Beekeeper
12-16-2010, 04:06 PM
Cajon shooter in his post started me remembering my Grandparents.
Sometimes remembering is painful but I have fond memories of my Grandfather.
He was a cotton farmer in south Texas and had a large pecan grove as well.
He and my father were avid fishermen and hunters.
During my 8 th year my folks took me there to see my Grandparents and on the way stopped in Fort Worth Texas and went to a swap meet there.
There was row upon row of guns for sale and to an 8 year old with $3.00 in his pocket it was nervana.
I bought a 22 rifle and 2 boxes of 22 longs for that $3.00 and got in a lot of hot water for doing it
It had no firing pin spring and only shot straight up.
My punishment for my transgression was to spend the summer working in the pecan groves squirel hunting to keep the pecan depradition down.
On a trip to town to get shells I had the rifle with me and the man who owned the hardware store took it in the back and put a ball point pen spring in it for a firing pin spring.
Told me to bring him the squirel tails as he could sell them to the colledge kids and we could make some money.
Made $20.00 that summer! I am sure my Grandfather had something to do with it.
The reason for this rambling is to ask a question.
My Grandfather taught me to reload that summer and how to clean a gun.
He insisted that you never pushed a patch from the muzzle end but drug it from the receiver end.
Said you always clean in the direction of boolit travel
Old wives tale?
See what happens when you get old and have time to remember the sins of your youth.
Jim
Sometimes remembering is painful but I have fond memories of my Grandfather.
He was a cotton farmer in south Texas and had a large pecan grove as well.
He and my father were avid fishermen and hunters.
During my 8 th year my folks took me there to see my Grandparents and on the way stopped in Fort Worth Texas and went to a swap meet there.
There was row upon row of guns for sale and to an 8 year old with $3.00 in his pocket it was nervana.
I bought a 22 rifle and 2 boxes of 22 longs for that $3.00 and got in a lot of hot water for doing it
It had no firing pin spring and only shot straight up.
My punishment for my transgression was to spend the summer working in the pecan groves squirel hunting to keep the pecan depradition down.
On a trip to town to get shells I had the rifle with me and the man who owned the hardware store took it in the back and put a ball point pen spring in it for a firing pin spring.
Told me to bring him the squirel tails as he could sell them to the colledge kids and we could make some money.
Made $20.00 that summer! I am sure my Grandfather had something to do with it.
The reason for this rambling is to ask a question.
My Grandfather taught me to reload that summer and how to clean a gun.
He insisted that you never pushed a patch from the muzzle end but drug it from the receiver end.
Said you always clean in the direction of boolit travel
Old wives tale?
See what happens when you get old and have time to remember the sins of your youth.
Jim