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So question to the campfire.....
How do you gentlemen feel about doing another Christmas present for a deserving youth in Memorial to Mickey Coleman?
I had in mind, a Ruger American... in the caliber of their choice...Scope, Sling, Binocs, maybe hunting knife...keeping it simple...
Feedback would be appreciated...
thanks....
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I'm in with a set of Burris Signature Zee medium matte rings.
or something else, including $ to buy the right stuff.
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I have a nice Winchester knife set I will donate. It was a Wal-Mart Christmas gift pack from last year. They clearance this stuff out after the holidays and I bought about a dozen of them-this is the last one left. I will talk to my son's buddy who I just got set up with a rifle last week. I'm sure he'd like to be included in this effort. I'll go through all my "smalls" too and see what I can come up with. Thanks for spearheading this.
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I'd be in for $20 if cash works (when doesn't it?).
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John, count me in for a monetary gift. miles
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John, as last year, I'm in and will assist as needed.
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John, I will help with a check
Sam......
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John, I will help with a check Same here
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John, I will help with a check Same here same here Neil
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Well, I guess it looks like this is a go....
gonna do ONE Ruger American, for ONE New Hunter/Shooter...
gonna pick some forum members to help me pick out a winner...
would love to do a bunch of winners, but last year logistics got a little overwhelming for Four Entrees total
plus I would like to tone it down, do to the one rifle that went to Indiana, that upset a group of folks, many who were donors... kinda blew the spirit of the entire thing...
the key focus is THIS IS IN MEMORIAL TO MICKEY COLEMAN a fine gentleman, that many of us still miss...
I will take this tho, to be an opportunity, if folks desire to donate stuff to make it to a worthwhile kid, we'll distribute that stuff also... old hunting stuff ya don't use anymore etc...
on any of this, I've never gotten anything that was junk.. and some have been some real quality stuff... maybe a kid doesn't need a rifle, but a knife, or backpack, or binocs etc would sure help out...
will announce guidelines on another thread announcing this for applicants and nominations..
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John, I will help with a check Same here same here Neil Same here, Pm me.
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I can come up with a scope.
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John, I will help with a check Same here same here Neil Same here, Pm me. I'm in, let me know.
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I have A VX-3 2.5-8 I'd love to see a kid get. it's silver though. Mike
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Gentlemen, I've had a suggestion from a long time forum member, that I thought was a pretty darn good idea... so since I am the committee on this, I was thinking of running with it.. Mickey would have wanted it this way I bet... Everyone knows Mickey loved dogs, and what was suggested, and what I have decided to do ( with a little modification of the original idea).... If someone knows what Mickey's Home Town was in Alabama, please let me know.... part of this will be set up as a donation to a dog shelter in Mickey's Home Town....these places always have needs, and there are some of us who would like to make a donation to that in Mickey's name... I'm starting the ball rolling with a commitment of $20 to the dog shelter donation of our Annual Christmas Mickey Coleman Memorial Program.... If someone donating would like the finances to go to the Dog Shelter Donation in Mickey's name, please mark your donation check as so being or if cash is sent, drop a line in your envelope letting me know... Thanks guys and thanks to the Gentleman who came up with such a darn good idea...who humbly desired a little anonymity...which we will honor...
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I'm in for $20 also.
And the idea of money going to a dog shelter in Mickey's name is perfect.
Thanks for your efforts for this.
Will send a check to the address you give us.
Steve
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Pm me and I will see what I can do
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I hate to throw cold water on the idea, but the liability of a firearm could potentially cost everyone involved a ton of money. Registration and making a straw gift to a minor makes you so liable you could lose almost everything you have should something go wrong.
Outdoor related items are limitless and much less risky. When I was the county chief instructor for the state Hunter Education program, I guided several underprivileged young boys on a completely outfitted antelope hunts. We gave them a scoped rifle that they kept, fed them like kings for 3 days and got them antelope.
It was a great experience and was, for all of them, a lifetime experience. As we looked at the program and all the benefits, we still had to abandon it with the guns as gifts due to the potential of the liability that was attached to the gun and what could possibly happen, even when the youths were no longer in our custody.
Just an idea that needs to be considered...
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