Happy New Year from Vancouver Island

rugermk1

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Hi all. New to this forum - looks like a good place to be. I've been plinking since FAC days, maturing now and starting to get more serious with targets. I have a decent mk1 bbl that kept me happy till I got teased by my neighbor's Ed Brown, so have started setting my sights higher. But next acquisition will have to be a jr.22 single shot for my mini-man - he can't hold up my 10/22.

So happy new year to all here. Most of you will get there before me, but I'll get around to it after you're all asleep.
 
Welcome to the forum, and Happy New Year to you as well.

Look for a Henry mini- bolt, for the little tyke. I have one for my daughters, and it really is the best for little children to learn the basics on.
 
Hello, welcome and Happy New Year. I know the following doesn't do you any good, but I thought I'd put it out there. Many years ago, I taught my kids to shoot with a funny little rifle made for kids by a company in the US called, Rocky Mountain Arms. The little rifle had a turret just to the rear of the barrel. The turret was removed, a .22 short casing full of smokeless powder was poured into the opening, and a piece of #4 shot was pressed in on top of it. The opposite side of the turret had a touchhole, over which a steel cap was placed with a paper cap (like for cap pistols) inside it. The turret was replaced and rotated so that the cap was under the hammer, the hammer cocked, and the trigger pulled. The paper cap touched off the powder charge. The #4 buck shot was swaged in the breech end of the barrel to .22 caliber. Not very accuratek but it showed the kids a lot about how guns, powder and shot work. Nice little gun. Kids are in their thirties and forties, but I still have that gun. None of my grandkids have indicated any interest in guns and shooting, but if one of them ever does, I'm ready.
 
But primarily, I'm a musician - might as well come clean at the outset. I play saxophone professionally and shoot when I can. Like most professionals, I blow my budget on professional tools, leaving nothing for my hobbies. So I save up for guns but never buy any. Work comes first, dammit. Then wife, then kids, then guns. No budget for the end of the world, so hope it doesn't come soon...
 
Welcome aboard!! :D
And Happy New Year to you and all the Nutz!!

I played sax (tenor) for many years myself. High school and base military bands is as professional as I got (and the world thanks me for not keeping it up!!).
You don't have to spend a lot of money to be a gun nut... 22's are my favourite anyways. The skills you have as a musician should cross over nicely.
A lot of what we do is repetitive and has to be done without consciously thinking about it... just like how you don't "think" about your fingering as you're going along.

As for a gun for your "mini-man", I would suggest a Crickett (which I have two of for as of yet non-existent grand kids), or a Henry Mini Bolt Youth (no experience with this one).
 
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