Lets play: I remember when.

Our School Rifle Range was in the Attic of the High school...after school, you went to Principals office, for those copper coloured 22 L.R. Greased....200 please...Went to attic...shot 50...went home, and went groundhog hunting...For shotgun ammo, it was available I round at a time, from Elwood Epps, in Clinton. 3 ruffed grouse, head shot, got ya a 25 box of paper Canuck 12 ga. #6s from Elwood...and he would fix our guns for free, til we got a ful time job...
 
One of my favorite rabbit hunting spots wasn't a Superstore parking lot.

One of my high school teachers said he saw a couple of us walking into the woods for a hunt one day after school and I replied that it was a good thing I didn't see him or we wouldn't be having this chemistry test. We all laughed and our lives continued. I would probably be in jail if that happened today.
 
Ishapore 1A1 (FN-FAL copy) from Caina in ON for $125
Danish Garand from Lever for $150
Deactivated Vickers with two transit cases (one for the gun and a much larger one for the tripod) and some accessories for $700
 
Gas was .50/gal
Sears sold handguns
EVERYONE (Cdn. Tire, Sears, Metropolitan, Home Hardware, etc.) sold Lee Enfield "sporters"
You could get a Jungle Carbine for under $10
The SIR catalogue listed FNC1s
I bought my .30 M1 carbine for $79 and hitchhiked home from Halifax with it in the box
You wouldn't think twice about shooting in the backyard or organizing an informal "turkey shoot"
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-We used to bring our .22's to school (on the bus) and keep them in the coat room so we could go gopher shooting after
-Farmers used to give us ammo to shoot gophers with
-Took a .22 safety course in the basement of a school
 
Ahh, back in the day...
We were taught Alberta Hunter Education in Grade 7!!!
I think if it was okay then, it should be now.
Although back then, (40 years ago or so) many of my teachers had grown up on a farm.
Common Sense seemed more available back then as well...
Y'all take care, & don't forget to write your MP, your PM, & all the others!
Join the NFA, & the CSSA...it's cheap, and there is safety in numbers...
Best to y'all!
 
Skipping high school classes to go 4x4ing up in the hills, getting stuck and walking back.
Got the metal work teacher to come pull us out with his Scout..........he is a member here...........:cheers:
Hi Alec............:wave:
 
Buying PURPLE gas at the Texaco Bulk station for 25 cents a Gallon,...then pouring it into Clear Jugs , setting them out in the sun so the purple Die would settle to the bottom, then you could mix it with Amber gas and drive Legal.
Remember the Rcmp Road blocks checking for Purple LOL.
 
sillymike said:
It was OK to scoot across town with a 22 slung across your back.

Road trips weren't all that bad, because you got to play in the back of the wagon
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Remember when every 4th household had a Station Wagon in the drive way.
 
lone ranger said:
Buying PURPLE gas at the Texaco Bulk station for 25 cents a Gallon,...then pouring it into Clear Jugs , setting them out in the sun so the purple Die would settle to the bottom, then you could mix it with Amber gas and drive Legal.
Remember the Rcmp Road blocks checking for Purple LOL.
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Horse cops used to do the purple test on anything in our high school parking lot that didn't have farm plates, lol.
 
Guns were kept on gun racks... and the ammunition was conveniently kept in the ammunition drawer of said rack.

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Shooting rats at the local dump! There was a perpetual fire (almost certainly noxious), and if rats were tricky there was no shortage of other reactive targets. Good to 75yds for fun, safe ranges...No doubt better for the planet the way the dump runs now, but for nostalgic shootin' there could be no better place!
 
I remember in high school having a skeet shoot during our winter carnival. No problem storing your shotgun and ammo in your locker until the time of the shoot.
 
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