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A primer on gun laws in Canada and a story about how a "little" .22 saved my butt ! ...............
- Thread starter Wayne in BC
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Wayne in BC
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and does the same job. Is that a set trigger or a hammer safety? Nice condition
I bought it new on my 21st birthday.I carried it lots for the first few years.But haven't fired it in the last 10 years or so.I have a short barreled 9mm auto that I carry now while in out of the way places-I am not nearly as accurate with it as I was with the old revolver but can sure spray some lead and make the noise with it!
Wayne in BC
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i am not sure cause i did not get to talk much
Thats ok tho, in fact my yapper needs a rest like that now and again
Thats ok tho, in fact my yapper needs a rest like that now and againI ran up and got my .22 Ruger Buntline model, also withthe extra cylinder. Not sure what draw its in right now but its in a red pouch.
I used to take it with me on my trap line here. Mostly muskrat and mink that we sold to Sears in the spring time.
The one above it is the Ruger .44 Mag my wife got me about 20 years ago.
I like stainless and the western style for playing around with. Have plenty of others but your mention of them made we go pull a few out. Ruger is made here in CT. Fact, when I was 18 and it was still Trum and Ruger we used to cast their frames for them in the foundry I worked in. I still have a few of them around here that failed x-ray that I kept for the heck of it..... This was a lost wax foundry process, so when they were pouring stainless, we would make a bunch of bluefish jigs up in wax, melt them out and pour them in stainless. Still have many of those also. Buff them up and you were golden. A little light for fishing a place here called the race, or Race Rock Light...but they worked right on the edge of it or slack tide.
I still collect single shot pistols but not like I used to. Sure wish I was had been living in your part of the country for hunting seasons. Mostly small game and white tail deer here was the big game. Further north there were moose and bear but not then in CT. Some bear now and moose, but they are protected. Deer here,they don't almost care how you get them as they are reallying doing some damage to a lot of peoples crops, shrubs etc. They make every thing along the coast so you can't hunt it and then wonder why there are so many of them. Up here where I am in the north eastern part of Ct, they are pretty well managed by hunters so you have a good deer herd to land ration.
You lived a life that many of us hunters would have really enjoyed. Even here, just after the war ended we hunted and fished for a lot of our food. For me, vension, flat fish and fluke, ducks were very good eatting, along with steamer clams or long necks, razor clams then and oxysters then also, not many now, and quahogs and blue shell crabs.... Still make my mouth water.
Anyhow tried to see if this 22 was the same as yours?
George-CT
I used to take it with me on my trap line here. Mostly muskrat and mink that we sold to Sears in the spring time.
The one above it is the Ruger .44 Mag my wife got me about 20 years ago.
I like stainless and the western style for playing around with. Have plenty of others but your mention of them made we go pull a few out. Ruger is made here in CT. Fact, when I was 18 and it was still Trum and Ruger we used to cast their frames for them in the foundry I worked in. I still have a few of them around here that failed x-ray that I kept for the heck of it..... This was a lost wax foundry process, so when they were pouring stainless, we would make a bunch of bluefish jigs up in wax, melt them out and pour them in stainless. Still have many of those also. Buff them up and you were golden. A little light for fishing a place here called the race, or Race Rock Light...but they worked right on the edge of it or slack tide.
I still collect single shot pistols but not like I used to. Sure wish I was had been living in your part of the country for hunting seasons. Mostly small game and white tail deer here was the big game. Further north there were moose and bear but not then in CT. Some bear now and moose, but they are protected. Deer here,they don't almost care how you get them as they are reallying doing some damage to a lot of peoples crops, shrubs etc. They make every thing along the coast so you can't hunt it and then wonder why there are so many of them. Up here where I am in the north eastern part of Ct, they are pretty well managed by hunters so you have a good deer herd to land ration.
You lived a life that many of us hunters would have really enjoyed. Even here, just after the war ended we hunted and fished for a lot of our food. For me, vension, flat fish and fluke, ducks were very good eatting, along with steamer clams or long necks, razor clams then and oxysters then also, not many now, and quahogs and blue shell crabs.... Still make my mouth water.
Anyhow tried to see if this 22 was the same as yours?
George-CT
Wayne in BC
New member
mine was 6 1/2" i believe and spare cylinder was also in a red felt bag with a drawstring. I filed each side of the front sight to make a bead cause it was too coarse. I also had a .41 mag super blackhawk. Rugers were my choice in rifles too, fine quality and great accuracy.
Neat that you guys were making the frames!
Thanks George
Neat that you guys were making the frames!
Thanks George
Arkie John
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...encounters. My greatest fear is stumbling upon a sow and her cubs in the Spring woods. Of course, I like to hunt a mountain locally known as Bear Den. They didn't name it that for nothin'.
I really enjoyed the story. As always, it had me in its grip. Although the cub was a victim of circumstance, better him than you.
Thanks for a well-written and heart-pounding tale!
aj
I really enjoyed the story. As always, it had me in its grip. Although the cub was a victim of circumstance, better him than you.
Thanks for a well-written and heart-pounding tale!
aj
I like their single shot rifles also. Have a few of those. That .41 was a nice weapon. I kick myself for selling a 256 single shot Black hawk....They didn't put out a lot of them and they were nice shooting pistols. I used mine to cut down on the woodchuck population at a big cow farm in North Stonington, CT. and right next to it a Turkey farm. Between Red fox and woodchucks I was doing pretty good. Got paid 50 cents for the woodchucks in his fields. I remember one Thanksgiving, or just before he told me if you see any Turkeys out beyond the fences, feel free to take it. As Luck would have it, I found one that day. I took it up to his place and he said it was really mine. Just wanted to be sure, as I didn't want to loose my best hunting spot. The farm is still there and passed on to his kids who still run it. It's not to far from the Foxwood Casino. I would not be surprised to see them buy it up at some point as it is a BIG track of land.
George-CT
George-CT
Wayne in BC
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