shooting

samuel · 03-12-2008, 03:02 PM

Finally got warm enough to get out and shoot a little.I dug my 1000yd m60 Marlin out and shot some nice 1" groups.This gun is amazing.It really shoots great.The recoil doesnt bother me much for shooting high velocity long rifles.Of course I dont have a scope,but will have to get one if I shoot longer range.But it did ok at 50yds. sam.

sbowers5 · 03-12-2008, 10:16 PM

Sam you are killing me.
steve

rfc357 · 03-14-2008, 10:39 PM

You're a real man, Sam. I had to put a brake on mine. Six pounds of lead in the butt (the rifle's, not mine) wasn't enough. Gallery shorts (is anyone but me old enough to remember them?) helped, though.

SwedeSteve · 03-29-2008, 08:16 PM

Gallery shorts! Now that is a step back!

billy · 03-29-2008, 08:20 PM

are they summer wear for those of us that may be a " little light in the loafers"
like tennis shorts?

HAWKEYE50 · 03-29-2008, 08:49 PM

It was a perfect day to burn powder. And I did.

rfc357 · 03-30-2008, 05:51 PM

Back in the days when shooting galleries at amusement parks used real .22 rifles, they shot gallery short ammunition. The bullets would disintegrate into dust upon hitting anything hard.

The first rifle I fired was one of these amusement park Winchesters. I was ten or eleven years old, and was hooked immediately. I found a club, started shooting smallbore competition, and have been burning powder ever since.

Taurus Fan · 03-30-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by rfc357

Back in the days when shooting galleries at amusement parks used real .22 rifles, they shot gallery short ammunition. The bullets would disintegrate into dust upon hitting anything hard.

The first rifle I fired was one of these amusement park Winchesters. I was ten or eleven years old, and was hooked immediately. I found a club, started shooting smallbore competition, and have been burning powder ever since.

I'd forgotten about the real .22's in amusement parks. Up through the early 60's in Big Bear, California, there was a shooting gallery that used real .22 semi-auto rifles and was situated right on main street in the middle of town. I remember the proprietor loading what looked like regular lead round nose shorts into them, guess they would have had to have been specially constructed to blow up and not ricochet. Can you imagine how people would freak-out today seeing real guns on a busy street being rented out, 10 shots for a dollar?
We've changed so much in little ways.

jerry · 03-30-2008, 09:59 PM

Sounds good Sam, glad ya got out.

Rex in OTZ · 04-16-2008, 10:03 PM

I love .22 shorts! they are hard to beat in accuracy in my old Glenfield model 10, on a bench rest just keep shooting a big nasty hole stacking the slugs into a big mass of batterd lead, who can better that at 40 yards with open sights?, stacking lead was only thing they were good for
Some buddy's got home sick living in a large urban area and were suffering the big city doldrums, they worked a plan to sneak down to one of the city parks and poach them a Goose for the holiday's so they got a old trusted .22 some shorts and a fishing rod with a rapella they did get one late one night! nobody suspected Foul play, damn lucky they dry picked it behind the Mall in the dumpsters!

03-12-2008, 03:02 PM	#1
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,090	shooting Finally got warm enough to get out and shoot a little.I dug my 1000yd m60 Marlin out and shot some nice 1" groups.This gun is amazing.It really shoots great.The recoil doesnt bother me much for shooting high velocity long rifles.Of course I dont have a scope,but will have to get one if I shoot longer range.But it did ok at 50yds. sam.

03-12-2008, 10:16 PM	#2
sbowers5 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: sawyer, ok Posts: 580	Sam you are killing me. steve __________________ For those who never fought for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know.

03-29-2008, 08:16 PM	#4
SwedeSteve Thor's Hammer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 12,199 Images: 1	Gallery shorts! Now that is a step back! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

03-29-2008, 08:20 PM	#5
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 13,898 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 154	are they summer wear for those of us that may be a " little light in the loafers" like tennis shorts? __________________

03-29-2008, 08:49 PM	#6
HAWKEYE50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: HOLLY MI Posts: 167 Blog Entries: 20	It was a perfect day to burn powder. And I did. __________________ "KEEPIN MY POWDER DRY"

03-14-2008, 10:39 PM	#3
rfc357 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 741	You're a real man, Sam. I had to put a brake on mine. Six pounds of lead in the butt (the rifle's, not mine) wasn't enough. Gallery shorts (is anyone but me old enough to remember them?) helped, though.

03-30-2008, 05:51 PM	#7
rfc357 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 741	Back in the days when shooting galleries at amusement parks used real .22 rifles, they shot gallery short ammunition. The bullets would disintegrate into dust upon hitting anything hard. The first rifle I fired was one of these amusement park Winchesters. I was ten or eleven years old, and was hooked immediately. I found a club, started shooting smallbore competition, and have been burning powder ever since.

03-30-2008, 09:59 PM	#9
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,123 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Sounds good Sam, glad ya got out. __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

04-16-2008, 10:03 PM	#10
Rex in OTZ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 523	.22 shorts I love .22 shorts! they are hard to beat in accuracy in my old Glenfield model 10, on a bench rest just keep shooting a big nasty hole stacking the slugs into a big mass of batterd lead, who can better that at 40 yards with open sights?, stacking lead was only thing they were good for Some buddy's got home sick living in a large urban area and were suffering the big city doldrums, they worked a plan to sneak down to one of the city parks and poach them a Goose for the holiday's so they got a old trusted .22 some shorts and a fishing rod with a rapella they did get one late one night! nobody suspected Foul play, damn lucky they dry picked it behind the Mall in the dumpsters!