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your 1st love? memorable or not
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<blockquote data-quote="Equalizer" data-source="post: 2894884" data-attributes="member: 111343"><p>I was 16. All my friends had .22's and I was still in BB gun land. I asked both my parents (they had just divorced) if I could get a rimfire. They agreed and my mom took me to the gun store and got me my first "real" gun a Marlin 60 SS Laminated stock. I put a cheap fixed 4 power on it and ran thousands and thousands of rounds through it. (Those 950 round boxes of federal hollow points) Lots of critters and inanimate objects alike succumbed to it. I routinely spanked my buddies in any competitions we engaged in. I loved that thing. It just felt like an extension of my arm, a warm feeling every time I picked it up. </p><p></p><p>A few years ago I gave it to my son as his first rifle and he loves it too…. </p><p></p><p>Nowadays my favorite is Ol' Reliable, my M77 MK2. Started out a 308 but local hunting regulations (Indiana <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" />) dictated .357" or larger projectiles and a max case length of 1.8" so it got rebarreled to 358 Hoosier. (Trim 358 win brass to 1.8") It's a Shilen 22" barrel and I put a rifle basix trigger in it. It's pretty and it shoots!!! I have lots of great hunting rifles but I always reach for it. It too has a warm feeling and is a part of me when in the hands…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490501[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]490502[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]490503[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]490504[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That's a 358" 180 gr TTSX in the hole for comparison…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490505[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]490506[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Equalizer, post: 2894884, member: 111343"] I was 16. All my friends had .22’s and I was still in BB gun land. I asked both my parents (they had just divorced) if I could get a rimfire. They agreed and my mom took me to the gun store and got me my first “real” gun a Marlin 60 SS Laminated stock. I put a cheap fixed 4 power on it and ran thousands and thousands of rounds through it. (Those 950 round boxes of federal hollow points) Lots of critters and inanimate objects alike succumbed to it. I routinely spanked my buddies in any competitions we engaged in. I loved that thing. It just felt like an extension of my arm, a warm feeling every time I picked it up. A few years ago I gave it to my son as his first rifle and he loves it too…. Nowadays my favorite is Ol’ Reliable, my M77 MK2. Started out a 308 but local hunting regulations (Indiana 🙄) dictated .357” or larger projectiles and a max case length of 1.8” so it got rebarreled to 358 Hoosier. (Trim 358 win brass to 1.8”) It’s a Shilen 22” barrel and I put a rifle basix trigger in it. It’s pretty and it shoots!!! I have lots of great hunting rifles but I always reach for it. It too has a warm feeling and is a part of me when in the hands… [ATTACH type="full"]490501[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]490502[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]490503[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]490504[/ATTACH] That’s a 358” 180 gr TTSX in the hole for comparison… [ATTACH type="full"]490505[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]490506[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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