Christmas haul

[mayfly]

Now THAT is a nice gun!  Congratulations!

Hey Cagey!  A well balanced over and under is a thing of beauty.  I could nail both birds right out of the house with my old Browning. 

So you loaded shells back in the day?  My Dad had 3 different loading machines (12, 16 and 410) when we were kids.  God knows why, but he used to let us load.  I used to make my own firecrackers on those things!  Then there were the kegs of gunpowder lying around - we used to play with leaving trails of gunpowder leading to larger piles.... 

I have no idea why I have all my fingers.

 

[mayfly]

oh yea - knocking down that non GMO open range meat is an excellent use of that gun.  'cause Bullwinkle tastes gooood.

Bullwinkle tastes good.  Rocky not so much.​

 

[Cagey]

So you loaded shells back in the day? 

Yeah, we were going through way too many shells to keep buying new ones all the time. I had a nice more or less automated unit that would size the thing, auto-feed the primer cap, a measure of powder, a wad, a measure of shot, then crimp it. I think it was 7 or 8 stations on a rotary table, and once it was full each pull of the lever operated all the stations in parallel, indexed it one place and presented a complete shell. Pretty nifty thing, and fast. Only trouble I ever had was one time accidentally knocking the shot reservoir off it. 89 bajillion #8 shot beads found every nook, cranny and flat surface in the entire basement. That was 20 years ago, and I'll bet if you went back to that house you could still find some shot down there  :laughing7:

 

[BigSteve22]

Bullwinkle tastes good.  Rocky not so much.​

Can't say I've ever eaten squirrel, but moose stew is da bomb!  :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Years ago, a buddy of mine used to do firewatch in Washington state. Stuck him out in the boonies in a tower with basically nothing but what he could carry, which was partly used up by his gun and the radio. He once got hungry enough that, not finding anything else, he shot a squirrel. Said it was the last time he'd ever do that. According to him, it was nastiest thing he ever ate. Not much to them, either.

 

[BigSteve22]

The words used by a friend, to describe the taste of squirrel, were "greasy" and "gamy". Neither sounds particularly appetizing to me.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Years ago, a buddy of mine used to do firewatch in Washington state. Stuck him out in the boonies in a tower with basically nothing but what he could carry, which was partly used up by his gun and the radio. He once got hungry enough that, not finding anything else, he shot a squirrel. Said it was the last time he'd ever do that. According to him, it was nastiest thing he ever ate. Not much to them, either.

We're not that good of eats, gristle & bone.  Jack Rabbit is even more wild tasting.  Raccoons are a touch better, but barely. 

Had to eat all sorts of stuff as a kid.

Cottontail rabbit on the other hand, delicioso!

 

[ByteFrenzy]

So you loaded shells back in the day? 

Yeah, we were going through way too many shells to keep buying new ones all the time. I had a nice more or less automated unit that would size the thing, auto-feed the primer cap, a measure of powder, a wad, a measure of shot, then crimp it. I think it was 7 or 8 stations on a rotary table, and once it was full each pull of the lever operated all the stations in parallel, indexed it one place and presented a complete shell. Pretty nifty thing, and fast. Only trouble I ever had was one time accidentally knocking the shot reservoir off it. 89 bajillion #8 shot beads found every nook, cranny and flat surface in the entire basement. That was 20 years ago, and I'll bet if you went back to that house you could still find some shot down there  :laughing7:

That's why they invented steel shot. Don't believe a word about it being for the environment, it's just so you can gather your spillage with a magnet.

 

[Cagey]

Hehe! Makes more sense.

 

[mayfly]

yea!  and it's a lot easier on you if you happen to swallow one... 

 

[fdesalvo]

I'm a huge taurus fan.  That's a nice friend to have around.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Next up, the Taurus Slim 709 for wifey!
Because every family should have "his & her" guns!