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- Levergunner
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:36 am
Hello
HI all, from midwest. Old Savage introduced me to the site a few months ago, and tho I understand very little of the lingo yet, you have certainly provided a lot of entertainment (smiles), as well as education. And I thank you for that.
He suggested that I introduce myself, and tell you my story, so here it is.
This summer I happened by a Cowboy Shoot nearby, and at the end of the get-together, I was invited to shoot a little bit. Zippity doodah!! It was fun. In fact it was so much fun that I went to the local farm store the next day and bought my first gun.! With Old Savage’s encouragement, over the phone……I actually took it out of the box ……and proceeded to learn all about my new Ruger 10/22, including how to load the rotary magazine and put the magazine in the gun!! What a hoot!
I have been having a blast shooting soup cans, pop cans, paint cans, and pizza boxes. Who knew shooting would be so much fun!
It was just the beginning…other opportunities to shoot other guns keep showing up…….and I think I may be addicted! I don’t have a lever gun, (yet) but I m hoping you will let me just hang out with you anyway.
(PS…..don’t tell my mom)
He suggested that I introduce myself, and tell you my story, so here it is.
This summer I happened by a Cowboy Shoot nearby, and at the end of the get-together, I was invited to shoot a little bit. Zippity doodah!! It was fun. In fact it was so much fun that I went to the local farm store the next day and bought my first gun.! With Old Savage’s encouragement, over the phone……I actually took it out of the box ……and proceeded to learn all about my new Ruger 10/22, including how to load the rotary magazine and put the magazine in the gun!! What a hoot!
I have been having a blast shooting soup cans, pop cans, paint cans, and pizza boxes. Who knew shooting would be so much fun!
It was just the beginning…other opportunities to shoot other guns keep showing up…….and I think I may be addicted! I don’t have a lever gun, (yet) but I m hoping you will let me just hang out with you anyway.
(PS…..don’t tell my mom)
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- Levergunner 3.0
- Posts: 523
- Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:08 pm
- Location: AZ/MT
Re: Hello
It's always nice to hear from new gun enthusiasts. Welcome to the forum!! ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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- Old Savage
- Posting leader...
- Posts: 16736
- Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:43 pm
- Location: Southern California
Re: Hello
Well halleluyah! Here you are. This is the right place. I am sure you all will enjoy each other. Lots to learn from folks here. You might tell them about a few of the guns you have had an opportunity to shoot in addition to the 10/22.
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Here is a lovely picture of you!
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Here is a lovely picture of you!
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Re: Hello
Welcome IG, U seem 2 have the Lingo down pretty good. Thurs some edjucated Folks here and there R some not so (well 1 anyhow). But We all have 1 thang in common "Guns" be it Lever action Rifles or Semis or Heaven forbid Turnbolts. Again Welcome, enjoy Ur stay and Pop n often.
P.S. I'm sure OS informed U about PIctures, that said - lets have Em.
Perry
Oh!! and Mums the word, She didn't hear it from Me, I don't even know the Lady.
P.S. I'm sure OS informed U about PIctures, that said - lets have Em.
Perry
Oh!! and Mums the word, She didn't hear it from Me, I don't even know the Lady.
Perry in Bangor----++++===Calif
Re: Hello
Welcome from the great white north. Enjoy your 10/22 great little rifles. I have one I bought in 1976 and it is still shooting great.
Happiness is a comfortable stump on a sunny south facing mountain.
Re: Hello
Welcome. You sure picked a swell mentor. Just make sure he keeps his hands in his pockets
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The Rotten Fruit Always Hits The Ground First
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Second Amendment Foundation
Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
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Re: Hello
BlaineG wrote:Welcome. You sure picked a swell mentor. Just make sure he keeps his hands in his pockets![]()
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Welcome too the nut house.
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Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
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- Levergunner
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:36 am
Re: Hello
Thankyou for the warm welcome. Not sure if I have any pictures of what I have been shooting lately. It's an old 410 Hercules model 10. The only hitch was when it wouldn't fire a couple of shells. OS asked for info and in short order you guys had the probable answer. That was educational!
