Something nice for a change

In high school in TX I remember seeing pickups in the parking lot with lever guns racked in the back window.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

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Great story, thanks for posting it. The photos of young target shooters on the firing line are just like I experienced in the 60's. Even then, girls made up almost half the junior rifle teams. We competed and shot at ranges in regional matches all around CO, WY, KS and NM. It was a formative time for me. I wish more Americans were doing it but I'm glad to see it continues as a sport and endeavor.

I bought my Anschutz rifle with money I earned mowing lawns. I still shoot that rifle.

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Originally Posted by Hummer

That was pretty common in rural America. A much larger part of the population relied on farming and subsistence hunting-gathering. My grandmother took her 1903 Winchester .22 auto to school to shoot rabbits on the way home. Iowa, circa 1910.

I wish I knew how she came by such a nice rifle, a well made take-down .22 auto when much cheaper single shot rifles were commonplace in most homes. I still have that Winchester ~130 years later.

Growing up in the 1950's & 60's, I didn't carry my rifle to school until I started driving in high school. Two days a week I packed my .22 target rifle in my vehicle to go to range practice after school.

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My grandmother also had a 1903. Damn ammo is getting hard to find and pricey. Great rifle.

Many times during middle school I took rifle or shotgun to school for hunting after school on way home.

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Originally Posted by OldFogey

Nice! Boy, air rifles have sure gotten high tech since I was a kid. Or were they muskets back then?

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Do some browsing. It?s a deep rabbit hole. https://www.pyramydair.com
people are hunting deer and elk with air rifles now.