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Wiley-X
Groupie Joined: March-14-2011 Points: 11 |
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Posted: November-11-2020 at 6:31pm |
In the early part of the summer, I was driving down the road, glancing as I do at the trash piles because you never know what you'll find. At one house, I saw something that looked the end of a rifle stock so I pulled over.
What did I find? A Red Ryder BB gun. So I scooped it up and headed home. There was some rust here and there and some of the screws were missing. So I called Daisy and found that a complete screw kit was a couple bucks, one was ordered. After the screws came, I cleaned up and treated the rust, put the screws in and found that I had a working BB gun. I'm 62 and have more guns than an infantry platoon but I've never owned a BB gun. So I set up some targets in the back yard and my college age daughter and I have been having fun shooting in the back yard. Sadly, the gun is missing it's commemorative medallion from the stock. I did find one on line for a few bucks but the shop won't process an order of less than $20 (if memory serves). Anyway, I'm happy with my find and am looking forward to lots of fun the in back yard.
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Bavaria55n
Red Ryder Member Joined: October-12-2015 Location: CentralIllinois Points: 747 |
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Great find and save.
BB guns are a lot of fun. Cheaper to shoot than powder burners and great for restricted areas. Gary
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plymouthairrifle
Red Ryder Member Joined: August-03-2009 Location: michigan Points: 175 |
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Years ago a member of our Huron Valley Gun Collectors Club found a 500 shot Bennett in some- ones trash!
It was complete except for a missing stock. I ended up with it and my good friend Jerry Kreger made a stock for it. I still have that gun in my collection! Check out some trash cans!!
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Wiley-X
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One man's trash . . . . A friend who own an antique shop gets a fair amount of her merchandise for free on trash days. It is amazing the nice furniture that people will toss out. |
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Ford57
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If you didn't rescue it when you did, it would most likely be land fill now. I'm going to have to have to start paying attention to trash cans.
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