- horsesoldier03
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 2072
- Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:32 pm
- Location: Kansas
Re: Hello
Welcome aboard, we will cut you a little slack and give you a little time to get a levergun! My daughter loves my 10/22 as well.
“Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.”
- Griff
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- Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:56 pm
- Location: OH MY GAWD they installed a STOP light!!!
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Griff,
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: Hello
Welcome to the fire, IG ! !
Yer 1st chore's gonna be ta git familiar with a Henry Standard H001 .22 levergun (about $240), and ventilate some more cans.![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Yer 1st chore's gonna be ta git familiar with a Henry Standard H001 .22 levergun (about $240), and ventilate some more cans.
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- kimwcook
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 7978
- Joined: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:01 pm
- Location: Soap Lake, WA., U.S.A.
Re: Hello
Welcome to the forum. You said you've been lurking for a while so you know what we're about. And, you joined anyway. Brave lady. Just joking. Finest place on the net. They even let me hang around here.
Old Law Dawg
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- Levergunner 2.0
- Posts: 429
- Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:32 pm
- Location: New Hampshire. Live Free or Die!
Re: Hello
Welcome to the fire!
My mind reader refuses to charge me..........
Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you somethin'. That ain't an optical illusion, it only LOOKS LIKE an optical illusion.
Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you somethin'. That ain't an optical illusion, it only LOOKS LIKE an optical illusion.
- 2ndovc
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 9352
- Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:59 am
- Location: OH, South Shore of Lake Erie
Re: Hello
Hard to beat a 10/22!
Welcome to the club!
Might try out a Marlin 39/ .22lr. Even more fun than the Ruger.
Or a .30-30 Win or Marlin for a step up from the . 22 that will still be pleasant to shoot.
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Welcome to the club!
Might try out a Marlin 39/ .22lr. Even more fun than the Ruger.
Or a .30-30 Win or Marlin for a step up from the . 22 that will still be pleasant to shoot.
jason
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" Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
" Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
Re: Hello
fixed it for ya , +1Pitchy wrote:BlaineG wrote:Welcome. You sure picked a swell mentor. Just make sure he keeps his hands in his pockets![]()
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careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
"BECAUSE I CAN"
"BECAUSE I CAN"
Re: Hello
Welcome, and enjoy the fire, we always have it warm
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
Re: Hello
Welcome.
Where abouts in Indiana? I was stationed up in FT Wayne until just this past summer. There are a Couple Hoosiers on here.
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Where abouts in Indiana? I was stationed up in FT Wayne until just this past summer. There are a Couple Hoosiers on here.
Jeremy
GySgt USMC Ret
To err is human, To forgive is devine, Neither of which is Marine Corps policy
Semper Fidelis
GySgt USMC Ret
To err is human, To forgive is devine, Neither of which is Marine Corps policy
Semper Fidelis
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- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 6747
- Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:30 am
- Location: Lower Central NYS
Re: Hello
Welcome to the Forum!
Those little 10-22 Ruger's are great guns.
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Those little 10-22 Ruger's are great guns.
- AJMD429
- Posting leader...
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- Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:03 am
- Location: Hoosierland
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Re: Hello
WELCOME. I think you'll find lots of information here, and some of it might even be correct...
Seriously, always great to have another firearms enthusiast, especially one who likes leverguns.
If you like the Ruger 10/22 semiauto, you'll just LOVE the Ruger 96/22 levergun...![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
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Seriously, always great to have another firearms enthusiast, especially one who likes leverguns.
If you like the Ruger 10/22 semiauto, you'll just LOVE the Ruger 96/22 levergun...
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"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
- Ysabel Kid
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- Location: South Carolina, USA
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Re: Hello
I called it home for 23 years.eric65 wrote:More than a few I thinkJReed wrote:Welcome.![]()
Where abouts in Indiana? I was stationed up in FT Wayne until just this past summer. There are a Couple Hoosiers on here.
Welcome to the forum!
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- gamekeeper
- Spambot Zapper
- Posts: 17455
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:32 pm
- Location: Over the pond unfortunately.
