Found a BB gun
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Topic: Found a BB gun
Posted By: Wiley-X
Subject: Found a BB gun
Date Posted: November-11-2020 at 6:31pm
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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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Posted By: Bavaria55n
Date Posted: November-12-2020 at 9:18am
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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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Posted By: plymouthairrifle
Date Posted: November-12-2020 at 10:28am
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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!! ------------- Wes Powers |
Posted By: Wiley-X
Date Posted: November-12-2020 at 10:57am
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. |
plymouthairrifle wrote:Posted By: Ford57
Date Posted: November-16-2020 at 10:12pm
| 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. |