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When I got home from boot camp I went and bought a winchester 70A in .270. That was '75. I bought a Ruger #3 in 45/70 year I graduated HS in 74.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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As many Colt Python .357's and Diamondbacks in both .38 and .22 as I could beg, borrow or steal the money for. I'd put those away for investment purposes and get a S&W as an actual shooter.
Then with 200 bucks left over I'd get two Old Model Ruger Blackhawk .357's (about $97.50 each in the year of my graduation - a S&W M17 was a whopping $120 or thereabouts), one to keep as a .357 and the other to send to Pachmayr Gun works or someplace similar to turn into a .44 Special.
I'd also politely ask if I could visit Elmer and Jack.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Did they make guns when 'Poo-Bah' graduated... Did they even have schools... Did they read and write that long ago... 
Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist
Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash"
This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
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When Ingwe was in school, he learned cuniform on clay tablets. In my day, we were all the way up to goose quills and Latin.
But the reason I replied was to say that pabucktail is now in the top five for Weirdest Thread Titles. He'll never top Gus, mind you, but he seems to be trying.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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Lets see in 83 I bought a few guns, to include a charles daly O/U 12 ga, a Rem 700 in 22-250, an 8 inch nickel python. Might have been a couple others, its possible it was the same year I also added an auto 5 to the stable.
What I sorely regret is not buying a colt sauer rifle...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Those Miroku Charles Daly's are SLEEPERS...
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700 Classic in 35 Whelen.
700 Mountain, the classic wood/blue/BDL version.
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Colt Diamondback in .22lr
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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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Winchester Model 64 Deluxe 32 Special.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
--Winston Churchill
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As many Colt Python .357's and Diamondbacks in both .38 and .22 as I could beg, borrow or steal the money for. I'd put those away for investment purposes and get a S&W as an actual shooter.
Then with 200 bucks left over I'd get two Old Model Ruger Blackhawk .357's (about $97.50 each in the year of my graduation - a S&W M17 was a whopping $120 or thereabouts), one to keep as a .357 and the other to send to Pachmayr Gun works or someplace similar to turn into a .44 Special.
I'd also politely ask if I could visit Elmer and Jack. Jim, do you mean a M27 Smith?
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I just remembered another one: One of the 1200 or so 16" Marlin 1894s chambered in .45 colt, "The Marlin Limited" I've got one in .44 mag, but the .45 would be oh so nice.
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1956, bought a brand new Remington 721-.270 My son has it now. Rio7 I graduated in 1953 and also bought a Remington 721, mine in 30-06. I had wanted a Winchester M 70 but, as I recall, the Rem was $88, the Win $121 and the cost consideration won out. I recently gifted the '06 to my nephew. I had long said I wouldn't ever sell it and I didn't. I've got 2 1950's era Model 70's now in 270, one standard and one Featherweight. yooper
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1960 -
A Winchester model 61 - .22 pump rifle, and another Winchester model 61 in .22 mag.
And as others, a Colt Python 4".
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How many peckers can a Pecker Checker check if a Pecker Checker could check peckers?
(stolen from shootinurse)
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I pulled out my 1970 copy of Gun Digest to check and it seems I'm remembering a bit high.
MSRP for a Model 17 in 1970 was $98. You could get the K-22 (M17), K-32 (M16) and K-38 (M14) all for $98 each.
A Model 27 would set you back the princely sum of $143 hard earned dollars.
A "Colt New Police Python" in Royal Blue was $175, $200 for nickeled finish. Diamondbacks in .38 or .22 were $125.
While we're strolling down memory lane, a Colt Govt. Model in .45 or .38 Super was $115.50 while a Browning Hi-Power was $108.50. A S&W Model 41 was $102.50 or $108 with the 5" heavy barrel.
I was only a dollar off the price on a Ruger Blackhawk .357 - $98.50, the Super Blackhawk with that gorgeous old model bluing was $125.
To put this in perspective, in 1970 a Systems Analyst working on those new fangled computers could make a very nice annual income of about $14,000. For that money a single guy could buy a brand new Corvette for around $4,000 and still afford a nice up scale apartment. Or maybe buy a three bedroom house in a middle class neighborhood for about $25,000.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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'89. The 870 I bought was a sound choice. Probably the last or second to last year that Woolworth's was open. Not really anything made that year that stands out in my mind. Would have been nice to have bought a few M1 carbines back then.
If you love someone set them free
If they come back no one else liked them
Set them free again
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My grail gun at the time, 1969, was a Marlin 39 to go along with a Marlin 336 in 44 mag that I had bought in 67. I would have settled for a Ruger 10/22. Neither one of these showed up much in the gun racks of the hardware stores at the time. I still can't remember the last new Marlin 39 I saw in a gun rack in the "Boro".
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When I graduated high school, Philly Foxes and Parker shotguns could be bought for firewood and pry bars. Wish I could have filled a granary. Especially, sub gauges. Who wanted 16s and 28s, anyway?
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