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Exactomundo! People pooh-pooh those tales but killer rabbits have been responsible for more deaths than all of the sasquatches, chupacabras and 30 foot white sharks combined. We even have records going back to the Middle Ages where they were the scourge of multiple shires. Many a brave k-nig-ut met his fate at the hands of those deadly incisors. The challenge... and the deadly result. If only they'd had Colt .22 revolvers back then....
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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and if he hasn't, he should have.... I'm trying hard. They haven' got it appraised yet. Once they get it appraised they're offering it first to my uncle. If he doesn't want it it's mine at that point. My fingers are crossed because he's not a handgun guy and I'm hoping he stays that way. If they'd just get the thing appraised the ball could start rolling. It's a Florida Sesquicentennial in the case but it's been fired so collector value is out the window. I'm expecting to pay $400-450 for it. I pester them every few days to get it appraised. I hope you get it. If you were in my family and the one who showed the most interest in your grandpa's gun,I would just give it to you,as long as I didn't think you just wanted to make a buck off of it.
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moosemike,
The only .22 rimfire handgun I have anymore is the Colt Frontier Scout my father bought when I was about 5. He mostly used it on tin cans, plinking with his brother, who as I recall had an Iver Johnson .22 revolver, but I've taken quite a bit of game with it, including ruffed, blue and spruce grouse, legal here in Montana, along with rabbits. Have owned some other .22 handguns, and my wife owns several, including a very early Colt Woodsman, a Ruger Mark III, and a pair of Ruger Single-Sixes, each with a .22 Magnum cylinder as well, one a Buntline. But after fooling around with many others, I eventually discovered that I'd rather carry the Frontier Scout than any of the others. So why keep 'em?
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
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hope you get your Grandfather's Colt --- if not I hope you buy one somewhere else. You won't be sorry.
I've carried a S&W Kit Gun (a .22) for a zillion miles on foot, horseback, 4 wheeler, tractor, mower and motorcycle. I carried it Elk hunting for probably 20 years.
Over the decades, it's killed Coyote, Jack and Cottontail Rabbit, Skunk, Porcupine, Blue and Spruce Grouse, Raccoon, Squirrels, Ground Squirrels, Rattlesnakes, Pack Rats and I can't remember what else. I carry a tough little Ruger BearCat around the farm even today.
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moosemike,
The only .22 rimfire handgun I have anymore is the Colt Frontier Scout my father bought when I was about 5. He mostly used it on tin cans, plinking with his brother, who as I recall had an Iver Johnson .22 revolver, but I've taken quite a bit of game with it, including ruffed, blue and spruce grouse, legal here in Montana, along with rabbits. Have owned some other .22 handguns, and my wife owns several, including a very early Colt Woodsman, a Ruger Mark III, and a pair of Ruger Single-Sixes, each with a .22 Magnum cylinder as well, one a Buntline. But after fooling around with many others, I eventually discovered that I'd rather carry the Frontier Scout than any of the others. So why keep 'em?
Yeah, the Colt Frontier Scout is balanced perfectly and I believe I could be fairly lethal with it. Grouse is a recurring theme in this thread and I know .22 pistols are popular for them but unfortunately they are mostly a thing of the past in my part of PA.
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Let's not for get about trap line dispatch.
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If it were my grandfather's revolver it would be a glass encased showpiece, displayed for all to see in my house, screw the collector's value. Anything from my Grandpa would be priceless to me!
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She then asked "well how is it so useful for hiking and carrying"? Divorce her. Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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She then asked "well how is it so useful for hiking and carrying"? Divorce her. Dave
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I like ANY good .22 handgun. I've killed coons, rabbits, squirrels, possums, and who knows what else with 'em. Right now, I've got a couple autopistols, an SR-22 Ruger, and an M&P .22 Compact. Neither are target grade, but both work well enough for the odd coon around the house. I bought the wife an SR-22 as well, just in case something needs killing when I'm not around. I'll probably pick up another good quality revolver some time, but right now, those little plastic pistols are kinda neat and a helluva lot of fun. I've owned a half-dozen Ruger Mark whatevers, a Combat Masterpiece Smith, and a Single Six or two, I liked the Smith the best, but the chambers were so tight you had to hammer them IN, and OUT, too. Damn it shot good, though.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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Just tell her it's great for rattlesnakes, copperheads, etc. That should do it!
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Just tell her it's great for rattlesnakes, copperheads, etc. That should do it! There ya go.
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luv me sum Colt's 22.....
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I gotta say that a case colored single action colt with stag grips is as about as classic as it gets.
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You can wingshoot carpenter bees with rat shot. And dragonflies.
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A buddy and I shot a lot of barn pigeons in our youth with open choke shotguns and they weren't always doa. A .22 revolver and a CB cap to the head always seemed a very humane way of dispatching them.
My other auto is a .45
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so does a good stomp.......
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Careful you don't end up an addict
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Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
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I'd love to get the chance. So far the family is stalling out on this.
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