Star43
Buckeye
I know exactly what you mean. I was born and raised in Mass. too......Isn't it great when you get to visit a "Free" state !!!! Go Red Sox....
Your first Handgun. Do you still have it ?
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Larryburford
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Yes, I still have mine. It is a Ruger Mark 1 22 auto with a 5 1/2" bull barrel. Bought it push mowing yards.
Actually, now that I think about it: No I don't have my first hand gun... my father gave me a single action revolver in 22 magnum (might have been a Ruger, not sure) back in 1963 for my sixth birthday. That lasted a few weeks until my Mother and Grandmother put both their feet down. All I remember is it was chrome and LOUD!
Star43
Buckeye
Well what happened to your Chrome Ear Drum Splitter ??? Well at least your Dad tried......
Star43
Buckeye
You know it's always great when one is gifted a handgun, that is for sure. And if course it is very respectful if one is inherited....but when one buys one with his "earned money" by mowing lawns in the sun ...That is Why that gun is Special to you & always will be.....It was the First !!
Never saw it again... I think he sold it. But when I got a bit older he bought a second Smith and Wesson 38 for the house. He kept his in the car.... I've posted pictures of it... and still hope to one day take the time to get it to the Marine Corps Museum... burnt into the grip of that 38 is: "Korea, 1950,51.... Thu Hell. This was strapped to his chest during the battle of the Choson Resevior... he was in Recon Company and they were the last to come out. I mention it too often here but it is one of the few things I can brag on, my father was part of what the Corps says is the most 'decisive battle they have ever fought and it is pretty much lost in history.
The 1st marine division was attacked and surround by the best estimate 100,000 Chinese. They spent 10 days fighting their way out in temperatures that went to below -30 degrees... One of the truly sad parts is the Chinese government considers the solders they lost in this battle hero's because they did take that area... at the cost of something like 52,000 men. My father says they stacked the frozen dead ones up, they made pretty good sand bags. Sorry, I got off subject.
The 1st marine division was attacked and surround by the best estimate 100,000 Chinese. They spent 10 days fighting their way out in temperatures that went to below -30 degrees... One of the truly sad parts is the Chinese government considers the solders they lost in this battle hero's because they did take that area... at the cost of something like 52,000 men. My father says they stacked the frozen dead ones up, they made pretty good sand bags. Sorry, I got off subject.
No. When I was 18 my dad sold me his 3 screw bearcat for $50. I kept it for 30 years then did some horse trading with my brother after our dad died when we were distributing firearms. He now owns it. It would have never left the family. He was the only one I'd have passed it to. Honestly it was to small for my hands, but is a family gun.
I was 15 when I got it. Sold it in 1983 to pay for my wife's chemo and 25 years later the guy called and asked if I wanted it back. It cost me $2.50 a year interest to buy it back and got the partial box of ammo I sold with it too. I still have it.
Star43
Buckeye
Great story about what your friend did.....Hope your wife is ok .....
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Yes! Except mine is a convertible. I have both cyls and the red bag. Lol
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My brother and I did the same, and we have traded some things back and forth since then.
Star43
Buckeye
$80 bucks !!!! I'll give you at least $85 ???
Star43
Buckeye
Yeah, I have always had a soft for H&R, being from Mass. and all. H&R made some good guns and they were great for the price.....
My second was a new model BH .45 Colt with a 7 1/2" barrel. Bought it in 1979. Several years ago, I gave it to my brother. He had always admired it. The other day, he said something about letting me have it back. I'd be excited to get it.
We have been divorced 32 years, partially because I physically held her so that they could sedate her for the surgery in 1983. But thankfully she's still going even though it came back this year so she lost her other breast. She says she's good.
Star43
Buckeye
Well God bless her. Even though you are divorced, she was still a very big part of your life back then. Wish her the very best......
My cousins and I went out shooting in a field one afternoon and he brought along a Ruger standard 22 and a P38. We shot them until we ran out of ammo and then I went home and started counting pennies and ended up buying that Ruger Standard from him around 1967. I still have it and take it out and shoot it quite often. It's my granddaughter's favorite gun and she says she wants it when I'm gone so I put her name on it.
Star43
Buckeye
Yeah, I guess all of us have to think along those lines... .some day. In the meantime, enjoy that gun as often as you can !! Besides you want to keep "testing it out" for her to make sure it's safe!
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