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    What age do you think kids should start shooting?

    I had a BB gun before I was strong enough to cock it. I'd shoot......run in and have my mother cock it..........run back out! Pretty soon though I figured out how to place it on a tree and pull the handle with both hands.
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    JK Cloward 300 Super.....Old school blue/walnut.

    More pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rKg9KabwuGzQwwebA This rifle has a Rem 700 action and a "Gentry" safety........like on a Model 70. "Magna-Ported." The rifle is quite definitely "old" school..........like me. Jim was an excellent marksman as well as a gunsmith. One of his scores...
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    Remington 870

    I shoot trap with mine.
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    What are these slots called?

    Jose, Those are all pre-war Winchester Model 70. I had them laid out that day because my son (who is a scientist, working for a big cancer research firm) was having his 21st birthday. He had his choice and picked up the 3rd one down. Nothing lasts forever, but I'd sure like to walk into JK's...
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    What are these slots called?

    Lenny............ Thanks.........we do seem to be brothers in arms and Corvettes! I love your Weatherbys. Absolute beauty. I'd never carry those in the woods. I have more JK Cloward rifles as seen in my avatar. The C6 is a great Corvette..............they ALL are. Best, Karl Chehalis WA Walnut...
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    Vets and 1st Responders

    I got my veterans ID card from the VA Veterans ID Card
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    What are these slots called?

    My father had a Model 29......way back when they first came out. I remember shooting it at Eagle Creek. You couldn't do that now as it is such a popular hike.
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    What are these slots called?

    That is Mt Rainier. I ordered a brand new 67' Roadster from Phil Fields Chevrolet, in Portland. By the time it was delivered.....Phil and his son perished in their Riley/Cessna 310 on takeoff from the Troutdale Airport. They had left an oil cap off and the airplane caught fire. My 67' 327/350...
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    What are these slots called?

    Thanks, everyone for your kind words. This rifle has a Rem 700 action and a "Gentry" safety........like on a Model 70. The rifle is quite definitely "old" school..........like me. Technology has passed all my rifles up......wait.........make that cars too. I drive an old C5 Corvette. "Gentry...
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    What are these slots called?

    That was fast..............Thanks! Here is the rest of the JK Cloward 300 Super. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rKg9KabwuGzQwwebA
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    Scope for 270

    Whatever you like as long as it is made in Oregon
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    The BEST hearing protection for shooting.

    Ear plug + ear muffs
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    What is it?

    Is it a short wave radio antenna?
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