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    I agree with you about old rifles. All the ones that I bought when I was young are now C&R's.
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    Tazman I was inspired to try and improve my shooting by you and OS-OK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pressman View Post
    Tazman I was inspired to try and improve my shooting by you and OS-OK.
    I still have a long way to go. Skill is something you learn and have to practice to keep. My skill level is not yet where I want it to be.
    All I have to do is go to a competition to see how much I need to improve.

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    My 1919 Savage took out another skunk last night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rbuck351 View Post
    My 1919 Savage took out another skunk last night.
    Those old rifles just keep on doing what they were designed to do, don't they?

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    My CMP Remington 40X is my fly killer. The flies seem to really like white paper.

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    Old 22 rimfire rifles are fun to shoot … yes, indeed
    The old Stevens and Ballard accurate single shots made from the 1920’s back to 1880’s … 100 years old plus, are Old Ones!
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    Yep,old rifles are not only fun but they work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rbuck351 View Post
    Yep, old rifles are not only fun, but they work.
    That they do. A story: I was born on a cold January day in 1934 in Ilion New York, from there I went to a store in Minnesota. Then one day a man came in and bought me, taking me home to his farm and I was excited. However, life on the farm was tough during them times and I was expected to work and earn my keep. That also meant that I had to live in the barn.

    I did as I was asked for years, dispatching chicken stealing coons and other critters. Many times, I was called upon to finish off a butcher hog, the family needed food and I was glad to help provide it. I never had really nice treatment, not like those fancy house rifles, but I was kept clean enough to do my job.

    And the years passed by turning into decades until one year I was not called on, it seemed that I may have been forgotten. More time passed and someone found me, but instead of loving me they just hauled me off to another store and left me there. I got passed around some more till last week when I was found sitting all alone in the corner of yet another store. This time I knew it was different, I was held gently, rubbed down and carefully inspected, and I had a good heart as my bore is bright and shiny after all these years, so I went to live in a nice house where to my surprise there was two of my cousins, #510 and #514.
    I am a Remington Model 33 and immensely proud of my past.

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    Lovely story; I grew up with a 514 and feel it was love at first sight. With 12 year old eyes she shot lights out whenever I used her. Lots of small game and plenty of "targets of opportunity" fell to her fire. Traded up for a 550 and still regret that move. A few years ago I acquired another 514 and she works out well in dispatching vermin such as Armadillo's and snakes. Sets along side the 550 in my gun rack.

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    One day my Kimber model 82LH will be able to tell stories like that , right now it does it's job way better than I ever expected .

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