed we are to still have him. And are thankful for those that took the time out of their lives to make him smile.
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02-10-2015, 05:25 PM
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Keep the post and pictures coming, I hope you and your son have a great time at the range blasting away the ammo.
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02-10-2015, 05:57 PM
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That's great Matt. It doesn't take long to find out how good some of these folks are. I hope you and Brandon have many more trips to the range.
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02-10-2015, 07:45 PM
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WOW Too cool. What a nice thing to do.
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02-11-2015, 12:32 AM
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Tonight after my weekly trip to the range, he wanted to look over his ammo again. He says, I'm so lucky that someone would do something this nice for me. We lined up his ammo to take a photo, and he said it's like I'm rich in bullets.
Untitled by MattOphotog, on Flickr
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That's a fine looking young fellow there, Matt.
Kinda blurry now, on second look. These darn allergies of mine, you know.....
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I wish I still had my gen-you-ine Davy Crockett leather jacket--id send it for your boy to enjoy. Man I sure did. I dont know how many British,,Mexicans and of Red Sticks Indians--I offed when wearing that jacket? I wore this thing everywhere I went tillI grew out of it.
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Beautiful gesture Biginge. Good on you sir!
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This young man is rich is so many ways, especially parents. There are a lot of families who don't have such a great relationship with their children, and for him to have a Dad like his is worth more than anyone can count.
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Matt- if your son needs any more shorts just let us know. I am sure the list can get together some rounds. I know I can give you some.
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02-12-2015, 02:23 PM
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Thank you everyone, and thanks for the offer Jim. I am sure it will take him a while to go through these. With the ones he was sent, we have about 600 now. He can usually only shoot 30 or so at a time until he gets too tired to pull the trigger. But his smile takes much longer to leave his face.
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