Answering the "Call to Arms"

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:43 am

So Streetstar had this fine idea we should do a little shootin' over the 4th and take some pictures to see if we could get a few more leverguns onto our "Leverguns" site. Your Truly and some grandkids headed out to the favorite gravel pit this morning and --- YIKES!! While my attention was diverted trying to recover from a couple of knee replacements this past 3 months my favorite gravel pit got posted "No Shooting, No Trespassing". Fortunately we have plenty of alternatives, but the old pit has given us many a fine shoot with almost 150 yards of unobstructed shooting.

Down the road another 5 miles we took advantage of a large old juniper tree for a bit of shade for the pickup and the table I use for a shooting bench. A box of tin cans, a couple 22's and a couple small levers and the kids seemed quite happy. Here's my contribution to the Arms Call -- some grandkids going through a modest bit of my ammunition.

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Wind-blown granddaughter with a side-lever 22

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This grandson is tough enough to wear pink -- as long as it is his beloved Cricket 22.

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Browning 53 in 32-20. 117 grain Ranch Dog and 3 grains of Red Dot.

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An old model 92 in 25-20. 75 grain Lyman with 3 grains of Red Dot, loaded by the young fellow doing the shooting.

plowboy 45 · Post by **plowboy 45** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:43 pm

Looks like y'all had a sure nuff good time

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:13 pm

Looks to me like you did real good answering the call.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:45 pm

Looks like a rollicking good time

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:13 am

I forgot to mention the big downside to letting kids shoot the little levers: finding the empties afterwards amongst the weeds.

Itsy bitsy, tiny weeny, dimly yellow, hid in-betweeny.

Somehow we came up short only one each 25/20 and 32/20.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:33 am

earlmck wrote:I forgot to mention the big downside to letting kids shoot the little levers: finding the empties afterwards amongst the weeds.

Itsy bitsy, tiny weeny, dimly yellow, hid in-betweeny.

Somehow we came up short only one each 25/20 and 32/20.

We used to put down a large tarp (24' x 36' I think); that helped ALOT; plus kept us from getting chiggers as bad or muddy when it had been damp.

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:46 pm

AJMD429 wrote:
earlmck wrote:I forgot to mention the big downside to letting kids shoot the little levers: finding the empties afterwards amongst the weeds.

Itsy bitsy, tiny weeny, dimly yellow, hid in-betweeny.

Somehow we came up short only one each 25/20 and 32/20.
We used to put down a large tarp (24' x 36' I think); that helped ALOT; plus kept us from getting chiggers as bad or muddy when it had been damp.

chiggers........those little bastiges were all over Kansas when I was stationed there. Never seen one here in MI.

spaceman

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:56 pm

Looks like a lot of fun! I've always told my kids they exist simply to provide me with grandchild some day that I can spoil rotten. I just hope we can still shoot at that point in time.

Larkbill · Post by **Larkbill** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:04 am

I have eight, three boys and five girls. If I had known how much fun grandkids were I would have had them first.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:30 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Looks like a lot of fun! I've always told my kids they exist simply to provide me with grandchild some day that I can spoil rotten. I just hope we can still shoot at that point in time.

My Daughter is not cooperating on the Grandkid thing.....I'm going to need a healthy teenager to do stuff I don't want to do anymore....

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:36 am

that looked like good fun...I too had a favorite gravel pit closed due to a couple of moron's dumping their trash in it... :(

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:32 am

Larkbill wrote:I have eight, three boys and five girls. If I had known how much fun grandkids were I would have had them first.

Isn't that the truth! And since I now occupy this exalted position of gpa/ggpa I have explained to occasionally exasperated parents that "It is not my job to say 'no' to grandkids".

Oh yeah, here is my "tough enough for pink" fellow yesterday loading up our 25/20's that had been emptied Sunday.

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