Preparedness and you - How prepared are you for a 30 day shutdown

[410001661]

Line...I have a pump action 22, that can throw lead so fast you would think that there is a group of people shooting. 14 shorts in a tube magazine that I can empty very quickly.

Can you slam fire it?

[line052]

I have seen the old pumps, but never fired one. I did have Cooey bolt action that had a magazine tube, that would take 14 long and 17 short back in the day (if I remember correctly)

Line...I have a pump action 22, that can throw lead so fast you would think that there is a group of people shooting. 14 shorts in a tube magazine that I can empty very quickly.

[fishermccann]

Yes I can. It is an Erma-Werke EG72. I have literally put 10 s of thousands rounds through it. When much younger, I used to go to the dump, to shoot rats, take off my shoes and stand on the hood of the car,( 61 Pontiac Strato Chief, so lots of room on the hood) my girlfriend, ( wife now, she was a keeper) , would stay inside and pass me shells . There were no lighted scopes in the day , so at dusk, I would tape a flashlight to the side and light up those beady red eyes. When you hit and killed a rat, 3-4 more would rush out of the trash, to eat their brother, sometimes while it was still flipping around. That is why I had no mercy for the little buggers. They had none.

[410001661]

Yes I can. It is an Erma-Werke EG72. I have literally put 10 s of thousands rounds through it. When much younger, I used to go to the dump, take off my shoes and stand on the hood of the car, my girlfriend, ( wife now) , would stay inside and pass me shells . There were no lighted scopes in the day , so at dusk, I would tape a flashlight to the side and light up those beady red eyes. When you hit and killed a rat, 3-4 more would rush out of the trash, to eat their brother.

Nice! I have an old Rossi 62 pump take down and it is one of my most accurate .22's - light and easy to carry.

[fishermccann]

When I went rat hunting, by myself on my motorcycle, I would take off the stock ,and the gun would fit in a backpack. Nobody knew I was 'packing'. That was the early 70's mind you. I would never do that now , either ride a bike, ( to may 'accidents'), or carry a gun in a backpack.

[sawbill]

We did it another way. We'd load up a box or two of 20 ga shotshells and hit the local dump. After a few shots the rats took to scurrying into cardboard boxes or tin cans to hide. Then we'd just blast the can or box. I do miss those all nighters.

[fishermccann]

20 ga. ? Sounds expensive. Back in the day, almost 50 years ago, when I was a 'rat shooter', 50 ,LR. 22s were $1.99 at C.T. I still have a nice collection of those tins , from various manufacturers, the 500 shells came in. They are now holding ‘accessories ‘ in the gun safe. Very picturesque.

[line052]

I remember those days in the early 70's when I was not even a teenager yet and we would scrounge change and walk down to local mom and pop (5km), and buy the plastic brick for about the same price (a lot of money to scrawny kids). No license, under age - back at a time when common sense ruled - not authoritarian restrictions.

20 ga. ? Sounds expensive. Back in the day, almost 50 years ago, when I was a 'rat shooter', 50 ,LR. 22s were $1.99 at C.T. I still have a nice collection of those tins , from various manufacturers, the 500 shells came in. They are now holding ‘accessories ‘ in the gun safe. Very picturesque.

[73hunter]

I remember those days in the early 70's when I was not even a teenager yet and we would scrounge change and walk down to local mom and pop (5km), and buy the plastic brick for about the same price (a lot of money to scrawny kids). No license, under age - back at a time when common sense ruled - not authoritarian restrictions.

There was a shooting range in the basement of my dads high school in Glencoe. Kids brought 22’s on the bus !!

[mosquito]

There was a shooting range in the basement of my dads high school in Glencoe. Kids brought 22’s on the bus !!

I know a few schools like that and fire station etc often did too, I used to walk through the front door of the school with my shotgun to go trap shooting after school, ateast until I was told I had to use the shop entrance to make sure all the firearms were stored in the shop teachers office and not left in a locker.