phc45-70 said:
How is it possible to own a rifle and not shoot it the first time you get a chance?
There's a story there. It's not a real good one, but it's a story.
I was in the Air Force, in fact just retired on the 30th of June. So anyway we were stationed in Germany and we came back to the US on leave one time. I had saved some money and set off for the gun store. Ended up with the 1895 CB for about $600. Anyway, I couldn't take it back to Germany with me so I put it in the safe with all my others that were stored at my FIL's house while we were overseas. Four years later I came back to the US but we ended up living on base. I was supposed to register all my guns on base but I refused to so I just put everything in the safe and locked it up. I did smuggle a gun or two out for dove hunting/hog hunting last year. During that time in Germany I also hurt my shoulder and had to have it cut on. So I wasn't too keen on shooting that .45-70 with the hard butt on it. So now, we are moving this weekend to a place off base where I can own what I want to without having to register it with communist powers that be... Also, I have four kids and one income so ammo money hasn't always been there for a lot of playing. I actually have few guns that I have never shot. The 1895 CB, an 1894P, an M1 Garand (wife bought for me at CMP), an 870 Super Magnum, a Henry Golden Boy .22, a Colt King Cobra and a couple of barrels for my T/C G2. There are several that haven't been shot in years but now that I'm not in a communist state or a foreign country I can start to remedy that situation.
Later, NGH
Anyone out there want to trade for a Cowboy? I have an 18 year old somebody might like other than her mother... :
