zastava .223 bought with my "give up smoking" money while wife was preggers with our first..she was born in 1998 so guess that means rifle is 25-26 years old now
my JW15 2lr Ive owned 3 times after selling to mates then buying back..that would be closer to 30 years ago I bought it new
my pump 12ga must be 10 years old..it left my safe for a year and just found its way back again.
75/15/10 black powder matters
Bought my Gevarm .22 on decimal changeover day for 50 pounds, still have the original police gun certificate. Still have it and occasionally use it. I have kept it as it has a really grained walnut stock; that and its sentimental value - it won be me the shooting cup at school.
Bought a Winchester Model 290 Semi auto .22 rifle in Western Australia back in 1977. Still have it , still use it occasionally. And Marlin 336T 30-30 bought in 1978
It's a wonder they let you use your own rifle at school, let alone an auto. I still remember the old shitters they had at school, including the even-worse ammo. Possibly one shot in ten, certainly 20, was squib round. Appallingly bad.
Having been surprised with someone using their own gun for school comps, realised after I said that that I actually won our school's cup using my own .303, carried to school that day on my back on the motorbike.
Had to find that cup first then use a fair bit of Autosol to take the deep tarnish off. Hadn't seen the light of day for years.
Last edited by 6x47; 09-06-2023 at 04:07 PM.
BSA Meteor, 57 years ago, has about 6 inches of smooth bore from using saliva covered slugs.
Also a Chinese bolt action .22 30 yrs old.
Boom, cough,cough,cough
@Maca49 I'm almost scared to ask why the projectiles has saliva on them !
But it sounds like some weird superstition, so why ?
The Church of
John Browning
of the Later-Day Shooter
At one time, in the dim and distant past, small bore target shooters would "kiss the bullet". The idea being that the saliva would soften the wax coating I suppose.
GPM.
PS. Perhaps @Maca49 did not have a shirt pocket to put the spare slug in.
Last edited by grandpamac; 09-06-2023 at 06:20 PM.
I just can't compete with you guys
#DANNYCENT
yeah don't remember that at small bore but we used a little pottle of never Nickle at full bore with our 303 little grey alloy container (still have one ) dip bullet in sorry just the projectile in - the container had a felt washer at the top so it was just a smear on projectile and fire
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