Re: Hello
Hello and WELCOME from across the pond.
When you find time I'd love to see a photo of the .410.
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When you find time I'd love to see a photo of the .410.
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
- crs
- Advanced Levergunner
- Posts: 3154
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:32 am
- Location: Republic of Texas
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Re: Hello
Welcome to the forum.
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Re: Hello
Hello IG,
Welcome to the forum,have a cup of coffee,and sit a spell.
Best get togather place on the net with a FINE bunch of folk's
Welcome to the forum,have a cup of coffee,and sit a spell.
Best get togather place on the net with a FINE bunch of folk's
Model-71's forever !!!!
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Endowment level
FOPA #5
GOA,Inc
WVCDL,INC
Re: Hello
Welcome IGirl. I hope you get to enjoy has many years of safe fun shooting as I have plus a few more, I have been at it for 44 years and still love plinking cans. You brought back memories with the mention of your Hercules module 10. My Dad wanted his first shotgun in the 1930s. He went to buy the 410ga module 10 but he fell in love with the 20ga module 10. He had enough to buy the 410 and a box of shells, the 20ga was a whole dollar more. His Dad loaned him the dollar for the 20 and for 6 dollars and change he bought a gun that was passed down to me so long ago!
- AJMD429
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I promise not to tell your mom, but you need to find yourself a Ruger 96/22 - it uses the same magazines as your 10/22, and - it's a LEVERGUN. . . !Indianagirl wrote:With Old Savage’s encouragement, over the phone……I actually took it out of the box ……and proceeded to learn all about my new Ruger 10/22, including how to load the rotary magazine and put the magazine in the gun!! What a hoot!
I have been having a blast shooting soup cans, pop cans, paint cans, and pizza boxes. Who knew shooting would be so much fun!
It was just the beginning…other opportunities to shoot other guns keep showing up…….and I think I may be addicted! I don’t have a lever gun, (yet) but I m hoping you will let me just hang out with you anyway.
(PS…..don’t tell my mom)
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I have made mine into more of an educational tool than a 'traditional levergun', but it is still one of the most fun guns I have to shoot - http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=39348
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws
"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
"first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
Want REAL change? . . . . . "Boortz/Nugent in 2012 . . . ! "
- Old Savage
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- Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:43 pm
- Location: Southern California
Re: Hello
She stopped at WalMart on the way home from a New Year's party very early this AM to pick up another brick of 22s. Certainly not the New Year's message I thought I would be getting from her a few months ago.
Look how happy she looks after braving some cold weather and shooting up the last of the last brick. Little Red Riding Hood - she sure is looking good.
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Re: Hello
Hi IG, I am sorry. I missed your first post nearly. So wrapped up in my little world!
Take care, have fun
Nath.
Take care, have fun
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Nath.
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Because I wish I could!
Because I wish I could!
Re: Hello
Hello and welcome from another Hoosier. .22's are the best way to start no matter what kind it is. You get to shoot hundreds of rounds for little cost and not much noise, and they're just plain good fun.
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- Levergunner
- Posts: 40
- Joined: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:36 am
Re: Hello
Hi JReed. I am familiar with Fort Wayne ! Lot's of fun things to do. Several of the american legions used to have dances on weekends, and they were a lot of fun. The Franke Park Zoo, and the outside bandshell near the zoo was pretty neat in the summer. All kinds of things and only about an hour or so away.
Re: Hello
I am not there any more. But Mokwaw is around that area along with a few others.
Jeremy
GySgt USMC Ret
To err is human, To forgive is devine, Neither of which is Marine Corps policy
Semper Fidelis
GySgt USMC Ret
To err is human, To forgive is devine, Neither of which is Marine Corps policy
Semper Fidelis
Re: Hello
Welcome to the forum and enjoy that 10/22!
Winchester M94 30-30 (1980)
Winchester M70 Westerner 30-06 (1982)
Winchester M1 Garand (1942)
Too many others to list - hope to add more levers soon.
Winchester M70 Westerner 30-06 (1982)
Winchester M1 Garand (1942)
Too many others to list - hope to add more levers soon.