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Last edited by DCP; 12-09-2018 at 10:08 PM.
LOYALTY ABOVE ALL ELSE, EXCEPT HONOR
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading." -- Thomas Jefferson
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
NRA BENEFACTOR LIFE MEMBER
Before we could afford those, carve them out of wood and shot rubber bands. Before that it was forefinger and thumb, yell bang/pow. Mattel was pretty good.
Whatever!
The good old days.
If I had just taken better care of my toys................
Those wonderful toy guns and the games we played back then are probably the reason why I am such an avid shooter and "gun crank" today.
My mother just gave me my baby book. One of the things she wrote in it was that at age 2 I was obsessed with guns, cars and trucks. Said I would get bored with any other toy in a matter of minutes but would play for hours with those. Some things never change. Guess it was just in my dna. Maybe she should have bought me a casting pot for my third birthday!
Those certainly brought back some great memories! Funny thing how those types of toys had such a great effect on our lives . . . turned me in to a crotchety right wing conservative deplorable . . . and all because of my Dick Tracy snub nose 38
Seems we all have fond memories of the games we played and the a game we took with those toy guns. I had a cannon to tow behind my trike, and a real double barreled rifle as defender of the home place. The cannon was a spring fired unit in glass marble cal. It worked so good I shot out a living room window. There is a picture of me in helmet and goggles proudly astride the trike, rifle shouldered and cannon in tow.
Later I had a Daisy 25 that was so big and the pump action so stout, I had to put the butt on the ground and use my weight to cock it. It came with a target that had a bell behind the bulls-eye.
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I must have lived the dream.
I was raised in the Army and have lived all over the world.
My dad was usually the CO of small military bases, typically the MP Company on larger bases, and was a firearms instructor to boot.
As a 9 year old in Germany I sat on top of a moving tank with a Ma Duece and shot off 100 rounds. It took MONTHS for the smile to go away!
He used to go to the armory and take a Thompson and a few ammo cans for your Saturday morning fun....quite the thing to do as a kid, I have to say.
.45's? Take your pick. My Dad's favorite, but I still hate .45's to this day.
I was really lucky to be able to shoot the real things as a kid.
I think that is what did it to me. Now I just collect and shoot.
Collector and shooter of guns and other items that require a tax stamp, Lead and brass scrounger. Never too much brass, lead or components in inventory! Always looking to win beauty contests with my reloads.
I had this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEABUFFivzY
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]The meetings will continue until we find out why we can't get anything done around here. NRA Life Member, Illinois State Rifle Assoc., Chillicothe Sportsmans Club.
It was fun seeing the little boy at 3:25 for the Dick Tracy commercial.Originally Posted by DCP
Had to laugh, as he also starred in a Twilight Zone episode.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734580/
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Bill Mumy.
Didn't realize how many shows he starred in.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Danger, Will Robinson.
"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. " --(Thomas Jefferson)
"Calling an illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a drug pusher an unlicensed pharmacist."
When you put Political Correctness ahead of justice, you get no justice.
Mark Fuhrman
That's the one I immediately thought of.Danger, Will Robinson.
I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled
Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum
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