How much of this hobby is nostalgia ?
- Thread starter Beagler
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I can go out right now and be a kid , just me and my gun in the wilderness . Daneil Boon was my Hero , my daisy model 25 became a Flintlock . Made a Tomahawk out of a trowel . Arrow heads from old teaspoons . Next came the first move "Elliot Ness and the untouchables " the model 25 became a pump shotgun . co2 bb pistol was in a shoulder holster ( a few times under a sweater in grade school . I Stopped that b4 i got caught .
For all you youngsters a pocket knife was in any boys pocket always . I even knew some girls that had pocket knives and carried them
For all you youngsters a pocket knife was in any boys pocket always . I even knew some girls that had pocket knives and carried them
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It's all been replaced by a cell phone, a laptop, and a tablet. Only thing nostalgic cool now are them real fancy Dick Tracy watches.
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Yep, I'm old so nostalgia definitely plays a part for me; Muscle cars, motorcycles, guns, our airplane, etc. I'll often see something and think about what I was doing when that came out, or I had one of those back when, or back when that happened I was, etc..
My air gun was a daisy pump
My air gun was a daisy pump
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Teachers would ask, Do any of you boys have a knife? Wanting to borrow it. I would mostly decline. I didn't let anybody do anything stupid with my pocket knife. Like pry with it, use it for a screwdriver, etc. I would always ask, What do you intend to use it for, first.
Sometimes I think about days long ago shooting a Daisy 1894 and watching the BB arc to the intended target. Or not. Correct holdover is everything.
I have one that needs rebuilt some day. I'd like to shoot one again.
I always dreamt of airguns I saw in Western Auto and Sears catalogs. Imported guns in Shooters Bible, magazines, etc.
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That wasn't what I was thinking, but very true. At least I have something for money spent and enjoy them. Can't say 5hat for tax money NY wastes.
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