That look of disgust . . .

That rifle on the right appears to be a Stevens 14 1/2 Little Scout, my Dad started me shooting
with one some 62 years ago when I was age 5. Since then I found one with a good bore a few
years back and it occupies a place in the safe.

terry

Terry, it's actually a Remington Model 6, made about 1930. I had to look your Stevens up. Both are single-shot takedown rifles in 22. Both are rolling blocks. Certainly very similar and very similar in appearance. :)

 
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Man reading all the post I realized I'm blessed to have someone with land that always us to all shoot anything we want anytime we want. It helps that the back of the property is all bayou lol


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Seems to me the younger generation just prefers plastic to include revolvers. I have noticed that the LCR seems to be more popular than Smiths among millennials I shoot with. This is the same generation that wouldn't know what to do without a phone in their pocket!

A few years before I retired I gave a class during quarterly firearms quals on how to unload and make safe a revolver. Criminals still use them even if cops don't, and we a had a couple incidents where loaded revolvers were taken off perps and officers had no idea how to unload them.
 
Seems to me the younger generation just prefers plastic to include revolvers. I have noticed that the LCR seems to be more popular than Smiths among millennials I shoot with. This is the same generation that wouldn't know what to do without a phone in their pocket!

A few years before I retired I gave a class during quarterly firearms quals on how to unload and make safe a revolver. Criminals still use them even if cops don't, and we a had a couple incidents where loaded revolvers were taken off perps and officers had no idea how to unload them.

You should have seen what happened one day when I got called to back up a patrol guy who stopped a biker (convicted felon) who was carry a BP revolver. "What are we supposed to do with this?!"

Gentleman was arrested for some warrants. I had to show them how to make the gun safe.

Also had it happen with SA revolvers as well
 
When the look of disgust turns into fear...

Disclaimer, I did not pull this one but saw it and thought it was hilarious.

Some 10 years ago a young guy made some comments to an older fella who was shooting a beat up looking 6 inch wheel gun. I can't tell you today what model it was but we were shooting about 25 yards.

When we all went out to swap out our targets, the old guy handed a pie plate with the entire 3" center blown out of it and asked the kid if he'd like bet his auto-loader against the old guy's wheel gun on points.

The younger guy turned him down & the old fella just grinned and winked.
 
I've taken away a couple of things from this thread. One, I (personally), don't think it's all that cool to fire off loads in an indoor range that are loud enough to interfere with other shooters in their lanes. I file that with people who like disturbing others with excessively loud motorcycles and cars. Second, the issue here isn't the guns, it's the shooting mentality that goes with them. Having fifteen rounds or more in your magazine doesn't make a gun inaccurate, any more than a twenty-round magazine in an M-14 makes that rifle less accurate than an M-1 Garand. Instead of blaming the gun (sound familiar?), lets show people that learning the basics of trigger and sights will do a lot for their shooting, regardless of whether it has a plastic frame or a beautiful blued-steel work of art.
 
Oh, if I weren't so happy for you Bruce, I'd call you a thief. :-)

God bless,
Birdgun

I consider myself an opportunist.

At the beginning of the Sandy Hook panic I saw an ad in Armslist to trade ammo for a like new 686 plus 4", I responded thinking it was a scam. Got a response telling me I was the only one with his full request, it was real and cost me $265.
 
I consider myself an opportunist.

At the beginning of the Sandy Hook panic I saw an ad in Armslist to trade ammo for a like new 686 plus 4", I responded thinking it was a scam. Got a response telling me I was the only one with his full request, it was real and cost me $265.

Bruce, my best deal was a S&W model 15-4 in pristine condition I got off of GunBroker in January 2017 for $400.

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Oh, and I got a brand new 20-gauge Browning Superposed Lightning for $197 in 1972 out of the Yong Song PX in Seoul, S. Korea. I felt like the 'cat that ate the canary' when I walked out with that shotgun.

God bless,
Birdgun
 
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I had the experience of helping a young man zero in his hunting rifle. I hung a 2 liter bottle from a tree branch at 100 yards. He couldn't hit it out of six shots. I raised my grandfathers triple lock 44 special, sighted in and hit dead center one shot. I think he wanted a new gun after that.
 
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You mean this dude didn't even KNOW that his 1911 has no mag safety ?? !

Larry
 
Reminded me.......................I really really like Mannlicher stocks..... a Ruger 77/243, CZs in .22lr,.22mag and .223 and three Ruger 10/22s.

Everyone stops by and asks about them; what are they? can I get one?...... young guys are fascinated by the 10/22..... A really cooool looking semi!!!!


We've got to remember most of the younger generation learned to shoot......... with their thumbs.................. :D
 
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I've taken away a couple of things from this thread. One, I (personally), don't think it's all that cool to fire off loads in an indoor range that are loud enough to interfere with other shooters in their lanes. I file that with people who like disturbing others with excessively loud motorcycles and cars.

Unless the range bans something like magnum loads or rifles then you are free to shoot whatever you like.

How would you like it if you were shooting .38 spc and someone complained because its louder than their .22 lr?
 
BAM-BAM:We've got to remember most of the younger generation learned to shoot......... with their thumbs..................

Not revolver related, but RE: shooting with their thumbs. A few years ago my fellow SCTP coaches and I were doing an afternoon clay target class with a bunch of Boy Scouts. We brought portable target throwers, a stack of Remington 1100's, ammo, targets, eye and ear protection....a one stop clay target shop.

We begin each class with a safety lecture and introductions. During the introductions, one particular Scout claimed to be an 'expert' who shot clay targets 'all the time.'

When this young man came to the head of the line it turned out that he couldn't hit the ground with his hat. No concept of what it was like to fire a real shotgun. I showed him how to stand, how to hold the shotgun, where to look, and began the process of walking him onto the target. (A high incoming teal presentation if you're curious)

After three shots that produced nothing but noise and clays flying happily away, the 'expert' stomped away proclaiming to everyone that "The one on my Nintendo works better!"

In 13 years of coaching this was the only time a student has ever left me without hitting a target. **Sigh**
 
It isn't always the young kids.

Several years ago I was at the outdoor range shooting my 686 at 25 yds. An older couple arrive, the wife makes a comment that 'he must think he is Dirty Harry'. During the next cease fire they go down range to set up targets. They look at mine, and have no more snide comments when they get back.
 
Most of the people that shoot at the range I belong to are semi-auto shooters but I do get a lot of respect with my revolvers. The regular daytime RO is a 1911 guy but says I could convert him because I have the BEST revolvers. That was after he shot my Model 57.

The range has come & go leagues and one of the top shooters is a revolver guy, a 686, I think he also owns a Python.

I tried to find some love for a Sig 320 but gave up & sold it and bought a
625 PC.

I do have 2 bottom feeders, a Buckmark that the grandkids have put 1000's of round thru and a Springfield 1911 that I don't shoot enough.
 
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